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Temuka Leader, Issue 1364, 11 July 1885, Page 3

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TIMARU GRAIN MARKET,

Prime milling wheat, 2s 7d to 2s 9d ; inferior, 2s to 2s fid ; fowl feed, Is fid to Is 9d. Oats (short), Is fid ; do. long, Is 3d ; do. discolored, Is. Barley, 2s to 2s fid.

CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. The Corn Exchange reports for the week ending Friday evening, the 10th inst, :

The wintry weather of the past week has not created a buoyancy in the grain markets. The London advices hare been slightly more reassuring, but they have had little effect upon prices local. Nearly all purchases made here are for intercolonial orders and local requirements : the principal London shipments being made by growers on their own account. Prime milling Hunter’s and Pearl have a fair enquiry among millers, while Tuscan is taken up for shipment at slightly lower rates. There is plenty of second quality offering, with little business doing. Chick \iheat, whole, dry and fit for shipment, has a ready sale. Short bright oats are good value, while feed sorts are saleable at quotations. The barley market continues quiet, with only an occasional enquiry for second quality malting lor shipping. There has been some activity in beans, owing to favorable accounts of sales having been received of early shipments to London, but our quotations of last week have not been exceeded. Prussian Blues have a good demand, but feed peas are quiet. A steady demand still exists for clean farmers’ parcels of ryegrass. Transactions in cocksfoot have been chiefly confined to slightly discolored lines for local sowing. Few lines of Derwents are off ring, and buyers are not willing to advance beyond quotations. A brisk trade has been done in dairy produce, but late advices from Sydney point to an early spring, when prices, for butter especially, are almost certain to recede again. Quotations are as follow :

Wheat—Prime milling Hunter’s and Pearl, 2s lOd to 2s lid ; Tuscan, 2s 9d ; second quality, 2s 2d to 2s 6d ; chick wheat, dry and fit for shipment, 2s, f.o.b,

Oats—Milling and short feed, Is 10d; short feed, slightly discolored, Is 8d to Is 9d ; bright seed Tartarian, Is 9d ; long feed, Is 5d to Is 7d. f.o.b. Barley—First quality malting, 3s fid to 3s 9d ; second do, 2s 9d to 3s 3d ; feed, Is 9d to 2s, f.o.b. Beans, 2s fid. Peas, feed, 2s 4d to 2s fid ; Prussian Blues, 3s 3d to 3s 9d, f.o.b.

Ryegrass—Machine-dressed, 4s fid ; clean farmers’ parcels, 3s to 3s fid. Cocksfoot —Bright, 3d to 3-|d ; discolored, 2d to f.o.b. Lyttelton. Potatoes Derwents, 32s fid, at country stations.

Dairy Produce—Prime tub butter, lid to Is ; lower grades up to Bd, f.o.b. Cheese, small, s|d to fid ; medium,

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS. At the Addington Yards on Wed-

nesday, in consequence of the inclement weather, very small entries of stock came forward. The demand for the limited supply of fat sheep was not brisk, and sales were made at about last week's values. Crossbred wethers sold at from 12s fid to 17s; ditto ewes, 31s fid to 13s fid : an average of 2d per lb. No store sheep were penned. The supply of cattle was a fair one, and the demand showed an improvement. Eteerr sold at from Lfi to L 7 17e fid ; heifers, L 3 17s 5d to Lfi 2s fid, being from 17s to 19s per lOOlbs. The store cattle yards were fairly well filled. Business was dull—a line of steers sold at L 4 2s fid and L 3 15s ; ditto heifers, L 3. Pigs were in moderate supply. Baconers sold at from 35s to 80s ; porkers, 25s to 33s ; stores, 5s to 16s fid.

DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS. At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday the following business was transacted :

Fat Cattle—Best bullocks brought L 8 10s to Lll 2s fid ; others, L 4 5s to L 7 15s ; best cows, L 5 to L 7 ; others, L 3 10s to L 4 15s. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold 47 as follows : —From Canterbury, G prime bullocks (heavyweights), at Irons L 9 17s fid to Lll ; for Mr R. A. Barker (Orari), 7 7 prime steers and heifers at from L 5 17s fid to Lfi 15s. Mr Donald Stronach (on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited) sold, on account of the proprietors of Seadown estate, 18 bullocks at L 7 12s fid to L 8 17s fid.—Beef, 15s to 20s per lOOlbs. Fat calves sold at 42s each.

Fat Sheep—Prime crossbred wethers 13s 9d to 14s 9d ; others, lOs to 13s fid ; merino wethers, fis 3d to 9s fid ; crossbred ewes, 10s 9d to 12s. Pigs—Bacon pigs at from 40s to 52s ; porkers, 23s to 34s ; slips, 10s to 19s.

DUNEDIN PEODUCE MAEKEIS. Wheat—Deliveries from the country during the week have been small but,

as millers haw considerable stocks on hand, there has not been much business to report, inquiries having been confined to choice velvet and milling qualities principally. Quotations are For prime milling velvet and Tnscan, 3s to 3s 2d ; medium do, 2s 9d to 2s lid; red straw, 2s 9d to 2s lid ; interior and damp, Is fid to 2s 3d per bushel.

Oats—Prim® milling and stout bright feed are worth Is 8-|d to Is 9d ; good bright, Is 7-|d to Is 8d ; medium and discolored, Is fid to Is 7d ; Danish, Is 7d to Is 7|-d per bushel,

Barley—Quotations are, nominally : very prime malting, 3s ; good ditto, 2s 4d to 2s 8d ; milling, 2s to 2s 3d ; feed, Is 9d to 2s per bushel. Potatoes Market well supplied. Derwenfs sell at 60s to 65s per ton. Chaff—L2 15s is the top price.

Butter—There is a good demand for prime salt at up to 9d per lb, but very few prime lots offering. Fresh is in short supply, and up to Is 2d can now be got tor choice quality. Eggs are plentiful at Is per dozen. Turnips—2os per ton for best Swedes. Carrots are very slow of sale, and recent quotations cannot be got. Sheepskins—Green crossbreds brought 3s to 4s lid ; green merinos, 2s to 3s 8d ; dry crossbreds, Is 2d to 4s 8d ; dry merinos, la 4d to 2s 9d ; pelts, 3d to lid ; lambskins, 7d to 2s 4d. Hides—3d for light, 3£d to 3|d for medium, and 3|d to 4|d for good to heavy and well-dressed. Tallow—lnferior and mixed, 16s to 18s ; medium, 19s to 21s; good to prime, 22s to 235: butchers’ rough fat, 12s to 14s per cwt. ENGLISH MAPJTETS, London, July 7. Adelaide wheat, off coast, has advanced by Is 3d, to 35s 6d. At to-day’s wool sales, 6400 bales were submitted to auction. The prices were steady, but the demand was not active.