Melbourne Markets.

Southland Times, Issue 10220, 30 July 1889, Page 2

Melbourne Markets.

.*. The A.rgns reports aa follows of the markets of the 22ad July :— Themirketin breadstuffs con'inues in a state approaching stagnancy. For a small station lot or two of wheat 58 6d ex rail haa be^n accepted, but no large parcels are procurable at themon y. We quote the market 5s 6d to 5s 7d. The trade in flour is slack, and stoaedressed 13 worthLll to Lll 5s ; joller, Ll2 bi to Ll2los. In feed grains we note a sale of 2600 bags feed oats, rather under fair r.-erage quality, at 4s ex wharf. Good bright readily sells at 4^ Id. Without an actual advance, the market in oats appears to show an improving tendency; Keceipts in Melbourne laafc wtek covered 25,526 bags, of which 23.498 bigs came from New Zealand. Bar'ey has been qoiet. Beceipta ket week comprised 2060 bags from Kew Zealand. Little is doing in maize. Sydney (good is quoted at 4- 3d ; prime old Gippsland, at 4s 8d to 4a 9d. Bran is steady at Is 2d to Is 2^4. A sale of Mauritius siirar* his b jeu made at current ratea. The Chingtu arrived this morning direct from Hong Kong, bringing 1700 ton?, a portion of which will probably be sent on to the neighbouring coloni s. Uable advices"received from Mau itius report that the market for tha colon'es ia quiet but steady. The ac ual clearances for tha month amounted to 1000 tons.