CORN EXCHANGE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1610, 15 July 1887, Page 2

CORN EXCHANGE.

The following is the Corn Exchange re« port for the week ending Friday, the 15th July : —

A fair amount of business has been transacted during the past week, and last week's values have been well maintained. We note from our Sydney adrices that the import duty m that market on hops and malt has been abolished, and that thoße on honey and oatmeal are to be removed from the lat October. W& do not anticipate that the remissions will advance our values here for barley or oats, the season being too far advanced. Wheat.— The demand for prime milling has been fairly active, and values are weU sustained. Tuscan and Pearl may bo quoted at 3s 7d to 3a 7£d ; and Hunter's at 3s 6d to 3s 7d ; second quality finds the best enquiry as fowl feed, at 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; broken wheat is selling at 2s lOd to 3s, according to quality. Oats. — An average trade is beintj done, tbe local buyers being still m the market for limited quantities. Milling are scarce at Is lid to 2s ; short heavy feed are at Is lOd ; and sparrow bills and inferior short Canadians at Is 8d to 1b 9d ; long and inferior are selling m small lines at Is 6d to Is 7d.

x Barlby.— Prime milling la aoarc* and is worth 4s to 4s 3d ; medium quality, 3s 9d ; and second quality is rather more difficult to quit at 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; feed ia dull at 2a to 2s 3d. -

Beans are scarce and firm at 3a 2d to 3s 3d.

Peas are going off slow at 3s to 3s 3d for Blues ; at 2a 9d to 2s lOd for feedine lines. °

Gbabs Seed. — Machine-dressed ia moving m small lots at 3s 6d. Farmers' parcels are quiet, and vary m values from 2s to 23 9d. Cocksfoot has been brisk, and the market has been pretty well cleared at prices up to 4W for ffood samples. b

Potatoes are still without enquiry. Small lines are moving off at 25s at country stations. Kidneys are m gtrone demand. a

I>AiaY Produce.— Butter has a fair enquiry at 7d to 7£d for prime, but newly, made cheese ia dull, and has very little enquiry at 3£d to sd. The above prices are those paid to far* mers and delivered f.o.b, Lyttelton, sacka extra.