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Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 664, 16 June 1882, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office, Friday Afternoon. Business of all kinds has been extremely dull during the week, and particularly in the grain market. Very little or no business has been done, owing to the nature of the weather. Prices of wheats are a shade easier, yet no fall is perceptible at present. Recent telegraphic advices from Melbourne and Sydney have been proved to be erroneous, and with regard to the price of wheat in these towns being Gs 9J per bushel, it is fully Is under instead. Flour remains at previous quotations. Oats are moving off steadily at about from 3s to 3s 2d, according to quality. Barley remains at 4s 4d for prime samples. Potatoes are being quitted in quantities but values are easier. The weather has been fine during the week, and the ground is in splendid trim for ploughing purposes. Corn Exchange report for the week ending Friday evening, the i6lh inst. —There is no change to report in the state of the market duiing the past week, business is still exceedingly quiet, but for nearly all classes of produce prices are firm, and at present there is no indication of any alteration. —Wheat : Last week’s rates must be repeated. Good milling quality 4s rod to 5s id,per bushel f.0.b.; second Quality, 4s 3d to 4s 6d per bushel ; chick wheat, 3s 3d to 4s per bushel ; seed wheat, 5s 3d to 5s fid per bushel. Oats : A slightly improved demand has been visible during the week. No quotable alteration in values, however, can be recorded. Milling quality, 3 s 3d to 33 4d per bushel; feed, 3s id to 33 2<l per bushel.—barley ; The demand for prime malting quality is good ; for this class 4s fid to 4s yd could be readily obtained. Second class malting is in larger supply, but is not in much request, 3s gd to 4s 3d per bushel being the value; feed samples are more saleable, at from 3s 3d to 3s fid per bushel. —Beans and Peas : The former are worth 4s 4d to 4s fid, f.o.b. ; the latter, according to quality, 4 s 1° js.—Potatoes : The fall in the Sydney market appears to have cast a shade over this. Holders, however, are firm, although business in the tuber is inactive; 35s to 37s fid, at country stations, may be quoted as the values at which business could be done. —Grass seed is entirely neglected at present.—Cheese and Butter : The former is worth sJed to fid per lb ; the latter is to is id per lb.