CANTERBURY MARKETS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20107, 10 December 1930, Page 12

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

(BT OUK COMMERCIAL EDITOR.) Tuesday Evenin<r. Willi the end of the year only a lew weeks away, there is no improvement in the amount of business in the grain ,'ind produce markets, and 110 move inclination towards forward business than there has been during the past Jew weeks. Both merchants and growers are seemingly disinclined to close with any offers that may be made on either side. In regard to forward potato business there is still tho sellers' offer of £4 2s 6d a ton, f.0.b., s.i., ior April-May delivery and £4 5s for April-May-June. Buyers' ideas of values are a little below those figures. There has been a slight movement in oats for forward delivery. Sellers' quotations are 3s, fo.b., s.i., for A's, with no business passing, but a sale is reported at 2s 10d, f.0.b., s.i., lor B's. Fowl wheat lot- spread delivery (April-September) has been sold at 5s •Jd, f.0.b., s.i. Quotations. The following are quotations i'or produce to be paid to farmers, on trucks, free of commission, sacks extra except where otherwise stated:— Wheat —Tuscan 6s, Hunters 6s 2d. Fowl Wheat —6s 2d f.0.b., s.e. Oats—A Gartons, local 4s. B's 3s lid, for prompt; Southern 3s 5d for B s to 3s 7d for A's, f.0.b., s.i. Chaff—£4 10s to £4 15s a ton. Barley—Cape 3s 6d, malting 4s to 4s 3d. Potatoes —£1 10s to £1 15s a ton. Red Clover —4d per lb. White Clover—Bd to lOd per lb. Perennial Ryegrass —4s 6d to ss. Italian Ryegrass—4s to 4s 3d. Cocksfoot—7d to 8d for farmers' dressed lines of Akaroa seed; Plains, 6<l to 7d. Peas —No. I's, 4s 9d to 5s : f.a.q. s, 4s 2d to 4s 6d. Bran —Local, £6 a ton, f.o.b. ; shipping, £5 a ton, f.0.b.; 10s extra for smaller packings. Pollard—Local, £6 5* a ton, f.0.b.; shipping £4 15s a ton, f.o.b. ; 10s extra fov smaller packings. Flour—Wholesale prics £l6 15s a ton for 2001b sacks, with the usual increments tor smaller packings. AUCKLAND. LTHB PRESS Special Service.J AUCKLAND, December 9. There is not a great deal of life in the local grain and produce markets at th« present time. Usually at this timo of the year local merchants expect to get a share of the potato business, but at present they are chiefly confined to Pukekohe lines, and theso cannot get a look in for the requirements of Auckland City. Each yaar ot late suburban growers have made bigger inroads on this market, and this season their contributions seem larger than ever. Although Pulcekohe quotations are reasonably low, they are considerably above local prico*. as the auction marts are clearing out hundreds of bags daily at a few shillings a bag. Merchants have therefore to look further afield for any orders. Canadian and Californian onions are now practically off the market, having been displaced by new season's Victorian. These on a bare market. One operator quoted low prices to arrive, with a result that others followed suit, and for a few days prices were ea6y at 10s to lis per cwt. St was soon realised that the available supplies were scarcely sufficient for the demand, and the price firmed up to 12s 6d. Wheat is very firm at 8s per bushel, and merchants have been faced with a id rise in fo.b. costs, which so far they have succeeded in resisting. Maize still sells at 5s 9d per bushel f.0.b., and the market is weak. Tho oats market continues to weaken gradually, and B Gartons are now quoted at 4s 6d per bushel ex store. Chaff, both southern and. Tpsmanten. is quite plentiful, with no alteration" in- rates, and consumption 5a limited. , Wholesale current prices are:—Pollard, £6 10s per. ton; bran, £7 per ton; oats, feed B Gartons 4b 6d per bushel. A Gartons 4s 7d, clipped Duns 6s 9d, clipped Algerians 6s 3d, clipped Gartons 5s 3d, fowl wheat, 8s per bushel; maize, local 5s 9d per bushel e* store; barley, feed 5s per bushel, seed Cape barley Cs 6d per bushel; mai'/o meal, lls6d per 1001b; barley meal, lis per 1001bchaff, g.b.0.5., £lO per ton, Blonheim or Canterbury, Tasmanian £9 5s in New Zealand s«cks; potatoes, 8s 6d per cwt. ex store, 7s 6d on trucks Pukekohe; onions, Californian, "Victorian, 12s 6d per cwt. DOMINION TRADE. THE DECREASED FIGURES. The Abstract of Statistics for November states that the export tirade of the Dominion, measured by- the recorded value, indicates an improvement of 17.9 per cent, over the previous month, but a recession of nearly £34,000, or 1.4 per cent., compared with October, 1929, in which month, however, there Was a shipment of specie, valued at £129,000. The October, 1930, figure is 4.3 per cent, above the average for this month for the five preceding years. Commodities recording decreases in value as compared with October, 1929, Were wool, £42,000 (in spite of a considerable increase in quantity exported, reflecting the drop in prices experienced for this commodity); wheat, £35,000; hides and skins, £133,000; timber, £19,000; and gold, £28,000. On the other hand, an appreciable recovery was experienced with regard to frozen meat (£219.000), butter (£134,000), and cheese (£47,000).

The cumulative total for the ten months is £8,500,000 less than that for a similar period of 1929, and £1,300,000 less than the preceding five-yearly average for the period. "Wool contributed :£ 7,000,000 to the huge decline first mentioned. Cheese is down £414,000, the quantity being almost identical with that exported last year, but a depreciation in the per-uni? value led to the decided decrease in total value. Hides and skins are lower this year by £732,000, and no specie has left the Dominion during 1930, as against £644,000 in 1929. Butter shows an increase in quantity exported during the ten months of 23.5 per cent., but, owing to depreciated prices, the value was only 0.6 per cent, greater for the current period. The month of October witnessed an appreciable depression in the import trade of the Dominion, the statistics indicating a decline of £718,229, or 16.3 per cent., in the total value aa compared with October, 1929. Tho .current figure is also 6.3 per cent, below the average for October for the last five years. Motor-vehicles, apparel, boots, shoes, etc., and material for clothing, dress, etc., tea, and whisky are the principal commodities producing the falling-off is the import trade. The total for the ten months has decreased £4,000,000, or 9.1 per cent. On only one occasion since 1924 has the level of imports been lower for the ten-months period, and the 1930 figure is 4.3 per cent, lower than the average for the preceding five years. TALLOW STOCKS. (UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION —BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) LONDON". December 8. TalloTv fitocks are 1463 caito; imports, 021 casks; deliveries, 691 caß>s.

EGG AUCTION. Messrs Harris Bros., Ltd., report that the usual weekly auction sale of "Feather Brand" guaranteed new-laid eggs was held yesterday afternoon. The prices realised were:—Hen eggs, first Krade <2oz or ovor) '« =!>. «econd grade (under Sol) 1» Id. —9