CORN EXCHANGE REPORT.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 282, 1 April 1879, Page 2

CORN EXCHANGE REPORT.

The following is the report of the Corn ..Exchange for the week ending Friday, March 28 :— There has been an average amount of business done during the week. Wheat continues to be shipped in large quantities io Loudon.

Wheat.—First-class milling is worth 3s i 4d to 3s 6d ; inferior to medium, 3s Jo 3s 2d, with every'appearance of prices being* maintained. . . , Outs.—Heavy milling oats -are saleable at 3s to 3* Id. Feed oats and inferior milling samples are worth 2s 8d to 2s 10d. Potatoes. —The: reported light yield of the potato crops is,being daily confirmed, Tn most instances the crops that have been dug will not average, more than four or five tons to the acre. The prevailing opinion is that the general average of the return will barely reach the foregoing figures. Farmers are naturally holding oat for high rates. Sales are reported at £3 to £3 7s 6d per ton, according to quality and condition. Grass Seed.—There is absolulely nothing doing. The long drought has put a complete stop to sowing, and the probability is that there will be very little put in the ground till spring. In the face of this it is difficult f> quote prices. Many holders, however, will not part under 6s, others are willing to sell at 5s , of course, these prices are to a great extent regulated by the qualities. Cheese and Butter —The former will j rra lily command 6|d to 6|d ; butter, lOd to lid.