AUSTRALIAN.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4607, 30 May 1872, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

Sydhiy.— We have file* of Sydney pupers to May 26. tfhe Sydney Morning fftrald reports :— " Breadstuff's remain at late rates j buyers of wheat art still unwilling to pay holders' quotations, but flour is in steady trade demand. The largest sale we have heard of was 10 tons of Duffield's at £16. A sale of De Boubaix Jenar'i candles was mado at 10$ d, and other brands chanced hands at IOJd to IOJd, with a firm market. Linseed oil commands inquiry s small purchase* have been made at sa, and a large line of sperm was purchased for export on terms reserved. Liquors ate without alteration j a line of MartelVa Owe brandy was placed at 25s 6d, and bulk at 6s 9d. Old torn is h'rtner. There is some busioess doing in teas : several trade lota were quitted at full rates. The arrival of two cargoes from Mauritius within twenty-four hours has rendered the trade less disposed to pay holders' prices. A number of balances of Mauritius shipments were offered at auotion by Messrs. Bradley, Newton, and Lamb this morning. An indisposition to operate very manifest, and, after selling some lines of yellows at from £32 10s to £37 10s, the remainder waa withdrawn at owner's reserves A paroel of Tennent's ale, with all faults, brought 6s to 6s 3d for quarts, and 4s 2d for pints, net oasb.' Cement in good demand at 16s to 16s 6d. Slates steady at about £11 10s ; countess and other sorts not so salable. Lumber wanted. We quote deals at 4Jd to 4£d ; tongued and grooved, 18a to 20s. Drugs and Chemicals : Advanced rates are demanded. Ordinary oaustio soda is held for £23 to £24, and £28 is wanted for 70 per cent. Carbonate soda, £19 to £21. Crystals, £10. Blasting powder scarce ; Is is asked for parcels to arrive ; sporting also wanted, and worth 19s to 20s for half -pound canisters. Flour of sulphur commands £18 to £20. Tartaric acid, Is lOd. Dried Fruits ; Currants find buyers at 5d to 54d ; figs in better supply ; 7^d to BJd has been paid for good samples ; Jordan almonds, Is lOd to 2s. All descriptions of raisins meet readier sale. Muscatels bring 9d to 9£d ; Elerae 1 , 6Jd to 64<1 ; sultana, 8d to B£d ; Cap«, 4d to 4sd ; Barcelona uut3, 5d to 5Jd. Dried apples wanted at 9.1 to 9Jd for good samples. Fish : Supplies rather short, lib. oysters have advanced to 8s Gd. Lobsters out of stock, and llh. salmon have been d<ne at 13s. White hei rings, if very prime, can be placed up to 35s j'rr d bring 36s to 37s 6d per dozen tins ; (hied ling, sdtos£d; quarter-sardines scaice at 7a 3d to 7s 6d ; halves, 13s 3d to to 13s 6d. Hops and Malt : Taamauian hops are "preferred to the test English, ancl the few lots received here sold at extreme prices. English bi ing from Is to Is lOd, according to age. Malt is much wanted at 10s to 11s. Coffee : None iv the market except plartation, which sells at 9.Jd to 9 sd ; chicory has advanced to 3|d ; cocoa, Is 4d to Is 7d. Oilmen's Stores and Provisions : Of the latter there is none remaining in first hands. Oilmen's stores in steady trade request. Bottled fruits command from 10s 6d to Us 6d for inferior, and 12s to 12s 6d for hest ; lib. English jam*, 9s 6d to lls 6d ; lib mustard in glass, 14s to 15a ; tins, 10s to 10s 6d ; pint pickles, 7s 6d to lls, according to brand;" half-pints salad oil, Cs to 6s 3d ; pints, 10s to lla ; quarts, 18* 6il- to 19s Cd ; bulk vinegar, 2s to 2s 2d j bottled, 8s 6d to 9s ; halfpint sauces, 5s Gd to 7a 6d ; starch, 46s blue, lOd to lid ; pearl barley, 3d to 3£d ; oatmeal, 25a to 27s 6 1. Rice : Rather dull, at £21 for old Patna, £22 10s for new, and £21 to £22 10s for dressed Java. Salt: Coarse Liverpool commands inquiry, with sales to arrive, up to £4 ss, sellers asking £4 10a ; fine, £5 to £5 5s j rock, £4 10a to £4 15s. Tobacco : Twist commands high figures — say Is 5d to Is 7d for leading brands, and la 2d upwards for good second class ; tens, nominal ; aromatio, Is to Is sd. Manila cigars move steadily at 62s Cd to 65s for cortados, and 70s to 75s for Havana shaped. " Melbourne. — Tfilegrnms of May 21 report :—": — " There is little business doing. Woolpacks, 5s 2d to 5s 3d ; Brandon's candles, ll$d ; Eleme raisins, 4d in bond. Medium congous are in demand. Java sugars have been sold at auction at prices supporting late rates. There is good inquiry for white crystals ; sales, £42 to £42 10s ; goo 1 yellows, £36 10s to £37 10s." — A telegram of the 22nd says: — "Flour of sulphur, £16 16s for fine. There is a strong demand for Oregon timber. A shipment of sheet lead has been taken up at an advance. Band and Albion Consols are slightly improved, and in request. Large parcels of oats sold at from 2s 9il to 3a 2d. Rice commands more attention at an advance on late quotations." — The Argus of May 20 reports :•—" In the import markets on Saturday the business transacted has not been of much consequence, the state of the weather having had the effect of keeping back purchasers ; no indioation of a desire to operate to any extent was, however, evinced. The publication of the Government agricultural returns has influenced favourably the market for breadatuffs, values having firmed considerably since. To our mind, however, the information that our yield of wheat has amounted this season to 450 >,795bu9helg is of a reassuring charac tei, the probability, if not certainty, of a gioiter deficiency having been'so frequent a topic of conversation for some time past. Flour baa to-day been somewhat stiffer ; buyers of parcels have offered £15 10s for a hundred tou3 (in a line without being responded to, and there are no sellers of trade lots or bakers' parcels under £16. Wheat is Also a good deal run nfter. Wo hear of a parcel of about 3,000 bushels Western districts which, after changing hands, was immediately afterwards re-sold ; 6s 6d or thereabouts is stated to ha/c been obtained. Maize is still vr-ry slow ; a few parcels have been disposed of at 3s 2d. Candles are firm, though there is not much doing, the stiffness of holders preventing sales from being carried through ; for Brandon's, llsd is required. Woolpacks are very salable at ss. Cornsacks present a rising tendency j we have not, however, yet heard of any sales over 135." Adelaide. — A telegram of May 2J reports : — " Wheat is dull at 5s 9d. The Victorian deficiency is still estimated at 25,000 tons. Country flour, £12 15s ; town, £14. The Victorian statistics have depressed breadstuffs." — A telegram of May 22 reports:— "Wheat is dropping. An inferior sample sold at 5s s£d ; good samples are not worth more than 5s Sd. Flour, from £12 10s to £14."