Commercial.

Tuapeka Times, Volume IV, Issue 221, 25 April 1872, Page 6

Commercial.

Dunedin, April 20. There ia every appearance of prices becoming firmer in breadstuffs. Trade parcels of town brand? have been moved at 141 15*,

and the enquiry for the last few days has been brisker. Second-class flour finds purchasers at L 9. Bran is very plentiful, and buyers for parcels are met at L 2 10s. Pol- j lard is saleable at L 3 153. Oatmeal in good local demand, at Ll3. Pearl barley is wanted at L2O. For good milling wheat there is but a languid enquiry. A good many parcels have been offered during the week, but transactions have been light. The value for prime lots is 4a 6d per bushel. Fowl wheat is scarce. Milling oats are offering freely at Is lOd to 2s ; feeding samples at Is 9d. Malting barley may be quoted at 4s 9d ; feeding lots are not very plentiful, and are selling at 23 3d to 2s 6d. Straw, L 2 ss. Hay, L 3 15s. Chaff, L 3 15s. Pota toes, L 4 10s. A. Mercer reports for the week ending April 20 :— .Retail prices only— Fresh butter, in 41b. and lib. prints, best quality, Is per lb. ; second quality, lOd per lb. ; fresh butter in lumps, lOd per lb ; powdered and salted butter, lOd per lb; salt butter, in kegs, 9d per lb. The supply of fresh butter this week is not quite so plentiful, and is met by the demand ; and storekeepers, instead of increasing their stocks of salted, are finding a market at previous quotatious. There has been slight reaction in the cheese market ; prices have advanc-d a little, and the quantity in stock is considerably lighter. Best quality from 6d to 8d per lb ; second quality, 6d per lb. Side and rolled bacon is very plentiful, and. selling from OcL to lOd per lb. In Colonial hams there is always a good demand, at Is per lb. Eggs are so scarce that the requirements of the trade can barely be satisfied. This has not been the case for many years at this season ; and the price ranges from 2s 6d to 3s per doz.