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Temuka Leader, Issue 1115, 7 June 1883, Page 1

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4.USTRALIAN MARKETS. Melbourne, June 5, The Melbourne Manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Co. ot New Zealand, Limited, reports of the local grain market as follows : Shipping wheat 5s Id to 5s 2d ; prices are barely maintained. Malting barley, 5s 3d to 6a, the market steady. New Zealand oats, under bond, are quoted at 2s 3d to 2s 6J. The demand has slackened and prices have declined.

ENGLISH MARKETS. London, June 2. At the wool sale to-day, 11,400 bales were catalogued . The tone of the sales was firm. June 4. Adelaide wheat ex store 48s,and New Zealand wheat 44s to 475. Adelaide flour, 33s 6d. Australian taliow —Best, .beef, ...41b best mutton, 42s 6d. At to-day’s wool sale 12,360 bales were offered. There was less demanc., and prices were occasionally easier. LONDON SEED TRADE* Messrs John Shaw and Sons, of 2 Mark Lane, London, report that tl market during the month ending Apr: 19th, was at its heighth. Fine ope.weather setting in soon after the East: r holidays were over, brought #n an acth sowing demand for every deseription o: farm seeds, under the influence ofwhic i the small stacks remaining wai’e rapidly diminishing, and as imports of foreig clover seeds had ceased, a mush firm feeling had developed itself. In faired clover must be quoted 6s, an! aliyke 5s to 7s per cwt. dearer. Fii 0 rape seed being scarce, in fair demand, was 2s to 3s per qr, dearer. Caaar was quite at the late advance, and hem . seel was very firm. A substantia! ri« • had occurred in blue peas. The impoil* into the Uniteo Kingdom of clover an ’ grass seeds during March were 46,05* cwts., value £131,995, against 93,96 * cwts., value £234,439, in March. 1882. These figures speak for themselves, an 1 show that no stocks will be left over.