DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2598, 26 December 1893, Page 4

DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS.

At the Burnside Ma.. _ the following business was tr.. -i-<WI Fat Cattle —lsl head were ya. The demand lacked, the spirit lately prevailing at these yards, and prices, compared with those ruling for some time back, weTe fully 15s to 20s per head lower. Best bullocks brought £9 10a to £1110s; extra heavy, £l2 12s 6d ; medium to good, £8 2s 6<J to £9 7s 6d; light, £6 2s 6d to £7 17s 6d ; best cows, £7los to £Blss ; extra heavy, £9 10s; medium to good, £5 10s to £7 15s; light and aged, £3 15s to £5 ss.

Fat Sheep—l2s6 penned, four pens in the wool, all the rest being shorn, and all crossbreds. Prices were not even up to last week's low rates, showing in most it stances a reduction of Is 6d to 2s per head. Best crossbreds iu the wool brought 15s 6d to 16s 3d ; medium. l4s 6d to 15s 3d; best crossbred ■■ wet hers ■ (shorn), 13s 6d to 14s 6d; one small pen extra prime, 16s 6d; medium, lis to 12s 9d; best do ewes, 13s to 14a ; one pen extra heavy, 13.3 9d ; medium, 8s 9d to 12s. Lambs —855 were penned, medium to good, with a few extra prime. Prices Prices lately ruling were pretty well maintained/ Best brought 9s to lis; one small pen extra heavy, 14s ; medium, 4s 9d to 8s 6d.

I Pigs—l3o penned. A very good demand was experienced, particularly for suckers and slipsj the former fetching 7s 6d to 14s, the latter 16s to 20s ; stores, 22s to 245; porkers, 27s to 32s 6d; baconers, 35s to 40s ; a few extra heavy, 51s to 565. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, December 20. • Wheat, chick, 3s 2d to 3s 3d; old milling, 3s 6d, nominal. ■ Flour, roller-made, £8 12s 6d to £Blss. Oats, dull; prime, 2s 7d to 2s Bd. Maize, prime, 3s 7d; market weak. Barley, English, 3s. Bran, 7£d; pollard, B|d to 9d. Peas, Prussian blue, 4s 9d to 4s lOd. The potatoe market is well stocked, j trade being dull. Local grown, £3 5s to .£3 10s. Onions, £6. Butter, dairy-made, 6d to 7d; factorymade, 9d. Cheese, prime, 4d to 4^d. Bacon, best quality, Gd to 7d; hams, New Zealand, Is O^d. Dec. 21. At the wool sales there was a strong demand, though no material change in prices. Greasy crossbreds brought 6jd to lOd, scoured fleeces, lOld to Is s£d. Dec. 22. A return prepared of the loans raised by New South Wales during the year Bhows that £2,500,000 of inscribed stock, and £726,000 worth of Treasury bills have been obtained from London, and £1,150,000 of funded stock raised locally. Melbourne, December 20. Wheat, 2s lOd, market easier. Flour, stone-made, £6 5s to £6 10s; roUer-wade, £8 17s. to £7 §B,

Oats, Algerian, Is 6£d to is 7sd ; danish stout white, Is lOd to 2s l£d. '% Maize, 2s B£d to 2s 9d.

Barley, Cape, 2s 6jd to 3s 3d; English, 2sll£d. Bran, 6£d. Potatoes, £3 5s to £3 15s. Dec. 21. The wool sales were exceedingly brisk, and prices very ;firm, with a hardening tendency. Greasy merino realised up to 9fd. V The estimated yield of wheat iB 13,985,000 bushels, or an average slightly in excess of 10 bushels per acre ; 6,045,000 bushels are available for export. Adelaide, December 13. Wheat, 2s 9d. Flour is quiet, roller-made, £7 5a to £7 10s. Bran and pollard, 8d to B£d.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

London, December 20. The shipment of milk by the Britannia arrived in fair condition. Dec. 21.

Owing to the continued glut in the butter market, the committee regulating the trade are trying to prevent the discharge of the Ophir's shipment before Christmas.

Dec. 21. New Zealand 4 per cent, inscribed stock, 106 ; 3£ ditto, 95f. New Zealand long-berried wheat 295, market flat.

Mutton, first quality, 4£d; lambs, first quality, 4Jd. The hemp market is steady, but business is quiet. Fair New Zealand, £l7 ss. Adelaide wheat, 30s, market quiet ; Victorian, 29s 6d, quiet. Germau beet sugar, 12s 4£d ; Java, 15s 6d, quiet. No. 1 best Scotch pig iron f.o.b. in the Clyde, 443, steady. Banish butter, 117 s. The wool committee expects that a material reduction will be effected shortly in warehouse charges. The Tekoa is loading for Otago and Canterbury. It is understood that the Midland Bailway Company of Western Australia will ask the Government of the colony to pay the interest on the debentures issued in connection with the 1893 loan. This course is taken in accordance with the guarantee given by the Government. Dec. 22. Including the Ophir's shipment four times as much Australasian butter has been landed this year than last year. Washington, Dec. 19. It is reported that the Government is asking the Government of Cape Colony to give a quid pro quo for the free admission of wool into the United States. Dec. 21. The Secretary to the Treasury of the United States recommends the issue of £20,000,000 worth of Government bonds in order to meet the deficit without imposing fresh taxation.

The New Zealand Land Association, Limited, has received the following cable message, dated London, Dec. 19: —Wheat, —Market inactive; quotations unchanged since last telegram. The Christchurch agent of Henry S. Fitter & Sons, colonial meat salesmen, Central Market, London, on Thursday received the following cablegram from their London office, dated 18th December: — Best Canterbury mutton, 4d to 4|d; best Wellington mutton, 3|d to 4d ; Australian sheep, 3|d; do beef (hinds), 3|d to 3£d; do do (fores), to 2f d.