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SYDNEY MARKETS

Friday Evening, December 12, 1856. Flour and Grain. — The prices quoted by the millers still remain afc £20 for fine flour, and £18 for seconds. These are prices given by Messrs. T. Barker and Co. ; they quote wheat at 7s. per bushel, and bran scarce, at Is. 9d. Messrs. Berkleman and Bate quote the same prices for both fine and second flour ground from fresh wheat ; they state that other flour is sold considerably under these prices, but that it cannot be relied on ; wheat, Bs. per bushel ; bran in great demand, Is. 9d. Victoria Mills, Sydney. — Mr. Buckley reports no variation in the price of wheat from last week. Flour of superior quality is selling from £20 to £21 por ton ; bran continues in demand at from Is. 6d. to Is. 9d. per bushel. Messrs. Luker and Rowling report fine flour made from colonial wheat at £20 per ton; seconds flour, £16; wheat, from 7?. 3d. to Bs. per bushel ; bran, Is. 9.1. to 2a., and in demand. Bread.— ld. to sd. the 21b. loaf.

Biscuits. — Messrs. George Wilkie & Co. quote cabin biscuits, 26^.; navy ditto, 225. ; ship ditto, 205.; all per 100 lbs. ; fancy biscuits as usual. Mr. George Hamilton's wholesale prices are— cabin biscuits, 265. : pilot ditto, 225. ; ship ditto, 205. ; abernethy and constitution ditto, 40s. per 100 lbs. ; wine soda ditto, 7d. per lb. ; mixed biscuits and cracknells, Is. Gd. ; arrowroots, Bd. ; lemondrops, Is. 9d. , -water-crackers and pic-nics, 7d. ; spice nuts and briers 3 15d.

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Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XV, Issue 79, 31 December 1856, Page 2

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SYDNEY MARKETS Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XV, Issue 79, 31 December 1856, Page 2

SYDNEY MARKETS Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XV, Issue 79, 31 December 1856, Page 2