THE MARKETS.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10267, 9 February 1899, Page 5

THE MARKETS.

United Presa Association—By Hlectrio Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, February 7. Wheat at Mark Lane is a shilling lower on the week. . . The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,580,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,200,000 quarters. Share quotations are: Bank* of Australasia, 54; New South Wales, 39; Union, 27£ ; National Bank of New Zealand, 2± ; Bank of New Zealand four per cent, guaranteed stock, 104£; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company four per cent, prior lien debentures, 96. SYDNEY, February 8. Wheat, chick, 2s 3d to 2s 4d; milling, nominal, 2s 7d; flour, local, £6 15s to £7. Manitoban £10 ss. Oats, l!iew Zealand prime feeding, 2s; medium, Is 10d to 2s; seeding, 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Maize, 3s 4d to 3s 6d. Peas, Prussian blue, 4s 6d to 4s 9d. Barley, Cape,- 2s 7d Bran, 7 5 cL Pollard, 9£d to 10d. Potatoes, £4 10s to £6: Circular Heads, £5 15s. Onions, Victorian, £5 10s. Butter, dairy, 7d to 8d; factory, B*d to 9d., Cheese, large, 4£d; loaf, 5Jd. Bacon, 5d to 7sd. MELBOURNE, February 8. Wheat, 2s 6£d. Oats, Algerian, Is 6d to Is 9£d; stout, 2s 3d. Barley, malting, 4s to ss. Maize, 3s. Bran, 7d. Pollard, BJd. Potatoes. £3 103 to £4. Onions, £4 10s to £5. . , ADELAIDE, February- 8. Wheat, 2s 6£d to 2s 7d. Flour, £7 10s. Oats, local, dun and Algerian, Is 4d to Is 6d; stout, 2s to 2s 6d. Barley, malting, 2s 6d to 3s. Bran and pollard, Bd.

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