ADELAIDE MARKETS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3588, 31 March 1886, Page 2

ADELAIDE MARKETS.

The- Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report, under date Adelaide, March 13th, as follows : — SHEEPSKINS. Tho demand for skins is animated, which sell freely if well prepared. We quote values — Full-wooiled skhi.s, 4s to 4a GJ each ; pelts, Is 6d to 2s 6d for the best, seconds from 8 J to Is ; lamb pelts, 6d to 9J. HIDKS. The market i 3 good, though prices as reported m last week's circular were hardly maintained, chiefly consequent upon importations from Sydney and Melbourne. Heavies are worth Id to 4id ; medium and light, 3i<l to 4d; yearlings, 3Vd to 4d : calfskins, skl to 6Jd. TALLOW. Market dull. Values are— For best mutton tallow, .£2O per ton; for mixed lots, .£l2 to .£ls per ton ; and small inferior lota at about 12s per owt. WHEAT. Market quiet, but firm. . Late business transacted has been of a aomowhat limited character. Prices nominally are quoted at 43 4d to 4s 5d per bushel Port Adelaide, without, however, finding ready purchasers, and holders being unwilling to accept any lower rates. There is but little offering. FLOUIi. We quote town flour, patent roller, <£10 to j£lo 5s per ton ; leading brands of superfine nt £9 10s to £9 15s per ton ; ordinary brands, £9 to £9 103 ; country brands, £S 103 to £9 per ton, f.o.b. Port Adelaide. OATS. As intimated m our last, tho demand is restricted to small parcels for actual requirements, prices remaining unchanged at 2s 9d to 2s lOd per bushel Port Adelaide (.bags extra) for good samplea. BEAN. The market continues steady at about Is 3:1 per bushel. POLLARD Is worth Is 3d to Is 3^d per bushel. BUTTER. (Duty Id.) Wo still experience enquiries for prime New Zealand potted nt from lid to Is per lb, the supplies since last reporting beiu? considerably short of steady demand for really good samples. CHEESE. (Duty 3d.) The market continues somewhat easier, New Zealand loaf spll;:;g .at l<)h\ to lid per lb, and larger size at Dir! to 10.' r .l per lb, at which latter rates wo have placed parcels.