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' Overseas Markets. .
London and Liverpool Easier.
LONDON. Thursday.— The market for
wheat cargoes, responding to the closing
strength of N&rth and South American
advices, opened with sellers asking an ad
vance or ou. to lid. a quarter, but buyers
continued reserved.' There was some In
dian inquiry for_Australian, but at pVices
bejow United Kingdom parity. Parcels
were in moderate request at outports at
an advance, of 6d'. to 9d.. A shipment ex
Banffshire-vWas sold at 41/9, aiul another,
ex'City'of ;Pieppe-S' realised .42/. A West.
Australian* pir.passage to' the/United King
dom changed liands ; at^ 42/.:, '
;;Futures-.f. closed :;— London:,- November,
44/1 a quarter; December, 44/6; January,
45/2; - March, 46/. Liverpool: December,
S/2/3-8 a cental; March, 8/10;;May. 9/1.3-8.
Spot trade* is quiet, with Australian ex
ship quoted at 43/6.
Chicago a, Little Firmer.
NEW YORK. Thursday.— Chicago op
tions closed: — December. 115 5-8 cents a
bushel; March, 1225-8; May, 126 3-8; July.
127. . ?
Canadian Crop Estimate.
OTTAWA. Thursday.— The Dominion
Bureau? of Statistics estimates that the
total yield of wheat for the present year
in Canada will be 293,899,000 bushels.
Private Cablegrams.
The .'.?Westralian Farmers and the W.A. Pool
have' vee'eived the foltywinp cablegrams- despatch
ed ; on -Thursday: — London :iThe value of steamer
euvRODS for November shipment from Western
Australia is 44/G per quarter. Shippers have
sold a parcel of 250 toiis for seco'nd half of
October shipment from W.A. , and 42/ per quar
ter; a parcel of 5 00 tons for first half of October
shipment from S.A.; at 42/, per quarter; an;l
a parcel of 500 tons, for first half of October
shipment from S.A., at 42/ per quarter. Ship
pers' liave sold a parcel for Xovember shipment
of hard -winter \vheat at 40/9 per quarter. : Ship-
pers havo sold parcel for November shipment
of No. 2 hard winter wheat at 3fl/'O per quarter.
The market is steady, biit inactive. - Buyers are
mostly well stocked with near wheat, and ; only
buying hand to month. Red wheat is 6d. per
quarter higher asking, but there is no bidding.
Winiiipes: The Chieaso and Winnipeg markets
closed firm, 1 3-S cents. 13 cents per bushel
hishcr respectively, Buenos Aires: The closing
value of Buenos Aires December futures is down
G cents to 0 pesos 01 cents per quintal (22,01b.),
equivalent to down 0.343 pence to 4/0.912 per
bushel. The closing value of Buenos Aires
February futures is down 0 cents to 10 pesos 12
cents per quintal (2201b.), equivalent to down
0.343 pence to 4/9.826 per bushel.
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