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* The Star Offlco, Tills Day. Tlio diiHkouifi rev<.'tt«« collated «t ClirJatclturcli U'l" <lAy uinountGil to Ml Ob 3d. Tlio lmiiincflfl trnnflnotod during tho pnst weclc lmti been modonito, Btondy, and in tho main, BfUlfifiwiory, Homo tw imhrs linvc ftnUoijiatcd tlio« jiroiirtblo winter domnnd for fitnple artlclcrt hy putahnalng to n eonfli/iornblo extent. 'J ho pi'looß ruling in tho Melbourne „ . anil Duiimiln mnrketn Invvo in most ln«tunco« n very iiiiu oriul o/Ccot on pricon hero, ntul uorno ftriioltirt, Uiootookot which t« not heavy, give lad lcUlonfl o£ a rlflo In vuluo. Wo rofer jmore jmrtluularly to o/inillon and Homo oiasncH of opiritn. f J ho Rniin mnrkct ha« been without anlma* tlon, autl no hivlob worthy of «(icolal notice bavo taken pluco, Iloldcru of wheat Aro firm for an a:!v»nao, and huyorfl aro not inclined to opomtc, owliir to tho unnottlcd fltuto of tlio bread ntulTfl mnrlcet in AuHtralin, Should nhlpmonts from California continue to como forward, an immediate rioe i« not probable The lftto»l urftiH quotiitloiiß aro given clue ■wliCWt , , , t , . Thoro in no material oliango to report in tho Btoek raarkoti Thoro lo v woll-auatalncd domiiud for really good dairy «ow* <vn<l toy young hclfcrH, Tlw 'prompt meanurofl taiton to <:onflil« tlio plouro-pnouinonla to tho (!!«• ' trlct in which it flnit appeared, arid tho buccoflH which has apparently attended tho cfllortfl of all concerned, havo had tlio tfllcct of ro« aßfluVlnK tho owncra of fitook, On tho whole, credit irf B»nn<f, «»'l tho dally incrofi«ln« domand for land, for bona t /inoccupation, is a euro ultfii of reviving confldonco. Tlio Government land flttlcn during tho week have been vory considerable, and tho varloun land agents ruport a ntondy incronHO of bufllnonH. At two p,m, tlil« day thoro was no alteration In tlio quptationn for grain. O/itß nro olTerlnf? a Hula more freoly. 'i'ho following aro tho market ratcn s—Whcat, Cfl to <1h Odj oatu, Ifltfd to 2fl| barley, 3» <ld to 4n> (lour, £\% ,U0 t nnd -01111 bran, jC3> flharpa, M\ pcao, •'!«! and bonno, 4b,