TASMANIA.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 321, 16 November 1860, Page 2

TASMANIA.

The Laimcesfon.Pzcyiiirier.in its .summary.for. England reports, of the markets:-— :':•.- <.-■ i f -. ;..:•■, : Business. during ■' the past tnonth has been very inactwe,. and the news by the last'mail from: England I has made little or no alteration in business transactions ' or the value of goods, the market being well supplied with almost every description of manufactures, and .the arrival, of'the; West bury has added: materially to present:stocks; and the fact that four vessels from :■ London are soon expected, will tend to keep down : prices.- ■,:-'■ :.■■••••■ ■ • ;■ _: ■' '■'''' ' : Reports.from our wool-growing'districts are fayor- . able the sheep being gehemlly' reported healthy, and .2 MSI avoiaye cup is anncipatea irtis seasuu. The- recent: rains, which have been so general over the whole of our.agricultural districts, succeeded as they-have been-by warm weather,' have had a beneficialefleet/'and from, the condition of the crops there is every prospect of an abundant harvest: '•'"' : : Flour is: quoted' affrOm, i X,6ito.^gl7 ! for,quantity, but is only selling for home consumption., Wheat is dtill at' 7s'6d; and pats at Ssdd to 3s.'9d—this latter '.figure for'prime sample's. Potatoes..hav.e'advanced, being worth/£Ls','bags in..., 11 ay is stationary!at;£s '■' F.lour'by'the.bag'36s ) and'bread 4^ per, 2lb,loaf, , j;