LAUNCESTON.
June 21. There has been very little doing in business circles to-day, transactions being principally confined to local requirements. The following are our quotations for to-day : — Flour, £14. We have heard of a sale to-day of 50 tons at this figure (bags included), on terms. Wheat is firm at 6s. 3d., though sellers genei'ally are indisposed to quit at that figure. Oats, good feed, are fully worth 4s. 6d. Butter finds ready sale at Is. lOd. Ritchie's oatmeal, £30 to £32. Hay is worth £4 15s. Sound potatoes have slightly advanced, £4 155., bags in, being the figure to-day. Bacon and hams, dried, Is. Id. to Is. 2d. — Examiner.
Shipping Inteilligence.
SAN FRANCISCO.
April 17. In the absence of any large demand for export, onr market for breadstuffs is declining rapidly. Wheat can be bought to-day at 1 dollar 25 cents to 1 dollar 80 cents per bushel, and may be at 1 dollar 70 cents next week. Flour, superfine, 5 dollars 50 cents to 5 dollars 75 cents per 200 lbs., in \ and \ sacks ; extra, 25 cents per 200 lbs. dearer. Oats, 2 cents per bushel ; little left of fair quality. Barley, very abundant, at 90 cents per 100 lbs. for ordinary, and 1 dollar for best.
