Markets.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 578, 19 May 1858, Page 4

Markets.

There is no change to report in the produce ; market. A large assortment of merchandise and stores was sold at Kaiapoi by Mr. Wylde, on account of Miles, Kington & Co. on Thursday last. There' was a very large attendance of purchasers, and" the goods fetched fair average prices. Amongst [ other items we may notice Congou tea, chests, 1 £8 Bs., half-chests, £4 55.; Cossipore and snowr drop sugars, 705.; Mauritius, 655.; Company's pieces, 60s. to 655 ; ; Melbourne soap, 475. 6d. to i 495. Coffee, ground, Is. 6d. to Is. Bd.; rice, 4d. r \ to 4id. ; brandy, 305.; whisky, 16s. to 195.; old - ' torn, 165.; W.I. rum, 17s. Champagne, 505.; ; port 455. to 505.; sherry, 375. 6d.,t0 425. #" doz. Watertight boots, 145.; Wellingtons, 16s. A' large quantity of oilman's stores, crockery, &c, at fair prices. Messrs. Blakiston's store, where the sale took f ; place, is an excellent situation for the purpose, as the storekeepers and others were able to send their boats alongside, load, and discharge at their l own doors. Retail Markets.—Tuesday, May 18. ; Christchurch.—Flour, 16s per lOOlbs.; bran Is, sharps, Is 6dper bshl. of 201b5.; bread, lOd per 4ffi loaf; eggs, 2s 6d per doz.; butter, (fresh) Is 4d; do., (salt) Is 2d; cheese, (new) lid; lard Is; beef, 5d to 8d; mutton, 5d to 7d; veal, 8d; candles, lOd per lb. Lyttelton.—Flour, 22s per lOOlbs.; bread Is per 4fl) loaf; eggs, 3s per doz.; butter ; : (fresh) Is 9d; do., (salt) Is 4d; cheese„(old) ls_d, do., (new) Is.; lard, Is 2d; beef,Bd and9d; mut- ' ton, 6d and 7d.; veal, 9d; pork, 9d; candles, Is; ' per lb. Kaiapoi.—Flour, 17s. per 100 H3s; bran, Is.;! sharps, Is. 3d. per bushel of 20 lbs.; butter, (fresh), Is 6d; do., (salt) Is 4d; beef, 6d to 8d; mutton, 6d to 7d; pork, 6d and 7d; lard, Is; candles, Is per lb; timber, 23s per 100 ft. = ■ delivered on the river. : The Wellington papers contain no information whatever as to the price of agricultural produce ruling there during the last month. Trade in other respects is reported as lively. At Nelson on the Ist Mayrwheat is quoted at 6s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. per bushel; oats, 6s. 6d. to 75.; barley, 6s. 6d. to 75.; flour, £20 for first; Port Cooper cheese, Is. Id per lb. Trade generally |' had been dull, and transactions limited. * i At Auckland, no price is quoted for grain; '', flour, wholesale at the mills, sells for £28 per '. ton. 1 LONDON MARKET REPORT—February, 1858. , (From the ' Home News.') ; "Wool.—The tendency to firmness noticed in our last , report continues, and a large quantity of withdrawn and not offered wools have been sold since the close of Novem- ' ber-December sales, materially reducing our stock of second-hand parcels. , 1 Accounts from the north continue satisfactory, and it is ] generally expected that an average advance of full ljd, - per lb. will be established at our next sales, to commence on the 25th of February; much; however, depends on the demand for continental requirements. The accounts thence all concur that stocks of the raw material are very low, particularly of good middle descriptions, at prices ranging from Is. 9d. to 2s. per lb. < The continued ease in our money market, coupled with ] more confidence generally, is a gratifying feature, and it is ] hoped that now the great' speculators (who so unduly . forced prices last year) are out of the money market prices will br> governed by actual demand, and a steady and good trade will no doubt be fie result of a more healthy state of things. Dealers in the north are very short of stock, and ' as the recent failures will bring a good quantity from the 1 north for sale by auction to clear accounts a better tone will prevail there; and-it-is hoped that ere the May sales . , our market will be entirely cleared of all second hand wools. ' We note by the accounts from the colonies that extreme ' prices are being paid for all descriptions, the loss on which ' Will be very serious, as taking an average they are 'full 2d < above present rates, exclusive of all charges. i Mr. H. P. Hughes reports that " tho next public sales \ are fixed to commence on the 25th of February, and that < the market is looking firmer, and hopes are entertained-of j a slight advance in price over the rate-3 of November last." , WhalebuNß.—Southern is more freely offered from the continent, and the prices have receded to _"330 to ~"340 per ton; 7 cwt., ex Kenilworth from 'Auckland, realised < —■205 per ton. Oil.—Sperm has greatly declined in price, as the supply is more plentiful; the last sale only .realised _"80 per tun for sperm oil, J?&6 for headmatter. Whale is also cheaper; the latest quotations are double compass, _"40; single compass, a^SS ; ..inferior, j£il ; and very low dark from •■ the Cape of Good' Hope, 10s. per tun.' Tallow.—The market has again become depressed and -i a further decline of 3s. to 3s. 6d. per cwt. has taken place. The last parcels of Australian (allow offered realised from ; c 48s. to 545. 9d. per cwt. ; c