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Press, Volume XLIII, Issue 6387, 10 March 1886, Page 2

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Tax Maw Zux_un> Lour am* Mkrcahtiu Aoxacs Cowabt report nnder date London, ygzusazy ___i *-— - ' ._- „ .woia. Tha first series ot sales for the present year opened on the Uth instant, the available arrivals, KKSigattng _-$£83 hales, being composed as Baled; I Mew South Wales .„ 56,074 Qaaadand 37.880 Victoria ,„ M ... „. ... 81,696 Bonfi>Aoatralia... .„ „. 37.836 yvFeete£s'Aastm_d_a H . ... -788 TMmaaia... _. .. 610 H«w Zealand .„ ... .... 8,671 Gagtof Good Hope 83.57 Total ... 846,863 Of thia quantity some-tfLOOO hales have been for warded to the. auanhatndnc district* direct, whilst about 18,000 bal._a.old stock wen carried over .from tha fifth aeries of .1885, thus rua-i-gin aetassßable total of about ffIJJW. bales. ?' - The two c_t__ogt__- comprtnn* .the first <__r's -WeOoas embraced the 10II0wing _wfectJcm>- . .Balea. - Hew Sooth Watea ... - .„ ... 5..09 . Onsen-land ._. IABS " victoria ... _. „ jjs , South Australia. tS3 'Western* Australia * 196 Mew-Zealand _ US Cape of Good Hope _ _, -fit* Totai ... .„ „. ... 7.747 Though the attendance both of Home and foreign hovers was fairly good the biddings frequently lacked anftnafion, and the closing rates of lastyear . were on average barely snsteiaod. - The weakness was xnoa£ marked in the ease of short, earthy, tender wools in the grease of New South Wales and Queensland growth, whilst faulty aoooreds ruled in boycr** favori. As the sales have progressed tlie tendency thus indicatodJhas become more decided, sad tha former idea- most now be quoted Id per lb lowwt-nn at the close of fast series, whilst tho latter are about id per lh cheaper. From the comme&oement, however, good sonad shafty merino haa bees in active demaad at fally late rates, and for parcels Baited to American requirements extreme prioes have heen paid. ,-. Crossbreds 1 kewise opened firmly, preference being given to the coarser grades. The latter are in comparatively small enpply and when offered .licit animated competition. Home buyers operate with considerable freedom, bat the biddings of Continental, and especially French, buyers are reserved. Complaints are made by French mianf, c- j tanrs as to the "xendement" of the new clip »ooto. mora particularly the faulty growths of Kew Oooth and Queensland, which were pur- ; chased by them dazing the last series of 18S5. and cveaat -the decline oa these descriptions above sageuea they do not operate with confidence. Owtea_o-tl_6f«tthat a large proportion of the available anppbaa are cf a more or less faulty SSS^S?" 31 *X greater weakneea is thus ajreutothe market than, the general position of thAtad* wookl appear to posraon 01 MTum hales hare been catalogued as Hew Sooth Wales ... * a SB ! y 10 Saj Jl**? 1 * — _. so.«___ South Australia ... iSm ■ Western Australia ... ■" "Em J -* Tk_-_*__ __ -„. , 22,$Cape of Good Hope * . 'l'X\ja& ~ Of whiA shoot fflW UJesjrwa "iaaaimhbAnaia. ' ■ i-i '--i7_ ~ „

The following art the arriTata for the second series i— _ _ Bales. New 800 th Wales 2__|hi. tr -i!J__irV" I ———i , i^«^-^I - JljtssEs Vii.ksß_os.__t> Co. wpor|r3^- rd - te ! London, January-Stl-t—'""t. .» *•'*•■- j „ -~,v 7: WX*J_,*c. **j-_*7 Trade «Llt, corn 6 flat, and tbe large -c u > enol V°! 1 i?3 i grown wheats Colonial parcels are J"*™*"?Stocks in granary lrere and at the o«_m* 8 are heavy, and millers are therefore operating with extreme caution. In A menak ,i T soiiewhat lower, bnt the visible supply *«" *f stiU very large, being now W.100.00j bnArfs. There hive bleu bnt few arrivals of Ausbmhan wheat during the past fortnight, bu^ has been poor, and prices haveli dency j Sss 9d to 36s 6d per 4961b are thei heat rat«*t_i_aM* There is but a *' n _ted , of New Zealand wheat on offer, and _««**fP le " ftnd bny-rs-t ibont 32s to 35s for loi»rberried. and : 31s'to 33a for round Tarried, per «"*Sg; In fiour business is still very inactive, andwe qtoote superfine New Z__ta_d3QatO 225, and patent 2te t| 26a >er _801b ex eT_nary. New Zealand malrjng 1» oat* trado has b-en lesa brisk dwrr*g the p«i fortnight, bnt fine heavy :NwZea___l are *tUJ making ™to Sis. Beans are Is and bSt &ew3ealand sorts 8-sper-Ml-. .JT«w3a_land boilmrpa-s _»»•»• *o3SapersoUb. . -' *'- ■"•-'* '* ', ■--• TAIIOW, _I__B, *C-, _•"""' J The taHow market has been pretty Bta -'*.t_S_- l **- thepublicanoUonrtet Fiidayt^^ssa-brtter demand for Australasi-n, 0«* of Uoi casks iv the catalogue*. *** B hj!22? f %JL were very irregular; finest goods ahowea. no 6d_dvanee,and good beef ta*?" o^ 8 tv_s a little dearer. Low and inferior "however, were not wanted, and to showed * decline. :: - o__j *«_»_. -«-equ_*e-Qood to fine mutton,23a6l toa7«! f |air f-* finest beef, 23s 6d to 20s 6d- About T3OO cast, are advartised for to-morrow'a sale. The arnt-OB since our last adtioes havoMOT 1025 -asks from Au_t__lia, and 249 casks from HeW Zealand,-—d the.stock^to-day amounts to about , ', _.- V *_'• There is nothing to report in hidps, next aales of rabbit skins are fixed f-r tha 19th pro-. "'.."," -..••,;.• .. -.■ 7~W"3' ' '. . f_o___ KXAX. /,f Owing to tie short supplies thep«-eßfor-re-en mutton have gradually improved, and thara, is no reason why they should not eontiime tani ifcan*pliHi are nottoo heavy, and are properly dealt with, The demand for lamba is increasing every week. Price* foe borne killed mutton: continue about the same, wethers making -s 4d to *s ewes 3s ii to .8 lOd. Tbe soppliea of .Startoh»4 Scotch mntton have been fairly good., but th«ft ij inst now very little -coming from the Continent; The duality of the last few cargoes has been feirly good, bit most of the sheep are raHiett-«lj?_s iv the legs. This is especially noUoeable when the ■beep are hung side by side with Scotch the leg or.mutton on a Scotch sheep is quite two inches shorter than the leg of. a» ordinary Canterbuy sheep of the wme we«tht... gbi_«era_h(ml4 beoareful to select sheep with as Uttlej-asto fat as DOBStble. Canterbury carcases are making gs *f_q |g&1 Wellington 3s 4d, and Biver Plate to Bdtq ■jaVA. ; -. . ■ ■ ■■.'"• '■:' i' !