COLONIAL MARKETS

Wellington Independent, 19 January 1860, Page 1 (Supplement)

COLONIAL MARKETS

SYDSEY. By the Lml Worsle*/, we have Sydney pi pers up to the ilth inst. Business had 001 tinued brisk during the week, and there hn been considerable improvement in the mom market since the commencement of the, y«\ The European news per Salsette had given it creased firmness to the import market, th general aspect of affairs was good, and colonii produce was firm and advancing. Fine flour i quoted at £20 per ton, seconds, £18 ; wheal 7s. to 7s. 6d. per bushel ; potatoes, £10 10s. t £12 per ton, maize, 3s. 3d. per bushel. MELBOURNE. The latest telegrams state . — That tire mai kets show no change. On Thursday, the 5t January, 1600 bags Mauritius sold at old rates Flour in better demand. Adelaide flour via selling at from £17 10s. to £18 per ton ; Tas manian, £16 10s. to £17 do. ; Chilian, (sound) £16; wheat, 7s. to 7s. 6d- per bushel. The mail steamer Salsette left Hob3on's Baj at hall past nine o'clock this morning, anc ! cleared the Heads at about noon. The weather is wet. ADELAIDE. / Ou Friday, the 6th inst., the telegram a' nounues:— Nothing doing in general busfne/ little wheat coming in ; the weather is very t Fine flour, £16 to £16 10s. ; wheat, 63. 10J •- 7s. per bushel. . 7 TASMANIA. I Business quiet. Beyond what was reqJ ; for home consumption, there was nothin] . flour, which is quoted at from £18 to £M , ton. Wheat 7s. to 7s. 6d. per bushel ; old «c tatoes, 6 lbs. for Is. F