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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2588, 12 February 1889, Page 2

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o The Waxkalo Times Ojjii'c, Monday. CIUUriTCiHriiUII CUAI.N AXU l'iU> "l>l T CK MAUKKTS. Mfcv! US IvAVK AND i'Ailiilll's KrPuKT fur week ending I'eb. Ith, 1 ■■•■"<! 1 : —Wheat: Tiisea n, 3s lit!; pearl, lOcl; il-.mti-r.-, 3.i !)d. I'owl wheat ; Hood u hole, .'!■ '>d broken, o> 01, (htts : Milling, d> : bright short, dmis, M;; i>ani-!i Sh (scarce). 1 mi'l"v : t in;tUitifr, -! i ::! to -I; (i.i : l'.'i', 1, :N Si!; < 'ap'\ 3d; pearl, t'l'f). l\?a< : i'i■ ui:ni i»:m% os 15:1 ; split, t'l-l. P'l'iins: t iooil 8s (ill ; medium, os od. flour: Killer, .I'll 10s ; stone, £10 10s. Ilran. fK)> ; sharps, Dos. Oatmeal, in I'll! 10-< : Til's, £INlO<. Kyocorii. /is!) I (nomitrii) : ' ns- "<l. ill"). Ryegrass : Machine, dressed, !!■ fi !to os 01. Cocksfoot; l!n"il samples, 1 ; medium, 3]-(I. Oatsheat chai-!', to. i!av (baled), £-1 17s (id. Butter, Kd (nominal). Cheese : Ijoaf, (ii-d ; medium, lid. Hams, !>.I; bacon, 7'fd ; hams and baco :, o' : d, laird : In bladders, 4J-d. The above prices eui ient are all f.0.b., Lyttelton, siu'.ks ami e.s.ti'iij except when otherwise sueciliud. AUSTRALIAN MA ILK UTS. Tub New Zealand Loan and Meicuut U'. Agency report under Sydney, January: — Butter (duly Id p-r lb). : T'm market could not well be in a more unsatisfactory condition than it is at present. Local butter is still cumins ill freely, and the Butter Company have ai'ain mine" d their quotations, their top price now lu ii: ' Od per lb. As we write, we are unable to quote best New Zealand .separator at above !ld per Hi., dairy-nude, ruling from (Id to (VI, aeeording to qu dity. Cue'-0 (duty 2d per IV): A lar';e supply of lecady made cheese still centime's to com : forward. New Zealand cheese has come turward rather more treo'.y since last writiu;';. and is marketable at. up to i Ad. lonf cheese beiri£ quoted at from to St..i, and being at the moment in rather short, supply. Wheat (free): .Millers are, not yet showing any inclination to purchase, and holders, as a rule, do not see their way to reduce quotations to a point that would tempt dealers to operate. It is understood that one speculative, to the extent of about 7,000 sacks of X'c.v Zealand Tuscan has taken place, the juice being stated to be -Is Gd c.i.f. Sydney. Potatoes (free) : The potato market, sinco writing on the 11th instant, declined to £10 per ton, but within the last week prices have again improved, the demand being ill excess of supplies, and we to-day qtioto:—WaiTiiambools, £12 10s per ton : Circular Head, £14 ; N.Z Blue Derwents, £13 10s.