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Press, Volume XIV, Issue 1832, 25 February 1869, Page 2

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-The ** West Coast Times," in its com. mereial summary published oh the 23rd, says that : during the last week the market for ' Adelaide flour has assumed considerable firmness, and #c may quote the closing price at £18. Provincial flour n*ay bo variously quoted at from £14 W« to £17, according tp,<juality. Hunedin has most favour here after Adelaide, and wo have been informed that the superiority of is due to an admixture of Californian with colonial. Yesterday there were about 1200 bags of oats, ppr Queen of the Isles from Dunedin, sold on the wharf, of which about 1000 bags realised only 4s per bushel; the reraairider being sold as 4s 3d. Considering, however, that this was rather a heavy lot to pass under the hammer, we may r . very .safely "quote the market value at from 4a _3d to. 4s 6d, Potatoes were very firm during the early pao of the month at from £8 to £8 10s i within the last week, however, there "* Te ,.J ee - n ■ymptQins of weakness, and recent * Bales %aye not beeti higher than $7 TQs. \V e mentioned ia our list summary that onions had suffered considerable depreciation, bavins seadwdtkalow figure of 3ja per lb; since then tbe depreciation has continued, and the' value jttm, of any large quantity is not more than ljd per lb. Butter has, since our last report, made a sudden leap;from lid to la 4d psrlb, consequent upon advices from Melbourne reporting a scarcity there to an extent

sufficient to vender the export of the article from New Zealand porta a profitable speculation. Cheese has been in good supply of late: We quote English at Is Id and fJolonial atßd.