Commercial News
«. J PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. ) Paris, May 22. The French grain crops are in a critical condition, and the official estimates of the yield show a deficiency in the home supply of twenty million hectolitres. London, May 22. New Ze'.ltnd longberried wheat, 43s ; market steady. For New Zealand wheat on passage sellers are asking 435, but buyers will not give more than 42>< 6d. Canterbury mutton, 4|d ;' Wellington do, 4£d ; Canterbury lambs, s^d; New Zealand beef, forequarters, " 3fd ; hind« quarters, 4|d. Hemp is dull, and no silea are reported. The next series of .Antwerp wool xale^ open in June. The first sales will include 3500 bales of Australian wool. ..." | ; -May« 1 25. The White Colville, a French apple, is Belhng at St Petersburg and Moscow for 2s 6d a piece. The London salemen believe that the Australian apples are of a superior qnality, and would fetch nearly equal prices in Russia if the quality were assured. Since the close of the wool sales the market has been quiet. Seventy- seven thousand six hundred bales have been sent forward to the manufacturing districts direct. The total quantity available at present for the next series is 230,000 bales\i - . _ New Zealand 'wheat) prompt shipment in iron bottoms, is selling at 425.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 143, 26 May 1891, Page 2
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