THE MArKETS.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9596, 10 December 1896, Page 5

THE MArKETS.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Cop3'righfc London, December 8. The Bradford wool market is dull, with small enquiry. An official estimate places the total wheat yield of Great Britain at 57,052,952 bushels, being an average of 33.68 bushels per acre. There was rather more competition at the wool sales to-day. Syoney, December 9. Wheat, chick 3s 9d to 4s, milling 4s 9d to 5s ; flour, Californian £12, local £13 ; oats, prime 2s sd; maize Is IOd; barley, Cape 2s 6d to 2s 9d; bran and pollard, 8d ; peas, Prussian blue 4s 9d; potatoes, local grown £2 5s to £2 10s, Circular Heads £2 15s to £8 ; onions, Victorian £6 10s; butter, dairy made 6Jd, fadtory 7£d; cheese, 4Jd; bacon, 5Jd to 6d; hams, New Zealand 9d. Melbourne, December 9. Wheat quiet, 5s 3Jd; flour, £14 10s; oats, new Algerian Is lOd to 2s 4d, old Danish 3s 2d, stout white up to 3s 3d ; maize, 3s 5d to 8s 8d ; bran, ll£d to Is ; pollard, Is o£d; potatoes, £1 103 to £2 10s. The Argus says that, according to the latest estimate, the colonies will require to import 180,000 tons of American wheat and flour to meet the present season's deficiency. The harvest prospects in New Zealand are favourable, but at best the colony is not able to export more than 30,000 tons. . Adelaide, December 9. Wheat, 5s 6d; flour, roller £1410s; oats, stout white 3s 6d; bran, Is l£d ; pollard, Is 2d.