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Temuka Leader, Issue 1826, 8 December 1888, Page 4

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CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. The Corn Exchange reports for the week ending Friday evening, the 7th inst. The markets, owing to advices from Sydney rains, were nt th« beginning of the week exceptionally quiet, but at the time of wi king prices have quiet recovered, and speculation ia brisk. A large supply of tonnage is being put ou next week, when we shall expect to see a very decid'd clearance of all kinds of produce. 'J he ncwc of the draught to hand by cable chows that the ruins have only been partially sufficient, and that produce in corns of the back districts is almost at famine prices. Locally we have bad moat favorablyU" Weather, but a little more warmth would be welcome. Reports from the conn Iry districts are generally favorable, especially us regards the young wheat crops. ' Wheat Several large lines have changed hands-at pi ices witbhell, but there is u good daimnd in the open market »t4s7dto4s 8d for prime tuscsn, and 4a 6d ;for mixed parcels of prime milling. Second quality is firm at 4s Id to 4s 3d, and seconds at 8s 6d to 3a 9d. Oats— Owing Ur there being so few holders, there has not been much doing in this cereal. Three shillings and nine pence is readily given for choice parcels to complete orders. Second quality ranges from 3s 3d to 3s Cd. Barley—The market is fairly well cle*r. Only a few lines of feed have been offering, at,2s 9d to 3s 6d.

Beans and peas are quiet at 3s to 3s 6d, ■according to samples. Grass Seed—A few linen of farmers’ seed have been taken up «t 2s 6d to 2s 9d for decent cLan seed. Machine-dressed, however, is quite lifeless for the present. Potatoes—Sales of small parcels contione at £5 10s at country stations. Dairy Produce—Butter has quite recovered its' If, and is now firm at lOd to lid. The cheese market is very quiet for the lime being. No lines are offering, and there is only a local trade enquiry at fid for prime old, etc.

The above prices are those paid to farmers for delivery, f.0.b., sacks extra?

OHBISTOHUROH STOCK MARKETS. At the Addington Ysrds on Wednesday there were modcrataentries of slock. Fat Cattle—A moderate entry of cattle, chiefly bullocks of good quality and medium weights. Prime steers acid at from £6 2a fid to £7 10a ; lighter weights, £4los to £7 12s Gd ; heifers soli at from £4 2s 61 to £& 7s 6d per head, being at from 16s to 18s per 100 b, as per quality. Dairy, Cattle—First-rate cows coming into immediate profit sold at from £5 10s to £6 12s 6d ; medium sorts, £3 to £4. —. Fat Sheep- About an average entry, principally prime quality sheep. Prices fell to the extent of about 6d per head. Primest crossbred wether* sold at from lls 3d to 14s; medium .weights, 9a 6d to 10s; 6d ; ewes sold at from 8s to lls 9.1 ; merino wethers, shorn, from 7a fid to 9s ld, in the*wool 12s 3d to 13s 6d; being at from 2d to: 2£d per lb shorn, and to nearly 3d ptff lnuS the wool. Fat Lambs —A fairly good entry, and some [very: superior lines: to be found. The primest sorts sold at from 8s to 9s per head; medium, 6s 9d to 7s 9d ; in6d>tb 5s 6d. Pigs A moderate entry, principally porkei s and small stores. A keen demand was shown, late values being more than maintained. , Ve»l Calves—Best sorts sold at from 14s to 23b ; middling sorts 6a to 10s.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday ?-" Wheat—The market has been bare of all sorts for I some time. Good milling parcels, of which there * are only a l very few offering, command a ready sale, especially prime velvet and tnscan. Inferior and fowl; wheat is also in short supply*; and in fair demand. Prime milling velvet and tuscan, 4s 7d to 4s 9d ; good to prime, 4s 3d to 4s 6d; broken, inferior to medium, 3s to 4s (ex store, lacks weighed in). Oats—The market this week, though fairly active, is not quite so firm. At auction on Monday there was a lnrge attendance, but .buyers showed no disposition to give prices obtaining Lst week, and to effect sales a reduction of 2d to 4d per bushel had to be submitted to. This fall in price need not alarm holders, as to all.ippearances the present supply will be considerably under requirements. Prime milling, 3s lOd to 4a; best feed, 3s 9d to 3s lOd ; medium, 3s 3d to 3s 8d (ex store, sacks weighed to). _ Barley—Stocks are light, and in con■equence the business passing is limited. Prime malting, 4s 3d to 4s fid ; medium, 4« to 4s 3d; feed and milling, 3s- 6d to 8s 9d (ex store). Ryegrass Seed grown : undressed, Is 9d to 2s*3d ; dressed, 2s 9d to 3s 6d. Poverty Bay ; Undressed, 3s 3d to 3s 9d ; dressed, 4s 3d to 5s 8d (sacks extra). Cocksfoot; The demand weak, only small parcels moving off—best at 3|d to 4£d ; medium, 3d t 0 3jd per lb. Poiatoes—A moderate demand exists for old in retail lots at from £6 lOi to' £8 10* per ton. Locally-grown new i nge, according to [quality, .from ! £IS to £lB. Dsiiy Produce—Prime; keg butter, in gcod demand, at 9d to 10|d perlb. Prices fur factory cheese are firm at 6sd, with prospect of advance on . this rate.' Farmers’cheese, 5Jd to 6d, in good demand, with very little coming forward. Chaff—Heavy oaten sheaf, £5 5s to' £6 10*; oaten and wbeaten straw, riddled and well out by patent cutter and bagger.' £215?. Straw—Oaten and wheaten, 40s on the wharf here, and 23s on trucks at Washiyke, Timaru. Hay—Clover and ryegrass, 60s threshed —but new will be to hand in fourteen days. Eg** are getting scarcer. Honey—Extr acted, 4£d. Lard, sd. Hama and Bacon—Hams, 9£d in cloth ; flitches, 7d ; rolls, 6£d ; flitch for ham, B|d j cloths. Sheepskins—On Monday, country dry crossbreds, inferior to medium, brought Is lid to 4s 2d do do merino, 2s to "4s 1 I ; medium to fa Woolled crossbreds, 4s 3tto 6s 6d; do do merinos, 4s Id to

s<6d; dry pelts, 4d to Is 4d ; hutd-era’ green crossbreds, from 6s to 4s 6d ; green pelts, from 11.1 to Is 21; lambskins, Is 5d to Is 81 each.

Hides—lnferior and bulls’ ]|l to l|.l ; light, 2d to 2£d ; medium, 2|d tp, 4|d ; hesvy, 3d to condition, SJd. Tallow—Prime mutton, 23s to 24s ; good to prime, 20s to 22s ; medium, 18s to 20s ; inferior and mixed, 16* to 17a 6d. Rough fat: Inferior to medium, 12s to 13s 6d ; beat, 14s to 15s per cwt.