GOLDSBROUGH'S WEEKLY' CIRCULAR,

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 269, 18 May 1860, Page 2

GOLDSBROUGH'S WEEKLY' CIRCULAR,

Melbourne, May '5.

WOOL AND HIDE MAS :KET. Wool.—There has been a consicf erably more than an average amount of business trail sacted in the wool, market, this week. The remainii ig portion of the wools suved from the wreck of the ' Phoenix, were offered on Thursday, and sold at very satisfactory prices. The attendance of buyers w as good, and competition spirited, the lots sold reali sing considerably; more thsn was anticipated; indeed, sinless prices are i very firmly maintained in the home market, buyerswill: find they have purchased at tou high rates. We. have had a good inquiry for scoured ' Wools, and have^ sold from.2oo to 300 bales at 2sj ;.and.,a, A parcel,.oi" gwrasy lambs'at 13d per lb.'. .'•>: "V 'j;

Sheepskins.—There is a good demand at late rates. We have sold station skins at 6d to 7£d per lb. Hides.—Several parcels wet salted were offered on Thursday. We.havo sold a lot of good heavy hides at 16s. each. STOCK AND HORSE MARKET. Horses.—There has been an increase since our last of second-class draft horses, for which the demand still continues, active, at prices from £40 to £65. Good hacks are much inquired for and are very scarce. Harness horses are also very scarce, and any reasonable price may be obtained. " Fat Cattle.—2o34 head were brought forward this week, the bulls of which was second quality and inferior.. V. c quote best quality bullocks, £8 to £10; other bullocks, £6 to £7; heifers, £-1 5s to £5 10s; inferior at store prices. Calves.—B6 came to hand. First quality sold at from 37s Gd to 65s each ; others from 30s upwards. Sheep.—No first-class sheep were offered; the best wethers fetched from 20s to 225; do ewes, 13s 6d to 15s 6d.; others—wethers, 16s to 18s 6d; ewes, lis to j 12s 6d; inferior wethers from 12s 6d per head. ! Lambs.—A small lot sold afc 7s 6d and Bs. Wheat.—l Os to 10s Cd are present rates for good milling samp'es.

Oats.—-The trade is very healthy, and demand for consumption has caused' an advance of fully 6d per bushel. Colonial, 4s 6d; Californian, 4s ; Scotch and Irish, 3s 6d.

Barley. -All descriptions are worth more money. Cape, 4s 9d; English malting, 5s 6d to 6s 6d; Californian, 4s. ,

Potatoes.—Better demand, wi'h a good supply. Sales aro made at from .£8 to £8 15s.

[From The Age.]

The condition of the flour and wheat market still continues favorable to the agriculturalist. There is indeed a farther improvement, and a tendency still to higher prices Importations during the psst week have been small, not exceeding 350 tons, of which, however, by far the greater portion waa from South Australia. A larue supply, amounting to 6550 barrels of flour, and about 23.000 bushels, of wheat, has reached Sydney from San Francisco, but -it has pro-i duced no effect upon the markets here. Victorian flour'in town has a ready sale at jg23 and £23 IDs. and the best Adelaide brands have been sold at from .€24 to £24 1 Os; a few lots, even higher.. This differ ence of price between Victorian and Adftlaide flour is a point worthy to, be, noticed both by our farmers and our millers.