MELBOURNE CORN MARKET.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1198, 18 February 1880, Page 2

MELBOURNE CORN MARKET.

c i (From .thejAustralasian.) , The supplies of grain fromthe-country districts have been.eiven for this,se,aspn of year on a•Veryliberal scale. Amongst the transactions reported by telegram !frOm .Adelaide we riote the sale of a of wheat; 38 ! ,600' bushelsfor. Erigland J at 4s ,6d r ;.part free at Port another also been reported* at ,4s : 7d.-: : In.Qur own market breadstuff's-are a shade easier. "On Saturday,' apart frqm .any, demand for shipment, no iijquirjy was experienced, but about 200 "tons (ofj flour and wheat were reported taken up'fOr exJport i ativfull. ,ra,tes.' . JElour at LlO.ior. trade purposes, but,-th^deinaod ; , with> ;the. exception of that referred to," was of no account. Wheat;tyas, stilljquo'tett kt 4s 6d, though-nothing in the way,of sales-, was allowed- to transpire.-- Breadstuff's weref in mbdbrate request as- far ja's'fe-. ; "of/•which tracle ( vteri tb^l(X ! - For there and "Were parries oft gMtd the; jmarketjifiwithf >;the quantity coining foriwa'rd; rmuat have been, in, a;y§ry depressed, -state. 6,d; was v asked ; ■ but while littile /business was reported for—milling requirements, one. 'lift®* of" SOOa-bßgs'washed t6 .Ka\?e b'eeii ; r taken up./by one buyer for export. At •of M frarril4ia i±o 4s/ 3dfforr r '4d to 4£ sd'for fine samples. About 1000 bags! were quitted, which included a line of 400 bags, sold for shipment, at 4a 6£dc

A considerable line is reported likewise to have been sold privately at 4s 6d f.o.b. at Sandridge. Flour on that day was offering at L 9 IBs lo LlO, and sales were making at these.,„,prices. To-day, flour has mo fair parcols - a%L9 17s 6d. At auction wheat has' been easier; "284 |)ags were, :spldatv4s/2d, and 4s 4gd for goob. • JVp v learn also that on Tuesday afternoon 2900', bags were disposed of at a ifuli 1 "price, Mild 3000 bags for Blnp>nent at 4kM Ms>- In feeding grains, ijatß.ha.Ve slow, and the bununimportant. Sales of made on Saturday at 2s 9d ; "on Monday quotations ranged from 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; at the latter price sales of milling were made. We note tho quittance on Tuesday of 1000 bags of New Zealand oats at 23 7W, and other parcels privately at prices fully supporting this quotation. . "Victorian, oats _found buyers at 2s for low to 2s 5d for fair feeding. T6day oats" again • showed-a decline, sales having been quoted" at 2a to 2s 7d. Barley has not been marked by inquiry.. . . ........