CORN MARKET.

Bruce Herald, Volume VI, Issue 402, 24 January 1872, Page 4

CORN MARKET.

The same circular says : —

Since our laot market a-.lvices we have experienced little movement in prices, except that American wheat c. i. f. arrived at ports of call and Petersburg on the spot have given way aoout Is per quarter in coiK-cqu^uco Oi the scarcity of granary room and tho want of, oarges, compelling it ciivi-rs to seli ex ship to millers and dealers. We have h:id a good arrival of caigoes oif the coast, and wf North Russian wheat toi.nis market. Supples will now dim.nisii, the navigation of the Ua.lt ie being closed until next May.

'I he number of cargoes of passige for the U.K. of nil kinds of wheat is 380 against. 467 at corresponding period of last year, and 460 in 186 J.

Tlie receipts since 19th ultimo to t his port have be ji 2i9,210 qrs., of which 145,752 qr.-. were Russian. There are r-tili v few jots of jNoW Zealand, ex Crusader, unsold, but these are not yet landed and sorted ; a portion is of reuiiy iine quality, and may filch 64.* 10 65s per 4J6 lbs, uccor ing to stats of market. Ne»v Dauzigia ai riving in a superior condition to the lust, two crops, and biinys 63s to 6^3 per &J6ib'd here. ■Shipments thence, however, until May or Juue, must be. within narrow compass.

If shipments of .New Z al.ind wheat can be iaid d iwn here, inclusive of all charges, ut or under 60s per 496 lbs f r prime qu.uiiy, we eaa ivcounnei:d a continuauco of uio\u, tMt badly-harve-te.l parcels oiuhl to jeavoi ltd, even should ii:<y cost «i considerably less lignre.

Pi^ent selling vaius* of New Zealand flour is 40s to 42*. A }i;uvel of very line .New Z aland Chevalier barley was sold this week at 40:* per 44 s lbs.