The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-05 00:00:00

THE MARKETS,

.;. - • MARK-LANE.—MONDAY.
The grain trade at Mark-lane to-day has been extremely
quiet. English wheat has been sparingly offered, but business
has been almost entirely suspended, and the small supply
offering has been sufficient for requirements. Prices
have been nominal, but had sales been forced less
money must have been taken. Foreign wheat has been
in fair supply. The demand has been dull, at about late
rates for all sorts. Barley has not been in large supply.
Next to nothing has been doing, either in malting or grind-
ing produce, on former terms. Malt quiet and without
change. Oats in good supply, owing to the liberal foreign
Importations. The trade has been steady and the prices
realised show an improvement of from is. to is. 6d. per qr.
on the week. Maize quiet and fully is. per qr. lower than
on Monday last. Beans and peas have been dealt in quietly,
at about late rates. The flour market has been dull, on

former terms.

MARK-LANE. —WEDNESDAY.
Business at Mark-lane has been very moderate. English
wheat has been sparingly offered; nevertheless, the demand
has ruled heavy at about late rates. Foreign wheat, of
which a fair supply has been on offer,
i has been in slow re-
quest at previous currencies. Barley n moderate supply.
Scarcely anything has been doing either in malt or grinding
produce, and prices have been unaltered. Malt dull at pre-
vious prices. English oats scarce; foreign plentiful. Trade
fairly active, at full prices.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE 3IARKET.-MONDAY.
The cattle trade to-day is without feature of importance.
:here have been fair supplies of stock on offer, and the
ivality generally has been satisfactory ; hence the actual
veight of meat exhibited has been rather large. From our
iwn grazing districts a fair supply of beasts has come to
sand, and some well-conditioned stock offered. The trade,
in the whole, has been firm at about previous rates.
[he best Scots and crosses have made 6s. to 6a. 2d. per
ffb. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we.
lave received about 1,850; from other parts of England about
iOO, and from Scotland 117 head. The foreign side of the •
narket has been rather sparingly supplied with beasts, few
rccept Danish being offered. With a fair demand prices have
Teen unaltered. There has again been a large supply of sheep •
n the pens, including a large proportion of good stock. A
'air business has been doing, and prices have ruled much
tbout the same, for the best Downs and half-breds, which
3ave made es. 6d. to 6s. Bd. and occasionally 6s. 10d. per Mb.
Secondary and inferior breeds have been rather irrrgular in
value. Lambs in small demand, the top price declining to
7s. 6d. per 811). Calves and pigs have been quiet, at about
late rates. At Deptford there have been 212 Hamburg, 150
13remen, 70 Gothenburg, and 132 Dutch beasts. Coarse and
inferior beasts, 3s. 6d. to 4s. ; second quality ditto, 4s. to
4s- 6d- ; prime large oxen, 6s. 101. to 62. ; prime Scots, ttc.,
68. to 6s. 2d. ;coarse and inferior sheep, 45. 6d. to ss. ; seeoha
quality ditto, Cs. to ss. 6d. ; prime coarse woolled, 6s. 6d. to
6s. 85. ; prime Southdowns, 6s. 6d. to 6s. 10d. ; large coarse
calves, 4s. 6d. to 55.; prime small ditto, ss. 6d. to Os.; large
hogs, 4s. 64. to ss. ; small porkers, 53 2d. to §s. 10d. ; lambs,
4s. 6d. to 7s. 81 per 81b. to sink the offal.
METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.-MONDAY.
tiUnder the influence of limited supplies and cold weather,
•ade here to-day was firm, at slightly enhanced rates: In.. .t
ferior beef, 3s. to 33. Bd.; middling ditto, 48. to 4s. Bd. ;
prime large ditto, ss. to ss. 45. ; prime small ditto, C. 2d. to
ss. Bd. ; veal, 4s. 4d. to 5s ; inferior mutton, 3s. 45. to 4s. ;
middling ditto, 4s. Bd. to ss. 65. ; prime ditto, 6s. to 6s. Bd. ;
large pork, 4s. to 4s. 4d. ; small ditto, ss. 4d. to Os. ;lamb,
Cs. Bd. to 7s. 4d. per 81b. by the carcase.
The market is firm, with a slight upward tendency, but
HOPS.
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this is attributable more to the indisposition of planters to
sell than to any activity in the demand. The new crop
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weigh

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is already looked forward to hopefully,
appear to operate merely to the extent necessary. Ad-
vices from the Continent speak of little change, business re-
maining quiet at about late rates. The imports of foreign
hops into London last week consisted of 6 bales from Antwerp
and 4 from Hamburg.
FISIL
Turbot, 7s. to 168. •, brill, Is. 6d. to Is. ; cod, Is. to 6s. ;
dory, is. 31 to 25. 9d.,; gurnard, le. to 2s. 641. each; salmon,
is. sd. to is. 7id. ; grite, ls. 4id. to Is. 7d. ; trout, Is. 3d. to
is. 6d. ; eels, 74d. to Is. per lb. ; mackerel, 2s. to 35. ; mullet, .
Is. to 48. ; lobsters, Ss. 6d. to 268. ; crabs, 7s. 6d. to 255. 6d. 44.
per dozen ; plaice, 20s. to 225. ' • whiting, 12s. 6d. to 155. 6d.
per basket oysters, 12s. to £l2 per busheL
SEED. • -.r 4t: 4
LONDON, Monday, May 31.--There was nothing passing in
Cloverseeds, for want of supplies, and from the high Prices •
demanded for the small lots left over. Fine Trefoil was .1
offered at moderate rates, but few buyers to be found. White as
Mustardseed was purchased in small lots for sowing at full
rates, and there is nothing passing in brown samples for s.
want of supply. Canaryseed remains very high, and was
taken off in smallest lots possible for immediate use. Hemp- ''
seed could be bought rather lower. Choice English /tape- 841
seed was scarce, and fully as dear. In other seeds no quotable
change. Foreign Tares were still saleable in small parcels
at high figures.
FB.OVLSION„ .
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LONDON, Monday, May SUL-The arrivals last week from
Ireland were 265 firkins Butter and 2,129 bales Bacon, and
from foreign 'parts 25,259 packages butter, and 4,350 bales
bacon. Normandy butter being in short supply, prices have
advanced about 45., and the supplies of Dutch having
increased, price of the best declined to 198 s. to 1101. For .is
Irish there is scarcely any inquiry. Bacon ruled firm, and ,ss;
cleared well on arrival, without alteration in prices of Irish,
whilst Hamburg advanced 2s. per cwt.

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PRICES. _
Butter, per cwt. : s s. Cheese, per cwt. : . 75i, to 885 -4.4
Dorset.
American new.... 64 68 i
Friesland ll2 110162
cbDbelde.darOlouc.; n-e'w
8700 8844
Eng. Fresh, per ds l2 lb
Ilams : York ll2 1
Bacon, per cwt. :
Wiltshire -
Cumberland lO2 108
- 84
Irish, green,f. o. bB4 frißb
TAIL°
ThloV.market is quiet without
C May 31.7
LONDON, Monday,
material change in prices. 1 C. on the spot, making 435. 3d.
per sidTbozn 398. 6d. net cash. Rough fat is quoted at is. 14d.
8. d. a. d.
Town Tallow, per cwt. 42 0 Rough Stuff, per cwt. 14 9
Rough Fat, per Sibs .. 1 10,1 Greaves „ 18 0
Melted Stuff, per cwt. 29 0 Good Dregs , 0 0
Yellow Russian, new ........435. 3d. pe'r Cwt.
Ditto Ditto old ..
Australian tiutton Tallow ....41s, 6d. ~
Ditto Beef Ditto .... 395. gd.
POTATOES.
The supplies of • pototoes were in excess of„the demand.
which remained slow at the quotatioias subjoined. The inl-
ports of potatoes into London last week consisted of 318
tons, .3,413 bags, and 6,486 sacks from Dunkirk, 9,533 bags Ant-
werp, 3,893 NI::: 11,19408.0
toboxiessoLs.is; brooncts, 1, 0656ssa.
tocks7o,B. Boulogne,
and and 1 bag from Rotterdam. Regents, 80s. to 110 s. : Victorias,
110 s. to 1355. ;