The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-08-16 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

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MARK-LANE. ,
New wheats are corning more 'freely on our c.
markets and there was a toed suPply of them at Mark-.
Prices were lower than in the earlier sales, though the c
dition and quality were qtiite as good. Red wheats sold
36s to 38s, and white at 40s to 425. Foreign wheats w
almost unsaleable at 2s decline on the fortnight. Flour
depressed in sympathy with wheat, and the top price of to'
making the present quotation 37s per sack.
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beginning to appear on some of the counl
Tharnredukbceeartdsi,elB arendthe trade here is dull. No quotable chant
beans. For peas and lentils prices are reduced 6d to
and oats, 'with large arrivals, are 6d lower. Maize on
spot is quiet and unchanged in value. The floating a
trade is very dull, and prices are weak. American
winter wheat, for shipment by steamer, quoted at 350
and Faxonka, by steamer to East Coast of Englani, 33$
to 3is. Maize is dull, and near at hand parcels ear
Barley meets little inquiry. •

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
The cattle supplies were not heavy, and the exam
was fairly good, including 1680 Herefords, runts, shorthel-„..
&edrom the midland and home counties, 80 from Norfol!"
40 from Dublin, 50 from Canada, and 2:0 from Deno
The trade opened slow, and finished quite 28, in some
4d, under last Monday, except in a few isolated cases. SL
and lambs were less numerous than last itt, '- but
lava nce was established, although the trade more cheerfully. ' The supply of sheep included a
Danish at 59 4d to ss Bd‘ Calves; of which the assol
comprised 120 foreign, chiefly Swedish, at 5s to 5s 4d; •
70 Irish and about 40 English. Tbe trade was rather bett
Prime Herefords and runts, 55 8d • best shorthorns, 5s 68
5s 8d ; second quality beasts, 5s 2d.' to 5s 4d; inferior, 48
48 8d ; best Downs and half-breds, ss.‘lod to -6s 24;
Kents, Leicesters, &c., 5s 8d to 5s 10d; second qualities
ewes, sSlo 55 Gd; lambs. Cs td 75: calves, 43 Ed to 5s 84
818, sinking the offal. Total supplies:Beasts 2120; =
and lambs, 7230; calves, 230.
METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.
Frozen meat in fair supply, and rather quiet demand
very little country meat in saleable condition, and to,rl,
killed in very small compass, but demand almost ab
standstill, and quotations arc merely nominal, so irre
and Uncertain are the actual prices. Beef, prime, 4s
ss; middling, 4s to 4s 48; infer or, Is 48 to 3s 81. 3lu'.-;
prime, 58 4d to 5s led; middling, Is 41 to 4s 8d ;
2s Sd to 3s 4d. Lamb, 5s 4d to Cs; foreign, 5s to 59
Veal, prime, 4s 81 to ss; middling, 49 to 49 48;
to is Bd. Pork, prime, is 108 to 4s; middling, 3s EA to 41'
inferior, 3s 48 to 3s Gd per 81b,.
GAME AND POULTRY.
is 64 to la 7d ; leverets, 3s to 4: ed ;
ditto, is 2d. to is ; chickens, Is 6d. to 29
rabbits ailtqs,uls gh to 2s ; wild ditto, 64 to ma pigeons, &Ito
French lo
pullets, 3s to 3s Gd ; capons, 5s to 8s; live hens, 2s 6d ; duc to
2e to 2s 88; goslings, 4s to 6s, and Turkey ponits, 40 68
68 each.

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FISH.
Fresh herrings, Os t 8s; roused ditto, 5$ 61 to 7s sa ;
ditto, is to 4s; picked ditto, 6s to 7s ; kipper ditto, 8s to 7
bloaters, 7s 6d to lOs per 100; salmon and grilse, ICd to
id per lb ; lobsters, 8s to 27s 6d ; crabs, Os to 255; =eke/
is to 18 6d; mullet, 8s Ed to 15s, and oysters, ls to 2s ad
dozen.

POTATOES.
There was a fair supply of potatoes on sale, for which I
demand was dull, at subjoined currencies: Myatt's tall
1008 tO ; regents. 90s to I.oos : Shaw's. 80s to QS,
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