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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 186, 11 August 1904, Page 3

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HOME MARKETS. LONDON, August 9. Consols 88i, Copper-spot £56 lasiid, three months to £56 7s 6d. LONDON, August 10. The wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,275,000 quarters, for the continent 1125,000 quarters, Atlantic shipments 72,000 quarters. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKET. SYDNEY, August 10. Wheat.—Milling 3b 2J.d, chick 2s sdto2s lOd. Flour, £8 to £8 ss; Manitoban £l2 10s to £l3 10s. Oats—Tasmania white 2s 2d to 2s 3d, Algerian Is 7d to Is Bd, New Zealand 2s 4d, Tartarian 2s 6d ; maize 2e. Barley.—Cape 2s, English feeding 2s 2d to 2s 3d, malting 3s 3d to 3s 4<l. Bran 6id, pollard, SidPeas—Prussian Blue 4s to 4s 3d, Potatoes.—Tasmanians £2 5s to £2 15s, New Zealand seed, Early Rose, £4 15s to £5. Onions—Victorian £2 10s to £2 los. Butter Bd. Cheese 4d to 6d, bacon 5Jd to 7*d. MELBOURNE, August 10. Wheat, os 2d to 3s 3d. Flour, £7 5s to £7 7u. Oats, Algerian Is 2d to Is 3d. Bailey—malting 3s Id to 3s 7-d. Maize—prime, to 2s lOd. Bran and pollard 7d. Potatoes £2 7s 6d to £2 12s 6d. ADELAIDE, August 10. Wheat.—Firm at 3s 3d. Flour £B. Bran and pollard 7Jd. BURNSIDE STOCK MARKET. DUNEDIN, August 10. Fat cattle.—ls6 head were yarded, consisting of medium to good bullocks, with an odd pen of prime cattle. 'Prices were slightly easier, the drop amounting to aliout ' 10s per head. There were no good heifers brought forward. Prime bullocks made £lO to £lO 7s 6d, medium do. £8 15s to £9 15s, light do. £7 10s to £8 10s. Cows from £5 to £6 10s.

Fat sheep.—Only a moderate entry, 1503 being pqnned. There was a good demand, and prices were better by about 2s to 2s 6d per heaa all* round. Best wethers 24s 6d to 25s 3d, medium do. 21s to 235, light 18s 6d to 20s, best ewes 21s to 22s fed, medium do. 19s 6d to 20s 6d, light do. 17s to 18s Od. Lambs. Only 95 were penned, Notwithstanding the small entry there was no alteration in prices. Best fetched up to 17s 6d, medium 15s 6d to 16s, light 13s tki. I*ig6.—ln these, too, there was a' small yarding, 60 being, offered. Suckers and slips were in better demand than at last week's sale, other, classes .being unchanged. Suckers realised 13s Od to 15si, slips 16s to 18s, stores 19s to 235, porkers 24s to 335, baconers 37s to 495, choppers to 725.