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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1977, 6 October 1886, Page 2

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THE LONDON MARKETS. Reuter’s Telegrams. London, Sept. 30. Colonial breadstuffa remain unchmged. At ibe colonial wool «u tions to-d ■ y 10,100 bales were catalogued. Tlie nnr. bet continues weak. Greasy merino is from Id to l£d lower than st the opeuinu a.i'ea of the series, and crossbreds are £.l higher. The total witbdrawls to date amount to 5000 bales. Oet. 1. Adelaide wheat, ex store, is quoted at 35 , and New Zealand at 28s to 335. Ad. laide flour, ex store, 24s The total qu ntity of wheat afloat f r the United Kingdom, according to to-days returns, is 1,650,000 quarters, or 20.090less than last week, Australian tallow remains at the following quotations for average qualities : —Beef, 23s j mutton, 25s 6d. The total quantity of tallow in Load in to-day is 15,500 c»sks. New Zealand frozen mutton, prime quality, is selling at 4cl to 4£d per lb. The third of the year’s series of wool auctions closed to-day, the ton* of the market being weak. Duriog the last series 260,000 bales have disposed of and 5000 bales are beld over for next auctions. The fourth series will open on the 23rd of November. (per press association.) London, Oct. 2, The wool sales have closed, and quotations arc easier on all merinos except on superior combing, which are a penny lower, but equal to last closing rates. The number of bales catalogued was 270,000 bales of which 5000 were withdrawn.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. rkuter’s telegrams, Sydney, Oct. 1 New Zealand wheat is se ling at 4s 2d per bushel ; New Zealand oats, 2s 5d : maize, per sGlbs, 3s 2J, The Sugar Company’s No. I pieces, L 25 per ton ; pollard, lid per bushel ; potatoes, 50s per ton. Adelaide, Oct. 1, Wheat is selling at from 6s to 5s Id per busbell. Adelaide flour, town brands LU 5s to Lll 15s per ton ; country brands, KiO 12s 6d to LlO 15s per ton. THE PRODUCE MARKET. Wellington, Saturday. _ George Thomas & Co. report prices this week ns follows : —“Valuations for leading lines ef feeding grain remain unchanged, and business, owing to the closo of tho winter season’s demand, is of a retail character. We note a further decline in the price of potatoes, which are now ruling at 50s to 55s : the market is perfectly chocked with consignments, and it is almost a certainly that quotations inU3t still further reduce. Flour has steady busines at £ll for stone, and £l2 5s for roller process ; bran and pollard has fallen off in sale to a great extent and prices are easier. £5 58 for the former and £5 10s for latter being nowasked ; fowl wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 6d ; oats (feed) 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; seed do, 2s 8d to 2s 9d ; feed barley, 2s 9d to 2s Ud; maize, 5s lOd to 4s; beans, scarce, 4s; peas, 4s 6d to 5s ; kidney potatoes, £5 ; onions £ll to £l2 ; oaten chaff, £4 to £4 10s , pearl barley, £l6; oatmeal, £l3. Hams and bacon, 7d ; cheese 6£d ; honey 3 J-d to 5d ; eggs, Gd to 6|d ; fresh butter, overstocked, 8d ; salt do, 3d to 7d per pound. Moderate supplies of Sydney fruit to hand realised satisfactory prices; oranges, 8s 6d to 12s; mandarins, 12s: lemons, 8s to 10s ; loquats, 9s to 10s. Poultry still remain firuf at last quoted rates, which were as follows : —Turkeys, 9s ; ducks, 4s; geese 7s ; fowls 3s 6d per pair.”