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Temuka Leader, Issue 2086, 16 August 1890, Page 4

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CHRISTOHURCH CORN EXCHANGE

The following is the Corn' Exchange report (per N. P. Meyers, Secretary), for the week ending Friday, August 15th :

The anticipated strike, not only here but in the Australian colonies, is causing buyers to operate very sparingly and carefully. Contracts are only made with the understanding that in the event of buyers being, unable to ship owing to a strike sellers' will hold until matters readjust themselves, or the purchase can be cancelled. It is to be hoped that no such' contingency . will arise. Wheat is selling at quotations, with a good enquiry. Long-berried is most demand. Oats—A few sales of heavy milling have taken place, but madium! and inferior remain neglected. Barley'; —Brewers ;and maltsters may now be; said to be fairly stocked, and" only an extra-prime sample would command any attention. Beans But few; ! parcels are offering, growers preferring: to ship to London on their own account instead of accepting the prices ruling; here. Peas—A few sales of hand-: threshed prussian blues for seed purposes may be noted. Eyegrass—j Stocks are very low, and in few hands.! Cocksfoot—Prime samples ruling high 1 haß caused a better demand for second qualities. Colonial-grown clovers are steadily coming into favor, and we look forward to a large business in this seed. Potatoes —Advices from Sydney are of a discouraging nature, but we do not consider things will continue at the present low ebb. Though prices will probably recover, growers would do well not to look for too high prices, and not to hold too long. Dairy Produce—Except for fresh butter, which is very scarce, prices remain the same as last week. Our quotations for the week are as follow: — Wheat —Prime tuscan, 3s 4d; aearl, 3s 2d to 3s 3d ; hunters, 3s Id ; whole fowl wheat, 2s 7d; broken, 2s 3d to 2s 6d. Oats—Milling, la 7d ; short heavy feed, Is 5d to ls6d; long and inferior, 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. Eyegrass —Machine-dressed, ss. Cocksfoot —Bright heavy seed, 4|d to4£d; light and discolored, 2|d to B£d. Potatoes—Derwents, 40a to 42s 6d atjcountry stations. Dairy Produce —Butter, prime keg, Bd. Cheese: Small loaf, 4d; large eif e, 3d to 3£d. The above quotations are those paid to farmers for delivery, f.0.b., Lyttelton, sacks extra, potatoes excepted.

CHRISTOHURCH STOCK MARKETS

At the Addington Yards on Wednesday, with the exception of fat sheep, the supplies were not equal to the demand. Fat Cattle One of the smallest entries on record, and everything was eagerly snapped up at a considerable advance on late rates. Some really, prime steers made from £lO to £l2 a head, while others ranged from £7 10s to £9. Best beef may be quoted at 20s to 24s per 1001 b, and inferior from 17s. ' Store Cattle The usual sort of entry for this time of the year. Old cows formed the greater portion of the entry, but there was very little business doing. i Store Sheep A medium entry, comprising a large number of ewes of both sorls. There was again a keen demand for all sorts, and late rates were again improved upon. > Fat Sheep —Considerable improvement was noticeable in tbe entry, both in regard to number and quality. There was a large attendance of Buyers, but owing to the large supply competition was not so brisk, and prices fell away considerably, Messrs H. Matson and Co., associated with the National M. and A. Company of N.Z , Limited, sold a line of crossbred wethers at 17a 9d to 19s 9d, also a fine line of crossbred wethers at 16s 9d to 19s 3d; for the N.Z. and A,L. Co., (Levels estate), a fine line.of two and four-tooth crossbred maiden ewes, at from 17s to 17s lid, and crossbred owes at 15s 6d; for Mr Mitchell, merino wethers at 10s to 10s 6d ; Mr "F\ 0. Tabart sold for Mr J. Grant, 40 crossbred maiden ewes and wethers at 17s 3d, 92 at 16s 6d, 44 at 14s 3d; for a client, 25 crossbred wethers at 22s 6d, 40 at 2ls 4d, 83 at 19s 3d to 19s lid, 30 at 19s Bd, merino ewes at 6s 7d; for Mr J. Douglas, 60 crossbred wethers at 18s 3d, 30 at 17s 4d, 42 at 17s 3d.; for Mr Constable, 21 crossbred ewes at 14a 7d. The N.Z;L. and M.A. Co., sold for Mr W. E. Turton, 26 mixed crossbreds at 18s Id and 36 mixed balfbreds at 16s 3d; for Mr M. G-affaney, 174 crossbred wethers and maiden ewes at 21s.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETB

i The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday:— Wheat —Market unaltered. Prime milling sorts, 3s 4d to 3s 6d ; other sortß, 38 Id to 3s 3d; soft wheat for second class flour, 2s lid to 3s. Fowls' wheat: Good whole, in fair demand, 2s 10d to 3s; broken and inferior, 2s 3d to 2s 6d.

Barley—No demand. Nominally malting, 2s 8d to 2s lOd ; milling, 2s 3d to 2s sd; feed, Is lOd to 2s;

Oats—Prime milling, Is 3d to Is 4d; bright plump feed, Is 2|d to Is 3d; off-sorts, Is t© Is 2d. : Onions, £2O j linseed, £l6 to £lB ; hops, 7£d to Bd. Flour—Jimaru Bnd Oamaru roller, £9 5s here;£9'f.o.b.; 50's, £lO here-,; Oamaru, Dunedin, and southern £8 5s here ; £8 15a for (50's. Oatmeal-—Long ton (bulk), £8 10s; short ton (bulk), £8 f 25% £8 10s. Bran, £2 10s ; f o'.b. Timaru ; £3 here. .Sharpß, £2lss f.o-b. Timaru • £4 here. i

Potatoes —Best southern, £2l7s Qft to £3; gbpd„northern, l £3 5s ; kidneys' for seed, £2 uQs.' i ~ Pigs—Q-obd bacon' pigs sell up to; £id; hams, 6d to 8d;. rolls and! flitches, 5d to6d. '

! Chaff—Well-cut heavy, £2 2s 6d to! £2' ss; "light and inferior, 35s to 40s. | Turnips, 15a ; carrots; 30s. Straw—Oaten and wheaten, 80s to 35a". Hay—Oaten, 40s to 45b ; clover and ryegrass,,6ss. Butter—Prime salt is in fair demand for;, local consumption —7d to off quality not saleable.' Eggs are plentiful and' ' falling ; honey, 4-fd to sd. Cheese— Factory, 4d to 4§d; Akaroa, 3d to B£d. M Loaves not saleable— to 4d. Grass Seeds—Ryegrass, 3s 9d to 6s; cocksfoot, 4d tosd; timothy, £lB per ton.

Sheepskins—On Tuesday, butchers' best* green crossbreds brought 5s 8(1 to 4s 9d ; good to medium and inferior, 4s 8d to 3s 9d ; green merinos, 3s 9 < to 3s ; country dry crossbreds: inferior to medium - ,' Is 6d to 3s 9d; do 'do merino, la 4d to 3s 4d; full-woolled crossbreds, 4s 6d to 6s 3d ; do do merino, 3s 6d to 5s 9d; dry pelts, 4d to lOd each.

Hides—A. fair demand continues to be but, as regard* prices, there are'nb' J indications of a ny"upward movement. We quote heavy weights, 2|d to 3d; medium, 2d to'Hd ;' light, to lfd; inferior to medium, Id to lid^perlb./ Tallow —The market continues firm, with a moderately fair demand for local requirements. Prime rendered mutton, 18s to 19s; medium to goodj 15s 6d to 17s; inferior and mixed, 12s : to 14s 6d. A very satisfactory demand is experienced for rough fat. Best fresh caul is worth 18s to 13a 6d ; | inferior to medium and good, 9s to ! 12s 9d per cwt.

| DUNEDIN BTOOK MARKETS

At the ; Burnside Yards on "Wednesday the following business was transacted.——

; Fat Cattle —131 head yarded. There was a much better demand for local 'and country trade. ' Prices were slightly,over last week's rates, but still considerably lower than they ought' to be at this season of the year. "With spirited' / bidding' all were speedily! cleared at—For best Bullocks ■£7los, to £10; other bullocks, £5 10s to £7 ss; best cows, £5 17s 6d to £8 12s 6d; other cows, £3 10s to £5 12s 6d.

1 Fat Sheep l —The market was supplied with 250 merino wethers, useful mutton, and 1967 crossbreds—very nearly all wethers of medium to average quality. Taking the average of the market, prices were Is to Is 6d higher than at last week's sale, some of the trade having to go on short allowance for their next week's requirements. Crossbred wethers sold at 13s 6d to 19s; crossbred ewes, l2s 6d to 17s 6d.

I Pigs—22l yarded. These were principally porkers and baconers, r and sold at'" 'slightly advanced prices. Baconers sold at 35s to 80s ; porkers, 20s to 34s ; stores, to 18s. A few suckers sold at 8s to lis. Among the ljnes sold were for Messrs J. and A. Williams (South Canterbury) 5 at 30s, 5 at 295, 5 at 28s, 5 at 265, 4 at 255.

ENGLISH MARKETS

London", August 13. • Tallow, mutton, 25s 6d. New Zealand frozen mutton, prime selected, averages 4£d. I Hides, 3d,.to3|d. j The total quantity of wheat and flour ,nfloac for the United Kingdom is 2,240,000 quarters, and for the Continent 524,000 quarters. The American visible supply is estimated at 18,496,006 bushels. '