MELBOURNE.

Southland Times, Issue 3302, 20 January 1879, Page 2

MELBOURNE.

The Argus of the 14th instant reports for the previous day: — Breadstuffs are firm, and a fair trade has been. done. ; - Flour has been disposed of readily enough, though nb: very {extensive lines have been taken! up." j Our; quotations oi £10 10s and £10 12s ,6d have been fully sup-, ported. Wheat isalso very.saleable at 4s 7d to. 4s Bd, according to sample";-- At the latter price: one line of 1,000 bags changed harids, whilesmaller parcels not quite so prime, have been placed at 4s -7£d. Victorian oats have a firmer tone. Welearn of the quittance of a few hundred bags 'at 4s to 4s l£d. New Zealand fine feeding, however, are stifl- quoted: at 4s 9d to 4s lOd. Maize has ruled at 4s 8d for- the greater part of the -day, but a telegram having this afternoon been received-from Sydney, announcing an advance there to ss, ;the. probability is that agents here; will be compelled to raise their prices like-vise.. At the sugar sale -this afternoonj a slight declihehad "to be •" submitted to. Brewers' went at 159 16wer,.;w"hiteg at 5s to 10s, and yellows at about a similar reduction on late quotations. ' The -HaAA-thorne's shipment of Mauritius, comprising 10,226 bags and pockets, Avas submitted to competition, and about 6,719 packages found buyers at 28s to 28s 3d for. bfowns.3ls 9d for fine yellows, 31s 6d to 31s 9d' for grey crystals, 34s 6d to 34a 9d for soft whites, 35s for good". -white Si-aridi -arid J32s 6d for brewing crystals. A- considerable business was done this forenoon in tea; About- l;50p half-chests low congous were "disposed of at 10Jd to llfd, while 2,850 half -chests, ex Killarhey "arid Bowen, found buyers at prices ranging from lid to Is l£d and Is 2d. Some 3,000 packakes comprising Assam and Japan teas, besides Fpo-chow congous, will be disposed of to-mofrpw forenoon;* A better trade demand for cornsacks , is rising up again. Country orders are cpmihg'forAvard more, freely, arid several ten-bale parcels; have beenplaced_at 8s 9d. . Tasmanian hops have had a ibetter _ inquiry, and sales are reported by the holdersto the extent of : 300. bales (one line^ of 100 bales being for shipment) since the opening np.of business for the new year, arid the prices' realised have ranged fpr really 'good samples froiri lldto Is Id, Business in rum is pending. Trade sales of Otard's brandy iri case are reported at 26s 6dl r Long John whisky &- moving at up to 5s 4id, Mitchell's Irish whisky has been disposed of at ss, and about 400 cases of this brand have also been quitted at full rates. The usual weekly wool sale was held by Messrs J. H.,Clough and Co., at their wool warehouses to-day, at which there was a very full attend- • ance and the competition thronghoirfc was spirited, and previous sales' rates were fully maintained, and in some instances advanced prices. were obtained. The catalogue comprised 765 bales, consisting bf -inferior to ; ordinary descriptions. Greasy sold at 7dtol2£d. fleece 12d to 18£ d, and scoured 14d to 18d per lb.