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LONDON MARKETS. LONDON, March IS. At the tallow sales 1-oS casks were offered and 711 sold. Mutton, fine Ms [}d. medium 335: beei". lino 3t s (3d, medium 32s <id. Silrer is quoted at 2s -\i\. iVuseed oil -5s K M- Tut pontine 3"Js 3d. WHEAT. (Received March 19th. 9.3-3 p.m.) LONDON, March 19. Tho market is steady, and 3tfs -IJd is offered for Australian parcels. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCT: MARKET. SYDNEY, March 19. Wheat—33 8J to 3s 9id. Flour— £S los. Oats—Algerian feeding. \2s to 2s 2d: milling, i's :;d to 2s -Id. Barley—Cape malting, 2s 7d to 2s 9d. Maize—4s 4d. Bran and pollard—£o. Potatoes—Tasmanian £o 5s to £5 10s. Onions—Victorian, £'?. Butter—i Selected, 104s; secondary, 94s to 935. Cheese—7id. Bacon —IOJd to lid. ADELAIDE. March 19. Wheat—2s 9*d to 3s lCd. Flour— £3 os to £S 7s (kl. Bran—ls Id. Pollard—ls ljd. MELBOURNE, March 19. Hides—Thcr.' was an average supply Ptirl keen competition. Prices wore very firm. NEW SOUTH WALIun HARVEST. (Received March 19th, 8.40 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 19. The Government statistician reports on tho New South Wales harvest for 1913-14 as under:—Area under wheat. 3.141.3K) acres; production. 36.800.000 bushels. avorafiing 11.7 bushels per acre; hay, 037,7»">0 tons. In theprevious season there wore 2.8G7.292 acres under wheat, producing 32,487. 330 bushels, averaging 14.G bushels per acre, and 779.500 tons of hay wero harvested. Thie year's yield was 4.373, 000 bushels above the previous best record, and .3.000.000 bushels under the estimate issued in December. I