The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-12 00:00:00

POTATOES,

The supplies of potatoes on sale during the week hove been
fairly extensive, and to-day the trade is steady, at the sub-
joined currency :—Regents, 700 to 105 c ; Victories, 904. to
105$. ; Flukes, 130 s. to 1350. ; Rocks, 60.. to 70s, per ton.
Foreign Potatoes ..--The imPorts of foreign potatoes Into
London lest we, k amounted to 6 bags from Holmberg, 1,37$
bag. nod 143 tons from Dunkirk, 117 bags, kr., Rotterdam,
630 Et,ulogne, 80 tons St. Maio, 20 baskets Bremen, 83 baga
3ressels, 4,638 Antwerp, and 27 front Amsterdam.

Pickled herrinp, 331. to 375. 64. red ditto, 125. to Me. ;
roused ditto, lea. 64. to 25a. ; fresh ditto, 120 64. to 19s. per
barrel ; kipper ditto, 2. 34. to 31.. Ild ; bloater ditto, 2i. to
3s. Cel, per boa smoked haddock, 265. to 30s per barrel;
trawl ditto, 12. ii. to 13. ; ditto whiting, 10s. to 151. ditto
plaice, 180 to 225. per basket; soles, Is. 31. to Ss. per.pair ;
turbot, 61. Cid. to 13. ; knit, It 94. to Is. ; cod, Is. fal. to
Sc. 66 Plvoard. 19- to Sc, Gd.: dory, 21. to 30. 61. each ;
mackarel. 2s. 6d. to Sc. ; lobsters, 150. to 335. per dozen :
native oysters, £lO pearz ditto, ; and common ditto, 13s.
to SOS. per bunliel.

PROVISION.
LONDON, Monday. Dec. 7. —The arrivals last week from
Ireland were 274 firkins Butter, and 3,401 bales Baron, and
from foreign ports 28,851 packages Bolter, and 1,922 hided
Bacon. The market cont4med Son for the finest foreign
Butter, and in some instances rather higher rates obtained,
inferior qualities a very slow sale. Nothing new is Irish.
The Bacon market has ruled steady, without change ill
prices, at the close of the reek there was more business
transacted.
I Butter, per cwt.: 6. s. Cheese, per cwt : S. v.
Dorset ..........154 to 160 Cheshire
Friesland .. ... .138 141 Dbl.. Ulouc., new 74 80
Jersey ..........124 140 Cheddar 80 88
Eng. Fresh, per dz. 15 Di American...—. „ 62 7}l
Bacon, per cwt : Hama: York
Wiltshire
Irish,green,f.e.b 70 74 Irish ............ 110 1/6
TALLOW.
LONDON, Monday, Dec. 7.—P.Y.C. is steady at 465. per cwt.
on the spot. Town tallow is quoted at 42a. 64. per cwt. net
cash, ass! rough fat 2s. Old. per albs.
6. d. • a. d
Town Tallow, per cwt. 45 0 Rough Stuff, per cut... 75 0
Rough Fat, per kiln,. 20} Greaves ~ 18 0
Melted stuff, per cot 30 6 Good Dregs ~ 6 U
Yellow Russiall, M0W."... 455. St per cat.
Ditto ditto old Oak Od. „
Australian Mutton 'fallow—. 445. 0.1. „
Ditto Beef Ditto.... 435. ed. „
stEn.

PRICES.

LONDON, Monday, Dec. 7.—English Clogerseed comes for-
ward in very small Its as yet, fine purple lets c.tirnandlug
high rates. Other sorts sell at visty irregular and moderate
prices ; fine French red made more money, and America.
is held at enhanced rates c. I. i Choice Trefoil was steady
in price, but with a very limited demand. Few lots of
white Murterdetied were taken off on former terms, but
there were no buyers of brown, although fine qualities tan
be bought at moderate rates. t anaryweed seas held St exor-
bitant 111.11,9, hut taken off in trifling lota. Enrllah Rapa
seed was held at former rates for flue black qualities,

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