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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2944, 28 May 1891, Page 2

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■'! f. W'tifrilo Tine* OlFrc, Wednesday. M KU'iOi'KN K CHAIN MARIvKT. 1 K.-~ K II r ,|,l ,sl;, ,I'. 11, M"l. I' .\ Nr > ('o., report us follows, under date. Melbourne "VI iv 11h. —(<nr (Up'irt hu-ine-s in hieidsl oil's t las suns. ,11 has pioceeded \ eiy briskly up to <1 11e ; out of an estimated surplus of ah,nit.-"in 000 ton-", tlie total shipments to the l ioii'il Kingdom and inii-rcoloiiially urn 'iint t i over 110,000 t'ltH. At date of i'ii I in ntlily report wheal rn!, d firm at I-. per bushel. 11l the internal, to a ','idv I'.uiopt'an d"utaiid, prices for aline' t lie I ed "ii. pi'i bushel, and at this tiyuro sunn lai j.'i! parcels won) di-posed of. Within the last tew days an easier tone has prevailed in the market, nwirifc' principally to news from Mark Lane of a fall in prices : holders are, li uvijier, sanguine of higher prices rilling as the season advances, and in view of siiii-i d large shipping engagements still to be in, t, prices may probably not reccde to any gi' at extent, through at present the future p,,-ir i.it> ■.f the market is one of the greatest tin -i l 1.,i111y. In ntlier desci iptions of gram there has been a brisk demand during the month, with advancos in value, which are now likely to bo maintained during the season.—Wheat, which at the ilato of our last monthly report ruled at 'Is. per bushel, gradually advanced in price to ss. At this rpiot .tion the market experienced, a check, and we are now quote nominally -Is. lOd. buyers and ss. sellers, with an uncertain m irker. — (J,its, have boon in good demand, null imge -ales at from 2s 4d to 2s Sd. for thin to medium, up to 2s lOd. for stout desci i ] jt ions.