AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9378, 30 May 1889, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

I Sydney, May 29. 1 The rough weather has caused a suspension of active business, and it is difficult obtain the accurate position of the various markets. There is a very full supply o i wheat. Samples of Bothwell Castle shipment shown ares offered at a price which does not leave much possibility of profitBuckwheat, 3s fid; New Zealand milling, 4s 2d to 4s sd, nominal; flour, stones made, £10 5s to £10 15s; roller-makes, £11' to £11 10s. There is a large supply of oats ; the market is dull. Good feed, 2s 8d; heavy feed, 3s Id to 3s 2d ; maize, soft sorts,* from 2s 6d ; prime, dry sound, 3s to 3s Id ; Cape barley, 3s to 3s Id; bran, steady at Is Id to Is lid ; pollard, Is 2d, firm ; blue Prussian peas, 4s 3d to 4s 4d. Pota< toes: New Zealand and Tasmanian, £4 10s ; Circular Heads, £4 15s. Onions, £17 - owing to the scarcity of New Zealand descriptions, holders are asking £18 to £20, The butter market is glutted. Best New Zealand dairy made, 8d to lOd; separator,. Is to Is Id ; off sorts unsaleable. The cheese, market is glutted. Local, 6d to 7d; New Zealand, 6d to 7£d. Bacon :No New Zealand in market; quoted at 9kl to 10d ; hams, Is.

Melbourne, May 29. ; Wheat market quiet. Latest prices 5& 7d to 5s Bd. Flour, stone made, £11 15s ; roller made, £12 to £13. Oats are firm ab 4s. Maize, inferior sorts, 4s ; good, 4s 3dw Barley is quiet; Cape, ex wharf, 3s 9d« ! New Zealand malting, 5s lOd ; bran, Is 3d ; pollard, Is 4d; peas, 4s lid to 5s ; rye* grass seed, 4s 4d. Sugar is active. Queens-* land greys are low. Whites, £25 to £65' 10s. - ; . - ■

Adelaide, May 29. . Wheat dull. Farmers' lots, 4s • lOd shipping parcels, up to 5s Id. Flour* roller made, £11 5s to £11 10s; ,oats, Neva Zealand, 4s 3d to 4s 4d ; barley, malting,; 4s 3d to 4s 6d ; bran, llfd to Is ; pollard, Is Id- to Is 2d. Sugar, China whites, £291 10s ; Mauritius whites, £28 10s.