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Temuka Leader, Issue 2080, 2 August 1890, Page 4

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OHBI3TOHUEOH GQPN EXCHANGE, j The following is the Corn Exchange] report (per N. P. Meyers, Secretary),’ for the weekending Friday, August] Ist: # ; The local enquiry continues good] for wheat, and, though latest English| cablegrams do not show any decided] rise in value, the market would i appear to be exceedingly sensitive, j principally owing to the weather pre-j vailing at the moment in Europe. Thej shipments of wheat from Lyttelton] during the month have been large,] and there is consequently no difficulty] in obtaining storage at the , port, j Oats—Milling and heavy feed (up to| 451 b per bushel) have been enquired j for; other sorts neglected, Barley-rr; Prime malting has seen a large en-j quiry, with but few parcels offering.: For inferior and feed sorts little] demand exists. Beans—Very .few samples are offering. Good bright] samples (unbroken) command full| rates. , Peas—Prussian blues _ have, slightly increased in value, owing to, orders’ for Sydney. Grass Seeds— Ryegrass: But few farmers’ parcels! are offering. The bulk of stocks arej machine-dressed, and in few hands., English seed has arrived, and is in, competition with colonial stocks. Cocksfoot; Stocks have narrowed; down, and holders are asking extreme, rates. Colonial-grown clever is now entitled to a place in market reports, and the samples on offer show that in a very short time, the imported seed will haye a most formidable competitor. Ultimately there is little doubt but that we shall be large exporters of these seeds. Potatoes: Derwents find buyers at quotations. The price farmers are asking is re-, stricting business, and may ia the end cause orders to be placed elsewhere. Dairy‘Produce: Unaltered. The following are our quotations for the week:— Wheat—Tuscan, 3s 3d; pearl, t 3s.ld to 3s 2d; hunters, Bs. Oats—Milling, Is. 7d; short heavy feed, Is 5d to Is 6d; inferior and long. Is 3d to is 4d. Barley —Prime malting, 3s 3d; feed, Is 6d to Is 9d. Beans, 2s 6d. Peas —Prussian blues, 3s to 3s 6d ; feed, 2s 4d to 2s 6d." Ryegrass —Machine-dressed, 4s 9d to ss. Cocksfoot: Brjght heavy seed, 4fd to 4£d ; light and discolored, 2|d to 3£d. Potatoes —Derwents, 45s to 47s 6d at country stations. Dairy Produce—Butter, prime keg, Bd. Cheese; Small loaf, 4d; large sise, 3d to 3£d. The above quotations are those ,paid to farmers for delivery, f.0.b., Lyttelton, sacks extra, potatoes excepted.