THE MARKETS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 2450, 2 September 1891, Page 2

THE MARKETS.

(PJSK PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

London, August 31. Wheat firm. In the provincial markew it is selling at 48s to 50s. The market rate of discount has risen to two per cent., owing to the impression that there will shortly be a scarcity of money. Silver has fallen Jd. * (.Received September 2, 11 a.m.J ' ' '• ■ Sydney, September 2. Wheat, chick, 3s 6d to 3s 9d; milling, os ; flour, stone, £10 15s to 811; roller, £12 to £12 10s; oats, feeding, Is lOd to 2s Id ; feed, 2s ld»; maize, 2s 3d ; barley, Cape, 2s 3d ; peas, Prussian blues, 2s 4d ; bran and pollard, 9d ; potatoes, New Zealand, £2 10s to £2 15s; onions, £3 to £4 ; butter, local dairy Is 6d, factory Is 9d ; cheese, s£d to 7d; bacon, machine, 5d to 6d; hand made, 6d to 7d; hams, New Zealand, 10d to lid. Melbourne, September 2. Wheat, 5s 4£d j flour, roller, £12 10s, trade shy, feed grain dull of sale j oats, Calcutta* Is 9d to 2s; New Zealand milling, m bond, 2s; maize, 3s 10d; barley, Cape, 2s ; malting, 3s 3d. Adelaide, September 2. Breadstuffs quiet but firm; holders being indisposed to se 1!. Wheat, 4s lid to 5s ;. flour, stone,. £10. 10s; roller, £11 10s; New Zealand oats m bond, 2s 2d to 2s 4d ;- barley, Cape, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; English malting, 2s 9d to 4s ; bran and pollard, Is Id.