LATEST MARKETS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7955, 27 August 1887, Page 4

LATEST MARKETS.

(TELEGRAPHED Bit BEUTEB.J LONDO N— AUGUST 24. *SMOHE7 BEOUBiTIkS. — 3 per cent. Consol* uiw at 10l£. New Zealand securities are quoted as follows:— B per ct. 10*40 loan, lOlf ; U per cent. 1879-1904 loan, 95 ; 4 per cent, inscribed stock, 995. Bank rate of discount is now 3 per cent., and market rate is now 2i percent; Total reserve in the Bank of England in notes and bullion is now £11,500,000 showing an increase of £200,000. Proportion of reserve to liabilities is 414 1 per cent., the same as last week, % Bbeadstubfs. — Adelaide wheat, ex store, quiet, at 34* to 34b 6d per 4961ba ; .New Zealand wheat, ex store, 35s to 36s per 496 lbs.; Adelaide flour, 244. Tallow. — Australian tallow, steady ; beef, 235 ; and 23s 6d for mutton. liBATHEB.— Best sides Australian leather j axe worth llfd per lb. Flax.— -The New Zealand flax market continues firm at the following quotations :— Fine quality, £26 per ton; medium, £22 10 a ; common, £20. FEOZEK MBA.T. — Ne^r Zealand frozen mutton, prime quality, 3s<l to 4d per lb. MELBOUBNE— Ykbtebday.Bbeadstufkb. — The Melbourne manager of the National Mercantile Agency Co. of JNew Zealand (Limited) reportß the local grain market as follows : — Shipping wheat, moderate iuquiry, 33 9d to 3s Wd per bushel. Malting- barley slow o£ sa'e, at 5s 6d to 6s pel busbel ; New Zealand oats, feed 6ort, steady at 2b 9d to 23 lid; New Zealand milling oai« moderate enqaiiy, «t 2s lid to 3s ; No* Zealand oats, under bund, 2s to 2s 2d. Pjboduce. — The Farmers' Produce Co. report: Cheese: prime loaf,.6dto6£dperlb.; second quality, to s£d; other kinds 4d to s<l, Fresh butter: Prime dairies, Is to Is 3d ; ordinary lots, lOi to Is ; new potted, 10d to Is; old prime, 7d to 9d; other kinds, 2dto sd. EggF, Is 4d to Is 6i per doz. tiaras: Prime factory ca^ed, 9Jd per lb j farm, to 7Jd. Bacon: Factory, B£d; farm, to 7d; carcase pork, 4d to 6d ; lard, B£d ; honey, bush 3d, garden 4d ; beeswax, 9Jd. Oattlb AMD Sheep. — Messrs. B. Gibson and Co/ report— Fat cattle : 2000, yarned, 860 ex Delcomyn on Monday last. The demand was good throughout, at a slight reduction ou last week's rates. We sold 89J, including 350 ex Delcomyn, at £6; 160, South Oommgin, at £7 6s; 144, Tnylnngra, at £7 6b 9d; 110 (Cooper's), from Ooulburn, at £8 18b. Alto in bandhui at, tbrouga our agents, 100 culls, at £5 14s 6d. Fat sheep: 21,000 penned ; piices a shade lower, We sold 2500. SYDNEY (N.E WO— Ybstbbda** Bhbadstdfb'B.— Wheat is selling at from 88 8d to 8b 6d ; New Zealand oa;s from 2s to 2s 3d per bushel ; maize, 3s 9d per 601bs; potatoes, 36<3 to 45b, PauDtJOE, &o. — On the wharf the following were the wholesale quotations : — No fresh ■hipmeuta of potatoes ; Circular Headi nn.

altered at £2 10a to £2 15b per ton ; New Zealand, £2 to £2 10a. No cbaDge in butter; best lUawarra, ia keg, Is to Is 3d p6r lb ; factory-made and rollSjls 2d to Is 4d. A limited inquiry exi&**fk>r cheeee ; ordiDary colonial aorta at 2c* tWPI per lb 5 loaf cheese, sdto6d; New Zealand, to 6d. Bacon is quiet j hand-cured Southern, Gd toG.Vrt per lb; 1 machine-cured. 4d to sd ; colonial hams, 6d to 8d ;New Zealand bacon and hams. 7Jd to lid. Lard, finely rendercl, in bladder*, slack at 4d to 4£d per lb ; in hulk, from Bd, I Good nd clear honey quoted to 5Jd per lb ; other 8b7"«!, from 2sd. OATTLt AMD Sheep.— At Homeb.'sh fat stock sales, 1 hh c t head of cattle were yarded Competition wai active, nnd the market ruled firmer. Best beef quoted at 20s per 1001 b. The best lot of bullocks averaged £7 Us 8d per heal ; others from £i 16s 6d. Cowa at pioportionate rates. 20,000 sheep were penned, which were again in excess of requirements, the market remaining weak, Tne best lot of merino wethers sold at to 10j 4d por head ; extra prime, to 12a 7d ; others from 4s 6d ; crossbre is realised 9s to 15s 6d. A largor numbor of lambs were forward than of late, which were quitted at 7s to 10s 4d. ADELAlDE— Yesterday. ! Rrbadstdppb. — Wheat ia dull, n* 3a lOd per bnehcl. Flour: Town br, nds, £9 ! 6s to £9 10a per ton j country brands, £8 6s to £8 10s a ton. rTKIjEORAPHtiDr TKIjEORAPHtiD BY SPECIAL CORRESPON. DENTS TO TAHANAKI HBBALD.] AUCKLAND— Yestbbday. Produce. — Messrs. G. W, ! inney and Sons report fresh roll butter, lid per lb ; best salted butter, 6d ; ' pastry, 2d to !d. The Produce Grocers' Association quotethe wholesale * price of fresh butter at Is per lb. ; and fresh eggs lOd per dozen delivered ; bacon and hams, provincial, 6d to 8d the lb.; hams '6Jd to BJd ; Canterbury bacon (new) 7d ; equal numbers of hams and bacon, bare, 7^'d ; hnms, B£d ; cheese (good local), 6d to 8d ; potatoes, £2 to £2 5a the ton ; onions, l£d per lb. Maize is worth 3s; oats, Us 3d; milling wheat, 4s 3d ; chick wheat, 3s 9d.

Fodder, Manures, &c — Mr. Buckland reports that at the Haymarket ca Friday (August 19) fodder was firm at previous week's quotations. Gkain, *c. — Mr. Buckland reports that on Friday (August 19) oats sold freely at from 2s 3d to 28 6d for feerl, and 3s Id L,r -white tartarianß. Manure in steady demand, and bonedust orders were pleat if al. Maize scarce.

Horse Stock, — At the Haymarket sa!e on Friday (August 19) horses were booked in large numbers ; two good mares found a buyer at £25, and three upstaaoing geldings brought £23 each; an upstanding chestnut draught passed hands at £30; tbe lighter class were competed for more than usual ; a dray and team of two horses and barn; as, £49.

Wool, Hides, Skins, &c. — Messrs. G. W. Binrey & Sons report prims stont ox, 4£d to 4 f it, or 30s to 37s 9d each ; heavy; 23s to 263, or 4d to4£d per lb.; cow, average, 3d; calf, 4|d; damaged, dull of sale. Sueepskins, a slight fall ia value ; local green, 4a 6d to 4s 101 ; dry, fullwoolledSs to ss lid; station lots Is lOd to 2s 6d; bonea, 5s per cwt.; shanks, 6s per cwt; tallow, 14s. Mr.Buckladn repors that at bis hide and skin sale' on luesday (August 23; hid^s and skins were pitched in fail quantity; bides, heavy ox, 4rt to 4£d; medium, 3£d to 4jJ; prime, 37s eaob ;~ sheepskins, 2s 9d to 4s id \ pelts, Is 4d. A small parcel of longwool, 7d per lb.

Cattle, Bheep,&o. — Mr buc&land reports that at Bemuera on Thursday (August 25.), dairy and store cattle were in limited number, and at full values. Fat cattle were better worth, from 6s to 10s each. Sheep vrere plentiful, and lower in ptice about is each. Fat calves in brisk demand. Pigs in much larger number than usual, and^ baiter worth than for several weeks.

Shake Mabsbx. — Messrs. Prater Brothers telegraphed to us yesterday afternoon: — Sales : Bank of New Zealand, £15 18s ; National, 32s ; New Zealand Insurance, 68s ; Cjuth British, 303 ; Union, 22« 3d ; Auckland T.mber, 395; Taupiri Coal, 28s Gd; Loans, 645; Land Mortgage, 21s; Moanaiaiii, 13s; Union, 3s 4d; Cambria, 4s 3 i ; Saxon, 2s 4d; Caledonian, 3s 9J; iioyal Oak, 3s 9i; Silverton, Is 3.1. lingers: Colonial Bank, 41s 6u; National, lufcura>>ce, 16j 6ii ; standard, 13s; South British, 30s GJ; Colonial, 3* 8d; Drug Co, 16s 6i ; National Ban ,3256 d. WELLINGTON— Yestebday. Puodkce, &o. — Flour commands £10 10s to £10 15s ; oatmeal, at r'ilO per ton I foils' whvai, scarce, from 3s 9i to 3s lid ; potatoes quiet at from £2 7s to £2 12s 6d per ion ; oais, feed, Is lOd to 2s 2d ; mmc, 3s 9d per bushel (falling) ; cheese (very dull) ifcl ; bams, 7d per 1b ; bacon, 7d ; cou L.ir> -cured, Bd ; fresh butter is Id ; suit butter, sd, no demand, price nominal; eggs, 9d to lOd per dozen ; onions, £7 to £8 per ton ; honey, 3i to 4d ; rye grass seed, 3b 6d per bushel ; cocksfoot, 4d. OHRISTOHURCH^YJBSTiaaDAX. Pboduob.— The grain market is qaiet. Wheat is dull ; oats have receded in value ; rye grass seed is moving off slowly ; cocksfoot remains firm ; stocks are limited, Potatces are difficult to sell, and dairy produce shows no improvement. Qotaiicnu are: — Wheat : Tnscau, and velvet, 3s 6Jd to 3s 7£d ; Hunter, 3s 6d to 3s 7d ; chick wheat, 2s lid to 3s, Flour, £9 10s to £10 per ton ; oatmeal £9 per ton. Oats, feed, 1 s 9d to Is lOd; milling, la lOd to Is lid the busbel. Barley : malting, 3s 4d to 3s 6d ; Teed, 2s to 2s 3d the bushel. Cheese, 3d to 3jd per lb.; butter (piime keg), 6£d to 8d; fresh, 9d to Is ; eggs, Is per aozen, Hsaas and bacon, s£d to 6£d per lb. Kye-grass seed, extra machined, 3s 6d per bushel ,* farmers' parcels hard to sell at Is 9d to 2s fid. Cocksfoot grass seed at 4fd to 4£a. Onions, £5 10s to £6 per ton, Potatoes, 20s at country stations. Hobsb Mabkit— Medium draught, £)0 to £12; good draught, £14 to £20;b-year-oIU unbrokeu care cjlts, £8 to £12 ; 2-year olds, £3 to £6 ; hacks, from £6 to £8 ; weilbred -ditto, £12 to £15. Useful faim horses, £!6 to £25. Nothing, doing in the horse market — prices nominal, .live BTooK.— Beef is quoted from 15s to 18s per iOOlbs, ; prime mutton, 2£d ; secondary, 2d per lb. Bacon pigs, 343 to 435! porkeis, 16a to 25s 6d ; stores, 10a 6d to 12s 6d. | DUNEDlN— Xkstebday. Live Stock,— Beef, prime, 21s per IGO lbs; medium, 18s; shorn mutton, l£d to 2jd per lb. , Produce. — There is a tendency dawnward for most kinds of grain. Wheat has fallen; oats qu et. Potatoes are a drug in che market. Dairy produce is without demand. Qaotations are as follows: Wheat: Tuscan, 3s to 4s 2d; fowls' wheat, 3s Id to 3s 7d; oatmeal, £8 10s ; potatoes, at 35s to 40s per ton ; oats, feed, Is 7d to Is 8d; milling, Is 8J to Is 9dper bush; cheese 4£d, bacon, rolled 6i, bams, 7d ; sides of bacon, 7d (grain fod); fresh, butter, best quality, Is ; gooU ordinary butter, 9d per lb; eegs, Is Id per doz. ; prime salt butter, 6d ; fljur, £10 pei'ton; rye grass seed (old pastures), 3s 616 1 to 4s; cocksfoot, 4d to 4^d.