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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2560, 6 December 1888, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

- --*- Tl,r. ir,-,;!,;:'<> '//■«!•■« OHicf, Wednesday. SYDXKV MARKKTS. Till-: X.-w /-aland I .nan and Murcantil? A:;i'iu-.y Company rxpi-rt. under d.itr, Sydney, November :27th. —Butter (duty Id per Hi): Our market has steadily improved, and this v/cek have advanc-nd tile price of best co.u.t butter to i, but .it. t.hU (|U<itatiiiu buyer.-: air at- prtwnt not inclined to meet the maike.t. I-V«t imported butter may llrW ho llmted lit lip I" U oil for 10:111 y jirinii! packed.--Chut:s« (duty 2d per I'.) : Owing to supplies of u-.-.r own local cheese coiiiiiiy t) hand very freely just at present, prices U.ivii, for tlm Hun , , bo ing eased somewhat. Speculation in the shape of forward purchase still continues and wo have placed the output of several other New Zealand factories since last writing.—Hams (duty 1M per lb) : The demand for hams since last we wrote lias not altered, and our quotation from Is to Is Id, still holds Rood.—Bacon (duty lid per lb): Is without alteration, and weafrainquotell.idasa full figure for favoured brands.—Maize" (free): Buyers are now looking outside the colony for their requirements,' and wo anticipate considerable transactions both with New Zealand and California very shortly.— Wheat (free): Our market during the past ten days has displayed an amount of activity that has not been experienced here for year.i past, and operations have been on a most extensive scale. Sales have been made in the open market of really prime Tuscan at up tn 5s lid per bushel, ex wharf, for a parcel on the spot, and we are convinced even a higher figure than this could now be obtained, as the millers who have not purchased ahead to any extent are now compelled to buy in the open market, in order to obtain supplies to carry them on. —Oats (free): A further marked improvement may be reported in this market since last writing, and at the moment considerable excitement exists. Extreme prices have been realised within the past few day?, parcels of really prims fend oats selling up to Is .jd per bushel, and holders in some instances are now demanding an advance even on this figure.—Bran (free): This market has again advanced, and we can to-day quote prime bran at Is 5d per bushel, with every indication of prices hardening still further.—Potatoes (free): Until within the last few days the market has remained fairly steady, but owing to the large supplies of our own locally grown potatoes just to hand, prices have receded considerably, and wn now quote- as wo write:—Best new locals, up to £l!; Ballarats (old), £!>; Nnw Zealand Blue Derwents, nominally, f>. —Flour (free): The demand from thn country districts has been very strong, many millers preferring to purchase flour in preference to wheat at the present limitations, and we have in consequence '.leen onaolod to place several hundreds of tons of both New Zealand and Califorman flour at satisfactory figures. We quote to-day : —Roller brands, at up to £14 lOj (iißkod); Stone brands at up to £12. CHRTSTCHUIiCII GRAIN AND PRODUCK MARKETS. Musaits Kayk and Cakthr's Rkport for week ending Nov. 20th, 3888 :—Wheat: Tuscan, 4s 8d ; pearl, 4s till; Hunter's, 4s (id, still rising. Fowl wheat ; Good whole, 4s to 4s 3d ; broken, 3s od. Oats : Milling, 4s; bright short, 3s !ld; good short, 3s(id;duns, 3s 3d; black, 3s3d; Danish 3s 3d, advancing. Barley: Prime malting, 4s <id ; malting, 4s Id ; feed, 3< Oil, firm ; Cape, 3s 3d ; pearl, £20. Peas : Prussian blue, 3s 3d ; split, £14. Beans : Good whole, 3s Id ; medium, 3-. Flour : Roller, £12 ; stone, £10 10s to £11. Bran, 100s ; sharps, !)0s ; pollard, 87s (id. Oatmeal, in 2. r >lbs., £17 ; in 71b.*., £10. Ryecorn, 3i 'Jd ; linseed, £14 10s. Ryegrass : Machine dressed, 3d to 3s 3d ; farmors'lots, Us lid. Cocksfoot: Heavy dressed, 3id ; medium, 3jd to 3.'.d; seconds, I.W to 2d. Olitsheaf dial! , , £4 7s lid. Hay (baled), £4 17s (id. Potatoes: Derwents, £8, very scarce. Butter, 'Jd, firm. Cheese: Loaf, o.Jd; medium, od per lb. (scarce). Hams, SSd ; bacon, lijd : hams aud bacon, 7d. Lard : In bladders, 4.', d. The above prices current are all f.0.b., Lyttelton, sacks and packages extra, except when otherwise specified.