The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-27 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

MARK-LANE.-MONDAY.
The grain trade at Mark-lane was very quiet to-day, and,
with a thin attendance, only a moderate business has been
concluded. English wheat was sparingly offered. Fine
samples were in demand at steady prices, otherwise the
trade was dull. An increased quantity of foreign wheat
was on offer. The market was quieter, and had sales been
forced less money would have had to be taken. Barley in
fair supply. The trade was very dull at nominally late rates.
Malt sold heavily on former terms. A rather more liberal
supply of oats was on offer. The trade was quiet, but
tolerably steady, at late rates. Maize dull and drooping in
value. Beans were purchased very quietly, at last week's
prices. Peas quiet and unaltered. The flour market was in-
active and without feature. '
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.-MONDAY.
The total imports of foreign stock into London last week
amounted to 11,623 head; in the corresponding week of last
year we received 7,385 ; in 1873, 7,624 ; in 1872, 17,859; in
1871, 12,311 ; and in 1870, 8,187 head. The cattle trade to-
day is rather more animated in tone. The supply of stock
has been tolerably good, but the condition has been rather
irregular. From our own grazing districts the receipts of
beasts have been moderate. More activity has prevailed in
the inquiry, and prices are steady. The best Scots and crosses
are selling at ss. 10d. to 6s. per 81b From Norfolk, Suffolk,
Essex, and Cambridgeshire we have received about 1,600;
from other parts of England about 300, from Scotland 79, and
from Ireland 50 head. On the foreign side of the market there
has been a fair show, comprising about 200 Spanish, about an
equal number of Dutch, and aboute22s Danish. With a steadier
trade, prices have ruled rather firmer. The sheep-peas have
been tolerably well filled, and some well conditioned animals
have been noticed in the supply. The demand has been very
quiet throughout, at about the rates previously current. The
best Downs and half-breds have sold at 6s. Bd. to 6s. 10d. per 81b.
Calves in moderate supply, and have changed hands quietly, at
late prices. Pigs sold on former terms At Deptford there have
been 300 German, and 15 French beasts. Coarse and inferior
beasts, 31. ed. to 48. 2d. ; secondquality ditto, 4s. 6d. 104 s. 84. ;
prime large oxen, ss. to 55. 6d.s prime Scots, &C., 58. Bd. to
6s. ; coarse and inferior sheep, 55. to 58. Gd. ; second quality
ditto, ss. 6d. to ss. 10d.; prime coarse woolled, es. to 68. ;
prime Southdowns, 6s. 6d. to 6s. 10d. ; large coarse calves,
ss. to ss. 10d; prime small ditto, 68. 2d. to 75. ; large hogs,
4s. to 48. 6d; and small porkers, 48. Bd. to 55. per 81b. to sink
the offal.
ILETROPOLITA.N MEAT MARKET.-MONDAY.
The supply of meat on sale to-day was moderate, and all
descriptions experienced a slow trade, at the following quo.
tations :-Inferior beef, 3s. to Is. 64. ; middling ditto, 38. Bd.
to 4s. 2d. ; prime large ditto, 48. 44. to 58. ; prime small
ditto, 58. to ss. 4d. ; veal, 48. 10d. to 6s. 4d. ; inferior mutton
3s. 4d. to 48. 44. ; middling ditto, 45. 6d. to 58. 2d. ; prime
ditto, 58. to Si. 6d.; large pork, 4s. to 4s, 6d.; and small
ditto, ss. to ss. 84. per 81b. by the carcase.

torias, 100 s. to 1355. ; flukes,
POTATOES.
110 s. to 150 s. • rocks, 60s. to
The supplies on sale are less extensive, and the trade Is
steady at the annexed quotations :Regents, 755. to 115 s. ; Vic-
70s per ton. Foreign potatoes: The imports of potatoes
into London last wetk amounted to 29,872 bags from Ant-
werp, 110 tons, and 5,090 sacks from Dunkirk, 70 tons
Calais, 275 sacks hamburg, 409 bags Ghent, 250 sacks Bou-
logne, and 1 sack from Amersdam.

HOPS.
The market is very dull, and prices gradually weaken, there
being few planters who anticipate any considerable revival
in the demand between this and the summer. Foreign
markets are reported quiet. without material change in the
quotations given last week. The imports of foreign hops
into London last week consisted of 24 bales from Antwerp,
214 from New York, 2 from Bremen, and 39 from Hamburg.
FISH. .

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Pickle herrings, 355. to 405.; red ditto, 12s. to 225. ; roused
ditto, 18s. 6d. to 265. ; fresh ditto, 17s. to 255. per barrel;
kipper ditto, 2s. 6d. to 45. ; bloater ditto, ts. 3d. to 4s. per
box; trawl haddock, 17s. 6d. to 20s. ; ditto plaice, las. 6d. to
265.; ditto whiting, 10s. to 15s. per basket; smoked haddock,
205. to 30s. ; pickle cod, 335. 6d. to 425. per barrel; crimped
ditto, 7s. 6ti. to 12s. 6d. ; cod, 2s 6d. to Is. ; turbot, 7s. 6d,
to 16s. ; brill, is. 6d. to 3s. : lobsters, is to is.; crabs, is. to
2s. 9d. each; salmon, is. 91d. to 2s. id. ; trout, is. 6d. to
9id. ; eels, 7i-d. to is. per lb. ; native oysters, £10; pearl,
; common, 13s. to 30s. per bushel.