LATEST MARKETS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 10627, 30 May 1896, Page 4

LATEST MARKETS.

[BY TELEORAFH.] LONDON— May 28. Money Secubities.— Consols (Qoschen's) 2} per cent., now at 112;} ; New Zealand securities quoted as follows : — ♦ per cent., 1879-1904 loan, 116}; 3J per cent. Inscribed, 109i;3 per cent.,lo2J. Three months' bills nre discounted atls-16th per cent. Total reserve in tho Bank of Kngland in notes and bullion is now £37,994,000, being an increase of £842,000 ou previous week. Proportion of reserve u» liabilities is 58,40 per cent., being a decrease of "70 per cent, on previous week. Bbeadbtuffs. — The English wheat market is quiut, and inclined to weakneis. Hemp. — The New Zealand hemp market is unchanged. Fbozen Meat, &c— Stocks of all kinds of frozen meat are very heavy. To-day's quotations are: Best Canterbury mutton, 3Jd per lb ; ditto, Dunedin, 2<Jd; Napie^ and North Island, 2|d. The lamb market is firmer Prime New Zealand lambs aro worth per carcase 4Jd per lb. Tallow. — Fine mutton, 20s; medium, 18s 9dj tine beef, 18s; medium, 17s 3d, MELBOURNE— Yesterday. Breadstuffs. — Wheat, 4s 6d. but no eales. Flour, £10 5s lo £10 10s.. Barley : Cape, 2s 6d to 3s; seeding, 3s 6d to 3s 9d. Oats, Algerian, 3s 9d to 4s; stout, 3s Bd. Bran, lOJd; pollard, Is. SYDNEY (N.S.WV)— Yebtebday. BBKADSTOFra.— Wheat : Chick, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; milling, nominal, 4s. Flour : Holler £10 5s to £10 10s. Oats, Bcarce and iirra >Jew Zealand, prime feeding nominal ; best available, 2s 6d; maize, 2s 2d to 2s 3d; barley, Cape, 2s 7d to 2s lOd; bran. 9Jd; pollard, 9d; peas, Prassian blue, 4s to 4s 3d. Pbodook.— At the wharf the following were the wholesale quotations : — Potatoes, Circular Heads, 60s; New Zealanc,3os to 50s; onions, New Zealand, prime, 150s ; extra prime, 160s. Butter : Factory, lid to Is ; dairy, lOd to lid. Cheese, New Zealand prime, 6id to 7d. Bacon. 54d to Bd. ADELAIDE— YKBTERPAY. Bbkadstuffs.— Wheat, 5s Id. Oata: Algerian, milling, 3s 2d ; feeding, 3s Id. Maize, 3s 2Jd. Potatoes, 35s to 40s. Onions, £6 to £7. AUOKL AND.— Yesterday. [TELEORAPHED BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS TO TABAKAKI UERALDI. Pboduce. — Oats are firm. Potato market is glutted. Eggs are scarce, but butter is very plentiful. Quotations are as follows : Fresh butter : firsts, 7d per It; seconds, sdj thirds, 4d per lb ; prime salt butter, 6d ; seconds, 5Jd ; cheese, local, 4d ; factory, 5d to 5Jd ; eggs, Is 6d ; hams (in cloth), 7Jd ; bacon (in cloth), 6jd j roller flour, £10 ; maize, 3s ; oats, feed, 2s 3d ; wheat, new, 3s 6d ; fowl wheat 3s 7d. onions, Id to ljd per lt> , oatmeal, (25's) £12 ; potatoes, £3 5s per tou (ex store). Grain, Foddeb, &o. — Messrs Buckland & Sons report at the Haymarket during the past week oaten sheaves have brought 2s 9d and 3s; meadow hay, 2s 9d to 3s 6d the cwt; straw, 10s to 21s the load; bonodust, 7s 6d; pressed hay, 4s; chaff, 3s to 4s; carrots, Is 6d the cwt; dun oats, 2s 8d ; feed oats, 2s to 2s sd; maize, 3s 2d to 3s 3d; barley, 2s 7d, cocksfoot, 6s the bushel. Hobse Stock. — Messrs Buckland & Sons report that on Friday horses of a good class were required; medium draught were from £19 to £26; a pair of draught horses, £35; Bpring cart horses, £9 to £12 each. Wool, Hides, Skinb, &o.~ Messrs Q. W. Binney & Sons report that on Tuesday the competition for hides was brisk for all well got up lots; inferior are again easier*. Extra stout ox hides sold from 5d to 5Jd (no prime); stout, 3Jd to 4Jd; medium, 3Jd to 3|d light, 2}d to 3d ; cow, good lots, 3d to 3Jd; medium, 2Jd; inferior, 2Jd to 2Jd; calf, 3d to 4d; stags, Id to IJd per lb; damaged nominal. Sheepskins, local green, from 2s 6d" for small to 4s 4d for lßrgc; country salted and lambskins at equal prices. Tallow: prices still falling; good ordinary is worth 14s 6d to 15s; medium, 13s per cwt; rough fat, l\d to ljd per lb.— Messrs Buckland & Sons report that on Tuesday hides were without alteration. Stout ox hides ranged from 4Jd to 5Jd; medium, 3Jd to 4Jd ; damaged, from 2d; cow hides, 2Jd t« 3Jd; kip, 2d per lb; fat, ljdto I^l per lb. Butchers' sheepskins were mostly from 3s to 3s lOd; lambskins, Is 8d to 2s 8d; dry country skins, Is to 4s 2d each ; wool, sjd to 6Jd per lb. Cattle, Sheep, &o. — Messrs Buckland & Sons report that at Pukekohe, on Monday, a moderate supply of cafcjle, mostly young stock, were at late values ; dairy cows, at profit, were from 100s to 130s each. At Kemuera, dairy cattle, at profit, ranged from 90s to 145s ; store cattle in full supply, and were at moderate values ; fat and young calves sold freely. Fat cattle were in average supply, mostly steers of good quality ; heavy weights, shipborne, 18s ; Auckland steers, 21s the 1001 b, were the prices obtained. Sheep were in full number ; best quality at late values ; inferior of all classes better worth. Wethers ranged from 8s 9d to 14s 6d ; ewes, 7s 3d to lls ; lambs, 5s 6d to 12s ; store sheep, 4s to 7s. Killable pigs in average supply, aud were better worth than for than for several markets. — Messrs Hunter & Nolan report as folio W6 :— Cattle have bei» brought forward in average .numbers ; prices for fat stock were slightly in favour of the purchaser, but there were no alterations for other classes. The Newmarket yards were well supplied on Wednesday ; fat steers sold from 117s 6d to 197s 6d ; cows, from 75s to 110s; ox beef, from 17s to 19s the 1001 b; dairy cows, from 60s to 130s. Sheep : There was again a good muster, and prices were slightly in favor of the purchaser ; wethers sold from 9s to 14s 94 each ; ewes, 7s 3d to 9s 9d ; mixed sexes, 9s to 15s 9d ; lambs, 6s to 7s 6d. Pigs were plentiful ; baconers sold from 38s to 51s ; porkers soid from 27s to 325 ; 100 weaners, 4s 3d each. Share Mabket. — Messrs Fra'ter Brothen telegraphed to us yesterday evening: — Sales: New Zealand Insurance, 73s ; ' Gas, 268s ; Drugs, 21s; Westporfc Joal, 45s ; Waitekauri, 100s; Woodstock, 39s to 43 ods; Talisman, 17s; Waverley, 2s 6d ; Alpha, 6s 9d; SHverton, 7s 6d ; Moanatairi, 13s 6d ; Hazelbank, 5s : Alburnia, 8s 9d ; Whau, Is Id ; Monowai, ss; Norfolk, 4s ; Victoria, 3s lOd ; Queen, 9s ; Cardigan, 2s ; Bunkers, 8s 2d ; Zealandia, Is 9d ; Try Flukes, 8s 3d; Kapai, 8s 6d; Jupiter, 6s 3d; Midas, 2s 6d ; Waitaia, 3s 7d. CHRISTCHUROH— Yesterday . (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION) Pboduce. — The principal feature of the grain and produce market during the week has been the enquiry from Sydney for oats and dairy produce. Sales of oats have been made at 2s 7Jd, c i;f, The demand for butter, cheese, hams and I aeon has been due to the early removal of duties in New Sou,th Wales,