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Temuka Leader, Issue 1212, 2 August 1884, Page 3

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CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. The Corn Exchange report for the week ending Friday evening, the 1 1st inst :

For the week just ending, there baa’ been a somewhat better • tone exhibited in the grain and produce market. Buyers are, as a rule, inclined to meet sellers in a more amiable spirit than has been shown for some time past. In w'hf'afj- -fealty sound samples can be placed at ruling’ rates, although the Home quotations are'nbi-pt-sSufficiently good to warrant an advance price. The tenor of the latest telegrams seel®, to point in an upward direction, and, as we must be thankful for even this little comfort, the hopec of holders are now of a much more sanguine nature. Oats show no alteration worthy of note, and prices are only just maintained. Barley is not much inquired tor, but first-class samples would readily command a sale at current rates. Thera have ■ been large shipments of potatoes made in the week, and holders are warranted in anticipating an advance in price. Peas *nd beans are just in the same position as reported last week, whilst dairy produce shows a little more animation. Quotations for the week are as under: — Wheat—Tuscan 3s 4d, Pearl 3s 3d, Hunter’s white, 3s 2d ; for sound and dry seconds, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; chick wheat, Is 9d to 2s. Oats—Bright milling, 2s 3d ; short feed, 2s 2d ; Tartars and Danish, Is 8d to 2s. Barley—Prime malting, 4s ; second quality, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; feed, 2s to 2s 2d in Christchurch, Peas and Beans —3s to 3s 3d for the former, and 2s 9d for the latter. Ryegrass Seed —Farmers’ parcels, Ss to 3s, 6d ; machine dressed, 4s to 4s 3d. Potatoes —Nominally 30s at country stations within 12 miles. Butter and Cheese—7-|d to for the former, the latter 4d to s^d. The above quotations, with the exception of barley and potatoes, are the prices paid to farmers for produce delivered f.o.b. Lyttelton,