INTERCOLONIAL MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1847, 15 April 1887, Page 18

INTERCOLONIAL MARKETS.

Sydney, April s.— Wheat : Inquiry limited. Bulk of arrivals inferior quality. Prime v iiling is quoted 48 per bushel; interior from 3s 3d; chiokfeed 2s id to 28 3d. Oats : In full supply and business restricted. Prime bright heavy feed brings 2s Id to 2b 3d per bushel ; ieeii, 2b 2d to 2j 6d ; medium and discoloured from Is 7d. Maize : Suppliei principally from northern rivers, and one small shipment from Noumea. San Francisco consignments exhausted. New Kiver maize 3s to 3s 6d ; Turaut, 4s 3d to 4s 4<l. Barley : Cape seed, 3s 3d per bushel. Bran : B§d to 9d per bushel. Pollard : B|d to 9d. Chaff : Moderate arrivals during the week, and prime continues in strong demand. New South Wales (oaten). £3 to £5 3s per ton— exceptional line, £6; Adelaide and Victorian, £4 5s to £5. Potatoes: Large Bupplies. Warrnambool firm at£3los— old Btookß,£3; Circular Head, steady, £4 10s ; Lauuceston. £4 7s to £4 10s. Butter : Indifferent quality of Illawara coming to hand (in kegs) 6d to 9d ; factory made, lCd to 1b Id, higher rates obtaimd at auction. Cheese -. Colonial dull of sale at 2d to 4d ; loaf cheese, 6d to 7d. New Zealand cheese scarce. Bacon : Hand-cured (Southern) scarce at Bjd per lb ; machine-cured, 6d to 7d ; hand-tured hams. 9|d; machine currd, 6d to 7d. New Zealand hams and bacon, 8»d per lb. Melbourne, April s.— Wheat: Deliveries have fallen off very considerably during the week, and though millers are inclined to operate there is no margin for shippers at Home quotations, even st a freight of 22s 6d. Quotations are 3s lOd to 3s lOJd per bushel ; 5000 bags have been sold in one lot at 3s lOjd, while for 800 bags 3b lid was obtained. Oats : Only a moderate business doing. Privately during the week 3000 bags Victorian, and 2000 bags New Zealand were sold in parcels; the former at 2s lOd for good stout feed and 2s 5d to 2s 7d for Calcuttas, and the latter 2s Id to 2s 2d in bond. Barley : Prices continue firm at lite rates, audholders in the country look for a further advance. Quotations — 4s 6d to 5s 6d for prime malting and 3s 2d for Cape. Maize : Good Gippsland 4s 9d per bushel. Butter : Prime fresh, Is to Is 4d; medium, 8d to lOd; inferior, lower ; new potted butter, lOd to Is ; spring potted, 8d to lOd per lb. Cheese : Prira-s 6d to 7d per lb ; medium to good, 5d to sjd ; inferior, from 2d. ADBLA.IDB, April 2.— Wheat; For large lots, 3s lOid to 3s lid at Port Adelaide ; farmers' lots, 8s fid to 3s lOd ; and at outports, 3s 8d to 3s 9d. Oate, 2s7dto 2s Bd. Bran, B£d. Pollard, Bcarce at lOd. Butter (prime fresh) la 3d to la Bjd per lb-the tette

price, for select dairies; medium and mixed, lid to o Is 2d ; potted, 9i>« to 10|d for good, pastry 5d to I 7d. Cheese (best factory), large, Sd to, B|d j ordi- li nary, 6d to 7d ; loaf cheese is in demand at Bd to lOd d per lb. ' Bacon, from 7&i to 9td for guaranteed sides. Brisba>b, March 26.— Wheat, 5a to ss.tfd per r bushel ; chick-wheat. 4s» 3d to 4s 6d. Oats, 3b 3d to 1! 3s 4d. Barley, 4s 6d to 4s 9d. 'Maize, 3s to 3s od per a bushel. Potatoes, £5 to £6 10s per Butter t (prime), 8d ; inferior, 2d to 6d per lb. ' Hobabt, April i— Wheat: 4s 8d to. 4s 9d per t bushel. Tender of 4000 buahels at 4s Bd accepted by a Government. Oats: Slight fall. Quotations, as 2d to 2s 4d.' Butter : Fresh, Is Id to 1b 4d per.lb ; potted, a 9d to Is: Cheese, 6d to 8d per lb. Bacoß, 6Jd to 7d. a Hams, B§d to 9d per lb. t