THE MARKETS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1849, 24 May 1888, Page 2

THE MARKETS

» ■ (per press association.)^ Sydney, May 28. Potatoes, (New Zealand), 50s ta 555) Tasmanian, 60s ; Warrambool, 40s to 455. Oats are easy at 2s id to 23 ad j milling, 2s 2d;. chaff, best, 5s sd. Wheat, chick, 2s nd to 3s ; butter, local, is 6d; imported best, v to is 2d ; cheese, from 6d to jd } loaf, 7j£dj bacon m cloth, 9d to gj4 ', hams, is to is id. Melbourne, May 23. Wheat is easier, 3s 5$ ; flour, £y 5s for-stone-made; oats, stone, 2s ud; barley is firm and prime malting quoted, 5s 6 J. Adelaide,, May 23. Wheat is advancing, and quoted at 3 s 4d to 3 s sd, for cargoes delivered f.0.b,, farmers lots; 3s 2d at outportsj 3s 3d at Port Adelaide. Superfine stone flour, 5s to £7 10s j roller flour, from £S 5s to 10s j oats, 2s o,d to 2s iod; malting barley, 5s to 5s 6d, London, May 22. Since the close of the last London wool series 25,000 bales have been sold at a slight advance on closing rates. The Antwerp sales closed firmly. London, ofay 23 Wool"shows a general advance of *4d* per lb. Prospects of further ;rise are considered to be favorable; - '•-* ' The New Zealand Loan arid Mercantile Agency Company, Limited,;, bave received the following cable message from their London office, dated the 22nd inst :— ■■.■•:■;■ ; ' Wool. — The market is firmer, Since the close of the sales there has been some business by private treaty at fully previous rates, the sales^ comprising 2500 bales. . "'" Wheat. — The market is quiet..