The Markets.
DUNEDIN TRADE REPORT.
OtAgo Witness Office, July Ist, 1864. There is now every disposition on the part of up-eount*y storekeepers to order goods, but, they ' are deterred from doing so to any extent, for th» present, by the high rates of cartage apdjthe very bad state of the roads. - The consequence is that trade during, the week has been limited, .and prices have undergone scarcely any alteration. There is* little doubt but there will be great activity aajthe roads dry up In the spring. ' ■ Flourjis if anything a little easier in price, although the reduction is trifling. Several small lots arrived. 'during i -the week have sheen placed o^ offered^ £34 to £84 10s for Adelaide.. .Tasmania!*, £33. .r,We> perceive that-flouB: ha&i been in jspootl demand' in Melbourne, for shipment to New! Zealand,"! and considerable, salesi <wer6effected tats £27 per ton, with bags charged extra.. Th'ecpropabiUty- is therefore that; prices wijl < soon, undergo aireduction. ' iln the 1 meantime supplier •will be 6nthe way from California.
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Otago Witness, Issue 657, 2 July 1864, Page 12
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167The Markets. Otago Witness, Issue 657, 2 July 1864, Page 12
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