MELBOURNE MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1808, 7 February 1884, Page 2

MELBOURNE MARKETS.

Messrs Goldsbtough rcpoit under date, Melbourne, January l(i :— Wool.— With the exception of the usual Christmas recess, bales ha\o been held regulaily tlnoughout the month, and 30°144 bales have been bold out of 30,303 bales catalogued, thus nuking a total of 193,854 bales otteicd. and n ( ),.)->3 bales sold since the comniencoinenfc of the sales on the 17th of October. Considerable quantities are btill coining forwaid, a large pionoition being from New South Wales via Sidney ; alhofiom South Austi. ilia, Tasmania and New Zealand, and, as the warehouses con tinuc well filled, the customary auctions will probably bo held for fully &i\ weJv-> longer, although the catalogue- fioin this date will .show a giadual diminution, an the bulk of the clip ha-, now gone foiuaid. A very large number of English, foreign and local buyeis continue to attend the sale 5 :, and competition for all good .ucrajre wools remains iirm at prices on a par with late quotations?. Good bulky scorned have also been well suppoited, and se\eial large lots from the Lachlau and Dailmgmeis have been di-po&ed of at fiom \M to 21d per lb, accoiding to condition a i id colour. Superfine quality nieiino-. ,uid the long 1 dry bhafty desuiption- peculi.ii to t\if lUvcuna. are, however, not so uell competed for as they were eai her in the simsod, tlic conation in the Amoiicau demand tending to lower the value of these suit-, which n>ay now be quoted a -hade oa-iei. Washed fleece wools., which hase not been much sought after at any time this season, continue to rule at about last month's iate>. As is Übiial lowaid-. the elo-e of th'j s<\ison the bulk of the wools ik»w otleung ditlei from tho-e submitted dm 111:4 November and Docomb'ji m both ch.uactfr and condition, a laige jnopoition of the supply being of an mfeiior to o.dmaiy de-ciiption, which mainly accounts foi the gemually lower range of j)i ice-, now cm 1 out. Dm ing the past few week- the \w itlier thio.ighout a laige poition of New Soutli Wales and Queensland has b'jen e\tiemely hot and dry, and feed and water aio becoming scarce, moie e-pecially 111 that ])ait of Riverina between tho -Mimuinbidgeij and Darling Rivers, wheie lam h badly wanted. The prospects m this colony, however, continue fa\oniabli', light show cis ha\ing fallen .it intenals tlnoughout the month.

Piuci:s Clkhint. — 'iicisj': lufouor, 0> fid to 0-. 8d ; oidin.u yto a\ci ige 0, 8d t'> to Os lOd ; good to sii|nuioi, 0-> lO'.d to 1< Id. Fleece, washed : lnteuor, 0, lLdt<>_ ]-, Id ; ordinary to .ivci.ifjo, l-> 2d to l-> oil; average to go >d, ]s (id t,> X <Sd ; Mipeuor, Is lOd to 2i Id. Scorn iid . Jnfeiim, 1-, Od t(. Is 2d; oidin.u y, 1-) Id to 1-, Od ; middling to good, Is 7d to la ( Jd ; bupenor, Is lOd to 9a

MoxriirA Oituv RiToiir. Dining tlio past month a l.ugo amount of binmc^ has been transacted in the wheat maiket, and a considerable expoit buiiiu'--. is now i» operation, winch, by the end of Fobiu.uj, fahonldbliow a tutil of 40 0')0 lons of om surplus disposed of. The deln ci ie-> in town during the month h.uo not been up to expectations, and .ue under Lho-e of the i>ioceding ye.ir, notu'ithstandnig the Li» om.ible harvest, wlneli is, houe\er, a montli Liter than u-iiial. Wheat closes with seller of good shipping qualities at X '2d, bu>oi-> holding oft in anticipation of lowir puces ruling bhoitly. Flour 1^ selling at fiom t".) tf» S9 <H with a \ei\ limited lniuiny. Oat-, are scai ce, .md in yood demand, M'jy little of this season's crop having e mm to hand. Pie^ent (niotatioii-, laiij^e fiom 2i Dd to 3s !)d, accouling to quality . B.uloj . —Very little ottiuing, f.uniois holding for better prices, ru'seut quot ition fm puiue malting, 3^ lOd to Js ; fei-fl p.ueeK^- Sd to 3^,. Alaize quoted u]j to s^ ; pea-,, '.h ; and bran, 10W pei bushel.