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Temuka Leader, Issue 1430, 21 November 1885, Page 3

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CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. The Corn Exchange reports for the week ending Friday evening, the 20th inst. :• — Wheat—Since the holidays there has been very little doing. Farmers are, for the most part, busy shearing. No sales of importance hare taken phca, consequently we cannot note any particulur change, but reports from Home show that English priees are firmer, though unaltered. A good demand exists for whole fowl wheat at quotations Oats are very dull of sale for export, but are being elowly moved off for consumption locally, Barley remains in the same torpid state. Malsters and brewers, having large quantities on hand, and, the warm weather approaching, do not feel disposed so augment stocks. Feed can be placed only at a great sacrifice to grower*. Bean and peas meet with very few buyers, at the same time but few parcel are in th« market. Ryegrass—The season is almost past, and the only lice offering are prime machine dressed, which command full rates. Cocksfoot—There is a good enquiry for heavy brieht seed for shipment; discolored and inferior is unsalable. Potatoes—The season may now be con ■idered over for shipment, consequently prices have considerably receded. Dairy produce remains without change. Quotations for the week were as follow : Wheat—Prime milling (hard Borts), 3s 3d to Sb 41 ; Tuscan, 3s Id ; second quality, 2s 7d to 2a lOd ; chieken wheat (whole), 2s 3d to 2a 6d. Oats Bright heavy short, Is lid ; slightly discolored short, la 8d to Is 10.1 ; Dun, Is. lid to 2a ; long and inferior kinds, l»6d tolsSd. Barley— Nominal. Baans -2s 6d to 2* Bd. Peas-Saed, 4s; feed, 2s 9d to 3s. Ryegrass- Ma#hine-dre»sed, 4s 6d. Cocksfoot, bright heavy, 41 to 4£d ; discolored, 2d to 2£dPotatoes—Derwents (sacks include*!), 42a 61 to 453. Dairy produce—Butter, in tuba : Prim'-, 6d t.> 7d ; second qtialty, 4d to 6d.

Cheese : Small loaf shape, 6Jd ; medium, s£d , large, 4d to 4£d. The above prices are those paid to farmers for f.o.b., Lyttelton. CHRISTCHTJKCH STOCK MARKETS. At the Addmgton yards on Wednesday fairly heavy entries of stock were yarded for the day's BUpply, both fat and store. The fat cattle market opened to only a moderate attendance of buyers, quickly, however, improving ; the early part of the sale was very dragging, but towards the end business improved, and sales were more frequent; taken all through there is no alteration to note in values. Steers sold at from £5 10s to £8 7s 6d. Heifers £5 to £7 5s and £9 ; fat cows, £4 17s 6d to £6 2s 6d, being at the rate of from 20s to 21a 6d per 1001 b, as per quality. The fat aheep on offer were principally of excellent quality. The presence of buyers for freezing made matters a little more lively than of late. Sales as follow ; —Shorn crossbred vrethers, lis 3d to 14s 6d ; in one instance, for a few picked sheep, 17s per head was paid; shorn crossbred ewes, 9s 6d to lis ; crossbreds in the wool, 18s 6d to 16s ; shorn merinos, 5Ts to 8s 3d ; do, in the wool, 12s per head, being at the rate of about 2£d per lb i the wool; shorn to 2d per lb. A very large number of fat lambs yarded ; prices ranging from 6s to 9s 6d per head. Store sheep—An improved 6upply compared to Into markets ; business also better. Shorn hoggets sold from 7s to 8s 9d per head; merino ewes and lambs, 10a 9d to 8s 6d. Pigs were in moderate supply ; sale dull. In the store cattle market a heavy supply was yarded. The inquiry shown was also an improvement; values about the same as lately ruling. CANTERBURY HORSE MARKET. Messrs H. Matson and Co. report : At Tattersall's last week, fcbe holidays aad show sale interfered somewhat considerably with the weekly auction on Saturday, which was the smallest held for j gome time, lo the matter of values there is nothing fresh to record, the current rates for good stock being much about the j same as for the past month or so. Useful drnught mares and geldings from 3 to 5 years old are saleable at from £lB to £22, anything special to £26 and £2B ; ordinary plough horses, £l4 to £l6. Firstclass upstanding hack and ligl t harness horses, i.e., animals thoroughly broken and that can be relied on, are much in requeit, tho demand being altobeyond the supply, while what may be termed the ordinary everyday hacks still glut the market. Unbroken stock of all descriptions are very scarce, and a line of useful sorts of sny description now coming to hood would meet with a fair quittance, the heavier sorts especially so. ____«___«____«_ DUNEDIN PKODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Thursday ; Wheat—The market during the week has been remarkably inactive. There are inquiries for small parcels of prime velvet and Tuscan at last week's quotations, hut it is doubtful if a considerable quantity could be placed at the rates. In the meantime prime velvet »nd Tuscan are worth 3s 4d to 3s 5d ; cithers, 3s to 3s 3d ; tiiedium, 2s lOd to 3s ; fowl-feed, 2s 6d to 2s 9d. Oats—Exporters cannot operate because of intercolonial rates, which have shown a decline on previous values. Prime samples are scarce, and worth 2s when obtainable; short bright feed brings Is 9d to Is 10£d ; medium, Is 8d to Is 9d ; inferior, Is 3d to Is 7d. Barley—There is some enquiry for malting, but buyers object to give over 3s. Feed and milling are quiet at 2s to 2s 3d. Chaff—Prime quality, £3 2s 6d to £3 ss. Potatoes-The demand now is very limited, and stocks on band are still heavy. Derwenis, £2 to £2 ss. Butter—Fresh, 7d for prime and 6d for medium ; salt, 7d, kegs extra. Cheese—sd to s£d for best quality. Eggs—B£d per dozsn. Sheepskins—The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report : —For couotry dry crossbreds, low to medium, Is to 3s Id ; do do merino, 9d to 2s 10J ; dry pelts, 4d to 9d ; green skins, crossbreds, 3s to 4s 2d : do merino, 3a to 4s 4d; green pelts, 4d to 5d ; lambs, 4dto6d. Hides continue in good demand, but it is apparently fruitless to reiterate the warning to butchers and others that ] " condition " affects prices materially. It is after all just as well that "roughs" should be taught, and at their own expense, that slovenly dressing entails a certain loss. Quotations are : For heavy hides in prime condition, 3|d to 4d; | medium, up to 3sl ; light and medium, to 3d ; inferior and slippy, 2£d per lb. Tdllon—Prices for the present are dependent on Home quotations, and stili continues low. Prime quality is worth IBa to 20s; medium, 15s to 17s ; inferior, 12s to 148 ; rough fat, 8s to lis per cwt. DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS. At the Burnside Yards on Wednes day the following business was transacted : Fat Cattle—246 forward, and these included a small number of bad stores. The hulk, however, was from medium to prime beef, and there were some exceptionally good cattle. The supply being slightly in excess of requirements, biddings dragged, nnd there was a slow sale throughout. Beef connot be quoted at more than 22s 6d per lOOlbs. Mr Oonald Stronach sold on account of Mr M. Greenaw»y (Rangitata) and others bullocks to £B. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co. 6old on account of Mr Joho Grigg (Longbeach), 10 very prime shorthorn cows at from £8 10s to £ll ; for Mr Andrew Grant (Temuka), 19 steers at from £6 to £8 17s 6d ; for Mr W. Wilson (Chertsey), 9 bullocks at from £9 to £l2 103; for New Zealand and Australian Land Company (Pareora), 11 bullocks <>t £8 17s 6d to £lO 15s, and I cow at £7 10". Mr L. Maclean sold for Mr F. M. Rickman (Waiinate), 6 cows up to £6 17s 6d ; and quot'-s beef 25s per 1001 b. Limbs- 512 pennec. All found buyers at prices ranging from os 6d to lis 3d. p,g ß< —l6B penned. Prices for porkers and baconers continue to drooi,, and quotations for these .cannot be much nvtr 3d per lb. Fat Sheep—4ls2 penned, and with the j inception of a few pens of store*, an i

young sheep, the quality waa good throughout. Values were quite 33 to 4s under laßt week's prices. Best crossbred wethers in the wool brought np to 16s 3d ; do shorn, 13s to 16s 6d ; and 17s 3d for extra prime sheep. Of merinos there were ull quditiea forward—some very prime, which brought up to 14s 6d. Mutton, from 2d to per lb. Mr Donald Stronach sold on account of Mr W. Ackroyd (Temuka), 140 mixed crossbred shorn, to 13s; for E. and S. (Jlissold (Makikihi), 180 mixed crossbreds to 10s lOd. Mrtssrs Wright, Stephenson, and 00. sold for N.Z. and A. Land Company (Pareora), 120 crossbred ewes, shorn, at from lis to lis 9d ; for Mr Andrew Grant (Temuka), 100 prime crossbred wethers, shorn, at from 14s to 14s 3d. and 182 crossbreds, shorn, at from lis 6d to 12s ; for Messrs Friedlander Brothers (Asdiburton) 198 crossbreds at from lis 9d to 12s 6d. Mr L. Maclean sold for Mr M. Studholme (Waimate Estate), 35 shorn erossbred ewes at 12s 6d, and 150 shorn merino wethers at 7s 9d ; for Mr J. Reid ' (Makikihi), 63 shorn crossbred wethers at from 12*. to 13s ; for Mr F. M. Rickman (Waimate) 81 shorn crossbreds and merinos at from 9s to lis 6d ; for Mr S. Cague (St. Andrews), 26 shorn crossbred ' ewes at 12s 3d. Horse Market—Messrs Wright, Stephenaon and Co. report; -The entries for last Saturday's sale consisted almost entirely of dealer'i lots—medium draughts and light harness horses. Moat of them changed hands at recent rates. Heavy draught geldings are enquired for. We quote fi rat-class draughts at from £26 to £32 ; medium, £l6 to £23 ; first-class hacks and iight-harness horses, £lB to £24 ; medium, £9 to £ls ; inferior, £3 to £6. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Melbourne, Nov. 11. The Melbourne Manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, Limited, reports on the produce market as follows : Shipping wheat is rather firm at 3s Hi to 4s. In malting barleythere is no improvement, the present yalue being ?s to 48. New Zealand oats, feed sorts, are in fair demand at 2s 9d to 3s ; milling are steady, but not active, at Ss to 3a id ; New Zealand oats, under bond, 3s id to 2s 3d per bushel. ENGLISH MARKETS. LoifDow, Nov. 17. The fifth series of the colonial wool auctions this year was opened to-day. There was a large attendance of Home and foreign buyers. A catalogue of 10,000 bales was submitted. Course crossbreds showed a decidedly firmer tone. The total quantity of wool available for sale is 150,000 bales. The present series closes on December 7th.