CORN EXCHANGE.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 549, 18 October 1881, Page 2

CORN EXCHANGE.

Th. following is the report for the week ending Friday. October 14 :—Business during the wet'k is in that normal condition of dulni'ss which has characterised it .o long, aid fiom present appearances is likely .o continue The weather has been truly iiingu fitetit for farming operations, alternate rain nnd sunshine fo lowing each other just as they were wanted. It is of course premature to speculate on htrvest returns, but prospects were never better. Wheat.—The most recent telegrams from l.nglaiid report a slight fall in values but the tone ot the m_n.et is decidedly . iea<ly. Piicesloc-dly are in no way affected last week's quotations being repeated, sound milling samples being worth from 4s Od to d- 9d per bu. hel f.o.b. ; second qnalby. 4s to 4s 4d ; chick wheat samples 3s to 3s 6d per bushel. Outs. -The trade locally is brisker during tho pa>t week, but (here is no im.proveinent in values. Good short millling sorts 2s 2d to 2s 3d f.o.b. ; feed samples ls lOd to 2s per bushel. Barley.—Busine-s during tho week _in ibis cereal has b.en nomii al, the fact being 1 bat really gfOil malting bailey is not to be had. Anything like good quality would meet with icady purchasers at from 2s 9d to 3s Od per bushel ; second quality malting is plentiful, but the dem. nd is very limited, from 2s 3d to 2s 7d per bushel being the value ; iced s..mp!es ls 7d to 2s per bushel. Potatoes —Small ordors are still coming to baud, 25^'to 30s per lon f.o.b, sacks included, the figures at which bil.-i----ness has been done. Grass Seed.—The showery weather which has been experienced has given a slight impulse to the demand ; values ate Mi.ltered, 5s Gd to 5s 9d per bushel for well denned parcels being the value. Cocksfoot—A little more inquiry baa b <en manifested during the week, 34d to 3§d per lb being the value. Cheese and Butter.—3d to .... per lb for the former, 7d to 7£ for the latter.