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Christchurch, Oct 17. The following are current prices paid * > farmers, f.0.b., Lyttelton, and free « f commission, except where otherwise » >3cified : Wheat : Hunter’s, and Tuscan, 3s 1 Id, Pearl 4s to 4s Id at country staT..ons. Oats.—Long feed 2s 4dto 2s 5d ; short, feed oats, 2s 5d ; milling Canadians 2s 6d to 2s 7d at country stations. Barley, nominal —Prime 3s, feed 2s 7 1 at country stations. . , - Flour (millers’ quotations): Poller £lO 10s. Pollard : £5 10s ton. Bran : £5 IOsL . • Oatmeal : <£l4 f.o.b. Oatslieaf chaff: 80s per ton at country stations. Potatoes : Lerwents, 80s to 85s at country stations. Grass Seed —Ryegrass, prime heavy t >wn dressed 4s 3d to 4s. 6d, cocksfoot 4{d to 4|d, ryegrass, Italian, town t. essed 4s 6d. Dairy Produce ; Cheese, factory 5d to 5 .Id, dairy 41 d to 5d ; butter, factory ] >ci,l~ llod, North Island lid, dairy 10.1, salt (in boxes) 9d ; bacon, hams ; 7 hi to 81 d-; factory baoOn and bams, T-d higher, fo.b.- —Christchurch Press. Vv r E LLIN GTON PRODUCE REPORT. Wheat (fowls’), 3s 9d to 3s lOd per bushel, feed oats 3s Id to 3s 3d, Tartarian seed 3s sd, dun oats 3s 2d. black o its 3s 3d,barley 3s 3d to 3s 6d, maize 4s 6i bushel, flour £ll, pollard 135 s ton, bran 130 s ton, oatmeal £l4 10s ton, oatsheaf chaff £5 5s to £5 15s ton, sti aw clmff £3 10s, hay 90s ton, hoi>e beans 4s 3d bushel, seed potatoes, Fluke Kidney, seed derwents 90s, Derwents 95s ; onions, Victorian, £l2, American £ls a • ton, cheese sfd, factory; bacon B§d, best factory ; hams 9d, rolls B|d, prime butter lOd lb, fowls 4s to 4s 9d pair, ■ ducks 5s 6d to 6s per pair, turkeys, liens 7s to 8s pair, gobblers 9s to 11s pair, geese 5s 6d pair, fresh eggs -11 d? dozen, cabbages 5s to 7s per sack cauliflowers 9s to 14s sack for choice, cook-, ing apples 5s to 7s per 401 b case, dessert apples 6s to 9s per 40lb case, red carrots 60s, swedes 80s ton, parsnips 12s to 14s per sack, rhubarb 4s to 7s per dozen. . STOCK SALKS. Dunedin., October 15. At the Burnside market to-day 95 cattle were yarded, prices again showing a considerable advance on last week. Best bullocks, £l3 to £ls 12s 6d ; medium, £ll to £l2 15s; best cows and heifers, £ll to £l3 ss; medium, £8 10s to £lO 10s. Sheep—ls3s were penned, prices again ruling about 2s hightr. Best wethers, 21s t> 23s 9d ; extra heavy, 27s 9d ; medium, 18s to 20s 6d ; best ewes, 18s to 20s 3d ; medium, 16s to 18s. Lambs —45 were penned, these selling up to 18s 9d. Pigs —111'were penned prices ruling in favor of vendors. Suckers, 7s to 13s; slips, 14s to 18s; stores, 20s to 245; porkers, 26s to 34s ; baconers. 38s to 565. Christchurch, October 15. At Addington to-day 161 fat cattle were yarded, a mixed entry. Prime beef fetched 27s t > 32s 6d pec 1001 b, prime steers £lO to £l4, otners £6 5s to £9 10s,.heifers £5 17s 6d to £lO, pi line covvs L 8 to LI 1 7s bd, otheis Ijs 5s to L 7 10s. Stove cattle —A good entry and a brisk "sale. Yearlings 29s 6d, fifteen to eighteen months L2 to L 3 2s 6d. two-year steers L 4 15s to L 4 17s 6d, heifers L 3 18s 6d, 2.| year steers L 5 6s, three year steers L 6 1 2s 6 1 to L 6 19s, heifers L 4 10s to L 5 2s 6d, dry

cows L2 5s to L 4 7s, dairy cows, a poor lot L 3 to LB.

Fat sheep—4 Coo including some good North Island lines. Freezing buyeis operating keenly, and coming in to competition with the local trade, made prices firmer. Heavy wethers 22s 9d to 23s 6d, freezers 19s to 22s 6d, lighter 15s 2d to 18s 6d, best shorn 16s J to 17s 3d, others 12s to 14s, prime ewes 2Rs to 235, good 16s to 19s 6d, others 14s lOd to 15s 6d, prime merino wethers 17s 9d to 23s 6d, others 13s lOd to 16s, hoggets 13s to 19s,

Fat lambs—2oo all of which’ were taken locally at 13s to 16s 3d. 'Store sheep—Only 1005. There was a better demand for ewes with .lambs. Wethers 12s 3d, ewes with lambs 9s Id to 9s 6d, all counted, hoggets 8s 7d to 10s 3d. Pigs—-312. There was a keen demand for all sorts. Baconers 49s to 56s up to 82s for extra, equal to 4fd to_.s|d Jb, porkers 24s to 36s 6d, equal to 5d to 51d, large stores 16s to 28s 6d, small 6s to 13.

Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co., iri conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams, report on their stock sale at Johnsonville on Tuesday last as follows -xAn average entry of bullocks of good quality, with a few rough workers, were equal to last week’s rates. We quote beef at 30s to 31s. Best bullocks £l2 to £l3 15s, others £ll to £ll 17s 6,,, light sorts £9 IQs to £lO 15s. The yarding of sheep was of medium quality. Best wethers 17s, best ewes 18s, others 14s, 12s 3d,' 12s Bd, lambs 11s, 12s 6d, 13s 6d. . .