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• » The following is the Christchurch Corn • Exchange report for the week ending Friday, April 15 :— Wheat. —Fine samples of Tuscan in large lines are still the parcels most sought after by shippers, and for these the top prices of tfce market are obtainable, viz., 3s 9d, 3a 9£d, and 3a 19J per bushel free on board at Lyttelton. Velvet chaff and pearl in sniti, able shipping lines are also saleable at from *3f 74 tp 3s 8d per bushel f.o.b. Hunter's white, 38 6d to 3s 6^d per busheL Lines of .wheat of a quality not equal to the foregoing, but still suitable for shipment, 2<l to 3d under these quotations. Chickwheat ranges from Is 9<V to 2a 9d per bushel, according to quality. Oats.— The upward tendency of the market which was indicated by the rather bare supply ia still well maintained. Any parcels coming to hand meet with ready purchasers. Good bright milling samples fetch from Is 9<l to Is lOd per bushel ; feed quality, Is 7d to Is 8i The tone of the market^ is firm, but consumers are not inclined to advance . on these quotations, the well known large quantity of feed barley acting as a check. Barley. — Considerable quantities of this cereal continue to come forward, but the quality as a rule being inferior does not meet with much attention from brewers and malßtera. Medium to good malting may be quoted from 2s 3d to 3s 3d per bushel ; the deirand sluggish, and sales difficult to effect. Feed parcels are rather more saleable at from Is 6d to 1* 9J per busheL Grass Seed. — The demand continues good, with the market barely Bupplied. Well-cleaned farmers' parcels have realised from 3s 6d to 4s 6<l per bushel ; indifferently cleaned, according to sample. Potatoes. — Business has been rather bmker during the past week ; sales have taken place at 35s per ton for immediate, and 40s tor for ward delivery. Sacks extra. Cheese and. Butter. — The former is exceedingly unsaleable, 3d to 3Jd being the nominal quotations. The latter is more saleable at 7d to 7s<l Hay.— soa per ton, delivered in Coristchurch.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 67, 22 April 1881, Page 2
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356COMMERCIAL. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 67, 22 April 1881, Page 2
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