THE MARKETS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2230, 19 September 1889, Page 2

THE MARKETS

(PBR PRKSS ASSOCIATION.)

Hydnry. September 18. In the wheat market there is a steady business. Chick feed, 3s 4d to 8s 6d ; New Zealand milling, 3a lOd to 4s 3d ; Calif ornian, 4s 4d to 4s Gd ; Adelaide, 5s 4d. Flour— -New Zealand stonemade, £Q 10s to £9 15s ; roller-made, £10 10s to £11, Oats—Feeding, 2s 9d to 3s ; seed, 8s 2d to 3s 3d. Maize, 8s to 88 2d. Barley, Cape, 2a 7d to 2s 9d. Bran, 9d. Pollard, Bd. Potatoes — New Zealand, £5 to £5 ss, firm, Circular heads, £5 15s to £6. Onions — Victorian, £80 ; San Francisco, £80 to £81. Butter — D airy made, 9d ; separator, lOd to lid ; faotory, lid to Is. Cheese, 4d to 7d, market glutted. Bacon, 6d to 7d ; New Zealand, 8d to9d.

Meibournk, September 18. The wheat market is unsettled, nominally, at 4s 3d. Oats — New Zealand stout, ex store, 3s lOd. Maize, 4s ll_d, Barley is quiet at 3s lOd, Bran, Is 2d. Peas are m demand.

Adelaide, S-piember 18 The grain business is exceedingly quiet. Wheat, for farmers' lots at outports, 4s 7d to 4s 8d ; for shipping parcels at Port Adelaide, 4s lOd to 4s lid. Flour, roller made, £11 to £11 15s. Oats — New Zealand, m bond, 3s 5d to Ss 6d. Barley — Cape, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; English malting, 4s 9 d to ss.

Country advices indicate that the harvest will bo Beveral weeks late, but the crops are expected to givo a satisfactory yield.

London, September 18. New Zealand mutton is quoted at 5d per lb.

(Reoeived September 19, 1 30 p.m.)

London, September 18 Tho quantity of wheat and flour afloat for tho United Kingdom m 1,664,000 quarters ; for tho Continent $2- ,000 quarters. The American visible supply is 15,625,000 bushols.