CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1209, 26 July 1884, Page 3

CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE.

The Corn Exchange report for the week ending Friday evening, the 25th inat :

Business in grain and produce, like all other mercantile pursuits, has been for the past week almost totally neglected, owing to the intense interest taken in the general elections, the net result of which has friven almost universal satisfaction. The tanning community now hold a more hopeful tone in regard to the politics of the country, although the chief cause of depression in their line still remains, namely, the continued low prices ruling in the Horae market for wheat, and until there is a genuine turn for the better there can be little hope of relief from any change in Government. With the exception of peas, the values of produce! have scarcely altered. The following are the quotations to date Wheat —Tuscans 3s 4d, Pearl 3s Sd, Hunters os 2d, for sound samples only ; seconds 2s 3d to 2s 6d, chick wheat Is 9d to 2s. Oats— Milling 2s 3d, best short feed 3s 2d, Tartars and Danish Is 8d to 2s. Barley—Bright first class malting 4s, second quality 3s 3d to 3s 6d, feed 2s to 2s 2d, Christchurch. Peas —Prussian blues 3s lo 3s 3J, Reding 2s fid to 2s 9d. Beans —Hand threshed for seed 3s, ordinary dry 2a 9d. Rye Grass Seed—Farmers’ parcels 3» to 3s fid, best machine dressed 4« to 4s 3d, Potatoes—2Bs to 30s at stations within 12 miles with a prospect of advancing. Butter and Cheese—7d + o for the former, and 4d to 5d tor the latter. With the exception of barley and potatoes, the above prices are paid to farmers when delivered f.o.b. in Lyttelton.