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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 127, 2 June 1904, Page 2

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HOME MARKETS. LONDON, May 81, The total wheat and flour afloat, 'or tho United Kingdom is 4,365,000' r quarters, and for the Continent' 1,930,000 quarters. Atlantic shipments 100,000, Pacific 20,000. Copper-rSpot £56 15s; three months £5& 14b. Tin—£l23 2s 6d ; three mo*ths. £122 15s. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKET SYDNEY, Jane 1, Wheat—Steady at 3s &d to 3a 7d. Flour, £7 10s to £7 15s. Oats—Tasmanian Algerian Is 7d to Is 9d, New Zealand 2s 4d, Tartarian 2s 6d .local feeders Is Gd. Barley—Cape, 2s <td to 2b sd. Maize, 2s Id. . Bran, 6Jd. ; Pollard, 7id. Peas—Prussian Blue 3b 9d to 4*. Potatoes, £1 10s to £1 16s, Onions—Victorian, £2 15s to £3.. Butter, Bd, Cheese, 4d to Gd. . . Bacon, 6|d to Bd. 1 (Tho above quotations are those' ruling between merchant and retailer,, and do not represent slightly lower' values obtained by recognised brokers.) MELBOURNE, Juno 1. Wheat, Bs. Flour, £7 ss. Oats—Algerian, Is Id to Is 3d. Barley, 2s 3d to 3s. Maize, Is lid. llran, 7}d. ■'Pollard, 7Jd. Potatoes, £1 10s to £3. Onions, £1 10s to £1 12s 6d. ADELAIDE, Juno !i Wheat, 2s lid to 3s. Flour, £7 10s. Bran, 7d. Pollard, Bd. ;, ii AGENT-GENERAL'S ADVICK. (Per m-ess Association), WELLINGTON, May 80. The Department of Industries antf Commerce has received the following cablegram from the Agent-General, dated London, 28th inst : There has been no alteration in thn mutton market since cabling last week, Lamb is in good demand. The average price to-day for Canterbury brands is s id per It>, tor brands other than Canterbury s|d. Beef is in better demand. The average price to-day for hindquarters of Now Zealand beef is B|d per tb, for fores 2Jd per lb. Butter— I The market, is steady, but speculators ore very limited, .Supplies on hand ore very heavy, and what buying is wing done is chiefly speculative. Considerable quantities of butter now arriving are 'being placed in, the cold stores, I%e average price of choicest New Zealand butter to-day is 86s per cwt,, Danish 955, Siberian' 80s per cwt. Choese—The market is firm, with improved demand. The' average price for finest New Zealand cheese to-day is 42s per cwt. Hemp—The market is dull. Tho 1 price of New Zealand hemp, good fair Wellington grade, on spot, today is £3l per ton. May to Juno shipments are quoted at £3O per ' ton. Cocksfoot seed—The market is steady. Tne average price for bright, clem- New Zealand seed, weighing 11V lb per bushel, on 8I)ot. to-day is 52s per cwt.