MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4905, 21 March 1894, Page 3

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

('Special to Pbess Association.! SYDNEY, Mahch 21. Wheat— Chick, 2s 3d ; milling, nominal 23 8(3. Flour— Best roller, £7 10a to JEB Oats, quiet, best feeding, 2s 4d; seed 2s Bd. Maize— Prime, 2a 6d. BarleyCape, seed, 3s to 3s 3d. Bran Id; pollard 6|d. Peas— Prussian Blue, 3s 6d to 4a Potatoes— Local grown, £2 10s to J63; Cir cular Heads, £5. Onions, £5 10a. Butte —Dairy, 6d to 7dj factory, 10. to 8d Cheese, prime, 3d to 3£d. Bacon, best MELBOURNE, Mabch 21. Wheat, beat, 2s sd. Flour, roller, £ 15b to M. Oate, in good demand

! Algerian Is 5d to Is 7£d, Tartarian Is lit 'to 2s. Maize, 2s 4Jd. Barley, Cape 2s 3i to 23 4d, prime malting, 5s 4d. Potatoes '. JB2 7s6«L_ ' " The Premier ia surprised at the actioi . of Mr Arnold Morley, the British Post i master-General, in renewing the Federa , mail contracts without imposing a con j dition aa to reducjd freights for dairj produce. j The Minister of Agriculture has approved j the suggestion of the Chamber of Com- ' merce that members of- that body should . import goods only by vessels provided with cool storage accommodation. ' ADELAIDE, March 21. Wheat, firm, 2a 4Jd. Flour, roller, | Je6 5s to JE6 7s 6d. Bran, Bd. Pollard, | B£(3. '

The New Zealand Land Aasocia- ! tion, Limited, has received the followI ing cable message, dated LONDON, March 20. Wheat.— The market ia dull and quotations nominal. Spot quotations have declined, threepence per 4961 b since last report. Butter. — Stocks are in excess of trade requirements. The market is drooping. Fine qualities New Zea. land are worth 96s to 100s per cwt. Quotations nominal.