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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2180, 29 June 1886, Page 2

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Waikato Tuna Office, Monday. . tOMiON M \KhKTS. Colom \ i. broad stilts no unaltered. Au--ti.ilian tillow 1) is fallen (id per cwt. Bei'f tallow, <-f fair awi.itfu qu.tlity, is <|Uoted at LV, |ici cut. : mutton ditto, 37s ; New Ze.il.iiid ho/en mutton, :>\d to ~>\ per lb. The t<ital quantity of wheat afloat for tho Vnited Kingdom is 211,000 (|ii.utei->, or 100,000 quarter* le»8 than reported last Friday.— The wheat m.uket is lifeless, and .• the tendency i« in favour of buyers. Good samples of Australian shipments ex warehouse are quoted at 35«. Lais is offered for some recent arrivals. The weather is warmer, and the hops are progi-cosing. THE WOOL SALFs. . Lokuon. Juno 2.').— At the wool tales to- ' day 13,"i00 bales were catalogued. The tune of tho market was firm. June 2<>. Tho number of bales of wool catalogued for tho present series in 132,000, of which number HOOO were withdrawn. Most of the has subsided, and prices are more lcgulnr. Australian merino sorts have an est.iblishod advance of 25 per cent., Capo of frond Hope of 20 per cent. » J''me cross-breds have improved 10 per "" cent. Inferior sorts are unimproved. (^JSJjraace w the largest operator. The German demand is increasing. The home purchasers are mainly confined to coarse crossbreds. America is virtually out of the Miarket. Large catalogues are expected fir tho series n«j: week. At the auction salos at Berlnvchiefly flupe shipments were offered, and prices reached the full London,' „ rates. v *"' '