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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2457, 10 April 1888, Page 2

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The II'lib)to Times Office, Monday. oiiiustcihwh <;I;AIX \XI>PRODUCK MAR KIiTS. MHSSKS IVAVK and O.UH'KU'S 71 i-:ron fur week eliding Api il 71 ti Wheat : V elvet Mild pearl, 2s il.ji 1 : Tuscan, 2s !M : Hunter's, 2s ,SAd. Chickwheat: Good whole, 2s lid ; broken, 2s Id. O its : ALilliii!,', Is 10 i : bright short feed, Is Sid; discoloured, Is 7d; Danish, Is 7d ; Tartars (-red), lis ; Duns, Is 101; black, 2>. Il.trli'y : Prime. iiialtinfr, Is 3d to -Is lid ; Kood malt int.', 3-; (i 1 to 3s ill; (Jane, '! s ; feed, 2s lid; pe-irl, Peas: Prussian Fillies, 2s <)d; feed, 2s 7d ; split, £l(i. Beans: (lno-1 whole, 2s lid ; broken, 2s Bd. Flour : Keller, £8 10s ; .stone, £8. Bran : 50s ; sharps, lios ; pollard, (iOs. Oatmeal : (In 25's), £!); (in 7's), £10 10s._ Ryecorn : Scarce at ,1s lid. Ryegras : Macliine dressed, 2s !)d to 3s ; farmer's parcels. 2s (id. Cocksfoot : Superior dressed, SAd to 3: ( 'd ; farmer's parcels, 3d to 3jd ; seconds, 2d. Hay: Bales, JL'3 7s (id by the ton. Chaff : Good oatsheaf, .to to i' 3 5s ; straw, £2 10 s. Hops: Now Nelson's, Is 3d to Is 4d ; old, !)d to 10d. Mult: Finest pale dried, (is (id : medium, (is. Potatoes : Derwents, 50s ; kidneys, oris. Onions : Prim" dry, (on strings), £1 10s ; loose, £4. Carrots, 355, sacks included. Butter : Prime, 5.', dto lid. Cheese. : Loaf, 4d to t^d; medium, SAd to Mam l ) nnd bacon, 7jd ; hams, (Id ; bacon, 7j-, (cloth). Lard :In bladders, -lUI. Honey : Tn kegs, •til to 4.Jd. All the above quotations are f.0.b., Lyttelton, sacks and packages extra, cxcept whuro otherwise specilied. LONDON MARKKTS. | Bv KIJiCTiIKI Tlil.KCltAl'll — Coi'VRICIIT.] JjON T i)ON T , April (J.—The quotations for wheat and Hour are unchanged. New Zealand hem;) is quoted at £27 15s to 28s.— Wheat is quoted at 33s.—Tt is considered that three-fourths of the three per cents, will be converted before the 12th inst. LONDON WOOL SALF.S. Spirited Competition. London, April (i. —At the wool sales 32,500 bales have been catalogued, of which 1500 were withdrawn. The bidding was spirited, and good sales were e fleeted, but there was no quotable change in prices as compared with the closing rates in February. Good sound merinos are unchanged, medium and inferior halfpenny lower ; good greasy sorts are very firm ; medium and inferior unchanged; finer cross-breds tirm, but the lower qualities are from par to halfpenny lower than in Feb ruary. The N.Z.L. and M.A. Co., Limited, report under date London, April 5:—Wool: The sales opened to-day at the level of last sales, except faulty scoured ; scoured and crossbred, market easier. The attendance of home and foreign buyers is good. Competition by both home and foreign buyers is fairly active. The sales comprise about 313,000 bales, of which 51,000 have been sent to manufacturing districts direct.