CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1820, 24 November 1888, Page 4

CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE.

The Cotn I&chknge reports for the week ending Friday evening, the 23rd inst.'il-B- M.'iv*r «■’ j ■ - • Great interest:has.been manifested in thi tepoirti >bf theidrought in lAus- / tralia. is great activity being triittwl ’ieudfcjg; grains. Oats have suddenly gone upward, and 1 are hard to obtainbven for pressing orders, as holders, who are few in number* are holding for further dies, -Wheat-is steady and firm =at ’ quotations.; Batter has hardened, and is being' taken up freely for the (Sydney market. Freights for thatjport have been very icarce, but the Union ,Company are making efforts< |o; meet clients ; hcsidss several sailers have been taken up at moderate freights. Welcome rains on Thursday will improve our next year’s prospects, ; aud our outlook is Wheat— EiscatpitUirip at 4s 2d o 4. 3d ; pearSLd suhte& are alsoin good demaod at 4» to.-4s. 2d quality is search at 3a 9d to 4s-; > and broken wheat,commands la. to Gd. up : to ss, and are' scarce; abort) feed is in strong demand at 2a 8d to 2s lOd; long ed inferior kinds vary)from. 2a 6d to 2sßd. . Barley— Very little - offering, prices being nominally 4s for prime malting, 3a 6d,for pedium, and 3s, feeiit,. 1 B#aoß, 3* 6d, with few ; Peas, 3a, Grass Smk|— No enquiry,; quotatibhs the saniWiis laat week. J Potatoes —No sellers at £s ' at country stations. . ■■■ % Dairy Produce—Prime - butter; 8d to 9d ; second qUality/* Gd, -with good demand. CL eesei steady at sd. ' The .above prices are those paid to farmers for delivery, f.0.b., sacks extra.

CHRISTOStJBOH STOCK MARKETS.

At the Addington yards on Wednaaday moderate entries of all kinds of stock. , ... 7 Fat Cattle—The. entry, if as made up of principally good j quality cattle, both atceri add heifers, Late values underwent little or no alteration, beef hieing w worth : from" 16a 'to 19a per 1001b,according! to steers sold at from £6 If a to £8; lighter weights, £5 10s to £6 6a; heifera at from £6 7a 6d.

Store Cattle Tcarlinga sold .at. from 21a to 26s 6d; eighteen-month aold cattle, 130 s to. 32a fid; two-year-olds‘,42B , Fat Sheep—A moderate entry, the quality on "the whole ‘ being good: Crossbred, wethers jn the, wpplsold at {torn 14a fid to I6a; ( fhorh do, at from 10a 3d to 14a; half-bfed do, os 3d to Us• heavy crossbred I ewes sold at from 18s to 14s Bd; ordinary do, 8s 8d to llsfid; merino wethersiin the wool soldatfrom 13» to l4a ! 6dj" being at itemed to3d ;nee db mutton. in sthe wool.— aojifi fpr; Mr W. Postlethwaite, 146 crossbred. SfelUliO ■// Fat Lamba A fairly numerous entry, with a good demand. Beat aorta, 8a to 9a 6d;.medi*in,)6s to 7s 6d. . • •uperior aorta fptcbfd, srom ? |.Ba 28a; medium, 111 to 15a*; inferior, 4s iPigi—A* moderate ‘'entry. Kite values well maintained.-Pbrkeii^2lS with a more limited inquiry.'

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. -- The followi|fgi is the, report for the week ending Wednesday:— f _ T Wheat —This market is barrof all sorts, especially prime milling;, for which there is a growing' demand. _ _igVCTrJ^!!-Ip. . jp.. gpod. and revising' ,j bigher At., auction durihg’ttie week a small Hoe ' of Hungarian seed wheat touched; 4s;7jd 4s ;to : 4s sd, but these EfreJ,ls. riwy quantises!/ Whole fowjs* .in shipping condition, is 1 wolih'- 8s fJ 5d ! to 3s Bd*/ j broken, 2s 9d to 3s 3d (ex store, sacks weighed. ip). ... . , Oats are, also in good demand and rising da talus:) •; Prime • feed and. milling, 8s 3d j mediumj/.Ss to 8s 2d (el; Storb; * j - Barley—A mOfosatisfactoryfeeliDg prevails.'|. ,Pri ! rte’;%alting^r^s < 1 /: 8d ;: "ta, 4a/6(J ;*medium,-4^’3 |-j 2s GdifoiSs 6d (e,i Btore).;y V t < , . Grass now nearly;#Ter. llyegraiß, 2« 3d to 3s * cocksfoot, 3s to 4d. Potatoes—The marketyis almost bare of old, and dugh prices are how asked—£9fo£ld pSer toin j hew, £l2 ..to £if;, * .“jPiiHWI fwtls|JMNsolb,, H W rolls and flitches, 6sq.„. Chaff—HeaVy paten sheaf, £4 , is i .eja ‘'£3 l ed% £4. 5 I Straw 'jr Oaten " ; -- : is now fory icarce, an(l npt quotahlf. Butter—Prime/, salt, with soipe> inquiry, at r packages extra ; fresh do, ip 1 les»,BUjpply/. Eggs are also - Cheese—Prime JLkarpa. (in. tins), 6id-new cheeßefoom there'has been sold at 6|d; farmers* 'lots, 4d to 4£d. ~ Honey—Best extracted 4£d. On Monday ; country dry crossbreds, inferior fo medium, brought Is lOd'to 4s; do do merinos, 2s to 4s Id ; medium to full-woolled crossbreds, 4s 3d to 6s 2d; do d<y merino, 4s Sdjto 5a 7d butchers’ x green crossbreds,

6s 4dtoss3d; do do merino,-4s 3d to 4s 9d; green crossbred pelts, lid to is ; do lambskins, Is 3d to Is Gd.. Hides—There is no alteration to note in the position of the market.; ! |Tallow —i Prime mutton, 22s to 22s 6d; good to prime, 19s to 21s ; ( medium, 17s to 19s; inferior and mixed, 15s to 16s 6d. Rou|h fat! Inferior to medium, 12s to 13s: best, 13s Gd to Ids.