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Temuka Leader, Issue 1712, 17 March 1888, Page 4

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OHRISTCHWKCH CORN EXCHANGE

The Corn Exchange reports for the week ending Friday evening, the 16th inst. : The week's transactions have not been so large aa they generally are at this period of the year, Wheat is being held back, chiefly on account of the great difficulty in obtaining freight to London, and oata vre offering freely, wbjcb mqal bi attributed to the very low value at wliieh they stand. Barley has beon offaring freely in small lines and all malting parcels are quickly taken up at onr quotations. Bsans are now being placed on the market, but buyers will not advance to the prices asked by farmers j business consequently is at a standstill. The same /emiirks apply to peas, Gnjss seed is offering at very low prices, but buyers are not at all anxious. We do not expect (o see any improvement for another month PF &'■* wee ks. Cocksfoot: This like wheat is apmitingfpr space to London, in the absence of which pripea have falleo, and the top rale now for heavy well cleaned seed is 3Jd, second quality seed is almost unsaleable. Potatoes: Kidneys *rp fyeing pl»ced in small lots at 40s to 423 6d at couniry station*. We do not hear of largo-stocks, but as dejfwentu will pood be in the market, no rise is likely to take p'ace except at a ed time. Dairy Produce is almost at a, standstill, Prices are very low, but still shippers nave no orders or outlets. The following are Oe quotations for the week : Wheat—Tuscan, 2s 8d ; pearl, 2s 7d to 2a Sd ; hunters, 2s 6d to 2a 7d ; chicken wheat, broken, 2h 3d. Gals—Milling aro not over plentiful, and are worth is 8i ; short f.ed, Is fid to Is 7d ; Heed tartars, Is 7d J duns, Is 7d tolnßd.

Barley—Prime malting, 4a 2d to 4s 4d ; medium, 3s 9d ; inferior, 3s 41 to 3s 6d. Beans—2s 4d to 2* 6d. Peas—Slues, 2i 9i to 3s j feed, 2$ 3d to2s4d.

Grass Seed—Machine dressed, to 2* lOd ; fanners' parcels, 2e to is 3d. Cocksfoot—Bright henvy seed, 31 to 3|d ; light and foggy, 2d to 2£<i. Dairy Produce—Prime butier, 4|d to 5d (dull). Oheeso Loaf shape, 3£d ; medium and large, 2£d to 3d. The above prices ure those paid to farmers and f.0.b., Lyttelton, sacks extra, OHRISTCHUKCH STOCK MARKETS. At the Addington Yards on Wednesday, very heayy epfcries of all kinds of stock, attendance of buyers and others large. Fat cattle—A large entry, quality yaried in a few cases good. Steers sold as follows :—From £5 5s to £7 sa; a pair of good well gmzsd working bullocks at £8 ; heifers and fat pows at from £3 10s to t<> £5 12s sd, being at from 14s to 17s Sd per 1001 b, according to quality, Store cattle—The demand shown was not very first-rate, and though a good portion of the entry was sold prices were law, Tnree-yeai-old steers sold at from £3 18s to £4 12a 6d, two-year-old heifers 33s to 50a, yearlings' from I§3 to 26*. Dairy Cuttle —Low prices ruled, from £4 5s to £6 10a for cows in full profit. Fat sheep—A large' entry, quality vnried ; ou the whole a very good lot. Crossbied wethers sold at from 8? 3d to

10s 6d ; light weights from 69 to 7s 9d ; I crossbred ewes from 5a 6d to 83 3), «nd as high as 10s per head ; merino wethers from 4s 8d to Gs 2d, being at from to ifd por lb, according a the quality varied. F«t lambs—The beat aorta io'd at from 6* 3d to 7s, and as high as 8* ; inferior to meJinrn 4s t© 5a Bd. Pigs—A good enquiry was shown Strong stores sold at from 15s to 235, porkeia 23 5 to 335. OULVE'JDEN SHEEP FAIR. The Culverden sheep fair on Thursday was largely attended. 37,000 sheep ware yarde-l, principally aged merino ewes, for which there wns a brisk demand, prices ranging from Is 8d to 3s. Meriao wethers and crossbreds sold well at current quotations. DUNBDIN PEODUOB MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday : Wheat—Thus far the deliveries of new wheat from the south have bten slight, while frotr the north parcels are being dii]y presented, and deliveries to a limited extent are being made. In the e irly part of the week 3s 3d to 3s 4d was obtained for best velvet and tuscan, but during the past day or two 3« te 3s 2d wouli be the almost procurable for even limited quantities. The tone of the market is very unsatisfactory, prices receding nlrLiost daily. Bust milling, 3s to 3s 2d ; good to best, 2s 9d lo 3i; inferior to medium, Is 6d to 23 6d, ex store. Oats: Theti have been in somewhat better request during the weak by both shippers and millers, but prices offered are rather lower than those obtaining la'ely. Bright alout milling, Is 8d to Is B|d j extra prime a shade more ; best bright short feed, Is 7|d to la 8d ; medium to good, Is 6d to Is 7d, ex store. Barley : The new crop has not been dealt in to any extent, but there is a good demand exidting, both on the part of locftl maltsters and buyers for shipment. First mailing, 4s to 4-i 3d ; medium to good, 3s (3d to 3s 9d ; feed aud milling, 2a 31 to 3s 3d, ex store.

Flour-Northern roller, £9 ; £9 10s for 50's; Southern, stone, £8 10s j £9 for 50V.

Potatoes Plentiful supply ; prim« Oamaru, 45a to 50s.

Chuff—Prime well cut, 50s to 555. Butter—Prime fresh, 6d j prime salt, s£d pur lb. Cheese— Akuoa, 3d to 3^d; prime loaves, 4d per lb.

Gr<is» Sa6dß—Several large shipments of cocksfoot have bien made from Lyctellon to Melbourne. We quote up to 4|d for a prime sample. Ryegrass up to Ss.

Sheepßkins—On Monday country dry crossbreds, low to medium, brought ls4d to Si 4d ; dodo merino, is 2d to 2s 9d; medium to full-rolled cro*sbreds, 3s 5d to 5s 3d ; do do merino, 3n to 4s 5i ; dry pelts, 2|d to Is 3d : butchers' green crossbreds ; medium Is 6rt to 2s, best 2a 3d to to 2a 7d ; green merinos, Is 6d to la S'i ; lambskins, la lOd to 2s ii, Hides— Inferior and bulls', l|d to 2d; light, 2|d to 2|d ; medium, 3d to 3U ; heavy weights, 3|d to 4Jd per lb. Tallow—Present quotations here are ; For prime mutton, 18s to 19,3; medium to good, }ss Qd to 17s; inferior and mixed, 12s to 155," rough fat, inferior, 7s to 8s; medium to good, 88 6d to 10s; best mutton caul fat, lis to 13s per cwt.

DUJSTEDIN STOCK MARKETS. At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday tbe following business was transacted ; |?at Cattle—2Xß head yarded, tho larger portion of medium quality, only one or two small drafts baing prime. Best bullocks brought £5 17* 6d to £7 17s 6d ; ordinary and waighis, £5 7s 61 io £5 10s; coivs, from £2 10a to £6 10s.— Messis Wright, Stephenson and Co. sold for Messrs M'Goverin and Hardie (The Hook), 7 steers at from £5 §s to £6 53 ; Donald Jteid and Co. sold 14 bullocks for the sam« vendors, fioid, Maclean and Co. sold for Mr Alpheua Hayes (Waimate), 14 heiferi at £3 15s.

Fat Sheep—'2l7l penned, about 200 b.ejng fneripo wetherß, from medium to the balaupe crossb/ed wethers and ewes, from inferior to prime quality. Bidding was only fairly brisk, and prices ranged as follows: Best ctossbred wethers brought 8s to 9s ; ordinary, 6s to 7s 6d j best crossbred ewes, 7s 9A to 9s ; ordinary, 6$ to ?s 3d ; mprino wethers, 3a 6d to 7s 3d.—Donild Eeid and U -. flo'd for Mr W. Grant (Elloughton Grange), half bred ewes at 7s p.I.

■ Fat were penned. Com- ' petition was fairly brisk, ' Best realised 6s to 7» 6d ; others, 4s to 5s 9d. Pigs brought &i 6d to 8s; light stores, 12« 6d to 16s; porkers, 28* 6d to 345; baconere, 37s gd to 72i 6d.