Markets.
Chkistchttbch.—The market for produce was very firm on Saturday, holders asking for higher rates than huyers were prepared to give. ss. 6d. was offered freely for white chaff' red wheat, and 6s. for prime samples of white. Barley ss. 6d.; oats nominal, sellers not know-
ing what to ask, owing to the high rates quoted in the Australian papers. Potatoes niav 1 placed at £4, 55., but sales were to aLI i extent checked for want of gunny bao- s . Wheat is now being shipped freely" to port from both Quay and Ferry, at 4d. per bushel In Lyttelton, the usual number of Auctio Sales mark the state of business as steady 1 Goods continue to go oif freely, and the stir f" the export trade is maintained. There are n U transactions which require particular notice, °
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Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 490, 15 July 1857, Page 4
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138Markets. Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 490, 15 July 1857, Page 4
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