CORN EXCHANGE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1785, 9 March 1888, Page 2

CORN EXCHANGE.

The following is the Com TCxohange r«. oort for tha week ending Friday, March 9th. ItJBB :—

With a portion of the ctrain statistics publiaho i, we ure aMe to judge to form irtea« as to the total quantities available Wheat bljows a lurge increase, being over i miLion and a quirJer above last year's returns for the three northern ooimties.

ata show a slit'ht decrenae, but »vu may confidently expect that the southern counties will moro thaa c unter balance this small dt ficifc Barley shows a small surplus and Ryograss has but little over half the quantity that was Bowed last year. We do not think tho pub icatioa h;s altered the values of the various cereals ia the least. We expect aaligutly g/asier tone m barley. Uhartera continue scarce, and rates are high. This greatly retards business m shipping, 'lhe bulk or grain thrafihed ia going into store chiefly on growers' a count Th.H qua ity of grain (especially, wheat) compares very favorably with that of past y^ara. Wheit.~- Prime Tuscm receives the beat attention from buyers m anticipation of shipping to Londoa Pearl ulso uin good demand amoag millers Wequot> them boiti at 2* 8i to 2s 91, and Hunter's vVuite from 2s 61 to 2d 7d. tJiokan wheat (of which there is more offering than udual) id is firm demand at 2h 2 1 to 2s 3d Oats — There is a fair busiuesa peeing m thia cereal. Prices named last weak aro fully maintained, viz., 1b 6d to 1b 7d for short ft-ed, 1b 8d for prime milling Baulky. — Several transactions have oeen concluded at a level ot last week's quotations. Prime malting still commaudß attention at 4s 3d to 4a 4d ; second quality, however, is not so brisk at from | 3a 6d to 4e, and sellers have to make concessions m order to effect sales.

Ryegbass. — Business ia very slow m the aba noo of outside orders, and m spite of the decrease m this year's crops, prices are not better We quote 2s 3d to 2*4 d fur farmers' parcels, and 2s lOd to 3s for machine dressed. Cocksfoot ia weaker. Piiine heavy seed has been sold at 3£d and 3£d ; inferior ranges from 2£d to 3d. Dairy Produce. — iSo change lor the bette< ein be recorded, Buit«r rema ds at 4£d to sd, and cheese 2£d to 3£d according to size and quality.

The above prices ure those paid to farmers, and del vercd f.o.b, Lyttolton.