THE MARKETS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1856, 1 June 1888, Page 3

THE MARKETS

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London, May 30. Consols are 102^. New Zealand Five Per Cents., 105£; Four Per Cent. Inscribed, 97£. Sydney, May 31. Locally-made butter, Is 3d to Is 9d. The supply is decreasiug, and best imported- is m good demand at from Is to Is 3d ; cheese m good demand, 7d to 8d ; | bacon, 9d ; hams, Is to Is Id ; oats, heavy milling, 2s 3d ; heavy feed, 2s to 2s 2d, market dull ; New Zealand bran, lOd j local bran, 10^d, market dull, there being large stocks m the market. Pollard is quiet at lOd ; maize, plentiful, at 2s 4d to 2s 5d ; Warrnambool potatoes, 45s to 47s 6d ; Circulars, 66s 5d ; New Zealand potatoes, 55s to 60s, the supply is equal to the demand and steady; wheat, milling, 3s 9d ; chickwheat, 3s ; onions, £5 10s. Melbourne, May 31 Wheat, 3s 4£d ; flour, stone made, £7 5s ; roller made, £9 5s ; oats, Tartarian, 2s 7d ; stout, 2s lOd ; barley, brisk at 5s 6d ; maize, 3s sd ; bran, lOd. Adelaide. May 31. Wheat, 8s 5d f.o.b. ; farmers' lots, 3s 3d at Port Adelaide, at outports 3s Id to 3s 2d. Flour stone made, £7 5s to £7 10s ; roller-made, £8 5s to £8 7& 6d; bran, 9d \ pollard, 9|d.

Messrs Chrystali and Co. have received a telegram from their correspondent at Foochow advising them that the market for new season's tea had been opened at an advance of about 2 to 3 taels upon last season's prices.