MELBOURNE.
We iave Melbourne papers to th« sth inst.:— ■ ', In r the, import markets business has not evinced much animation. Trade sales of flour are reported afc £14 10s ; (be lpw prices ruling hare imparted confidence, and drawn out ths largest buyers, who haWshown some disposition to operates trifle under ihis quotation, endeavours having been made to purchase at, £l4. We learn this aft«ropon that the •City of Adelaide,' loading at Adelaide; is taking 1 6|oo tons o£ flour for London. In, feeding giains the utmost 'dnlneis exists. Oats are quite neglecteJ, and m,ai2e is barely saleable at 3s 9d. Cements, are vf rj firm ; we hear of a shipment of 500 barrels I\jrtland hariog been sold, to arrive, on private WVom, for tr»mhipment. Ad»iC6S regarding.Cbinese oil 'have led to the market being cleared, and holders Ba»eadT*noed their- asking rates to is 9d. Opium is firmer, buj no ohanae on late quotations ot24s €d P«r tin, can be' reported. Malt continup to be 1 moved oS; a line of 2,500 bushels changedhands at 11« 3d; the trade demaod is ?ery fcritk.— Argus.
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3511, 16 October 1868, Page 3
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