THE HOME MARKETS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XVI, Issue 176, 30 July 1881, Page 2

THE HOME MARKETS.

Wb call tfie subjoined from the Mew Zealand Loan and- Mercantile .Agency Company's ■ -circular, dated June 16th last, to hand by the l: Trisbmaii:^;^ •^ ■*■** ■ ■■'-'' Corn MABCTr.^ThßprPspecti of our own ■wheat crop have- materially improved during tbe month, and from the ehi=f wheat-growing -countries cf the Continent more favorable an> titipationa : are' also' entertained. * Accounts . from America, however, vary, greatly, bat on the whole' we are' inclined to believe that the disparaging rumours . which . have found credenpe.jwith regard to the condition of the young plant have been exaggerated. Greater firmness*, however, has been apparent m the markets of the United States, and, to some extent, has been reflected here, bat not with the effect of materially altering values, either m cargoes off coast or wheat! on the spot, excepi'for purchases made' for Continental accouat. Shipments, however, continue to b« ■ ■ made from America on a liberal scale, bat the bulk is just now being directed to France and Belgium, English buyers being disinclined to . -■. ■;. deal' at higher values m ,view of the improved out look for' our own" wheat harvest, •Sales of. New Zealand rwheut, for prompt shipment, mc i reported .tp have been made at about 44* c.i.f. for.U E., but the details have ..traropiriicLj. Arrivals of the uuw crop iuto r .-London have been generally of fair quality so ~" far, and some long berried sort* hare been — placed at 49s tools. — .hi A Flpiir finds;a steady; silent late ratal. O»ti of medium quality are' nhchanged, but the „ .finer descriptions are father easier.. '*'7.:'''C,ntfen'tqu6tati6riß are as follows :— South ;••'■' 'A«Arslian<anaTictorian wheat, 48s to 48s 6s : i !' » .per 4961b5 ; New Zealand, long berried, ;49j to ;,-. .-vols,.per-dp.'; New/Zealand, ordinary, '47s to 4'9s per. do. ; Australian flour, superfine, 32s to 34s per 280 lbs'; New Zealand flour, 29s to 32s per do. ; New Zealand oats, fine, 26s to '-■■■ 30s: ptT' Imperial qr. ;New Zealand oats, i>; ..ordinary, ; 23s to 25s per do.; New Zealand barley, malting, 30s to 38s per 448 lbs. Lkathkk and Hides —Two public sales have been heft) daring the put four weeks, at wiiiefl 21^918 sides' were offered and 10,454 501 d ... There, has been, a better tone m the n>«rb^t, and 'somewhat higher pricei have occasionally beep, realised. Most raw goods ■- 1 -mm iip}' . ? rulirg ; firmer, and it teems not im r '.'J'pMhfibld ltriii-.,as thiyeir advanoei we may see wi,iijyjr<iyeil traile m this article. Some «vet OD^fslccted^gatralißn sides have been itceiitly sild . at _.U|il. per lb. by private treaty, Imc for the general ran of "Beet '■ 'Sides"-. riot "more than lljd per lb. is obtainal'le. We quote :— best sides, heavy 13j to 17 lbs. escheat 10 J to UMperlb; best sides, light ldlblOf lbs each, atlO|d to lid perlb; - extra heavy, 20& to 23 Iba each, at 9%& to 10|d per lb ; secoodo, 12| to 14 lbs each, at 9J.1 1» lOd per lb. ' EabhitSkinb.— At last public anctions, held on the 7th ult., there waa a fair attendance of buyern, and of the 639 packages offered 593 were sold under the hammer. The competition was much stronger than at the preceding : sales, ■ and good season skins were m better re- ... quest at improved xates. We quote :— Fair to . 'good season skins If to 21bs per dozen, 17Jd . 25Jil per lb ; do, Ito ljlba per dozen, 15|d to 23d p-r lb; medium lji to 21bs per dozen, l^i.) 18Jd per lb ; suckers, 6Jd to 9fd per lb.