CANTERBURY MARKETS.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18410, 17 June 1925, Page 10

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

{by oce coimracnL editob.) Tuesday Evening. The only class of produce to attract notice since the week-end report are potatoes. The hold-up of digging operations on account of the. heavy weather oyer the week-end and the difficulty ot getting supplies from the farm to tho eeaboard are shortening prospective shipments north for the nest week or so, and as a consequence there is a firming in values, for spread as well as \ 6pot delivery. To £3 ; los is beipr, offered on trucks for prompt deliveries and £4 for July. Enquirjes aro comingfrom Auckland more freely, and information continues to be solicited from Australia. Two vessels are due to leave this week for Auckland, but theii cargoes promise, on account of the wet conditions to be small, whilst tho Timn.ru consignments, which have beer free enough for the past two months tt keep Auckland prices from hardening are also slackening off. The one crop that is difficult to estimate the yielc of observation is the potato crop, bin the experiences of growers are that yields are very variable, and on tho whole scarcely up to the normal. A firming, expected in many quarters for some time, may now materialise. Wheat offerings are still slow, and some millers will bo requiring imported wheat very shortly. Local mills have stocks in hand for a while, but it ; 'S expected that the North Island will be asking for wheat soon after the next month commences. Prospects of a heavy sowing for next year have been seriously impnired by the heaw rain. In the meantime wheat is in brisk de- J mand. .

The oat market .shows no alteration. The seed market is showing very little life. Danish cocksfoot is quoted at 80? a cwt., or 9d. a lb ex store. The following are nominal quotations, free of commission, sacks extra, exceDt where otherwise stated : "Wheat—Tuscan 6s Bd, Hunters 6s lOd, Pearl 7s f.0.h., packs extra. Oats—Garton A's. 3s 8d; B's, 3s 4d; Algerians, -2s 8d to-3s. Chaff—Good bricht £l. TJhite Clover—l2d to' loci. Peas—os. Cowgra'ss—9d to lOd! Italian Ryegrass—2s 9d to 3s. Perennial Itvegrass-*-4s. Cocksfoot—To" Cid. '•, Linseed—£l7. Potatoes—To' £3 15s for prompt, £4 for July. y ' Onions—To £8 -10s for prompt. flour—£lß a ton f.o.h. nearest port: smaller packing 1001b £l9; 50's £1« 12s 6d; 25's. £2O: ' ' Pollard—£9 f.o.b. nearest port, 10s extra for smaller packing ' JJran—£B per ton f.o.b! nearest port, 10s extra ;or smaller packing.

RANGIORA MARKET. Jin ~ ns .?? ue " ce «* the wet weather the entry at the Eangiora market yesterday was i^FST"} 129. fatWbs?o2 fa ewes, 91 fat wethers, 93 store sheep, 16 C - att r' ?** )° yM -The- principal aales of sheep were:-l7 fat Ia * m o b 0 8 a^ 348 ' 1T at 319 H«' at 29s 4d 33 at 82s 4d, 18 fat ewes at 23s Id, 12 at'l7s « \*£ 2 « V d> 7at 24a M»* 21s 3d, at 35e, 10 at 37a, and 60 at 39s ™«™ e i B „™J enB J B ew « s mad* 16s, 10 at 17s 6d, and 9 at 12s 6d. Included in the sales of ♦cattle were:—4 fat ateers at, £l2 15s, l.at£B-2s 6d, fat at"3Bs ° OW aDd calf '. £3 2a alid 2 fl « fe ra Store pigs flpld at 38s, weanera at 23sand a'porker at £3. ' ■■■ Poultry—Booster* sold'-at Us a couple hens 6s, pullets Bs,.duckß Ba. Produce—Chickwheat made. 23s to 26s a' bag, oata 16s to 18s, pigmeal 15s, heans 17s peas 20s, oataheaf chaff 6s, etraw chaff 2s 6d' potatoes 9s to lis, parsnips 7s 6d, tnmips ss, marrows 6s doz, artichokes Is-tin, onions Ijd lb, apples-4s, to Ss case, pears 2s. Skins, etc.—Halfbred sheepskins hrought : 10s, crossbred 9s, hogget 6s, calfskins 4s to 43 6d, hides Sid lb, fat 2id, crutchings sd.

ASHBURTON MARKET. There was a fairly good attendance at the Ashburton yards.yesterday. The entry inoluded 412 fat ewes, 239 fat. wethers, 621 lambs, G'.O. stores,> and 27 head of 'cattle. There was a> lot. of ..very inferior eheep in the ewe pens, and there was a drop in values _ for ; these, of 3a per. head, but for the priinest lots offered the market -was firm. at last week's rates. There.were soma pens of, prime wethers/forward," and for these good prices -were .obtained. Prime ewe 3 brought 27s Bd'to' 29a 3d, and inferior and unfinished sorts. 16s. to'2ss. Wethers made '3ls 3d ito ,40a 9d. . The lamia offered were very obviously the tail end of the season's drafts. The bulk of them were small end light. The primest sorts made 27s 9d to 31s, but an 'exceptionally heavy one Realised 435. Second quality made 24s to 25s 7d. The pride per lb over all was just about lid. The principal.sales were: — Ewes—B at 28s, 7 at 21s id; 12 at 245, 15 at 225, 37s at 19s Id, 17 at 24s 3d, 26 at lGs 9d, 4at 23s 3d, 7 at 21s 9d, llat 23s 6d, >7 at 25s &d, 7 at 23s 3d, 6 at I6s. 12 at 28a 3d, 5 at 29s Ed, 12; at 23s <6d, 9 at 16s 6d, 13 at 15s 6d, 5 at 26s Id, 12 at 24s Id, 9 at 23s 6d, 18 at 27s Id, S3 at 28a Cd, 22 at 27s 3d, 22 at a7si 7d, 18 »t 26s Id, 12 at 25s 2d, 12 at 25s '3d.

Wethers—B at 395, 2at 40s 9d, 14 at 84s 3d, 5 at 33s 3d, 7 at 34s 3d, 23 at 365, 14 at 35s Id, 14 at 82s, 14 at 355, 23 tit 31a 3d, 26 at 37s lid, 12 at 36s 6d, 10 at 35s lOd, 12 at 33s 3d, 13 it 81s 3d, 7 at 40s 40. Lambs—l at 435, 6 at 24s 9d, 6 at 28s, 19 at 25s 7d, 36 at »3, 24 at 25s lOd, 11 at 24s lid, 13 .\t 2Cs, 10 at 31s, 23 et 30s 3d, 36 at 275, 20 at 30s 7d, 41 at 255, 23 at, 245, 17 'at 29s 6d, 18 at 27s Bd, 42 at 2frs 10cb, 12 at 30s 3d, 41 at 31a 6d, 'lO at 255. 23 at 27s 9d, 68 at 27b 4d, 42 at 24s 101 53 At (26a lOd, 23 aj 2~s 6d, 8 at 27s 9d. .■'■ Stores—Out of the €OO offered 528 .were passed at auction. Tho sales were—4l failing mouth Bomney ewes als. 21s 7d, 5 cull ewes at 19s and 25' failing mouth crossbred •«W63 (empty) at 15s lOd. i Cattle—Fat cows brought £6 2s 6d to £lO .10s, steers £3 10s to £4 10s, heifers £3 10s to £6 2s 6d and springing- cows £8 10s.

WAffll MINING COMPANY, -■During the year .ended December 31st. the Waini Gold Jlining Co. treated 313,517 tonß of ore, and obtained a- return of £392,8G1. Adding £16,766 for. sundry receipts, and £10,625 is the value of the power supplied by the Government, the total revenue is £419,252. The gross profit was £131,018. Of tlija amount £18,790 was paid in taxation, £25,000 was. transferred to dividends equalisation account, £25,000 to development . account, and £10,947 was written off plant as depreciation, leaving" a' balance of £51,281. With £16,126 brought forward, the company had £67,406 available, out of which an ii-terim dividend of Is, and a final dividend at the same rate absorbed £49,590, leaving £17,516 to be carried forward. The ore reserves Slat were 448,948 tons, and an average assay value of 33s 7d per ton, being an. increase of 9659 tons during the year, in addition to' 259,143 tons in suspense account assaying 35s 2d, an increase of 9131' tone. -The overage- value of the ore treated during the : yoar"was 843 8d per ton, of which 90.1 per cent, was extracted. - . EGG AUCTION. lleasra Harris Bros., Ltd., report that the usual weekly - auction Bale of ' "Feather Brand" guaranteed fresh eggs on behalf of the* Canterbury Egg Farmers' Co-operative Association, waa held in their rooms,. 168 Hereford street, yesterday, afternoon. The following price* were realised: Hen eggs, first grade (2oz or over) 2a 4d, hen eggs, second grade (under 2 oz) 2s 2d. 6