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Temuka Leader, Issue 1260, 1 November 1884, Page 3

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CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. The Corn Exchange report for the week ending Friday evening, the 81st inst : The week inst ending has been one of extreme dullness, few transactions of consequence having resulted. of any kind is hard to place, although prices are very little affected. In oats, few sales have been made worthy of particular notice ; inquiries are few, and buyers indifferent. Prices, however, are fairly well maintained. Other cereals, and pulse, continue in a dormant condition, and require considerable fact to induce buyers to invest in thorn. The reaction in potatoes is keenly felt by those who have held in anticipation of higher rates, and who are now only too eager to quit stocks at current prices. Dairy produce meets with very little attention, even at the low prices now ruling, but should merit tome little more favor for the Home market “ per cool chamber.” seeing that it should arrive at the time of the year when a scarcity is almost inevitable, Quotations to date are as follows : Wheat —3s to 3a 3d for milling ; seconds, 2s 6d ; chickwheat, Is 6d to Is 9d f.o.b.

Oats— Stout milling, 3s ; short feed, 2s 10d ; long oats, 2s 8d f.o.b. Barley —First-class malting, 4s; second quality, 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; feed, 2s to 2s 3d Christchurch.

Beans and Peas —The former, 3s 3d to 3s 4d, and the latter 3s 3d to 3s 6d, Potatoes —£210 s to £2 15s, at country stations within 12 miles. Butter —6d to 7d f.0.b., kegs extra. Cheese— Nominally 4d per lb f.o.b. Lines ex store are quoted a shade higher, but the above are the prices paid to farmers.

CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS, At the Addington Yards on Wednesday the market was well supplied with sheep and lambs. Cattle, both fat and store, in only moderate supply. The fat sheep were, with few exceptions, of onlj moderate quality. For the best pens bidding were keen, and late values were quite maintained. Second quality mutton hardly so good as of late, but market throughout very uneven. Sales were as follows Shorn crossbred wethers, from 12s to 15» 6d ; do ewes and mixed, 9s 6d to 13s ; crossbred wethers in their wcol, ]ss 9d to 21s Cd ; merino wethers, 10s 6d to 15s ; and ditto, shorn, 7s to 8s Cd. Fat lamb? were in large supply, selling at fiom 6s to 13s 6d per head. In the store sheep market a numerous entry was yarded, the demand proving only s«c©nd-

rate. A line of 4, G and 8-tooth merino weiehrs in their wool sold at 9s 9d and 9s lid ; lines of hoggets at 9s, 12s and 13s Bd, other lines being passed in. A line of aged merino ewes, with lambs, at 10s 8i ; ditto crossbred ewes, with lambs, IBs; another line at 15s. Fat cattle were only in moderate supply, meeting with » corresponding demand ; steers soid at from £5 17s 'fid to £8 5s ; heifers, £5 to £6 12s fid, being at the rate of from 18s fid to 31s per 1001 b, according to_ quality. In the store cattle market but little was offered.