MELBOURNE MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2056, 10 September 1885, Page 4

MELBOURNE MARKETS.

Mk^mi"* (iOr,DM!Uoti.ii import under date, Melbourne, Yugtist 21th.— Wool —The business transited dining the | iast niniith h.is been almost nominal, about 132 bales onlj having been disposed of. Despite the unsntisfactoiy condition of the home markets, competition was bii-.k and well xtistained, and in all case* the full London parity was obt lined. The next seues of colonial wool •* \\p*. will commence in London on Ist September, when it is estimated that fully 330,000 bales will b. bi ought foru aid. Th it so l.uge a supply, added to the, prevailing cniniiirici.il drprer--sion in England and on the Continent, will act prejudicially on the couise of prices-, can only be expected, md we fear we must look foi ,i continuance of the piesunt low range of values until there is a \eiy in.iteii.il improvement m geneial trade, o» a falling off in pioduetion. In this number we have commenced a comparative table of wool vxpoits from each of the Australian colonies and Xuw Zsuand, which will be continued monthly thioughout the >ear. As our most careful attention is given to its compilation, the coiiectne-»s of the letunis cm be lelied upon, and we tinst it will be a muan-s of preventing the lash estimates as to the \ield that have been madr in pi ev ions years. Exchango on London lemains at 4 per cent, foi d 1d 1. I fts. at n\ty daj i' sight, and *, pel cent, extia for each thuty days additional. — Fi eights to London per snling vessel an: s 'd for greasy and J,d for wn-hed. The late* via Su / Canal ;ir»; >,d for both gieasy and w allied. Shi H'nkins. - W" quote : Butchers' gieen skith, supeii'.r, 4s to "is (»d eu'h : do. do., average, 2s (id to -I* each : do. diy d>>., Mijienor, Hs to 'M M each ; do. do. avei.age, Is (id to 'M cieh. Dry "»kins, hiiperior, 'Js (><l to Ss e«eh, or 4d to ,"i \t\ the lb. ; !ivci»«o Is to }>, IV\ r.ieh, or 2d to Id per lb. A few e\tt.\ good otntiou i»knis imve ic.aliscd up to .%',rl per lb. HlliE-i. — New Zealand heavy weights in good saleable condition i.e. free from off.il, clonii, and well united 4^d to 4,' d [>rr \b ; average, 3jd to 4}d jier lb. Wo would rccoimnrnd oui Xrw Zealand con<titnirnt<i to see tli.it then consignment* ore jirojirrlv labelled and stacked from others in the vessels so as to ensure coirect dclivencs MOMHM (.HAIV HKPOIU. During the past month bu-inftßs in tl(e gi.ua inukot lias bt*tn [iruioiptill> conhnrd to supplying mir intercolonial renuuements. All cm rent engagement* for Europe being now iic.uly completed, :i nieiely loci luisine-* therefore mil be transicted tor the remainder of the *c.i*>n — Since our last iopoit the HORtliet has been favouiablc foi the glowing ciop>, and more than the usual seasonable rains ha\e fnllen, and been well distributed throughout the colonj*. With the incieased aieaunderwhp.it, there nhould be a large surplus uvnilable for e\poit next season, when, we anticipate, more remu neritive jirices are hkelv to rule thin have been c.inent for sonu 1 time back.— The remaining stocks of wheat and flour now held in tho colony aic not so extensive as was supposed, and even in the erentof any expoit demand using from Europe, btifoie the new se.mnif* riiip is available, prices would not })« matenallj' altered, an they .lie at piesent lnghei than expoiters cm nffoid to jwy, even with the low rates of fi eights now ruling. Will- vr has ruled (inn thioughoiit the month at U M per bushel for all good shipping and milling paicels the demand exceeding the available «upply offenng at this pi ice. Oats.— Our niniket lias been pi inci pally supplied by impoitations fiom New Zealand, and prices have not altered, quota tioiid being from 2h f)d to 3.5, according to sample. Bviu.hr, except for good malting deseiiptions, has been dull of sale, prices ruling from 2s lOd to 3s for feed, 3s 3d to 3s 'Ml for distilling, and 4s to 4s (Jd foi distilling, and 4s to 4s fid for malting.