MARKETS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 7, Issue 336, 26 March 1863, Page 4

MARKETS.

Wanganui March. 26—Wheat 5s 6d to6sbarley 6s, Gd oats 6s, maize 6s per bushel, flour, £lB per 2000 lbs, (potatoes ton,, bread 4 lb, lo»f Is, butter wholesale Is 4d retail Is Bd. per ll>, bacon, wholesale-8d per lb. Adelaide, March 9. —Wheat 3s lid to 4s Id ; Flour£lo to £lO 10s. Cargo of sugar sold on the 3rdr--Crystals at an advance of 30s to 44s ; light brown £22 15s to £25 ; light yellow £26 ; counter £25 10a to £29 17s 6d ; yellow crystals £3B 10s to £39 ; snow drops £4l 2s 6d. Sydney; March 4.—Wheat 4s 6d to 5s ; flour £l3. Tobacco firm—negrohead 2s Id to 4s 4d ; halfpounds Is lid to 3s 2sd ; and tens from Is 8d to 2s 8d per lb. Coffee—Java 7£d to 8d ; Ceylon lid to 11 Jd. Teas, flat and ho sales. Sugars—low brown 20s to 23s ; brown counter 26s to 30s ; yellow 31s to 35s crystals 3s» to 40s. Wines dull. Rum 3s 3d. Brandy 11s 3d.

Melbourne, March 2 Cargo, of Sugar sold —first counters £34 ; good £32 10s; medium £3l 15s ; grey crystals £36 10s. Dunedin, March 16. For the week previous Messrs Driver Maclean A; Co. report an improved demand for all kinds of stock, but especially : for store sheep and cattle. Since importation, has been allowed from Gipps Land, about 700 head have ; arrived, but as many of the shipments were unprofitable and two a total loss, ih y are expected to fall off. Fat Cattle.—2s head Wellington sold at seventeen to twenty two pounds, and 50 head at ; 555. per hundreds 555. is quoted for beef of fair quality. Store Cattle.—Market rates for mixed herds Nine Pounds ten shillings to Ten Pounds. Bullocks and Cows. —Workers £45 to £55 a pair. First class dairy cow 9 £2O. Fat Sheep. —Prime sheep are much wanted* and would bring 7d. to 74d. per lb. Wethers, inferior quality, 235. to 2Ss. r Store Sheep.— Ew©3, 2-tooth to full mouthed acclimatised 275. to 30s. ; wethers 245. to 263. Horses. I —A large number of race-horses put up for sale, but only Shillelagh, Phantom, Birthday, and Will o’ the Wisp were sold First class draught horses £7O to £95 ; second class £55 to £6O ; inferior £25 to £35 ; first-class saddle and harness £4O to £55 ; inferior £8 to £35. Stations. —Mount Wendon Station in the south of the province sold to Robert Stewart Esq. for L9OOO. . It contains 35,000 acres, with 50S0 sheep.

CALHiS DA i\.

i First Quarter March 27 8.37p.m. 1 0011 MOO 4 April 4 3.46 p.m

March 5. rises . s . sets, lllgt* water a i Head 26 6 6 5 A.M. 54 2 42 P.M. 3 0 zr 6 7 ■ 5 53 3 30 3 54 28 6 9 5 51 4 19 4 43 29 '■ 6 10 5 50 5 9 5 33 30 6 11 5 49 : 6 0 6 2531 6 ia 5 47 6 49 7 14 Ajjyii 14 5 46 7 38 8 3 2 6 16 5 44 8 27 8 5*