MARKETS.

Patea Mail, 11 December 1880, Page 4

MARKETS.

LONDON PRICES. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report under date of London, Dec. 7th : Wool. —The market is unchanged. Up to date 85,000 hales have been sold. The principal decline has been in cross-bred. There has been moderate competition on the French account. Trade in the maniifactnrng district is unchanged. WIiKAT. —Market unchanged. Adelaide is worth 51s, Victoria 51s, and New Zca. land 47s per 49GIbs, Tallow. —The market is quiet. Best mutton is worth 35s 10d ; best beef, 32s lOd per lb. Lkatjikr.—The market is Hat. Best sides worth 114 per lb. AUSTRALIAN WOOL. The Melbourne circular of the N. Z. L. and M. A. Coy, dated November 24tli, says :—Since onr last month's summary a largo business can be reported at satisfactory prices, well sustaining opening rates. Exclusive catalogues have been submitted throughout the month to eager competition, buyers showing every disposition to operate, which has in most instances been mot by growers, thus leading to transactions fully equal to previous years. The favorable news to baud while wc arc writing, of the opening of the November sales in London, lead us to anticipate a continuation of the activity that has hitherio prevailed so far in our present series of sales. r ihe number of bales sold during the month here is 40,110. The attendance of buyers, comprising English, Scotch, Continental, and American, is large, the size and variety of the cotalogues offered in this market, which include Wools front all the neighbouring colonies,not excepting New Zealand, afford ing them an assortment unobtainable • outside of London, and giving a character to this market which has placed it in the foremost position as the Woo! Depot of Australia. Our London oflicc advises us by cable under date the 23rd hist, as follows: — The sales opened at the level of the last sale, the 23rd inst. The sale comprised about 90,000 bales ; 11,000 bales have been sent to the manufacturing districts direct" The opening catalogue contained 4,700 bales. Home buyers arc purchasing freely, but the continental demand is limited. Scoured market firmer, Greasy market unchanged. The condition of the clip on tire whole is good, it being well-grown and sound. Tire smaller, lots have been corning to hand, as a rule, in a more marketable condition than hitherto, greater attention being evidently shown in skirting and preparing the fleeces.

Our advices from the colony are favourable from a general point of view, for although complaints arc hoard from northern parts of the colony of want of moisture, still by comparison with the past lew years we are well supplied therewith. Harvest prospects arc good, anil the farmers as a rule look forward to a good year should they bo rewarded with fair average prices. Shipments to London during the month 101,009 bales. Total shipments to date 144,803. PRICES CURRENT.

WELLINGTON PRICES. (Corrected by latest report,) Farm and Dairy Produce — Wholesale.

Flour Market — Wholesale.

Jlai/ and Corn Market.

CHRISTCHURCH RETAIL PRICES. (Corrected by Latest Report.) Fresh butter 8d to lOd per lb Eggs Is per do/. Cheese Gel to lOd per lb Milk Jd per quart Lamb 2s (Jd and 3s Beef 2d to (Jd per lb Mutton 2d to 4cl per lb Pork 7d per lb Ham Is per lb Bacon lOd and Is per lb

DUNEDIN PRICES. Prime beef, 22s Gd per IOOIbs ; mutton, shorn, UJd ; 2d per lb.

AUCKLAND RETAIL TRICES. (Corrected by latest report.)

Tallow wholesale, mutton 275, mixed, 20s to 2i)s. NEW PLYMOUTH RETAIL PRICES. (Corrected by latest report),

Butchkrs’ Mcat .—Beef, 3d to 5d ; mutton, 24-d to od ; pork, 5d to 7d. Mill Pricks, —Taranaki tlour, 13s 6d per IOOIbs ; silk-dressed (Star brand), 14s Gd ; wheat meal, 12s Gs: chick’s wheat, 4s 6d per bushel ; sharps, 8s per IOOIbs, or sack 10s ; bran, 4s per sack ; oats, 3s per bushel ; oatmeal, 4s Gd per bag (251bs); maize (best screened), 5s Od per bushel.

Giikas v— s. d. S. d. Inferior . 0 51 to 0 71 Ordinary to average... . 0 8 o 0 10 Good to superior . 0 101 „ 1 U Flkkck (washed) — Inferior . 0 11 o 1 2 Ordinary to average.. . 1 1 n 1 5 Average to good 1 0 !) 1 0 Superior ■> 0 2 2 Seoul 1 , kd— Inferior . 0 10 „ ] 0 Ordinary 1 3 „ 1 5 Middling to good , 1 1 8 Superior . 1 JO „ 2 2

s. (1. S. cl. Milk, quart ... 0 i) to 0 0 Butter, salt, lb ... 0 to 0 2 Butter, fresh ... 0 4i to 0 Cheese, Colonial ... ... 0 4! to 0 ji Eggs, dozen ... 0 p * to 1 0 Larch lb ... u ;; to 0 4 Ham. lb ... 0 0 to 0 10 Bacon,1b ... 0 S to 0 it Fowls, pair ... 1 (i to 0 0 Ducks, pail’ ... 4 0 to 0 0 Geese, pair ... ... "> 0 to 0 0 Turkeys, pair ... c 0 to 0 0

£ S, d. s. a. Sharps, per ton 1 0 0 to 1 10 0 Adelaide, per ton ... 1.1 10 0 to H 0 0 Th an, per ton ** 0 0 to 0 0 0 Colonial Flour 11 0 0 to 11 10 0 Oatmeal 10 10 0 to 11 0 0

1 £ s. d. s. d. Maize. Sydney 0 0 to 0 0 0 Maize. Poverty Bay 0 0 to 0 0 0 Oats . i • 0 2 o to 0 2 3 Oats, feed ... 0 1 it to 0 1 10 Wheat. 0 i] 0 to 0 3 3 Wheat, chick 0 2 !) to 0 0 0 Potatoes 1 5 0 to 1 10 0 Carrots 1 10 0 to 0 0 0 Hay. ton ■1 10 0 to 0 0 0 Oaten, ton ... 4 15 0 to. 0 0 0 Straw, ton ... ;! 0 0 to 0 0 0 Chaff, ton ... 4 0 0 to 0 0 0 Onions None in market.

Boasting Beef «d to 7d Boilit.g Beef 4d to 5d Mutton, hind-quarter ... Id to 3d ., fore-quarter ... 3d to — Lamb, hind-quarter ... ... 3s(id to 5s fore-quarter ... 3s(id to oS Pork amt Veal (id to Od Steaks... (id to Sd Chops and Sausages ... 3d to (id

Haying. Sellng. s, d. 8. d. Uniter (per lb.) ... o <; 0 8 Cheese (Colonial) ... 0 7 0 10 Kggs (per doz.) ... ... 0 10 1 0