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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2420, 18 December 1880, Page 2

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S. C. Times Office. Saturday Evening. The 'produce 1 market is without material alteration. Very little wheat is offering. Superior samp'es are scarce, and good milling commands 4s to 4s 3d per bushel. Infeiior samples arc dull of sa e at 3s to 3s (id. Parley is in moderate demand at 2s l)d to 3s 11 per bushel. Oats (milling), Is 3d to Is (id; feed oats arc a drug in the market, and large paice’s have been offering at Is per bushel without finding purchasers. Christchurch,' Dec. 17. There is no change in the value of wheat quotations'remaining at Is 3d to 4s 4d for host milling, inferior lots selling slowly at 3s (id to 3s lOd. Oats remain at Is 7d to Is 8d for prime milling qualities, and Is 3d to Is 5d for feed samples. The maiket for both descriptions continues weak. The first barley of the new season was cut by J. and W. Iniies in the Amberley district, and several others have since commenced to cut their grain in the northern part of the province. Best barley is quoted at 3p 3d to 3s (id, other grades 2s (id to 2s lOd. Flour stands at LlO to Lll, with a fair enquiry. In dairy produce butter sells at 5d to (id ; cheese, 3.1 d to 4d, and hams and bacon, B.}d to Ski. Dunedin Dec. 17. Oats, Is 5d to Is 8d per bushel; milling ■wheat. Is Od to 4s 8d per bushel; fowls feed 2s to 3s ; barley, malting, 2s (id to 3s (id ; feed,ls Ski to 2s (id per bushd ; hay, £3 per ton ; chaff £2 15s per ton; straw,'.£2 per ton ; bran £3 5s per ton ; pollard, £4 per ton; flour, £lO 10s to £ll per ton ; oatmeal, £'.) lOs per ton ; butter, fresh, (id to 8d ; salt very unsaleable, (id to 8d ; eggs Is ; bacon in roils, 81; sides, H.jd; hams, IO.Jd; fresh pork, 4.id per lb.; potatoes, 15s to 30s per ton ; new, 4s (id to;8s per cwt. At Burnside this week bullocks brought from £7 5s to £l2 2s (id, and cows £5 10s to £ll ; fat calves, 11s to 32s ; fat sheep, 7s 3d to 12s (id ; lambs, Gs to 11s 3d ; pigs, 12s to 535. Mr .1. B. Bradshaw reports Bank of New Zealand shares, £2O to £2O 15s ; Colonial Bank, £2 (is (id to £2 7s ; National Bank, £3 4s ; National Insurance, 27s ; Standard Insurance, 11s (id; Colonial Insurance, 0s 0d to 10s ; National Mortgage and Agency, 28s ; Union Steam Shipping, £lO. Adelaide, Dec. 17. Price of wheat pdr bushel, 4s (id, old; Adelaide wheat, new, 3s sd. The tone of the wheat market is generally quiet. Adelaide flour, town £lO 15s; country £0 10s. Freight to London, by sailing vessel, 50s; freight to United Kingdom, 50s; freight to United Kingdom, from outports. 52s (id.