The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-21 00:00:00

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THE MARKETS.
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MARK-LANE.
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The attendance was not large, nor was business a
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brisk. Fresh supplies of both home and foreign grain„'"ee
illy moderate, but they were sufficient. The New
market is telegiaphed easier. For foreign wheat there,M,
a slow sale, at about late rates. Foreign wheat was
cu former terms. The flour market remained illantl'w
t
without further change. Barley was a quiet trade, a
pre: $ for malting and grinding produce. sleaze
rather
rather steadier, with a moderate demand. Oats weree„,'"-
ofrered and were better held. Beans were steady—its ,
't-rie
te 275; Egyptian, 26s 6d to 29s 6d per 4801 b. Peas weee
scarce and vary firm—White Canadian, 31s 68 to 32gr-ees.
furolmentLilson,
d26osntolart wseezk c 5104elre_b.
whTheeaet,xP°of grain, Ire., 173-ti:
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barley, 82 ; malt, 1438. oats, 98 • beans, 20;
limeed, 1173; rapeseed, 841;6 oilseed, 2004; canary
Lemeeeed, 5; sundry, 193 qrs ; flour, 315 cwt.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. „
Tie total imports of foreign stock into London last st,eeeesi
:aeounted to 5361 head. In the corresponding period iTo
y ar we received 10,319; in 1883. 16,145 • in 1832, 9824, jee
18.1, 4843; in 1880, 9956; in 1879, 10,486; in 1878, I°,'—ee
and in 1877, 16,043. At Liverpool were received 793 beast,
from Boston, 67 beasts from New York, and 264 tO•seal
f corn Portland; and at Southampton 5 beasts from Se7tie
and Guernsey. Heaviness has elm:racterised the oni",e
trade. he weather has been against the market, annee
the same time the dead meat trade at Smithfield has u`ie,
very bad. Fresh supplies of stock were only moderle,
Beasts did not come freely forward but the numbere oincl
big were sufficient. Buyers were anything but eager, s
prices tended in their favour. The best Scots and erol;es
were disposed of at 513 2d to 5s 4cl per 81b. Foreign 01' As
was start in supply and slow request, at late pfep•iiCiee'srs• wee
raeauillsinsqhulg thiLpepnrsieweserTroofalprlyg,
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can be r.ported. The best Downs and half-breds P•Tht
58 4.1 to is Cel per 81b. Calves and pigs were quiet Nvithooiis,
'ch ege. Coarse and inferior beasts, 48 to 48 68; secid ;-
quality ditto, 4s 6d to ss; prime lerge oxen, 55 to
tilt o Scots, &c., 5s 2d to 5s 48; coarse and inferior sorTi;e,
4s 88 to Is ; second quality ditto, Zs to 5s 28; lAoeer
coarse-woolled ditto, 5s 28 to 5s 4d; prime Southss ga
40
ditto, 5,4 d to 5s 68; large coarse calves, es ed to
; rime small ditto, 5s 8d to 65; large hogs, 38 6d tee
ec t email porkers, 48 to 4$ 48 per 81b. to sin'obet
offal. Total supply: Beasts, 2800; sheep and I•
10 50 / ; calves, 100; pigs, 20; railch cows, 60, toreiseie
Beasts, 443; sheep and lambs, 20 ; calves, 30. Frons,..'ore
Midland and Home Counties we received 1450 beasts, 1,500
Norf. lk, Suffolk, and Essex 650, from Ireland 100, and
.ecotland 160 beasts.
METROPOLITAN AT MARKET:
There was a large supply on offer. The demand 1411'ser
limited, and trade very bad. Inferior beef, 2s 4d
,uieddiug ditto, 38 to 38 8d ; prime 'erg() ditto, 45 to y rig
erime small ditto, 48 to 4s 4d; veal, 4s 6d to ss; julep"
mutton, 2s 48 to Is; middling ditto, 38 to as Bdl Paiteee
t'o, 4s to Cs; large pork, 2s 6d to 38 48; srav,fi"'
3s 6,1 to 4s per 81b by the carcase.
CENTRAL PIM
Good supply of fish. Trade better. Quotations
Ica to is per lb ; slips. 88 to 98 per lb; lemon soler,
lb; turbot, 88 to 10d per lb; brill, t3d to 8d per lb ;
to 4d p. r lb ; plaice 3d per lb ; eels, 10d to ls 28 Pfeetele
conger eel, 3d per lb; fresh haddocks, 3d per lb ;
sa anon, is 6d per lb; Dutch salmon, Is 48 per lb ; see to
ed per lb; dried salmon, led to Is per lb; whitinge_"eer ,
Is per dozen; Anglo-Portuguese oysters gd to 02;e41
Cozen; Dutch ditto, 2s per dozen; native ditto, scl ttcr,
per dozen; whitebait, is 3d per quart; smelte.
Is per basket ; John Dorys is to 3568 each; re°
Cd to Is 68 each; lobsters' 9'd. to 2s 6d each;
2s etch; dried haddocks, 28 to is each; winkles, 41100
pint; whelks, id per pint; mussels, 6d to 8d Per
Digby chicks, 441 to 6d per bundle.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE. rok
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Large supplies of potatoes ; demand for same do
eotato
eoeer
supplies of vegetables, with moderate trade. se 68.1.7-0 ,
Cabbages, 2s to 3s per tally; bunch greens, 2s
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dozen.; e4to turnips, is 98 to 2s 6d per doS,to
1 celery, 4s to 148 per dozen; sprouting brocels, S:4l , t 0,4-0
Per bushel. Apples, 38 to 68 per bushel. Onioenos 60, ee*,
per cwt. Potatoes: Kent and Surrey Relionilon • kit,
per ton; ditto magnum bonnms, 46s to 60e PeY
..„edensees
champions, 40s to 558 per to ; York and LincopSer
t. 014,
4's to 60s per ton; ditto Regents, 558 to 6el. Yne, 4000;
p
ditto Victorias,4ss to 558 per ton; ditto chewp 1 0 tO_
fees cease
50s per ton; Cambridgeshire Regents 55 to , ditto tee!
ditto magnum bonums, 40s to 608 per ten ; 308 per p •
pions, 40s to 508 per ton; white turnips, lOs
__Wens per W_ e
swede ditto, 25s to 30s per ton; carrcgs, 356 w
maygolds., 18s to AP Pest... Wit

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