Daily Republican., 1882-06-26
LONDON LETTER.
ScOrchfng weather DURING the
Day with BOistoFOuU Easterly
Winds 1t Night-The Condition OF
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U0y WIN nO1otORVuU E01tSf1y
Winds 1t Night-The Condition OI
the Crops, &e.
Special Oorrespence Of the REPUBLICAN.
LONDON, ENGLAND, June -, 1882.
Down to Friday in the past week
the weather was characterized by
scorchiug suns during the day with
harsh, withering, easterly winds, and
frosty nights. Under such circum-
stances 1t Is not surprising that the
wheat should have mode scarcely per.
ceptible progress. The plant seems TO
lose bulk rather than to gain it, and
gets more staring, spindling and foxy
in appearance every day. The month
of May has been for tho most part
harsh and dry with cold nights and has
afforded very little of that genial wea.
ther, notwithstanding its sunshine,
which was looked for to save portion
of the wheat crop, aud the 6rst week of
June has come upon a crop which does
not appear as a whole to be in an essen
TALLY better position than it WAS in the
first week of May. Unless some mar
vellous Improvements should be ef.
fected during the next fortnight, the
wheat crop must be apparently very
much smaller, fully one.third, than 1t
looked likely to be at the end of March.
The only feature In the wheat mar.
kets of the United States, which is now
of much interest here, Is the value
quoted for July and August delivery.
The latter came into quotation for the
first time on Tuesday at 81. q, and since
that time has been slowly advancing
down to Saturday, when the quotation
stood at $l.28
Advices from India, dated Bombay,
May 18th, are to the effect that up to
that date the crop of wheat was still
coming forward very slowly, but no
further information as to the crop Is at
hand.
New Zealand advices, dated April
10, state that the wheat crop was not
threshing out 80 we'll as was expected,
and that difficulty was being expe.
rienced in finding carsoes for the YES.
sells which had been chartered.
In Egypt the new crop of wheat
comes very slowly to the port market,
but beans come more plentiful'y from
the interior.
On the continent of Europe there
have been dry easterly winds and cold
nights, as in England, until the last
few days. but on the whole there ap-
pears to be the prospect OF an abundant
harvest in France, the Netherlands,
Germany, Austria and Hungary. From
Southern Russia there has been no re-
cent definite information. Wheat mar
kets are quiet and generally weakening
Europe.
The frozen mutton from New Zea-
land was found to be In excellent order,
gotten up, clean and sound.
at time when domestic sup.
plies we're but scanty IL met with a
ready sale. Some l 800 carcases have
been marketed at prices which gener-
lilly average 121a cents pound. For a
small quantity a lower rate was ac'
,epted, but sales are now effected freely
1t 1877 cents. On Saturday about 1000
,arcases were to be offered, and in the
present condition of trade they were no
loubt promptly disposed of. The sheep
IRE, on the whole, Of q size very suit.
lble to the wants Of the London trade.
4 portion of about five hundred sheep
vas forwarded direct to the Scotch
markets, where sales have been re.
ported at equivalent prices. The cargo
consisted of about 5000 carcases OF
mutton and lamb.
With regard to trade for preserved
meats, boiled beef is in short supply,
md the demand has been steady, and
he hardening tendency previously
loted, has resulted in advance in prices.
Cor boiled mutton, on hand, there
las been less inquiry and only a
limited business has been transacted.
though quotations. show no change
asiel rates would have to be accepted
n order to effect sales of any magni.
ude. g. A. 8.