The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-03-23 00:00:00

TALLOW.

s. d. a d
Town Tallow, per cwt. 39 9 Rough Stuff, per cwt 14 9
Rough Fat, per Sibs. 1 8 Greaves ~ 12 0
Melted Stuff, per cwt. 29 0 Good Dregs „ 6 0 ,
Yellow Russian, new.... 38s. 6d. per cwt.
Australian Mutton Tallow, 40s. Ott. „
Ditto Beef Ditto. 393. Od. „
SEED.

LONDON, Monday, March 18.—English cloverseed was in
short supply, and all qualities sold at enhanced values.
Prime parcels of French were readily dispoFed of at Is. to Is.
per cwt. over the currencies of last week Fine trefoil,
French and English, met a ready sale at shout 2s. per cwt.
enhancement on the prices of last week. White and brown
mustardseeds were in short supply, but few sales were
effected. Foreign tares continued to meet a good sale, and
were fully is. per quarter dearer on the week. Grass-seeds
were disposed of steadily at the full prices of last week.
Canary Feed was disposed of at about the rates previously
obtained. Hempseed was steady in price and demand. The
season is now well on for every description of seed, and a
large business has been transacted throughout the past week,
and at today's market. One steamer from New York has
just brought into London a fair quantity of American clover-
seed, the whole of which has been quickly taken for con-
sumption.

PROVISION.
LONDON, Monday, March 18.—The arrivals last week from
Ireland were 5 firkins Butter, and 3,496 bales Bacon, and
from foreign ports 18,980 packages Butter and 558 bales
Baoon. In the Butter market there was little alteration to
notice in the value of =Normandy or Brittany Butter during
the past week ; the inferior qualities met a very dull sale.
Dutch declined to 1408. The Bacon market ruled 'very firm,
and the supplies being short for the demand at the close of
the week, best sizeable advanced 25,, and stout weights 2s.
to 48. per cwt.
Butter, per cwt. : s. s. Cheese, per cwt. s. s.
Dorset
Friesland
Jersey
Fresh, per doz. .. 14 17 American
Bacon, per cwt. : Hams: York BB 92
Wiltshire
Irish, green, f.o.b. 70 72 Irish

GAME AND POULTRY.
Capercailzie, 6s. to 10s. 6d. ; black game, 2s. 3d. to is. 6d;
ptarmigan. is. 6d. to 25.: American prairie hens, 2s. 6d. to
3s. 3d.; live quails, 2s. 3d. to 35.; American ditto, Is. 4d. to
Is. 10d. ; wild rabbits, 9d. to is. 651.; tame ditto, 18.6 d. to
is. ; pigeons, 9d. to is. 3d.; hates, 4s. Sd. to bs.9d. ; white
Scotch ditto, 2s. to 2s. ed.; ducks, 2s. 3d. to is. 3d.; duck-
lings, is. ed. to Ss.; turkeys, 55. 0 150. each; hen eggs,
7s. 6d. to 16s. per 120.
FISH.

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Trawl haddock, 15s. to 20s. ; ditto plaice, 18$. to Mt. :
ditto whiting, 17s. 6d. to 255. ; smelts, ss. to 6s. gd.:
mackerel, 208. to 255.; bloaters, 4s. to 6s. ; kippers, 3s. 10d-.
to 7s. 6d. per baskets; native oysters' 18s. 6d. to 21s. ; Dutch
ditto, Os. to Ss Pd.' Spanish ditto, 4s. to 4‘. 9d. ; common
ditto, 58. to 10s. ; AITICriCall ditto, Cs. to 7s. j;G Ostend
ditto, 10s. 6d. to us. t3d. ; pearl ditto, 12s. to 135.; fresh her-
rings, 3s. Ad. to 55.; roused ditto, 4s. 6d. to 6s. ; pickled
ditto, Gs. 6d. to 85. 6d. ; red ditto, 35. 9d. to ss. per hUndred.
HAY.

WIIITECIIAPEL, Saturday, March 16.—A moderate supply
of Hay and Straw was on sale to-day. There was an inactive
trade at unaltered prices. Prime Clover 100 s. to L 345., In-
ferior Sss. to 955.; Prime Meadow Hay Ms. to 100 s., Inferior
70s. to bOs., and Straw 445. to 535. per load.