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Press, Volume XLII, Issue 6245, 24 September 1885, Page 2

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Aocost 13th as follows:-- • Terr little wool has passed hands Kintely dwrine the past fertnigst. In the North the demand for woollen goods appears to be extremely moderate, and ttaay maunfaotsßters are confininer their Imsittees to tae. executing of orlere they «re able to obtain. On the Continent trad* Senot ore*actiro, and as the total %vail>' : abteßnpplies for the next aales, to open here ot the Ist prox., are not expected to fall far jfeert of 33&600 bales, the most we can hope I late rates will be maintained. : The Bxve? Plate wool auctions, which, comsesoedlal Antwerp on the 28fch July, ter-i aaaatedoathsßth.inst. without any improvement in the demand. Prices were «mie 10 per cent, lower than at the(previous sales, and a oosuderaole portion of the wool offered was bought in. The new ar«f,we to date foX our next series are as i follows:— i - : Bales. - } Hew South Wales 44^61 i Qoeensland ... ... 9BLOBB i Sooth Aostralis ... „, 99331 ; Western Australia M . . jn l ■> Tasmania . 4807 i Sew Zealand S3 086 I y Cape and Natal ... ■ % »?SW'ad4el the' e»s»>Se «W stock, or these. about SsJpT^hUeß •__ _ TBMGOaa WUBXWT. The Hew Zealssd Xtosn and Menantile Agfßcy Company report oa August 14th .asfollows:— : ■-, - The market has remained steady durinr iMteUfc et aboutUte iatefc, aotwrthßtandmg the fact that the weather has been rather ussettled, rapid progress.-«

has been made with wheat cutting in the SmtSem and Midland Counties. The yield per acre on the lighter eoila is reported as discouraging; but as on the neavy lands more than an average « expected, it ie probable that the \Wooo districts iggl cfmnjjgrbalance tlr HBw eafcimated at es. Mmpaced with isSfc.yfeir'd ttis iieavy deficit canrb - f*iYJ£tffh&Ye a potent innoecce upon the future course of the trade, it-ia for the time being apparently overshadowed by tho fact tbat fall suppfies are at present in view or actually available, and that our own harvest; proipects are on the whole satisfactory. Supplies on passage and Ehippisg to the United Kingdom are given as 2,132,500 -quaiteTß, as ag4inet2,K 9,000 quarters on 31st ultimo, and 1,770,00J qoartera at a in 1684. Hie "visible Bupply" in America is now 38,425,009 Jbnanels, as compared with 36,975,000 buflheld on aut ultimo, and 12,750.000 bushels at game time last year. ' tbozbh meat. JffiegsrV Miles Bros: and Co. report on AtegUflt 18th:— ? *■ 1 of the aheence cf so 3tn<B# people from town; there is just now demand for frozen sratton ; intrade in our market is- extremely !<Aew ell round with a limited demand and arotradant supplies. Importers axe meeting thie market, and prices therefore are ruling very idw. The Invercargill has arrived with, her carcases in good condition, but the sheep ex Wderslie are out in very bad order, some of them, in act, are too bad to sell, and have to be condemned. These damaged sheep being sold at any price theywm fetch, does not by any means improve the market. There is not mnch prospect of {improvement at present, as Store is plenty on hand and large supplies toiollow. The lonic has arrived, and the is due in a few days. Prices today are a« follows %— Canteirburyflheep ... 51 to4|d Wehinifton „ ... 4fd to 4jd Melbourne „ ... 4idto4d TKiveriTate „ ... 4Jd : , TALLOW. The National Mortgage and Agency Company report on August 13th:— At the auctions held since our last, issue, 2714 caeke of Australian and Mew Zealand were catalogued, only 750 of which passed the hammer. The demand was extremely dull, and sales were of a retail character, being confined to the requirements of a few consumer?. Values gave way to the extent of Is to 2s per cwt. on all descriptions of mutton, and fully 6d on beef tallow. The market continues in a most exceptional state, the trade being duller than it has ever previously been. ..Supplies from all sources are abundant, with steady continued shipments from Australia : and New Zealand, while prices from America aad the Continental centres come quite as low as those ruling hee, with no present sign of improvement. We quote:—Australian and New Zealand mutton, fine. 23d 6d to 29a per cwt; do do do, medium, 27s to 28aj do do do, common, 25s to 26a 6d; do do beef, fine, 27s to 27s 6d; do do do, medium, 26s to 26a 6d; do do do, common, 23d 6d to 265. Eetdmated atock in warehouse, 18,350 casks, of which quantity 330 casks are Bussian.