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Gbcristchxtrgh, Mar 13.. Tib© following are current prices paid to £.Otb;,. Lyttelton,. and. free ©f commission, except where otherwise specified :. Wheat,, new, 4s to 4s Id at country stations. Oats.—[new] Milling, 2s : short feed, Is 8d to Is 9d ; Duns, Is 5d t ., Is 6d ; Danish Is 5d to Is 6d at country stations. Barley r Prime malting, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; Cape, 2s 6d to 2s Bd, at country stations. Flour (millers' quotations) : Roller £ll. Pollard : £7 t.m. Bran : .£5 Os. Oatmeal r £l2 lOs f.o.b. Ryegrass Well dressed farmers' parcels, 2s 6d to 2s 9d, inferior 2s to 2s 3d, Italian ryegrass 3s to 3s 6d, cocksfoot 3gd to 4d per lb delivered. Onions, £4 ton delivered. Potatoes, Eirly varieties, L2 15s to L 3 ton at country stations. Dairy Produce; Cheese, factory 5d to 6d, dairy 5d ; butter, factory, local 10gd per lb, North Isiaad lid, dairy 8d to 9d prime, salt (in boxes) 7d to Bd, bacon, hams 91 t > 101 ; fact >ry bacon and hams |d higher, fDib. —Christchurch Press. WELLINGTON PRODUCE REPORT. Wheat-,4s lOd to" 5s bushel, oats 2s 2d to 2s 9d, barley 3's lOd, maize 5s per bushel, flour N.Z., ,£l2, Adelaide £l3 Manitoba n £l2 15s, pollard, 1655, bran 130 s ton, oatmeal £l4 ton, onions, prime £8 os, cheese 6d lb, bacon B|d for sides, 9.Jd for rolls, hams, 9|d, butter 7d to Bd, f.mds 3s to 3s 6d per pair, ducks 4s per pair turkeys hens 8> to 9s, gobblers 13s to 15s, eggs Is 2d to Is 3d doz ; cabbages IsOd

to 2s 0d per sack ; cmuliflowers 2s 6d to 4s 6d ; rhubarb Is to 2s dozen new potatoes £3 10s to £3 15s ; linseed cake L 9 10s per ton; cocksfoot 3d to 4d lb, machine dressed 5| to 5f d, ryegrass 4s to 5s 3d bushel, partridge peas 4s bushel, oatsheaf chaff 75s to 80s per ton. STOCK.SALES. Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and C ~ in conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams, repo7*t o l their sale at Johnsonville on Thursday last as follows :—A full yarding of bullocks* mostly .if prime quality. The bidding was slack'at the start, but improved towards the end of the sales. Beef was a little easier, making from 22s to 23s 6d ; best bullocks, £9 6s to £9 1 7*. 6d ; others £8 15s to L 9 2s 6d ; light sorts, L 7 10s to L 8 7s 6d ; cows JL6 7s 6d. -We had a fair yarding «,f sheep, including some heavy ewes. Bidding was slow. Prime ewes fetched 12s to 12s 6d ; others 9s 3 I to 10s ; ambs 10s Id ; others 7s 9d.