The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-09-11 00:00:00

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THE MARKETS.

MAEK-LANE.-MONDAY
The grain trade at Mark-lane has been much in the same
position. The attendance has been moderate, and trans-
actions of fair magnitude have been completed. English
wheat has been in moderate supply, and trade has been
steady for fine qualities, for which full prices have been paid.
Inferior have been irregular in value, and lower to selL The
top price of red is 48s and white wheat 525. per qr. Foreign
wheat has been in fair supply. The inquiry has been on a
moderate scale, and for tine sorts values have been steady.
Inferior have been weaker. There has been a moderate sup-
ply of barley on offer. Fins malting produce has been held
for full prices, otherwise the market has been quiet. Nisi%
was quiet on former term 3. English oats have been sparingly
offered, but there has been a fair show of foreign. Sales
have progressed quietly at about late rates Maize has been
purchased slowly and has been barely so firm. Beans and
peas have been quiet and unaltered. Not much has been
doing in flour, but prices have been steady.
MARK-LINE.-NVEDNESTAY.
Business at Mark-lane has been only on a moderate scale.
The deliveries of home-grown wheat have been limited, but
foreign importations tolerab.y good. An absenee of activity,
has been the characteristic of the trade. Fine samples havd
been steady in value, but inferior have been weak. For
malting barley the market has been firm at full prices;
other kinds have been dull. Malt has been disposed of on'
former terms. As regards oats, the supplies of which have
been tolerably good, with a quiet trade, the prices realised
have ruled about on a par with Monday. Maize was in slow
demand, on former terms. Beans and peas were quiet, at
late rates.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.-MONDAY.
The imports of foreign stock into London last week
amounted to 25,385 head. In the corresponding week of
last year there were 19,621: in 1873, 17,277 ; in 1872, 21,820 ;
in 1871, 29,161 ; and in 1870, 12,000 head. The cattle trade
has been dull and inanimate. There has again been a pre-
ponder;mce of second-rate stock, the sale of which has been
rather difficult Beasts from our grazing districts have come
to hand in fair numbers, but choice breeds have been scarce.
The demand generally has been inactive. The best qualitie
have been tolerably steady in value, the top quotation being
'6O. per 81b., but second rate and inferior animals have met
a dragging sale, and have only been disposed of on
ower tams. The inquiry for them has been limited,
quotations ruling weak. The sheep pens have been
fairly supplied, but quality has not been satis-
factory, the best breeds being lost in the general
second-rate appearance of the pens. As in the ease
of beasts the market has been irregular, prime breeds being
In rather moderate demand, at comparatively steady prices,
whilst inferior have been drooping in value. The best
Downs and half-breds have sold at 7s. to 7s. 2d. per labs.
Calves have changed hands quietly at former terms. Pigs
have been unaltered. Coarse and inferior beasts, 3s. 105. to
45. 4d. • second quality ditito, 4s. 65. to 55.; Prime large
oxen, es. Bd. to ss. 101 ; prime Scots, &c., 6s. to 6s. 2d. -
coarse and inferior sheep, ss. 6d. to es. ; second quality ditto,
6s. to 6s. 6d. ; prime coarse woolled, 6s. 105. to 7s. ; prime
Southdowns, Is. to Is. 2d. ; large coarse calves, 4s. 85. to
58. 45. ; prime small ditto, ss. to 55. 105. ; large hogs, 4.5. 65.
to ss. ; small porkers, Bs. to bs 85. per 81b to sink the offal.
METROPOLITAN' MEAT MARKET.-MONDAY.
The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and the trade Is
very Blow, at the following prices :-Inferior beef, 3s. ad. to
4s. ; middling ditto, 4s. to 45. Bd, ; prime large ditto, es, to
55 65. ; prime small ditto, 55. 45. to ss. Sd. ; veal, Is. to Ss. ed.;
inferior mutton, 3s. 45. to 45. ; middling ditto, is. 45.
to Sc. 4d. ; prime ditto, ss. 6d. to 6s. 2d. ; large pork 3s. 105.
to 4s. 4d. ; small ditto, ss. to 55. Bd.; lambs, 6s. to eaL gd.
per 81b. by the carcass.
POTATOES.
The arrivals of home-grown potatoes are on a liberal scale,
and a steady business is in progress, at the following prices:
-Regents. 655. to 955. ; kidneys, Ess. to 110 s. •, and Vic-
tories, 805. to 100 s. per ton. Foreign Potatoes; There were
, no imports of importance of foreign potatoes into London '

last week.

HOPS.
hop-picking is making rapid,
The weather being favourable,
progress, and so far the result appears to be satisfactory,
though the yield is not proving to be so great as appearedat
one time to be the case. An increase of mould is reported
in several localities, and it is expected that the later picked
hops will be somewhat deficient in quality. Not much busi-
ness is in progress just now, but the impression is that sound
hops will fetch during the season remunerative prim.
Foreign Hops.-Last week's imports into London amounted
to 18 bales from Antwerp, 41 bales from Hamburg, 11 from
Boulogne, and 1 bale from Stettin.
FISH.
Pickle herrings, 265. to 36s ; red ditto, 12s. CO 225. ; roused
18s. to 30s. ; fresh, 158. to 225. per barrel ;tapper ditto, 2s. Od.
to 45. 4d. ; bloater ditto, Is. to 4s. 61. per box ; smoked
haddock, 20s. to 30s. per barrel; trawl ditto, 16s. to 183. ;
trawl plaice, 18s. 6d. to 203. ; trawl whiting, 108. to 15s. per
basket ; lobsters, 10s. to 275. 6d.; crabs, 103. to 275. 6d. ;
mackerel, 2s. to 28.6 d. ; mullet, Is. to 55. per dozen; oysters
(native) £l2 12s. per bushel ; other descriptions, Bs. to 15s.
per hundred.

PROVISION.
LONDON, Monday, Sept. 6.—The arrivals last week from
Ireland were 445 firkins Butter and 2,789 bales Bacon, and
from foreign ports 23,875 packages Butter and 3,633 bales
Bacon. The Butter market has ruled very firm for the finest
qualities of foreign, and a further advance of 6s. to 10s. per
cwt. was realised; best dutch 1425. More business doing in
Irish. The Bacon market ruled firm, without change in
value, the supplies barely equal to the demand. Lard firm
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at 2s. advance for best Waterford.
Butter, per cwt.: s. s. Cheese, per cwt..; s.
Dorset....
Friesland ...... .. Dble. Glo'dc., new 64 74
.
Jersey
Eng. Fresh, per dz. 15 17 AmerAcan new.... 48 52
Bacon, per cwt.: Rim.: York
Wiltshire ...... .. E 24 86 I Cumberland
Irish, green.,to.b 88 00 i Irish ......
HAY.
LONDON, Saturday, Sept. 4.—There has been a moderate
supply of hay and straw on offer. A steady inquiry has pre-
vailed, chiefly for the better qualities, for whicn full prices
have been paid. Prime clover, 100 s. to 1565. ; inferior, 853.
to 955,; prime meadow hay, 90s. to 150 s. ; inferior, 555. to
755.; mid straw, 355. to 48s. per load.
Sept. 6._EY.C. is steady at 465. 9d per ~
LONDON, Monday, TALLOW'.
cwt. on the spot; Town Callow is worth 4411. net Cash.
Rough fat has advanced to 2s. id. per 81hs,
a. d. la.
Town Tallow, per cwt. 46 6 i Rough Stuff, per cwt. 1.6 (1.3
Rough Fat p-- sibs... 2 0 I Greaves
- 0 I Good Dre- 18 0

per
Meld Stuff, per cwt. az „ 6 0
Yellow Russian, new...... 475. ud. per cwt.
Ditto Ditto old ... •• • 00s. Od. ~
Amtraliau Mutton Tallow 40s. 01 ~
Ditto Beef Ditto .. 445. ad.
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e6ign qualities are held —English samples of Cloverseehigher in
SEED.
cameLON
cotn(N , Monday,slowly,
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qualities. .A.
consequence • but there is not much activity in the demand.
Trefoil was dearer, with more buyers for line
few parcels of new Canaryseed from Essex and Kent were
sold at r.duced prices, and qualities were also lower. Winter
Tares commanded high rates with a fair sale. There was t
good supply of new white mustardseed from Essex; the
sales effected were limited, buyers rsfusing to give the rates
demanded. Fine Trifoliate was quitc as dear, with. aa iin-
preyed demand. Fine samples of English Repeated sold at
very full prices. Duteh Llevapseed realised previews nilies,