VICTORIA

West Coast Times, Issue 372, 1 December 1866, Page 2

VICTORIA

j The " Argus of the 24th ult. reports :— ." In the import markets, business, without j evincing very niuch animation, has bcon fairly j active. BreadsUiils niaiutain a very firm as- | peel, and the market inclines to higher rates, 1 though no actual change is reported to-duy. * Trade sales of b jst town made Adelaide flour I have been cilectcd at Ll3 10s, and country I brands have been disposed of at Ll2 10s. Private telegrams from Adelaide have been received in town this afternoon, advising an advance in flour there to Ll3, and with instructions to hold flour in this market for LIL From Sydney we learn of the arrivalihero of tho Woodlands, from California, with a cargo of 500 tons of wlieat, barley, and oal s. Her dates from San Francisco reached to 22nd September, and reported the -departure for Sydney of the Spirit of the Sea. Sales of colonial oats continue to be mentioned al 4s 6d. Maize remains steady at 4s 4JJ. For candles there lias been considerable enquiry. 700 boxes have been placed to arrive, and several hundred boxes to land from the Pride of the Ocean have been disposed of at prices rising to lid. A shipment of forty pockets of 1865 hops has been placed in a line at a very full figure. Sales of good ration sugai'3 have been made at L 26. Patna rice, in trade parcels, is quitted at L 24 10s. In liquids we note sales of tho Lion Brewery bulk stout at L 6 15s. The Trent Brewery Company's bulk ales met with buyers to a lair sxtent at up to L 6 10.-», according to quantity. A shipment of 800 cases of Maclien'h stout in bottle has been placed in a line to land, on private terms, but said to have realised a price fully sustaining the trade rate of 9a 6d required for smaller lots. We learn that 7s has been obtained for a parcel of 20 hhds. of Miirtell's old brandy. Kerosene oil is quitted at 2s for second brands, while 3s 2d to 3s 3d is realised for small lot 3of Cozzen's and Dovv- . ner's ; the business done, however, is trifling. In teas a line of 400 half-che.«ls of new medium congous has met with a buyer at about Is 6d in bond. A parcel of 1000 quarterbarrels of blasting powder has been quitted at somewhat under sid."