LATEST MARKETS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 10328, 8 June 1895, Page 4

LATEST MARKETS.

[»V TELEGRAPH]. LONDON— JUNE C. Monet Secueities, — Consoh (Goscben's) 2| to 2J per cent., now at 100 J. New Zealand securities quoted at follows :—4: — 4 per cent. 1879-1904 loan, 1104; H per cent. Inscribed, 104. Three month*' bills nre discounted at i per cent.; and Bank rate of discount is now 2J per cent. Total reserve in the Bank of England in notes and bullion is "now £28,460,000, being an increase of £30,000 on previous week. Proportion of reserve to liabilities Js 6440 per cent,," being aa iuQrtftso on last week of '02 per cent,

BREADSTUFFS.-Wheat.miivket : Australian : avera^us 28s Gd per 4961 b (firm) ; N.Z. longberried wheat, ex warehouse, 23a per 496 ft (firm). The English and Continental weeat markets are inclined to buoyancy. The American market is advancing rapidly. Speculative offers of 28s have been made for Adelaide cargoes ex Glenbank and Dochra. Tallow. — There is a fair demand. Medium muUon ih worth 223 6d ; beef, 21s. Leather. — Best sides Australian leather, 3|d per 1b; hides are realising from ;SJ toS^d. Flax. — Mniket is unchanged. Latest quotation, .-613 per ton. Frozen' Meat.— The mutton market is, better. Fiist quality, HJil per lb ; second quality, 2Jd. Lamb nveiages 4J<l. Wool. — At Bradford prices aie barely maintained. Butter. — Danish butter snows a decline of 5s and is quoted at £4 4s fid. Australian butter is steady, and the market is virtually bare of Victorian factory. Cheese. — Owing to heavy stocks of cheese i the market is very flat. Victorian a\erages £1 18s, New Zealand £2. MELBOURNE — Yesterday. Breadstuffs. — Quotations are : — Wheat : 3s 4d to 3s 4d. Flour, £7 7s 6d to £7 10s Oats : Algerian, Is 3}d to Is 4d ; Tartarian, Is Gd ; stout, Is 5d to Is9}d (firm). Barley: Cape, la 5d to Is Cd. Bran, 9d ; maize, 2s 6d. Peas, 2s 4d ; potatoes, £1 2s 6d ; onions, £3. Flax : Good prime, £20 to £21 ; inferior £17 to £19. Butter: Dairy, 6d to 7d; factory, 8d to 9d ; bacon from 5d to 7d ; cheese (N.Z.) oid ; pollard, Did to lOd. SYDNEY (N.S.W.)— Testeeday. . Breadstuffs. — Quotations are as follows: —Wheat : Milling, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; chickwheat, 2s lOd to 3s per bushel. Flour : ! Roller, £fl, 10s. Oats, firmer; fair feeding sorts, Is lid to 2s ; maize, prime, 2s 2cl to 2s 3d (firm) ; bran, 9d ; pollard, 9d ; peas, blue Prussian, 2s 6d to 3s; barley, Cape, 2s Id to 2s 2d ; malting. 2s lOd. Pbodttoe.— At the wharf the following were the wholesale quotations : — Butter : Dairy made, 9d to lOd ; factory, lid to Is; potatoes, local, *1 7s~6d to £1 10s ; Circular Heads£2 7s 6d to £2 lOsj onions £4 to £4 5s a ton; bacon machine-enred 4Jd to 5d ; handcured fid. to 6Jd ; .Now Zealand bac6n (prime quality),sd ; cheese, prime, 4Jd to 6d (quiet). All the above ace dnty paid. ADELAIDE— Yestbheay. - Bbeadstoffs — Wheat is depressed at 2s lOd. Flour, roller made, &1 5s to £7 103 a ton. Oats : N.Z.", 3a 9d ; Cape barley, 2s ; malting, 4s lOd to 5a ; bran, BJd to 9d ; pollard, 9d. AUCKLAND. — Yestebday. [telegraphed by special CORRESPONDENTS TO TABANAEI HERALD], ' Pbodtjoe. — Oats are under a heavy rise, aud quotations are nominal. Potatoes are without change. Eggs are fairly plentiful. Quotations are as follows : Fresh butter : firsts, 7d per lb ; seconds, 6d ; thirds, 5d per tt> ; prime salt butter, 7d to 7Jd ; seconds, 6d to 7d ; cheese, local, 4d ; factory, 5d to 5 jd ; eggs, Is ; hams (in cloth) BJd to B£d; bacon (in cloth), 6sd to 7Jd ; roller flour, £10 ; maize, 2s 2d to 2a 6d ; oats, feed, Is 8d to Is 9d ; wheat, 3s 6d ; fowl wheat 3s 6d ; potatoes, kidneys, £2 5s to £2 10s a ton ; onions, Id to ljd per lb ; oatmeal, (25's) £11 ss. Grain, Fodder, Sac. — Messrs Bucbland & Sons report that at the Haymarket during the past week oaten sheaves langed from 3s to 3s 3d ; meadow hay, 3s 6d to 4s ; straw, 2s 6d per cwt ; oats, Is od to Is 9d ; barley, 2s 2d to 2s lOd ; maize. 2s. 5d to 2s 7d per bushel ; carrots, 43s to 46s ; potatoes, 42s 6d; bonedu?t, ]]0s; chaff, 65s per ton; maize (on the wharf, in wholesale parcels), 2s 5d per bushel.

Horse Stock. — Messrs Buckland & Son report that on Friday horse stock was in usual supply. Young horses in condition sold freely. Riding horses brought from £9 to £22 ; draught stock, £9 to £23 each. Wool, Hides, Skixs, &c. — Messrs G. W. Binney & Sons report that on Tuesday they had a large sale of hides, skins, tallow, bones, &c. Hides sold at an advance. Cow, 2Jd to 3d for all good lots ; ox, from 3Jd for medium to 5Jd for best, large numbers averaging 3Jd; calf, 3Jd ; stags, 2d. Sheepskins, local green, average 3s. Tallow, 16s to 20s per cwt. There is no change in bones and. horns. — Messrs Bucklaud & Sons icport that on Tuesday hides were in fair quantity, and maintained the late rise. Ox hides mostly brought from 3d to 3Jd ; picked soi ts, 4 jjtl to ojd ; cow hides, 2Jd to 2Jd ; calfskins, 3Jd the lb ; fresh skins, 2s 2d to 3s 4d; dry skins, Is 4d to 2s 4d ; lambs, Is lOd to 2s 2d each.

Cattle, Sheep, &c. — Messrs Buckland & Sons report that at Waiuku on Saturday last a small muster of stock met steady enquiry at late values. Dairy cows brought 80s to 112s 6d, and fresh conditioned steers 112s 6d to 127s 6d. At Remuera on Thursday dairy cattle in usual number fully kept late valnes, and those at profit ranged from 100s to 160s each. Store cattle sold freely ; 3-year-old steers brought 105s ; young dry [ cows, 40s to 45s ; yearling heifers, 47s fid each ; young and fat calves, in short supply, sold freely at late values. Fat cattle, in averagenumber (180 sold), were in demand throughout tho sale at .22s per lOOlbs. Sheep were in less supply than the average, 960 being yarded ; fat- sheep.-advanced in price, we.thera ranged up to 16s ; ewes, 22s 3d each ; | store sheep at late' values ; .: ewes', 5s ; lambs; .4s to 6s fad each.' Pigs were in usual num- | ber ; well bred weaners, low in price, and brought 2s to ' 6s? bu€ fatted pigs kept'their price, and ranged-froni'lSs to'36i"each. — Messrs Hunter & Nolan report as follows : —Cattle — Prices* have continued firm,, and the average number has- been brought forward. The Newmarket yards on Tuesday were moderately full, and there was a good muster at Papakura, and a. very large attendance, attracted by Mr F." L. Wright's- annual sale of Jersey cows, which ranged at from 6 to 15 guineas each ; ordinary dairy cows well represented, and were freely competed for from 90s to 152s 6d ; calves sold from 14s to 30s; yearlings from 30s to 42s Cd ; 18-inonths-old steers, 40s to 52s 6d ; heifers, 27s 6d to 35s ; grown steers, 80s to 112s 6d ; dry cows, in fre3h condition, were in brisk demand, and sold at 47s 6d to 60a ; prime ox beef sold from 20s to 22a per lOOlbs ; inferior, 183 to 19s ; cows, 183 to 20s per ]Qolb3. Averages of steers — £9 los, £9 7s, £8 17s 6d, £8 Bs, £6 16s Bd, £6 ss, £5. Some averagrs of cows were— £6 10s, £6 7s 6d, £6 4s 9d, £5 17s 6d, £525 6d, £4 12s 6d.— Sheep : The Newmarket pens were moderately full on Tuesday ; competition was brisk throughout the sale, and there was a slight upward tenc ency in value. Wethera ranged from 8s to 13s 0d each ; ewes, 6s to 11s 9d; mixed sexes, 11s to 12s Sd; lambs, 6» to 9s. Pigs were plentiful, and in steady demand. Baconers sold from 40s to 52s 6d ; porkers, 19s to 35s ; store pigs, 6s to 27s od.

Shabe Makket. — Messrs Frater Brothers telegraphed to us yesterday evening: — Sales: New Zealand Insurance, 70s to 725 ; South British, 48s to 495; Devonport, 38s Gd; Woodstock, 24s ; Waitekauri, 00s ; Silverton, 15s; Talisman, 7s 6d; Owharou,. 4s ; Imporial, U; Alpha, 3s 9d ;- Flukes, 6a to 8s- 9d j Grace -Darling, Is 3d; Bonanza, Is lOd ; Venus, ]s to Is lOd; Kapai, 3s 2d; Jlonowai, 3s ; Queens, 10s 3d to 12s 9d ; Alburnia, 3s to 4s ; Hazel bank, 2s 8d ; Waitekauri No. 4, Is Cd ; Hauraki No. 2, la 7d. Buyers : National Bank, 22s ; Land Mortgage, 6s 6d ; Gisborne Gas, 32s ; Union Oil, los ; Loans, Preference, 38s ; Devonport Kerry, 395.