THE MARKETS

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10450, 14 September 1899, Page 5

THE MARKETS

United Pxeu Association—Bj; Eltotrlo l'«legr«ph—Copyright. LONDON, September 12. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for toe United Kingdom is 2,000,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,390,000 quarters. Australian and New Zealand Mortgage Agency 4i per cent, debentures, 88£. SYDNEY, September 13. Wheat, chick, 2s 4d to 2s 6d; milling, 2s 9d to 2a lid. Flour, £6 10a to £7;. Manitoban, £9 lie 6d. Oats, strong demand and firmer; it is reported that a very large order for the Cape has been placed through a Melbourne firm; feeding, New Zealand, Is 6£d to la 9d; Tasmanian, Is 6£d to Is Bid; seeding, 1* 9£d to 2s. Barley, Cape, Is lid to 2s 4d; English, 2s 3d to Sβ sd. Maiie, large' supplies of American: and New Zealand are forward, the bulk of the American being stored in preference to accepting current prices; prime, firm, 2s Bd. Peas, Prueeian Blue, 3s 3d to 3s 4d. Bran, Bd. Pollard, 9d. Potato supplies have diminished, and the market has a 'hardening tendency; Circular Heads, £115s to £2; fine New Zealand Dc-rwente, £1 10s to £1 12s 6d; Early Rose, £3 15s to £4. Onions, prime, scarce ; Victorian, £5 to £5 10s; New Zealand, £4 to £4 10s; Japanese, £6; ether qualities, £1 to £3 10s. Butter, dairy, B|d to 9d'•• factory, lOd. Cheese, large, 4±d to 4|d; loaf, s*d to s|d. MELBOURNE, September 13. Wheat, shipping parcels, firm at 2s lOjfd to 2s lid. Oats, Algerian and Tartarian, Is 5d to Is 7d; stout, Iβ 7d to Is Bd. Maize, 2s 5d to 2s 6d. Bran and pollard, Potatoes, £1 to £,1 10s. Onions, £3 to £4. ADELAIDE, September 13. Wheat, 2s 9d to 2s IOJd. Flour, £6 15s. Oats, unchanged. Bran, and pollard, 9£d each.