MELBOURNE MARKET.
We take the following from the Argus of 11th December : — ■ There has "been a moderate amount of business <loin£j to-day, generally nt steady prices. The purchases for Christ-inns supplies appear to have "t>een completed, as country orders came forward loss freely. Flour is in belter demand, sind sr.le3 have been made at full rates. Wheat, is in more inquiry, ;ind sales hare been effected at slightly ■r.dvunre.-l r-'tes. A considerable pnri*£*l of tobacco was offered by auction, but; withdrawn, the trade ■bring indisposed to pay the required prices. Messrs. Frn'«cr and Cohen disposed of about 1 .800 bags Mauritius sunrar, at full price?. • While <-rvstals brought L'lo 10s ; medium to fine grocery +ovt3, 1.33 os to T;3.S ; ration kinds, 1/25 os to 1,26 10s per ton du!y paid ; also 300 chests 10-.v ■quhlity conjjou teas, nt fnir market rates. The Rime firm disposed of, on Tuesday, on thf vrharf. fhe cai-pro of cedar ex ITnrriet, f v om Richmond Kivor, at from £9d to 30s Gd per 100 ft.
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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 14, 26 December 1862, Page 2
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171MELBOURNE MARKET. Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 14, 26 December 1862, Page 2
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