COMMERCIAL.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2494, 18 March 1881, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

CANTERBURY CORN EXCHANGE REPORT. The following is the report for the week ending Friday evening, March 17, 1881 : There is no material change in the aspect of affairs in the grain trade. Scarcity of tonnage is to a great extent retarding sales being effected, and at the present time there is no immediate prospect of the want being supplied. Wheat continues to pour in from all quarters with no appearance of any abatement in the supply. The long dry spell of weather has enabled the machine to keep at steady work. Wheat—Tuscan in large lines in good condition for shipment is worth 3s 9d to to 3s 9|d f.0.b.; other wheats of good condition from 3s 6d to 3s f.o.b. ; for good shipping parcels, where the quality is not quite up to the before mentioned, 2d per bushel under these quotations ; chick wheat from 2s to 2s 9d per bushel. Oats—There is a better enquiry both for milling and feed qualities, with only a few lots coming forward. Bright milling samples are saleable at from Is 7d to Is 9d per bushel; feed parcels, Is 4d to Is 6d per bushel. Barley—A good many samples of what might be termed second-rate malting are coming to hand. This quality is heavy of sale at from 2s. to 2s 4d; fair to medium, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; first-class malting, 3s to 3s 6d per bushel; feed barley, Is Gd to Is lOd per bushel. Grass Seed—The demand continues good and prices have advanced. Good, well cleaned farmers’ parcels are worth from 3s to 3s 9d per bushel; indifferently cleaned,according to sample, cocksfoot, 2Jd to 2|d per lb. Cheese and Butter—There is no alteration in values —3d to 34d for the former, 6£d to 7d for the latter. "Hay— Worth £2 10s, delivered in Christchurch.