COMMERCIAL.

Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 156, 17 February 1903, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

Chius'.h3hu;r,ch, Feb 13. The following are current prices paid t-.i farmers, f.0.b., Lyttelton, and free of commission, except where .otherwise specified : A Wheat (nominal) : Hunter's, Tuscan and Pearl. 4s 9d at country stations. Oats.-[new] Milling, 2s : short' feed, Is Ud ; Duns, Is lOd ; Danish Is 9d, at country stations, for February delivery,

Bailey : Prime malting, 3s 3d- to 3s 4d ; Cape, 2s 6d, at country stations. Flour (millers' quotations) : Roller £l2.

Pollard : £6 10s ton. . Bran : £6 os. Oatmeal : .£l4 1 0s f.o.b. ISyegrass Well dressed farmers' parcels, 2s to 2s 6d, Italian ryegrass 3s to 3s 3d, delivered. Dairy Produce; Cheese, factory 5d to 6d, dairy 5d ; butter, factory, local KM .to lOjid, North Island lid, dairy 3d to 9d prime, salt (in boxes) 7d to Bd, bacon, hams 9d to 10d ; factory bacon and hams M higher, fo.b.—Chiistc'liurch Press.

AUCKLAND MARKETS

(Auckland Weely News) Field Produce—Potatoes : new, round, as to 3s cwt, iK-w kidneys £% 5s to £3 i« s ■ton ; poor samples, £2 to £2. ss. Kumaras 6s t-o 7s cwt. Onions, local seed 6s to 7s potato onions 3s to 4s, maize 4s 3d: oats 55,-chaff new £4 10s ton. Vegetables.-—Prices of vegetables are difficult to quote, values being nominal. Dairy Produce : Dairy butter in prints or rolls (first quality) 8d to iod lb, separator gd to iod,.pastry 7d to Bd, farmers' keg, firsts 7d to Sd, seconds 6d,7d, milled in bulk 9id, factory rolls 10*d, to 1 id. Eggs fresh 13A to isd dozen ; Cheese farmers', 4d£ to 3d lb factory 3d to 5-Jd, loaf 6d. Bacon farFarmers' gd, factory g.§d to iojd. Fruit; quotations for standard cases and boxes only). Apples, local dessert 2s to 3s 6dcase, cooing. 2s to 3s 6d, gd to 2s box. pears, (Sydney), 20s case ; others dessert. 3s to ss- T cooking 2s to 2 shillings and 6d ; plums English varieties 2s 6d to 4s case ; Burbank 2s to 3s ; peaches coloured, 3s to to Bs, others 2s 6d to 5s ; grapes hothouse Sd to 9|d lb ; tomatoes, hothouse, 4s to 5s box, outdoor as gd to 4s' 6, passion fruit 5s 6d to 6s case; watermelons 8s to 10s dozen.

Poultry: Hens is 2d to is 6d each, table roosters 2s to 2s 6d ; ducks is id to is gd, geese 2s to 2s Gd ; chicks 4d to 8d ; turkeys, gobblers Ss to gd ; hens 3s to ss.

WELLINGTON PRODUCE RE PORT.

Wheat- ,4s 9d to 4s lOd bushel, oats.2s 9 dto 3s, bailey 3s lOd bushel, maize4s lOd bushel, flour N.Z., .£l3, AdeVde .£l3 Manitoban 15s, pollard, 160 s, bran 150 s ton, oatmeal .£ls ton, onions, prime .£8 10s, cheese 6cl lb, bacon 9d for sides, for rolls, hams lOd, butter 7d to Bd, fowls 3s to 3s 6d per pair, ducks 4s to 4s 6d pair turkeys hens 8s to 9s, gobblers lis to 13s, eggs Is 6d to Is 7d dozen, cabbages Is 6d to 2s 6d sack, rhubarb 2s to 3s per dozen ; new potatoes, 4s to 5s per cwt.

STOCK'S ALES,

Christchurch, Februaiy 11

At the Addington market today 125 fat cattle were yarded. Prime beef sorts were rather easier than at previous sale. Steers L7ss to Lll ; heifers L6toL 9 2s ; extra good LIO ; cows L 6 10 to L 8 15s ; extra good L 9 ss. Beef 22s to 25s per 1001 b. Store to dairy cattle A fair yarding met with poor demand, and prices suffered in consequence.

Fat sheep—There was a fair yarding including several North Island lines. The demand was very poor. Prices were lower all round and there whs a substantial drop, amounting to from 2s to 2s 6d per head in case of medium and inferior sorts... Freezing wethers realised from 16s 6d to.lßs Id; unfinhh :d wethers and ewes* 13s 6d to 15s ; be?st butchers ewes 14s 6d to 17s; six extra heavy 19s ; medium from 12s 6d to 145.; others 9s 6d to 1,25.

Fat lambs—There vas a yarding of 3034, and the quality was rather better than last week. The market open-, ed weak, and though-it improved later, prices were on the whole a trifle easier Freezers sold at from 12s 6d to 15s Id one line of extra quality bringing 15s to 1 5s lid; graziers' and butchers' lots 9s 6<l to 12s-6d,

Store sheep and lambs—There was an entry of about 15,000, including several lines from the North Island The sale was a very dragging one, a large proportion of lots offered being passed. The range of prices was Lambs from 8s 4d to lis Id for good conditioned sorts ; others from 7s ; culls from 4s ; ewes up to 14s lid ; wethers, to 15s 3d.

Pigs—There was only a moderate su PPly» both as regards numbers and quality. The yarding, which met a good demand, included a consignment of baconers from the Chatham Islands, which sold at fiom 42s to 60s, equal to from to 5d Ih ; porkers realised 34s to 425, equal stores LI to LI T«6d ; medium 15s to LI ; suckers and weaners 12s to 15s.

Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co., in conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams, report on their sale at Johnsonville on Tuesday last as follows :—A small entry of light bullocks of prime quality and a few good cows sold freely. We quote beef at 26s to 26s 6d per 1001 b : best bullocks <£lQ to 7s 6d ; others £9 10s to £9 17s 6d ; cows ,£6 17s 6d to L 7 15s. The sheep yarded were mostly of good quality, and sold freely. Wethers, 12s lid to 13s 6d ; light 12s 4d ; prime ewes 12s 9d ; others 10s 6d to lis lOd. A line of prime lambs sold at 10s to lls ; others 8s to 9s. Light pigs 18.