LATEST MARKETS.

Colonist, Volume XII, Issue 1172, 18 December 1868, Page 2

LATEST MARKETS.

Melbouene. —The Argus, of Wednesday, Dec. 9, says:—" About 100 tons of flour of various brands were quilted ut £13 net; for a small lot disposed of at the same time a trifle less money was accepted ; we likewise hear of a line of 100 tons having changed hands privately at £13. For trade parcels, best brands, we quote up to £13 10s. In miiize the demand is still circumscribed; trade parcels, however, continue to be moved off at 4s. 4d. to 4s. 4Jd. Oats are inactive ; we note sales of New Zealand at 3s. 9d. Sugar is in brisk inquiry. Some 1300 bags of Bourbon sugars were quitted this forenoon at £28 15s. for rations, and £33 10s. to £34 10s. for yellow counters. Teas are not lively. Currants are wanted, and trade parcels are got rid of at 4d., and a trifle under. The low prices ruling for rice, and the large quantities coming forward, direct more attention to that article. At auction some 200 tons of Java rioe, ex Janet Stewart, were cleared off at £17 for the bulk, A superior cample was, however, taken up at £21. Sixty tons dreised Bankok rioe realised £17 10s. to

Sydney.—The Sydney Morning Herald, of Dec. 5, reports : —" The receipts of wheat and flour have been large, but as our stocks had become very much reduced, prices vere -well supported until the past week. They have now a declining tendency, and may be expected to fall much lower in view of a plentiful harvest, which is now being reaped in this Colony and South Austaalia." Hobart Town, December 4.—Flour, from £14 10s. to £15 per ton. The prevailing dry weather is exercising a very destructive influence upon the crops, ■end unless rain comes speedily the settlei-3 will suffer greatly. "Wheat from 6s. 3d. to 6s. 4d. per bushel. Oats, from 2s. 6d. to 3s. per bushel. — Mercury. Launceston, December 5. —Flour is quoted at £14; wheat, ss. 6d.; oats, 2s. lOd. to 3s. Our crops are looking well, though the farmers are beginning to cry out for rain. Bran is worth Is. 6d. English barley, ss. Tasmanian oatmeal, £22 to £24. Hay, £4. Adelaide, Decembers.—ln.thecornmarket, wheat is freely offering at 4s. .6'd. Several transactions in wheat and flour are pending for want of shipping, which alone prevents actual sales to a considerable amount. .'.■■•' NELSON MARKETS.—Decembeb 17; i ■•£ Bread.—lOd. t,o lid. f- 41b loaf. Grain. —Wheat, *$ bushel, from Bs. to 95.; Oats, f- bushel, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d.; Barley, f bushel, ss. 6d. to 6s. Fruit.—Oranges, 2s. 6d. dozen; Apples, Bd. ?-«>. .: Vegetables.—Potatoes (old), 6s. *$■ cwt. j'New Potatoes, lid. f- ft.; Onions, sd. per ft; Lettuces. Is. 3d. °f doz.; Cabbages, 4d. to6d. each; Radishes, 3d. "ffi bunch; Carrots, none ;<■ Celery, none; Rhubarb, Is. "f- bunch; Asparagus, 9d. to Is. °$ buncli, ■ ■ f MiJAT.—Beef, sd.to Ba. f lb.; Mutton, 3d to 6d ; Veal and Pork, 7d. to Bd.; Bacon and Ham, Is. to Is. 2d. f ■ ft. Dairt Produce.—Butter, Is. 2d. f ft;: salt butter, 19. ; Ej;gg, Is. 6J. dozen. Poultry.—Ducks, 7a. to Bs. "ijp pair; Fowls, ss. to 6s. pair ; 6ee9e, 9s. each. • Timber. —Kauri, seasoned, 155.; planed, tongued and grooved, 15s. to 165.; Wide Boards, 17s. 6d. to 255.; Totara and Red Pine,- 13s. to 18s.; White Pine and Rimu, from' the wharf —Bs. 6d. to 9s. 6d; from the yard—los. 6d. to 11s.—Shingles, Kauri, 155.; Totara, 18s. ; Tasmaniau, 235. Rod and Hounsell's Fine Silk-dressed Flour, £18 ty ton; Hart's Adelaide Flour, £20 f ton.