THE MARKETS.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9602, 17 December 1896, Page 5

THE MARKETS.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. London, December 15. Wheat has declined a shilling per quarter during the week. Five hundred weight of Queensland tobacco realised l£d per lb. It was rank in growth and was flavourless. Sydney, December 16. Wheat, chick 3s 9d to 4s ; milling 4s 9d. Flour, Californian £12 ss; local £13. Oats, prime 2s sd, medium 2s 3d to 2s 4d. Maize Is lOd. Barley, Cape 2s 6d to 2s 9d. Bran and pollard Bd. Pea?, Prussian blue 4s 9d. Potatoes, local £2 15s to £3 10s. Onions, Victorian £5 103 Gd. Butter, dairy 6d to GJd; factory 7d to 7id. Cheese, New Zealand large 4d to 4£d ; loaf od. Bacon s£d to 6d. Hams, New Zealand 9d. Melbouune, December 16. Wheat, firm, at 5s 4d to 5s 4sd; old, 5s 9d. Flour, £13 17s 6d to £14. Oats, new Algerian, 23 to 2s 3Ad ; tartarian seed, 3s 4d; stout white, 3s 3d to 3s 3|d. Maize, 3s 8d to 3s 9d. Bran, lHd to Is. Pollard, Is Id. Potatoes, £5 10s to £5 los. Onions, £5. Adelaide, December 16. Wheat, 5s 6d. Flour, £14 to £14 10s. Oats, stout white, 3s 6d. Bran, Is Id to Is l|d. Pollard, Is 2d. Hobart, December 16. The wheat acreage of the colony has decreased by 1000 acres compared with last year, the yield also is smaller owing to the drought. The oat crop on the East Coast is estimated at 40 bushels per acre. The yield of potatoes is not quite equal to that of last year. Brisbane, December 16. A joint Committee of both Houses on the meat export trade recommend the establishment of cold storage at many distributing centres in Great Britain, also that the Government obtain Parliamentary sanction to borrow half a million of money, with which to provide for the better distribution of meat in England.