MESSRS F. R. JACKSON AND CO.'S LONDON ACCENTS' REPORT.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 11128, 13 February 1886, Page 2

MESSRS F. R. JACKSON AND CO.'S LONDON ACCENTS' REPORT.

: «, . , 14, Finsbury Circus, London, 31st December, 1885. Oar latest colonial dates are, Christchurch 17th November, received! per Aorangi on 29th instant ; Sydney 17thNovember, and Melbourne 19th November, received via Brindisi on 29th instant. Wool. — The saleß olosed on tbe 4th instant with good competition to the last. But little business has been done since, though values are considered to be steady. Tallow.— The last sale was held on the 18th instant ; with diminished stocks the demand has improved, and prices were, for fine mutton 26s 6d, fair to good 248 Od to 265, fine beef 265, fair to good 24s to 255, inferior in proportion and selling badly. Present stook of Australasian in first hands is about 16,000 casks. . - Hides and Leather.— Only a small number were offered on the 17th iqptaat, and all were withdrawn, bidding being . weak. Present stock of Australasian in '■ -_" first hands is 11,165 hides. •. There hap , baen a good inquiry for leather, and all \ offered was sold at from B£d to 10$d. Bazils 5f d to 12|d for Melbourne, and 7d to ll£d for New Zealand. , Frozen Mbat. — During Ghvisttnas week the demand for mutton Iras very weak. Prices, however, have, with the, bright oold weather, improved, and are '"•"( this week 4£ Ito 5d per pound for mufc- v ton and 5d to 6d for beef. Owing to the failure of the root crops here large numbers of English sheep have been sent to market lately, and we think the. ' ' prospeot for frozen mutton is more ' favourable, especially as the large' stocks v which were accumulating have been re* . . duced by reeent sale,;. We are lootdrig soon to receive lambs, whioh for the next ■/■. three months, will meet yp'th a good '' \- : ' demand at probably 7d per pound. . Grain, — Business has been much restricted, as is usual at this time of the : year ; sellers are askiog 34s -6d per 480 lbs for Australian cargoes of new wheat. New Zealand wheat is quoted at 32s to 34s per 496 lbs, ex granary. Fine heavy; oats,>29a to 32s per 384 lbs '■'■ Beans, 355-. • to 363 per 504 lbs. Superfine Australian flour, 24s to 265 ; New ZeaHud, 203 to 23s per 280 lbs, prices beiag almost tha same as in our last. It is asserted that ,;,. there is a decrease in the acreage of wheat sown here, 'The .weather during the past four, weeks has varied much— fro __ severe frosts for a few days, affording a little skating, to warm damp days, and again to sharp frosts ' Johnson & Allsup. '