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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1056, 22 January 1884, Page 2

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Office, ; (Tuesday sftemeen. bain Agency and Mcr- I ted, report on the Lonter date Dec. 6tb, 1883: it daring the past month ne autumnal character, or, field work and the hough the mild weather father, too forward, and to check the growth, in Values has occurred the trade having been .t this season, and no imr until the turn of the year, idedly lower, whilst Rusty, are slightly dearer, : the ports and some inbt misting. Australians t46s 6d, and sound and ew Zealand at- 43s per scans being worth 465. 1 of the wheat, however, King out of cpndition is I to"; 375. The stocks in ot materially decreased. y L large and the quantity >w on the passage to the 184,000 quarters), show f to be any falling off in , and "consequently there immediate improvement decs on the spot arc refar future shipment, a “be expected shortly, argoes of the new Ausand January-Februaiy there-'are ndw sellers at ire, oyer 45 9 4»olbs. bas been extremely dull, supplies from America other kinds. Barley and of the former, and very est the ’value, but both iwcr during the past two , 10I—The fourth series of denied bn 20th inst, with buyers, and competition mhe commencement has n otherwise, the home freely; and foreign buyers , especially whenever the ilian wools are offered, iter ln increased demend yerrlast sales’ rates, the j - ’relatively the scarcest cbured and washed parinest grades, are, - on the in. cquaL favor. Lambs, ot? of new season’s proi if.. poor character, but i in improved request ivance of j£d per lb. llclose ©n Bth inst; the if the first series of sales yet been fixed, but it will rlier than usual. Tallow it last advices the tallow , and at the auctions last gres# request, and being vance of 2s t 02561 per scriptions were only 6d to Cfinest mutton 43s to 43s petto 4isper cwt. Beef, to good 38s 6d to 39s per de sales last week passed , rdl descriptions of -*ole S' Australian .bides were ;6 weresold at a reduc■~f‘\ vt^fnwqftd ‘ana - per lb on previous sile were especially dull, bnote heavy ox to sHh light 4)4 d \r-? and cows 4Md to 4jj£d per lb. SeJy iCOßdctasft'lX® toWd. amTthirds per Off sg'jjte'’-' * mega meat—r Th's. trade still- oontmues > since our lasti Qifl .ftt lb. The &;:»k 1 gp^B^a.vfe r l^ett‘'tlib' s.s. Doric, bringing 9,307 . '-and' .236: packages Beef, 'and Fenstanton vrith’7,sßs carcases 6f mat- £&■ jSternedlonb ini very good condition, arid so far ;-;»;b(tpres«itwsoevtmned* the -latter shipment order; Money—The bank rate has irfe’ibniateod unchanged since the 27th September ||i|EWng still-apcgcgit; h .