Commercial and Shipping. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] London, 28th March.

Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 75, 29 March 1889, Page 2

Commercial and Shipping. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] London, 28th March.

Copper is quoted at £40 per ton. Melbourne, 28th Maroh. Arrived — Wairarapa, from the Bluff. The sugar market is strong, with an upward tendenoy ; Fronoh table, £33 10b. The oat market is weaker ; prime stout, 4s ; Danish, 3s Bd. Barley is qniot ; peas, 4s 9d; maize, 4s 5d to 4s Bd. Adelaide, 28th March. The sugar market is strong. Wheat— Shipping parcoln at port, 4s lid to ss ; for farmers' lots, 4s 9d to 4s 10id ;at outports, 4s 7d to4sßd. Flonr — Roller made, £11 10s to £12 10s ; stono made, £10 15s to £11 10s. Bran,ls3dtolß4d; pollard, Ib sd to Is 6d ; New Zealand oats, 4s to 4s 3d ; Cape sorts, 3s ; English malting barley, 4s 3d to 5s 3d ; Capo shipments, 3s to 3s Gd. Sydney, 28th March. Potatoes— Circular Heads are firm at £6 ; there is a temporary scarcity ; New Zealand, £5 to £5 ss ; Warrnambool's, £4 ; onions, £12 10s ; maize, 3s 8d to 3s lOd ; there is a good snpply with active demand ; oats, inferior quality, 2s lOd ; feeding sorts, 3s Id to 3s 3d ; milling sorts, 3s 5d to 3s 6d ; the bran market is easier at Is Id ; pollard^ Is 4d, scarce ; wheat, chick feed, 3s 6d; milling sorts, 4s lOd to 5b 3d ; blue peas, 4s Gd ; butter, imported separator-made, Is Id to Is 3d ; dairy-made, lid to Is j cheese, best Now Zealand made, 6d to 7id ; the markot iB steady, with a good supply on hand ; local made, 5d to 7d. The bacon market is bare of New Zealand cured, 9d to 9£d ; there is a good supply of local sorts, B}d to 9Jd. Hams are dull, lOd to Is. Chaff, New Zealand cut, £6. Sailod— Eotomahana, for Melbourne and tho Bluff. (Received March 29, 1 p.m.) Melbourne, This Day. Sailed — Taupo, for Now Zealand.