MELBOURNE MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1532, 29 April 1882, Page 2

MELBOURNE MARKETS.

Messrs Goldsbrough «md Co. report under d.ite, Melbourne, April 12: —Wool. —'lhc transactions in this market since the date of our List circular have been limited, and the offerings li.ive been chiefly confined to the usual miscellaneous lots that characterise the close of the season. The price obtained for these have been fully equal to last month's quotations, inferior to fair average Greasy Merino ranging from 7]. to 10d., Greasy Crossbred from (id to od , and a ferun to middling Scoured from i2tl to io,'d pei pound. No pood lots h.i\e been cit ilogued. 'Hie demand continues aiti\i', tind there is a strong private inquiry for.Si mired lnN in ordm irj to average condition, lhc sales by auction and {)riv.ite tontrait tor the month compiise 2200 ).iles. It is encouraging to oni breedi'is of high class sheep to note that, notwithstanding the increase in the production of Wool dining the past few jears, our dioice < lips 1 ortintic to 10mmand full competition ; and, as we ha\e alwav-. contended, it rests with themselves to inunfiin the advantage thej have atijunnl o\cr the Hot kma^teis of other countries, l>\ < ontinuing the system of judicious il.issmg anil moderate stocking, which, with our unrivalled < lunate .mil ru h pastures, have been instriiment.il in laising the Australian Merino to its present perleition. l'Klci'S cikkin'l (novuxu)—Gi easy—lnfoi 101 Cd to 8d; Ordinary to .iverage 8d to iod, Good to superior iod to is ul; Fieei c, washed —ln fcrior ndto is id; Ordinan to avciage is ad to is 4d ; Average »o good is 4d to Is od ; Supenor j s od to 2a ; Scoured —lnferior is to is 'id. Ordinary is .|d to is Od ; Middling to good is Od to is 9d; Superior is od to '2s. Sm 1 i*skins.—Current quct;itions arc . —Uutchers' Green Skins, superior, 3s to is 7d each ; do. do., a\cragc, is gd to 3s each ; do. Dry do., average to superior, Is 6d to 2s 8d each; Dry .Skin--, in bales, &.c. superior, Sid to 6]d per ib ; co do. average, 3d to s^d per lb. Him s.— We quote :—Green O\, average si^cs, 18s to 2qs cich ; do. do., extra heavy, up to 3GS each : do. Cow, average sues 1, 14s to 18s each: Victorian-s illrd, superior, 4jd to 4sd per lb; do. a\ erage, i\d to 4}d per lb : do. inferior, 2jd to 3^l! per lb ; Kips, Green and Salted, 3d te 3ld per lb; Calfskins, 3jd to (Ulper lb ; New Zealand heavy weights, |d to .Viper lb ; Sydney and Adelaide heavy weights, 1J to 4 ,'d bcrlb. Tvllow. —Latest advices from "London have been of a satisfactory nature, which has had a hardening effect, although as jet prices h.i\e not moved forward. \Vc quote:—Ordinary Tallow— Mutton, from £^2 to £33 per ton ; Beef, £20 to £w 10s do; Mixed, £26 to £31 do ; inferior,£2o to £26 do. Host shipping parcels.' —Mutton, to ,£34 15s per ton (fob.); lieef, to /J32 do. (f.0.b.). MOMIII.Y C.HMV KI'I'OKI. — Since the date of our last report .1 large business has been carried through in all descriptions of Grain, with the exception of liarley, and a very excited market has brought the price of Wheat and Flour up th a figure which, if maintained, will prevent all further shipments to the United Kingdom for the season. The principal cause of the rise may be attributed to the strong demand for both Wheat and l'loiir for the adjacent colonies of New South Wales and Queenslane, which have in previous seasons dra.vn their supplies from South Australia, where the jicld this year is considerably less th;.n we expected, while the quantity exported up to date has been large. IF/«wA—Tho quantity coming from the country has fallen off considerably dining the month, and, notwithstanding the reduce d demand on the part of shippers, the requirements of our local millers have been so great as to laisc the price steadily till it now rnlcs at (is to Cs 3d for all first-class milling qualities, and we do not anticipate any reduction on these figures at present. Flour has been in strong demand, both for local supply and lor export, and may now be quoted up to £lS 10s per ton for best townmilled, with country samples, £13 to £ld 2s Od. Oais, owing to the long-continued drought and large consumption, have also advanced considerably. There has been a good deal of speculation in this grain, and we think present prices can hardly be maintained in view of the large supplies held in town. We now quote 3s 7d to '3s lOd for thin to good feeding samples, and up to 4s for prime milling and seed parcels. /tor/ov—This has been the only cereal in i which there has been no speculative movement throughout the month, and, owing to malsters being fully stocked, the demand for all malting supplies has been dull, with a slight decline on previous quotations. "We now quote prime malting 4s id to 4s Od, and feed from 3s Od to ■4s. ;