Commercial Sews

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 95, 3 February 1891, Page 3

Commercial Sews

(I'KRUNfTED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Lonpow, January 29 For New Zealand wheat, on passage, sellers, an- asking 37s 6d, but ' uyers will not give more than 37s .New Zealand long- berried wheat, 38s, market re stricted; South Australian wheat, 395, xjuiet ;- Victorian ditto, 38s 6\l. Forward Business in 'Aus'tialian wheat shipment is inactive," and there are no Australasian cargoes off coast or in port of call. 'I he American visible wheat supply is estimated at 45,51)0 000 bushels Hemp -Auckland, fair quality, averages £24 10s ; Wellington, fair quality, £22 10s. Canterbury mutton, 4d 116 th ; WelJingten do, 3|-l ; Canterbury lamb, 4j'l ; .Hew -Zealand beef, forequartcrs, 3d 11---16 th ; hindqualers. 4d 7-16lh. January 30.

A shipment of Adelaide canned fruit ■to hand is of fairly satisfactory quality, but too expensive for the British inariet." ""- • ■ -•■>-';. .-.. .-• - - January 31. - . The butter market is drooping. Danish . lias 'fallen 10s "per cwt, and Australian *nd JNew Zealand 6s. ' [ ' : At the wool sales crossbred were |d . -perfi>. and good combinu merinos slightly dearer, as c -mpared with the prices at ; the ,£>eeeinber. scries. Medium and in v fcrior merinos are .quoted at the same price as last sales, but some lots sold at -slightly lower rate's. Six thousand quarters of New Zen», la'rid wheat; on ras.sage, ■ have been sold at37s6d. • ■-" -' -

:.;■■:% I^emjkgton/ January 3l- 7': 'George THomas. and Co. reppffc pr dduce prices as ■; > foUows::^P'ntil^ / harye sting operations are cfairij under way, ita3s ini_possible to give an as to the anticipated ruling values of the leading lines of grains JThe v^ydueyFmarket; at shows^no i jiMiftements fbr:cpnsigmnents, -and if the demand from that quarter does 'not improve, .we jnay ; safely assume, that iip very : m siny -directibn anayibe flbolcedi^foiv- /despite the tidings of extremeV shortness -of crops ; in the Southern 7 a^tricts.'.V We ftubte roli.ef flour iaO-iOs to £10 15s ; stpne ( do, =69 5s to W 15sf Bran, 60s ; braiiy ;' 6os ; pollard, 70s; wheatm'eaV !£lb, whole^tb'irs' feed, 3s : lod,to lid ; broken do, 3s o.l ; prime short oats j 2s ; Danish and Tartarian, Is 104-to'iß>lid.;^oatmeati ; :^.;;i9s-tb'.ieio; oatensheaf chaff, iEB 5s to £3;^l0s ; straw ■dpp^ ; 10s:: to £15 ; baled ihay, SOs ; wlieaten straw, 65s to feed barley, •2a M to 2s;:6d; beans, 3s 3d; peas, 3s maize, 4s; pearl barley, jils 10s; split peas, ; Derwent potatoes, ; Mdneys^i3 los ; onions, £1: to £8 ; cocksib^tgrass seed, 3d tp v 3Jd ; rye.grass^ 4s 10d to 5s ;;p^imevWpM y i^ 'cheese; 4Jd; lumey, 4|d ; -fresh butter, iSd ; ' eggs, firm at Is; hams and bacon. (Freen's factory), 6|dt6 7d; fungus, 3d. There has been a full supply of frnit. There is a better enquury for poultry, and values are as follows :— Fowls, 3s ; ducks, 4s ; geese, 5s 6d; turkeys, 7s. .