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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3376, 20 December 1871, Page 2

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Sydney. — Greville's special market report, date:! the sth instant, quotes Adelaide wheat, 5s to 59 Id ; ditto flour, £12 10s to £13 10s ; maize, 2a 9d. Svgar — Rations, £27 10s ; yellow crystals, £36 . 10s to £37 10a ; white do, £40 to £42 ; Honolulu, £25 to £25 10s. Tea~Rationß for chest, £5; counters, good, £G 15s ; medium, blackest leaf, £7 5s ; black leaf, good, £7 15s. Bank of New Zealand shares, £18 los. New Zealand debentures, £102. Tookey's, £35 to £40. Melbourne.— Tho " Argus" of the 9th in6tant reports as follows: — In the import markets business does not show much Hveliness in general, notwithstanding that a speculative feeling to a moderate- exteiit is allowed occasionally to break out. In breadstuff?, only trade parcels of flour cm be moved off at unaltered rutes, Tiz., £12 10s to £12 15?. For wheat no inquiry whatever hns transpired today, iv.d we are without any business to refer to in consequence. Best Adebiido qualities maintain a steady quotation of 5s 10.1 to 5s lid. Medium qualities are saleable at 5s 3d to 5s 7d. There is nothing doing in oats. Maize is very firm, and there are no sellers now under 43, offers of 3s lld having frequently been made without loading to business. Malfc is very firm at 9s 3s to 9* 6d ; we hear of the quittance of a line of 2 500 bushpls at a full price. Teas are coming gradually nnd surely into notice. Inquiries arc reported for all descriptions. Wo notice also that the Australind'3 shipment of last season's congous are attracting a fair amount of attention, sales of chests and halves boing effocted at 8H to 9cl. Sugars since tho arrival of the Einile Mario's curgo have been much run after ; the importers have, however, decided to submit the cargo to competition on Monday first, notwithstanding a great desire evinced by the trade to purchase privately. The qualities and samples nre reully of a very superior description. Tho balance of the Canadienne'a China sugar, about 4000 mats, under offer since yesterday, hns changed hands on private terms" A speculative inquiry for soda crystals has led to the diepogal of 100 tons or thereabouts, at prices rising to £8 10s. Close on 3000 boxes candles have, we aro informed, been taken up nt within a shade of ll£d for Brandon's, while Hid was paid for De Roubaix's. In timber we note an improvement ; the sale this forenoon embraced 1155 red deals 11 x 3, DDD brand, which realised tho extreme figure of 4jd for 9x3; 1259 sprueo deals, 11 x 3, afc samo time brought 4 9-16th3 per foot 9x3, 11 feet and upwards ; 9 feet and 10 feet sold at 4£d. A cargo of Oregon is stated to have been sold in Sydney in one line at a very full price. Under the hammer, port wine in bulk sold at £26 10s to £51, uud sherry in bulk at £33.