MELBOURNE.

Press, Volume XII, Issue 1587, 7 December 1867, Page 2

MELBOURNE.

The " Argus," of the 28th ultimo, reports as follows :— ' i tittle is doing, in the import markets, business for the time having been neglected. ;The country buyers are beginning to avail themselves of the opportunity of being in town to make'necessary purchases, and to this extent the markets have, in consequence, experienced a somewhat improved inquiry for trade; purposes." Tii""bSadstuffi, the "demandTdr flour is trifling at unaltered rates, country brands being ottered freely at £13 se, without finding buyers, , A private telegram from Adelaide reports a good deal of excitement in, that market, owing to a partial failure of the crops being reported, and we learn that some of the millers there hare advanced their pripe of: flour to £16. No sales of wfheat have come under our notice. Maize is firm at 3s to 3s 2d, but there is. little doing;, Malt is steady at 10s 6d. ~ We understand that contracts Jiavejust been entered into with several of the larger brewers for a quantity amounting in the aggregate to 30,000 buehels of English malt for forward delivery ; the price paid has not, however, been allowed to transpire. Cornsacks have been disposed of in parcels at, 13a. A small shipment of American brooms has been placed at 15s. Sales of Cape raisins have Jbeen -effected .at ,£ld_ injbond* ..Parcels of ourrante are disposed of at 4d. Candles are being moved off very freely at extreme rates. A line of 500 boxes of Brandoh'e was cleared off at Hid. We hear of an injvoice of bar and rod iron having changed hands at a considerable advance on late sales. . There j is little to refer to in. liquids. Some inquiry has been noted for Tennent'e bottled ale, and a few small lots have been placed at 10$. A small shipment of bulk vinegar has 'been closed for at Iβ Bd. We understand that the; St. Bernard, lately; arrived from Calcutta, has been chartered, and will be laid on the berth, to load produce, flour, oats, and general merchandise, for Yokohama, in Japan, and will thus be the first vessel from any of the colonies despatched to that quarter.