SYDNEY MARKET.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3332, 2 June 1885, Page 2

SYDNEY MARKET.

The New Zealand loan and 51* .ponHln Agency Company, Limited, reports "on the f?iw™ ea undei date May art, m 31A12E This market has further fosßaai,; Jn der the

influence of large supplies and the expectations of an abundant late crop ; 3s to 3s Id are now outside quotations for priino parcels oi New South Wales. Fiji maize may be quoted Id to 2d lower. WHEAT. There is little doing m this grain at the moment, as buyers aro awaiting a further fall i before committing themselves to large transj actions, and growors are not yet disposed tc ' concede. Present values are 3s 9d for Adelaide, and Os 8d for New South Wales. Fowl feed has good enquiry at up to 2s Bd. BARLEY Is unchanged since our last. OATS. Now that rnaizo is coming m nioro freelj less oats are going into consumption, and, ir the face of large importations, prices have further given way, and we do pot sco any hopt of an improvement for some time to como. A\ anction yesterday a splendid sample of besi quality milling oats only realised 2a 2d ci • store, while stout heavy feed were sold by us on tho wharf at 2s lid, and seed Tartars at 2s (3d. Several discolored parcels of " feed " onlj realised Is lOd to la lid. Market flat. > BRAN Still remains m active demand, and late con' • signments have all been taken up at 12Jd tc Is Id. VOLLARD ■ Has also good enquiry, and up to Is ljd has been obtained. POTATOES. As anticipated by our circular of tho 7tt • inst., the influx of supplies has had tho effeol of weakening tho market considerably. Or arrival of s.s. Tekapo and Wakatipu, prices at one time went down quite £1 per ton, bni ■ as a fair demand existed, and stocks were noi abnormally heavy, a slight recovery was manip fested, but spot " parcels of prime Derwents at present are not quotable at a higher rate i than £3 7a 6d. Kidneys are completelj neglected. FLOUR. This market has suffered considerably since the excitement occasioned by the " war scare," and a dull feeling is generally prevalent, only ' small lines of town-made being taken up for immediate use at tho following quotations :— Adelaide .£9 to .£9 ss, New South Wales £6 10s to £9, Victorian .£8 to £8 15s. HIDES. Market continues firm at late quotations. We have recently placed New Zealand cow hides at 4Jd, and have inquiry for heavy ox hides at up to 5 id.