Commercial.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 238, 22 August 1872, Page 5

Commercial.

Aug. 17. In breadstuffs the market during the week has been steady. Flour is in good trade demand. The price is firm at LI 3 in- tacks ; and for parcels the town millers would iiot be prepared to take less. Second quality has a good sale at LI 1. Bran has been advanced 20s per ton, and the price nowitands at L 3 10s to L4 ;' stocks are low. - Pollard quiet at 1.5 10s. Oatmeal meets with a good enquiry from the northern ports'at Lli 103 to Ll2. Oats have slightly improved ; good milling sorts fetch Is lid to 2s ; and feeding Is lOd; transactions are, however, limited to the trade. Wheat is without change :if anything, the price is firmer ; for good milling sorts 5s 3d is the value. Second class lots are not wanted. Fowl wheat has a steady sale at 3s. Barley continues' "badly supplied; for malting samples there are ready purchasers at 5s 6d to 5s 9d ; and for inferior kinds 4s 6d is easily obtained. Potatoes are not over-supplied, and for good samples L 7 10s is quoted. Straw, L 2 ss. Hay, L 3 15s. Chaff, L 3 15s. A. Mercer reports for the week ending August ll:—Retail7 :— Retail prices only— Fresh butter, in 41b and lib prints, beat quality, Is 4d to Is 6d per 1b ; second quality, Is 4d ; fresh butter in lumps, Is 2d ; powdered and salt butter, best quality, Is 2d ; second, lOd to lid. Fresh butter is a little more plentiful this week ; the supply is met by the demand, however, and prices still remain unaltered. Really good sampled of salt butter are not to be had, and may be quoted from lOd to Is per lb. Cheese is in very good request ; best quality is worth 8d to 9d ; second quality, 6dper lb. Side and rolled bacon is fetching 9d to lOd. Eggs are again a little more plentiful, and selling at la 6d per doa