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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 102, 24 December 1879, Page 2

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A?, " a,:a7x:x?a., v. v. y.>i:,.y:.y. ? The Nqw Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company -trader date December 20th report as follows : — y- ' ' f L 7-3?he*a^ri*f;alß jto "date .for the next serial auctions' will he supplemented by a ainali-pTOpbrtib*^ of the pcy AKf fcr W° ,n C )*V how on passage by steamers, and hy such parcels qtold^wpol as haye7nc tyvet reijicned; ? marked '*-. Rise *ih -' values eventaa.ei dealers being generally anxious to realise before ..close pf the! year. The total suppliesywill hot^ "however, -'probably ypfceijd 125,000 bale., against 170,638 bales at 'correspoh-v^Ling(da^-li.st year; yf'y 'Af7 7\ 7'i7 7) ;. , Tillow.^--The sales 'by public' ahctibi." since'depattjh'e of.,last. B^rindisi mail have ..been 5507 packages out pf .a- total pf.6,1§5.. 'catalogued. ' "J h ; thie early par. ofthe rbbhth '^the demarid yas f air, and in each succhssive'sale ftgrew sp6ngerV.cui'mihating4aßt-w^et in i_n. advtti}.c^;iH rates which makes present quotations 5s higher on mutton and 6s on 'Beef;tsilow^.C6*bipar^ bur .list issue- by, this route. . "Supplies are Tlie'hbme me^.-is ;defective , both in 'quan- ; lifcy v and '• ' fj? I|e^easbh ? s>hipmen^s •frpmKifesia.hre-^lnjost at an ettdj andythe '.quantity on the way from -'"other source's is ktmwn tohblfetnall: 7?: x .AC* "7 "- ' . • Corn 'Marketl— Tins niarke*iha_'e-(hlbited :*gr«*^».*.»excifement, ./the various fluctuations '*F*^ v -V;n^^rfea^haying-beeh- reproduced bhtbiß i _idg-.ySom<sa.uthorities do not hesitate to .to sp'ubiishi. tHeir - option that before the commencement of- next season prices *may /b^ |xpe<it.i'd}t^iule;even - higherythaji ;those ; current v during- tne period or thp iafe'excit^'--mi-'h^-i^iiiivyiei^isay^ borne biithy the result. In the meantime ship.mesntstfrpj^iAmwician• -ports* continue to.' ' re&fiptli^-tfmtea a# .fie'ralf of^ over 400,000 quarters .per .week: Hfew fZealandhwheats^have shared : in : the general fiheiri fine quality and condition j being appreciated by. buyers,-'' Who 'h a^ e takgn them 'freely.' -The stocl.9 are. nuich..; .'reduded, hut importers generally, cbntinue. ; toWneet the trjarket whenever -full' vdlWs ' are obtainable.! A vary cltqice parcel 'refc ched l h^kfcre|nb^>ric^ di 7G2i; ' but^it^w|S» pnly'a small faaic^lbt.y> : -* s> y**y Ay-