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Temuka Leader, Issue 1569, 16 April 1887, Page 4

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CHRIS tOH ÜBUH COBN EXCHANGE.

The Corn Exchange reports for toe week ending Friday evening, the 15ih inst. : The past, owing to the holidays, has beon a broken, week,, consequently business has been of a, limited character. •Sales for delivery from the country are becoming;..very, r Jimited, jand.,, in rasmy instances birders have to be executed from ex-store parcels. The > nglish markets •how no sign vi' ii'ipiovement, and charterer*., ace .more-«iuiouß to obtain freight for; their vesaejs. ~.. y ; . -j ( , , a Wheat—Prices continue firm; any lines offered are quickly taken up at prices noted. Tuscan in prime condition is scarce, at 3t 5d to 3s 6d, Pearl.also is in request at ,3a ; sd. Huater'a commands 3s 4d to 3s 4Jd. / Second quality; is kept firm by the scarcity of chicken wheat, and is readily placed at 3s to 3s 3d. Broken chick wheat for local wants fetches 2s 9d to 2s lid. ,•„ Oats—This market is weak, owing,to the depressed state of tha market of the large supplies offering down south., Prime short feed have to accept Is 9d as the ,best price,, /vhile lpng kinds and inferior short descriptions, ,of which theraare-plenty of samples offering, are very much neglected at la 6d to Is 9d. Considerable quantiliea are going in store on owners', account .waiting for a reaction in the trade. ■., .

Barley lias, had, a brisk demand and prices are.firm at :,for prime malting .3s 6d to 3s 8d ; medium, 3s to 3s 3d; feed has been sold at 2s 3d., -: Beans have be,snsold at 2s y lodito 2s lid, and blue jieas 3s to \ Z\. §d,s jfor samples true to name. , Feed descriptions are offering at 2s 9d to 2s TOd ; very little business. y /j,,y\ ; :;■'.. y/ "' Ryegrass has only a passing ; enquiry, the majority of jntpnding buyers deciding to postpone ttjeir, sowing until spring. Cocksfoot has been' sold at 3£d to 3|d for clean seed; '' , r - . ; ..,.,,,'.; c Potatoes— (Considerable sales have been made, at 27s tp_ r 2Bs r _p.er cwt. jEp'p. prime derwents at country stations. ~' ; Dairy produce jbas tew Jjnyers, »nd prices are not improving. Quotations are unaltered. ' ' , , The above quotations are for delivery, f.0.b., Lytteltbii.