COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Wednesday. [REUTER'S CABLEGRAM.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1853, 22 May 1884, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Wednesday. [REUTERS CABLEGRAM .]

FRO2SBN MUl'l'ON. London, May li>. -The ciivgn of frozen luutton, couipribiusf about 5)000 carcass.^, o» boiud the ship MarlboiDUgh, from Pint ChalmoM. is leportcd to bo m piimo condition.

i.on'pon m \.HKi:r.s. Loxnox, May 10.-- Consols icinain at 10U.— Now- Zealand secuiities arc Jit last quotations, v'u. :— r ) per cent. 10-40 loan, 101; 5 per cent. 188!) loan, 102^, »-k div.; 4', per cant. lS7!»-l!>04 loan, 10J[ ; 4 per cent inscribed stock, 100} r\ div.— Adelaide \vhi:at, c\ granary, is to-day quoted at 11s, a declinti of (id. ' IS'ew Zu.il.md whc.it, e\ htore, is 28s.— Tallow : Ai.-trali.in, avoi.igo quality of beef is IWs ; and ditto of mutton is 3!h-.

LON'DOX WOOF, M VHKIU'. Lonmjon, May 10.— At to-d.iv's auction a firm tono. pun nilrd. The catalogue com-in-is-jcl 12,100 b.ili", niuiiiin-., now ruling lMthei do.utii, .uid oio^-biod-, mtlier higher.

MELBOURNE MARKETS. I Ml>SHh GOI.HsIJCmOUJII, AM) Co., ropoit under d.ite, Melbourne, May o, ISS4 :— Wool.— Wo have only .1 \ery limited amount of business to report this month, tho quantity orFeiing being: small and confined eliiefly to remnants of clips and country parcels of fellmonger'h Scoured. About 1300 bales have been disposed of at auction and by private contract, at piice>i showing little variation from last month's rate*. Inquiry continues active for Merinos of ordinary to good a\ erage quality, and any parcels coming forward are readily placed. Current quotations aie :—lnferior: — Inferior to medium (iieasy Meiino, (id to !)d ; ordinary to good aveiage Scoured, lid to 17 \d. Crossbreds : Gieasy, 3d to 7jd ; Scoured, 8d to 12d, according to length, quality, and condition. Monthly (tßyin Rr.i-ORT.— Since the date of our last repot t tlieie has been very little alteration in our wheat trade, until within 1 tho lust few days, when, owing to moie favomable ne\ss from the United Kingdom, the 1 .w range of values current with us received .1 check, and a sudden demand on tho pait of millers (who mostly hold very low stocks) m addition to a stumg shipping demand, caused a leactiou in puci-s, and sales have taken place of laige pa i eels at an advance of 2d per bushel on last month's ruling rates. Our available surplus is being got lid of satisfactoiily, the espoils to d.ite amounting to over 130,000 ton-,, with ships now loading which will bring up our total to 170,000 tons. In addition, large shipments are baing forwarded to the adjacent colon io-, and the numeious mteicolom.il steamers departing weekly take considerable quantities at very low Kites of fi eight. With such outlets, and an impioving niaiket abroad, puces aio likely to haiden still further as the season advances. Wheat. — Our present luling rates for all shipping parcels arc 4s 2d e\ stoic, with 4s 3d asked f.o.U ; but only .shippeis who «ne compelled from neceC,ity to purchase will operate «it the latter puce. Oats have had n laige business at consideiably advanced pi ice-, ivri-eof fiorn 3d to 4d pur bushel having taken place within the month; and we now quote fioni 2-> '.Id to 3s Id for mfeuor to stout feed, and up to 3s 3d for milling finality. Barley has also advanced in value, maltsteis' bidding fieely up to 4s i)d for all pi ime malting sample-. We quote feed qualities at troin 3- to 3s lid.