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Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12478, 18 April 1901, Page 5

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United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, April 16. Hemp ds firm, and in good demand, Wellington March and April shipments £22 5s per ton, April and June shipments £2l per ton. A Victorian wheat cargo sold at 29s 6d per quarter....... ' SYDNEY, April 17. Wheat, chick 2s 3d, milling 2s 7d. Flour £5 5s to £6 ss, Manitcban, £lO 5s to £lO 10s. Oats, prime New Zealand, "B" Is 9d to Is lOd, "C" Is 4d to Is 6d, milling Is lid to 2s, Tasmanian prime Is 9d. Maize, prime 2s 9d. Barley, best feeding Is lOd to Is lid, seed 2s 2d to 2s 3d. Bran Bfd to 9d. Pollard' B£d to B|d. Peas, Prussian. Blue 3s 3d to 3s 6d. Potatoes, Circular Heads £3 15s. Onions, ■ New Zealand £4 to M 10s, Victorian £6 10s. Butter, creamery lOd. Cheese, New Zealand loaf 6d. Bacon 7d to Hams, New Zealand. B£d to 9d. (The above quotations are those .ruling between merchant and retailer, and do, not represent the slightly lower values obtained by the recognised broker.) MELBOURNE, April 17, Wheat 2s,Bd. Oats Is 6d to Is SAd. Barley-3s'ld'to 3s'3d'. • 'Maize 2s 7d, 'lvan Is. Pollard lid to Onions, prime £5 10s. ADELAIDE, April 17. Wheat is dull at from 2s 8d to 2s Flour £6 5s to £6»7s 6d. Oats, Dun and Algerian Is 8d to Is lOd, whites 2s 2d to 2s Bd. ' •;;..' SHIPPING. LONDON, April 16. Arrived—Loch Troll, from Wellington; Star of the East, from Auckland. Sailed—Gothic, for Lyttelton.