LATEST MARKETS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8957, 13 December 1890, Page 4

LATEST MARKETS.

[BY 'TELKGBAPH.J . IX)NDON--DKCBMB*B 11. . Mohky BKOTJBran6B.-r3 per cant. Oonro?! now at 96, firm. 2$ per cent. Consols 96 New Zealand eecnrlties are qnoted MtoUows:— s per cent. 10'40 loan, 105£ ; 4 uer cent. 1879-1904 loan, 106 ; 3 J per cent. fnßcribed stock, 9*£ Market rate of diiconnt 1b 3f per cent. ; and bank «te of diaconntisnow 5 percent. Total reserve m the Bank of England in EOtes and bullion i« now £16,672,000. being an increase ot £170,000 on previous week. Proportion of reserve to liabilities w *528 per cent* being an mcrenae oi last week ol 2 96 per cent. BbbadstUßFS. — Wheat market: Australian •tore, 36s 6d to 88s 6d per 49616 (quiet) ; KZ long berried wheat ex warehonßes 87b 3d per 4801bs market firm : Australian J fionr, 3o«; New-Zeajandflonr, 28s. TAtiOW. —"Australian tallow: Beef, best, 24s 9d ; medium muttoD, 26s 6d; doll of LEATHER, — Best rides Australian leather 7dA.toßd per lb.; hiles are realising from SidtdSjl. . ' , „_,,,.. JFiA3C.--} i re» Zeßlanrt flax market active ; best quality, £26 15s; fair, *2} ss; middling, £20 10j. Buxtbb.— Nsw Zealand butter, best, *5 12» ; medium *5 ; inferior 60» to 80s per'cwt. N.Z cheese, 48s the Q!?t.; medinm qnali«7, 2Bs -o 40s; pri'ies pnrely nomic*l. • Fbozkn Mbat.— Last quotations ore : Hew Zealand frozen mutton, Canterbury 4d and WellingtotJ, 3|d 5 frozen beef, hind quarters, 3Jdj tore quarters, 3£i per ,lb. t Lambs 6sd, . . , Wool.— i ha wool market as steadying with an improvement in prices. MELBOURNE— Yestebdat. Bbkadstcbts. — Prices remains stationary. Whaat: Prime milling sorts, 3b 6d to S3 9d ; seconds, 3s 3d to 33 4d : New Zealand, ?s 3d ; Flonr ; Stove ma-ie, £7 15s ti £9 6s : roller ' mad«, £9 ss. Oats : Danish 2s 2d ; hslf stout 2s 91 ; rarley, dull; feeding Is lOd; English, 2s U ; malting, 3s . lOd. Bran, 9M. Maize 3s sd. Pbodocb.— Me«srt Wood, Dunn, and Co., Limited, of Melboarne, report:— Obeese : New coming in freely, prices unaltered. Prime new, from 4d to 51 ; medium 3Jd to 4ld. Presh butteT : Prime dairies srlling at 6d to 7^d ; medium to good sJtitos|d; inferior lower. Pottei rnttet : Prime new 6a to 7d 5 good firm spring potted, 6 £d to 6d; hsated and infeii»r lines almost,unsaleable. Bacon : Prime fcc'ory tides, 7d to 8d ; jackcst, 7d; hams, 9^d. ilouey: Fine clear garden lines, aji 'o 5d and wanted. Beeswax waatel at lt'Jd to lid. - SYJDNiSY (N.S.W.j— Testsbdat. BKB&DBICV ea. — Priccß Me »"lightly oa the dediee. WLCAt : tew ZssianJ niilliatj " 3s 6d to 3s Hid;- chick wheat, 3s 10 3s 6d per boehel. Flour: N.Z, sione mai J e, £9 10 £10 a ton. Oatc Q;iet, Is lOd to 2s ; ■ ba.l«y, 2a ncmi.ial. Maize : liOcal 33 10. to 48; l*ew Zealand gro .-»n, 4s 6d; bran T^d; pollard B*l. PiiODrcE. — At the wharf the following were the wholesale quotations : — Butter: dairy, local, 5d to 6J ; separator, 7d; factory butier,B l; potatoes, N.Z ,— new M »o £5 10s; onions, New Zealand, *8 to *9; becoc, machine-caiel 4 Jd to s^<3,hand unreal ,f d to 7d ; K. Ssaland bacjn, from 9d to 9JI; bams (N.Z.), Is J cheese, local, at 6d to 7d. ADELAIDE— yBSTBBBAY. Bsbadbtdffb. —^Wheat at outports 3s 8i to 3s Bid; farme s' lots 3s 5d to 3s 7.i; flour, »tone made, £7 10s to £8 ; roller m«de, £8 10s to £9 6s a ton. Trai'WJBAPHBD M BBEO1A& OOBBBBPON dbhts to tababaei hbhald.] AUOKLAND—Ybstbbdax. Pfodtiob.— Messrs G. W. Binney k son report : — T -© produce market is unchanged. Quotations aid:— Butter, firats, 6d per lb ; seconcs, 5d ; thirds, 44 per lb. ; potted, nnchanged ; cheese, 4d to sd; eggs, 8d to lOd a dozen: bacon and hams, proviuctal 6d; do, « anterbory, 7^d. Potattes: Local, £1 5s to £9 ; onions, from £6 10s to £7 per ton ; maize, 23 lOd to 3s 2d ; oats, Is 9d to 2s ; 'milling wheat, new 3s 6d per bus'-vel ; ohick, 2s 10d to . 3s. Flour, roller, £10 per ton. Oatinaal, firm ; br«n and pollard, 4s lOd. Flax, £14 to £16 10s for medium quality ; bran, 4s ; sharps, Hs 9d. Gbain, FoDDistt, &o— At 'he Hay market during th^ pant week todder, gram, and maonrt£ h«e been at late 7alues. Eossb Btick — At the Hayma'ket on Frida> (Dec B), MesgTS Bnckland & Sons report a smaller than usual muster of ho s • stock, nhichmfitwihgod demaud.at full ralnes. A wagoneue sold for £30. Wool, Hidjb», BKiNtf, &0.-rMessrs W. G Binney ie Son repoit that on sccuunt of the wool sales no sales of hides and skins took place this week . Wool sold freely at a reduction of Id to l£-i j'lougwo 1 6d 'to 7d ; crossbred 6id to 7JI; hal.bied 7Jd to Bfcd ; merino 7^d »o Bd. — Messrs Backlanu & ' Bon repon that at the .wool sale on *» edne»- : day (Dec 10) there w»s, ft more nnmeroos attendance cf buyers than usu«l, but consequent on the lobsebtustai'ed by last yeai's purchases prices were lower on l«rge clips by iiLout Id, single bales l£d the lb. There were very few reserves. Abaut 1000 bales weie soM, and betrecn 300 and 400 bales were received too late for the prevent a tie,' and those will be sol t oa Wednesday next.' The general prices ruling were. Fine wools, from 71d to 8d ; coarse wool*,' 6|d to 7d the lb. At the flaymarket on Friday-, (December 5> the usual m sale of hi.les and »ki a wus held. Uides weie in brisk, demand, and at filly lest, week's values, frkin* kept their values, nud above 2*o lots, of bags and dumps of wool obuined fully eb good prices as the bales at the larger auction, promising setter ralaea for ihu next wool ■ale. Oattlk, fr'H*BP, &O.— Meiwra Buckland A. S^nß report that at the us iaJ montbiy cattle sale held at VS aioku on fcaturday the muster w sft small o c, bnt all the stock bronglitfor ard sold freely at fall turn s. —At Beinuera o» Thi-.s.l«y (D^c U), dairy cattle •ere in less thau u'Bua» number, but for good quality U.e.e was better ecq-n-y tbna las'; week, «nd piict-8 were better Mom 6s to 10s * eacb; store c»- lie wer« i.. vsual supply at late values. F t calves were in f»H < t<mb3r, and I fetched la r e prices, fat caul were pkn'i- j fulaud lower in pr'C-j a few wete with* ] dr:twh, bu« 25u s>id - Prices for ehipbortb • eers 18> ; Aockhud (aite.. )4s to IBs ; dows . 10s to 12s 6d the lOOlbs; and the best prices w re obttiaed a Ihe conclusion 01 the sale. Shtep were in full anaiotixn, and fully kept Jast woek'stiluei. rilo s ewes were fiotn 3b to 7s; lsmbs, 6» t<> 7b; fat/ weiUeis, l^i.to 15b; ewes, 8i to U] amb», 9> to I*9 «aoh— witn giod inquiry throogfcoatt'e" auotlon. Pig* wen to »«4if*W PWber, wd of fairly gosa

quality 5 they kept late' values.— » Messrs Banter & Nolan repoit that the supply of oattle has bean an average oe, with lit, tie or no alteration ia value, At the anotion Dales; at Newnjarket W Tuesday (Deo. r 9), a nd a t tfukekotie on Wednt sday.XJDec. 10), the yard? were moderately filled and compeii'jon ateady, and almost without exception the stocks offered chnnged hands without any noteworthy alteration in value. Bom averages for fat steers were : 46 6s 3d, £6 3s 6>, £5 10s, £5 2s 6tl, £5, £4 17s 6d ; cows, £k 12a 6d, &i ss, £3 7a 6J, £3. Sheep <*ere penned in bare-y average numbers, bit there was co increase in value. SiiABS. Mabket. — Messrs Frater Bros, telegraphed' 'to ds' yesterday afternoon:— Sales : Colonial tfank 42s ; 'Loans, 56s 6d ; New Zealand Insurance, 675; National l€s; Union 20s 3d; Gss £10 335; Union Oil Us, L»nd Mortgage, lUs 6>i ; t'ay Goal 12* ,} AJay Queea 8s 66; St>xox\, 4a; Xrenton 3s 6d; Moanatairi 6a Od; Try Fluke, .3? 3d; Orlando j la; Oambria, its ; Waihi 12s. Buyers : WaI tional BankS6s; Gas £10 16s; Bay Goal 12s 6J; Tinpiri Qoal. 2la ; Coromamiel Steam ! Us (cam (tiv ) Sellers: Old Bank of New I Zealand 101s 6i; New 78$: Land Mortgage 1 13s 6d; South Britibh, 25s 3d; Nationtl Mortgage 10s 9d. I WELLINGTON-YiaTSUDAY. PaoDXJCB. — Business continnes Bteidy. j Onions are wanted, and fresh butter ia fair demand. Quotations »re as follows :— Oate, U 9d to' is lid ; wheat, 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; flonr roller made £11 stone-tnade, £10 10& fowls' wheat, 3s to \3% 6d ; maize, 3s 10d to 4s; old potatoes, 15s 'to 303 ; lnachine-dressed rjc-grass is 6d , to 6s ; cocksfoot, <tyd to 4d ; Italian rye, 6s ; honey, 4^d ; peas 3d 9d ; cheese, S^d to'4|i ; hams and bacon, 7d to 7f d ; eggs, 9d to lOd; butter, (farmer make) 6d to 6d ; factory 7d ; salt butter, 6d ; onions £10 to £11 j oatmeal, £9 to £9 10s; sew potatoes, 5s to 7s per oirt, OHEISTOHUBOH— Yestbbdax. $ Pboduce, — No improvement is noticeable in the g nin market. Qaoiationa are : — Wheat : Tuscan 3s 5d to 3s 61; Pearl and Velvet, 3s 4Ji to 3s 6d ; Hunter, 3s 2d to 3s 3d; fowl wheat 2s 6d to 2s lOd. Flour, stone made, £9 to £10 ; roller, £10 to £12 per too ; oalmeal, £8 10s to £9 per ton. Oats, stoat short;, feed, Is 5d to Is6d; milling, Is 6d to Is 7d. Barley: Best maltiug 3s 3d; meuum 2s 9d the bushel, Oheexe, 3Jd to 4rl per lb.; butter, factory made, 6d to 7d, dairy made, 6d; eggs, 6d,per dozen, flams and bacon (in cloth), 8d per lb. Cocksfoot, 3|dto4d; ryegrass, machine dresssd, 5a to 6s 3d; farmers' parcels, 3s 9d to 4 s 6d. Onions^ £8 ; Potatoes have no aetnal quotation : 16s 6d to 20a per ton at country stations. DUNEDlN— Tkstebday, PfiODUOB. — There is no, change te report; in the prices. Qaotationß are as follows : — Wheat : Best milling, 33 6d ,to 3s lOd; medium. 3s to 3s 3d ; fowls' wheat, 2s Cd to 3s ; flom, £9 63 to *1O ; oatmeal £8 10s ; old potatoes £-2 10s to £3 new, 13s thQ cwt, oats, feed, Is Id to Is 3d ; milling and seed, la 3d lo Is 4d per bushel ; cheese, 3d to 4d ; bacon, rolled SJI; sides of bacon, 61 (graio fod) phams, 6d; freah batter, best qoality, 9d; butter, ordinary, 5d per lb; salt bnttcr (new;. 5d to 6d per lb; egga, (scarce) 9d per dozen; onions, 203 to 22s per cwt. ,