THE MARKETS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1921, 17 August 1888, Page 2

THE MARKETS

(per press association) Sydney, Aagtut 16 The potato market is easy. New Zealand, 67s 6d to 70s ; circular heads, 70s ; Warrnambools, 55s ; onions, New Zealand, £6 to £7 ; Victorian, £8 ; oats, stoeks accumulating, the demand is falling ; heavy milling, 2s 6d ; feed, 2s 3d to 2s U&\ off sorts, 2s ; wheat, New Zealand milling, 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; chick, 2s 8d to 2s lOd ; butter, locally made, is easy at Is 6d to Is 9d ;' best imported is easy at Is 3d to Is 5d j cheese, steady at 6£d to 7d ; bacon is firmer, locally cured, 6^d to 7d ; New Zealand cured, dull at 8d to 9d j New Zealand hams, Is to Is l£d. , Mjelbovbvk. August 16. Wheat, 3s s£d ; flour, stone made, £7 17s 6d ; roller made, £8 10s ; oats, quiet at 3s Id ; barley, malting, 5s 4d ; seed,. 2s 9£d. Adelaide, August 16. Wheat— 3s 6d to 3s 6|d, farmers' lots, 3s 4d to 3s 5d at Port Adelaide, 3s 3d at outports. Flour— Stone-made £7 15s to £8, roller-made £8 10s. Oats, 3s 4d to 3s 6d. London, Angaat 14. Consols are quoted at 100^. New Zealand five per cent bonds, 1041 . 4 p er Con fc inscribed stock, 98£. The Bank rate of discount is 3 per cent. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have just received the following cable message from their London office :— Wheat— The market is steadier, and the weather ib more favorable for the | crop here. The French market is deficient both in quantity and quality, and Adelaide wheat f ,a.q, is readily saleable to arrive in France. Adelaide wheat is worth 37s per 4961b5, and to arrive f.a.q. is worth the same figure per 4801bs. Victorian wheat is worth 36s per 4961b5. New Zealand wheat, average and long-berried, are worth respectively 35s 6d and 36b 9d per 4961b5, and f.a.q, to arrive is worth 34s 6d per 5801bs. Tallow — The market is steady. Good beef and mutton tallow are worth respectively2Bs 3d and 25s 3d per cwt. ■ Leather-— Market easier. Best sides are worth 10£d per lb. Frozen Mutton— The market continues steady. Canterbury and Wellington mutton are worth respectively 5f d and s£d perlb.