MARKETS.

Patea Mail, 8 February 1881, Page 4

MARKETS.

LONDON MARKETS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company report under date, London, Feb. 1. Wool market unchanged; up to date 173,000 bales have arrived.—Trade in manufacturing districts unchanged.—The wheat market is flat, Adelaide being worth 50s per 4961hs ; Victoria, 49s 6d per 496 Ihs, and New Zealand 47s per 4961bs. — The tallow market is firm, best mutton being worth £37 per ton, and beef worth £34 10s.—The leather market is quiet, best sides are worth 11 Ad.

ENGLISH WOOL MARKET. Messrs C. Balme and Co., under date 11th December, report on the fourth series of colonial wool sales, which closed on that day. The supplies available on first hands, inclusive of held-over wools, made a total of 121,000, including 27,000 of New Zealand. The quantities catalogued made a total of 123,974 bales, including 25,380 bales of New Zealand. Withdrawals during the auctions, together with unolfered wools, gave a total of about 16,000 bales held over for future realisation. The total amount taken for export was estimated at 50,000 bales. Fluctuations in prices were unimportant, and quotations for most descriptions ruled substantially under a shade of prices paid during the latter portion of the preceding series. The chief feature of the sales were the large selection of Cape and Natal staple, and the arrivals (17,000 bales) of the new Australian clips, which for the first time reached the market at an early period of the season in anything like appreciable supply. The shipments offered did not, however, except in a few instances, compare favourably with those of the produce of the previous clip. The Port Philip and New South Wales shipments were somewhat stained and shorter in staple, and in many instances tender and not unfrequently heavier and more faulty. The Adelaide flocks weic comparatively sounder and better grown, though not perhaps lighter in condition. Messrs Balme also says:—“A certain tone of sobriety and reserve—and in the English worsted districts of distinct depression—still marks the condition of business in all the leading centres of consumption, and the decided indications of increased industrial and speculative acivily, which have latterly been perceptible in other departments of trade, have as yet been but feebly marked in the woollen districts.” The quantities which had arrived on lllh December for the February sales were:—Sydney 620, Port Phillip 203, Adelaide 1403, Swan River 2, New Zealand 1995, and Cape and Natal, 5357 bales, total 9580.

NEW PLYMOUTH MARKETS. (Latest Report. ) Mr Courtney reports that, owing to the cocksfoot harvest being in full swing,.but few buyers or sellers were present at the sale at Inglewood. The cattle that came forward sold at satisfactory prices. 15 small, but well-conditioned calves, 37s each ; 3 18-month-old heifers, £3 10s ; 2 cows, in calf, £5 15s and £5 17s 6d ; 2 heifers, forward in calf, £5 2s 6d each. At the mart on Wednesday I disposed of a quantity of fruit at the following prices Pears, 6s to 8s per case ; assorted plums, from 7s to 9s 6d ; green gages, 7s to 10s ; apples, 7s 6tl to Bs. I held my usual sale at Glenavon on Thursday, when the following prices were obtained :—1 fat calf, £1 14s ; 14 small good-conditioned calves, 325; 12 3'earlings, from £2 5s to £3 ; 25 very good 18-months-old steers, £3 12s 6d to £3 17s 6d; 2 cows and 3 small calves, £lO 5s for the lot; 4 2-year-old heifers, £4 5s to £4 10s; 10 cows, at £4 to £5 5s ; 13 store cows, £3 10s ts £4; 1 cow, at calving, £5 17s 6d; 1 well-bred cow, £8 7s 6d ; 8 2-ycar-old steers, £4 7s 6d ; 4 good 2J-year-old do, £5 5s ; 8 2-year-old heifers, £4 15s and £4 12s 6d ; 1 pair young bullocks, £lB. NEW PLYMOUTH RETAIL PRICES, (Corrected by latest report), Buying. Sellng. s. d. s. d. Butter (per lb.) ... ... 0 fi 0 8 Cheese (Colonial) ... 0 7 0 10 Eggs (per doz.) ... ... 1 0 12 Butchers’ Meat. — Beef, 3d to 5d ; mutton, to 5d ; pork, 5d to 7d. Milt. Pricks. —Taranaki flour, 14s 6d per lOOlbs ; silk-dressed (Star brand), 15s 6d ; wheat meal, 13s 6s;-chick’s wheat, 4s 6cl per bushel ; sharps, 8s per lOOlbs, or sack 10s ; bran, 4s per sack ; oats, 3s per bushel ; oatmeal, 4s 6d per bag (251bs); maize (best screened), 6s Od per bushel. AUCKLAND RETAIL PRICES (Corrected by latest report.) Roasting Beef ... 5d to 7d Boilii.g Beef ... ... ... 4d to 5d Mutton, hind-quarter ... 4d to 5d ~ fore-quarter ... ... 3d to Lamb, hind-quarter ... ...• 3sfid to 5s ~ fore-quarter ... ... 3s Gd to 5s Pork and Veal ... ... Gd to Od Steaks... ... ... .. Gd to 8d Chops and Sausages ... ... 5d to Gd Tallow wholesale, mutton 275, mixed, 20s to 255. DUNEDIN PRICES. Prime beef, 22s Gd per lOOlbs ; 'mutton, l£d to l;|d pc lb. WELLINGTON PRICES. (Corrected by latest report.) Farm and Dairy Produce — Wholesale.

Flour Market — Wholesale.

CHRISTCHURCH RETAIL PRICES, (Corrected by Latest Report.) Fresh butter ... ... 8d to lOd per lb Eggs Is 3d per doz Cheese fid to lOd per lb Milk ... ... ... 4d per quart Lamb ... ... ... 2s fid and 3s Beef 2d to fid per lb Mutton ... 2d to 4d per lb Pork ... ... ... 7dperlb Ham Is per lb Bacon ... ... ... lOd and Is per lb

s. d. s. d. Milk, quart ... 0 3 to 0 0 Butter, salt, lb ... 0 4 to 0 5 Butter, fresh ... 0 o to 0 6 Cheese, Colonial ... ... 0 4* to 0 5 Egsrs. dozen ... 1 2 to i 3 Lard, lb ... 0 3 to 0 0 Ham. lb ... 0 11 to i 0 Bacon, lb ... ... 0 9 to 0 10 Fowls, pair ... 4 0 to 0 0 Ducks, pair ... 4 G to 0 0 Geese, pair ... ... 0 0 to 0 0 Turkeys, pair ... 0 0 to 0 0

& s. d. & S. d. Sharps, per ton i 0 0 to 4 10 0 Adelaide, per ton ... 13 10 0 to 14 0 0 Bran, per ton 3 0 0 to 0 0 0 Colonial Flour 11 0 0 to 11 10 0 Oatmeal 10 10 0 to 11 0 0 Hay and Corn Market. & s. d. £ s. d. Maize, Sydney 0 2 G to 0 3 0 Maize, Poverty Bay 0 3 0 to 0 0 0 Oats... 0 2 2 to 0 2 3 Oats, feed ... 0 1 9 to 0 1 10 Wheat 0 3 0 to 0 3 S Wheat, chick 0 2 9 to 0 0 0 Potatoes 1 5 0 to 1 10 0 Carrots 1 10 0 to 0 0 0 Hay, ton 4 10 0 to 0 0 0 Oaten, ton 4 13 0 to 0 0 0 Straw, ton ... 3 0 0 to 0 0 0 Chaff, ton 4 0 0 to 0 0 0 Onions 0 0 3 to o 0 o Seeds. s. d. d. Ryegrass, bushel ... 3 6 to 4 0 Cocksfoot, per lb 0 to 0 4 White clover, per Hr I 3 to 0 0 Red clover, per lb 0 8 to 0 9 Turnips, dozen 1 (i to 0 0 Alsyke, per lb 1 0 to 0 0 Cow grass, per 11) 0 10 to 0 10£