COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2145, 3 January 1891, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH CORN , EIOHANQjB. The following is the Corn Exchange report (per N. P. Meyers, Secretary), for the week ending Wednesday, December 31st: — The continued drought ■ has Fad; a hardening effect on all cereals in our local market, but the. outside demand does not seem to respond to our advances, .consequently,trade in general is dull and dragging. The showers (although slight) which have been reported from the various farming centres has had a beneficial effect in they way of filling put ? the grain, but the yield cannot be materially increased. S Wheat is held firmly by a few holders at our quotations. Oats haye a speculative local trade, but our southern neighbours seem to be. able to supply all the outside wants at less money than they can be supplied fropa this .market. , Barley is. fair property, and, maltsters are operating for .prince parcels. Ryegrass seed Has enquiries for the North Island. Cocksfoot is being well.harvested, but as yet prices have not been fixed. Dairy produce |s quiet, awaiting further orders for Heme shipment. Quotations are as follow: —

Wheat—Tuscan, 3s 7d; pearl, 3s 5d ; hunters, 3s 4d;, second quality, 3s;;broken, 2s 3d to 2s 7d. Oats —Milling, l* 9d; short feed. Is 8d; inferier and long, is 5d to Is 6d.

Barley—Prime malting, 3s to 8s 3d; feed, Is 8d to Is lOd. Dairy Produce—Butter: Factory, 7d to 8d; farmers’ putting down, 6d to 7d. Cheese: Small, loaf-shape, The above prices are those paid to farmers for delivery, f.0.b., Lyttelton, sacks extra.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday:— Wheat A few lots of milling samples have changed hands during the week, but inferior lots are dull of sale, and difficult to move. Prime milling wheat, 3s 6d' to 3a 9d; medium, 3s 3d to*s4d: fowlwhejat, 2s 6d to Bs 2d. Oats have been m brisk demand during the week, especially for bright plump shipping samples, but very few are at present coming to band. Prime milling, Is 5d to Is to ls4d (sacks extra). Barley is in demand , at for malting, 2s 5d to 2s 8d ; ;milling, :2a to: 2s 3d.; feed, Is to ls.9dt . Potatoes—Only moderate ( B)appliea have .been coming/forward. .Quotations are :, For prifne, *6 to £.B; inferior, £4 to £5. Chaff—The market is bare, and at present there is a good demand for all qualities. We quote prime £2 2s 6d to £2 7s 8d; medium, £2,

Sheepskins—On Tuesday dry crossbreds sold from 2s to 5s 9d; do merinos. Is 8d to ss; pelts and lambskins, 6d to 2s; green pelts, lOd to Is 7d ; do lambskins, Is to Is 6d.

Hides—Prices remain unaltered — viz, prime heavy weights, 2fd to 3d per lb; medium, 2£d to 2^d; light, to 2d; damaged and cut, lid to ljd. '

DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS. At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday the following business was transacted : Fat Cattle—lß9. head were yarded. Bidding was dull. Best bullocks brought from £7 12s 6d to £9; medium, £5 2s 6d to £6 12s 6d ; light, £3 10s to £4 15s ; cows, from £2 7s 6id to £6 ss.

Fat Sheep—l23B were penned, a few pens of which were in the wool, the balance shorn. Last week’s prices were not maintained. Best crossbred wethers brought from 12s 6d to 13s 6d ; medium, 9s 6d to 12s; best crossbred ewes, 10s 6d to 13s ; medium, 8s to 10s; crossbred wethers in the wool, 15s to 16s. Fat Lambs—9l6 came forward, principally good quality, for which there was fair competition—best realising from 9s to 10a 6d, medium 7|s to 9s, and a few inferior down to 5a 6d. Pigs—Eighty-seven of all sorts" penned, for which there was fair competition—suckers selling from 9a tjo 15s, porkers 23s to 295, baconers to 39a, and extra heavy up to 46a.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, Dee. 31. Wheat, chick feed, 8s 4d; milling, 3s lOd to 4s. Oats, feeding, 2s. Maize, 3s lOd. Bran, 7d. Pollard, Bd. Potatoes, £5 to £5 10s. Onions, £4 10s to £5. Butter, dairy made, 6d j separator made, 7d; factory made, Bd. Cheese, loaf size, Bacon, machine cured, s|d to 6d; hand cured, 6d to 7^d; New Zealand, 9d to 9£ci. Hams, New Zealand, Is. Melbourne, Dee 31.

Wheat, 3s 7d to 3a 7£d. Flour, stone makes, £7 15s to £8 8s; roller makes, £Blss to £9,58.