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Temuka Leader, Issue 2148, 10 January 1891, Page 4

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CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE

The following is the Corn Exchange report (per N, P. Meyers, Secretary), for the week ending Friday, January 9th; —

Harvest operations are now in full swing, and it is ; to be hoped that our farmer friends will not, come out so bad as reported from, several districts. In wheat few transactions have taken place, the oply. demand being by, local millers, Oats have met with a fair enquiry, more particularly milling sorts. Malting barley, as stated in our previous reports, is now in a narraw channel and finds buyers at quotations. Ryegrass sped—A few lines ®f new seed hay© been offered on the market, but- the prices asked bv. growers does not meet the views of purchasers while our southern friends are quptingiower rates. Cocksfoot—No threshed samples are on the , market, but . the quality may be said to be faiyly, good, but opening prices are not settled. Dairy produce:—No material change can be noted. Quotations are as follow: —

Wheat —-llascan, 3s 7d; pearl, 3a 5d to 3s 6d; hunters, 3s 4d; second quality, 3s; broken, 2s 6d to 2s 9d. Oats—Milling, Is 8d to Is 9d; short feed, Is 7d ; inferior kinds, IsSd to Is 6d.

Barley Prime malting, 3b 3d ; medium, 2s 6d; feed, Is 9d to Is ICd-Ryegrass-Town dressed, 4s 6d; farmers’ parcels, 3s to 3s. Dairy Produce Butter: Factory make, 7d to, 8d; farmers, salting* 6d. The above prices are those paid to farmers for delivery, f.0.b., Lyttelton, sacks extra.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS. At the Addington yards on Wednesday the market was, very heavy. Store Sheep—ln this section there was a much larger entry than usual, and prices suffered proportionately with the continued dry weather, as the demand was very limited, Nearly 7000 were yarded, half of which were cull merino wethers from Glenmark, which sold at Is Id to Is 3d. Others of this class realised from Is 5d to 2s. Dry crossbred ewes sold at 2s, 4s, 5s 7d, and 6s lOd, according to size and quality. 2-toothe in , small lines realised 4s 4d, 6s, 7s, Bs, 8s 2d, 8s 3d, 8s 6d, to 8s lid. Lambs—About 1500 lambs were penned end found a fair market, as a large quantity were bought for freezing where quality was apparent. From 9s to lls 6d was the ruling price for freezers of 301 bto 351 b weight. Inferior sorts brought from 6s to 8s 6d. Fat Sheep—Over 6000 were yarded, of which there was nothing specially prime, though the general run was of fair quality—crossbred ewes of from 481 bto 561 bin weight. There were a few lines ,of good quality 2-tooth wethers and maiden ewes and a line of 6-tooth wethers (machine shorn) from Ackray. Best wether sheep reached 12s 9d, but the average of the sale was about 9a 6d to 10s. Inferior quality was very dull of sale. Cattle—There was a plethora of beef, no less than 282 head being yarded. This glutted the market, and only a portion was disposed of. 'I he quality all through was good. There were no exceptionally large beasts but nice shapely steers were in the majority. Owing to the. recent heavy sales several leading fleshers were over supplied and did not offer to bid. Hence the price .was not so good ai it has been, from 12s to 16s per 1001 b being the ruling figures. Store Cattle—There was only about 130 head yarded, the sale being fairly satisfactory. Pens of two-year-olds made £2, £2 15a, and £3, while four-year-olds made from £3 5a to £4 10s. The usual number of store cows were disposed ©f with no improvement in values.

pjgg—A small entry, about 70, con slating of porkers, stores, and a few weaners.

DUNEDIN PEODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday :4Wheat —Market .steady! and firm; best milling, 3s 9d to 3s lOd ; other good sorts, 3s 6d to 3s Bd. Fowls’ wheat —Good whole, 3s to 3s 2d; medium and broken, 2s 5d to 2s Bd. Barley—Milling, 2s dd to 2s 6d ; malting, 2s 6d to 2s lOd;! feed, Is 9d to 2s ; pearl barley, £l3. Oats milling sold at Is sfd to Is Gd ; bright plump feed, Is to Is sjd ; sacks, 6d. Flour —Timaru roller, £10; 50’s, £lO 15a; southern stone, £9. Oatmeal—2s’s and long ton bulk, £9. Bran —£210 s. Sharps—£3 10s. Potatoes —£6. Onions —£10 to £l2, Pigs—3d to 3id ; hams and bacon, 7d to 8d and 5d to 6d. Chaff —40s to 50s. Straw —Oaten and wheaten —30s to 355. Butter —Salt, 6d to 6£d —no demand ; fresh, plentiful. Good second hand butter casks and Pond’s patent boxes, 3s each. Eggs Getting scarce. Honey—sd. Cheese Factory, did to d|d ; Akaroa, to dd. Gras* Seeds—Kyegrass, 3s to 6s ; cocksfoot, to sd. Sheepskins—On Tuesday country dry crossbreds, inferior to medium, brought, Is 5d to 3s 2d; do do merino, merino, Is dd to 3s; full-woolled cross-

bred, 3s 8d to 6s 6d; do do jnennoj 3s 5d to 5s 9d; dry pelts, 3d to la 2d j green do, la 7d to Is Id; green lambskins, la 9d to la Id, Hides —There is no alteration to report. Quotations for geod to best, to 2fd; extra heavy, 3d ; medium, 2d to 2|d ; light, l£d to l£d; inferior and slippy, Id to lid per lb. Tallow, has a moderately fair demand for local consumption. Quotations for prime rendered mutton, 19s, to 20s; medium to good, 16s to 18a ; inferior to mixed, ; 12s 6d to 15s 6d. : Rough fat sells readily, prices being fully i maintained, .which are—for best mutton caul, IBs to 14s; inferior to medium and good, 10a to 12s 9d per cwt.

DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS. At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday the following business was transacted : Fat Cattle—276 were yarded. The greater part were good .to prim®, and included some extra heavy bullocks. The supply was far beyond the de-. mand, and prices were therefore a little lower. Bullocks sold at £5 2s 6d to £9 10s for extra; cows at £3 to £6 17s 6d for extra. Fat Sheep —1998 were penned ; about half were merino wethers, the rest owes from half-fat to prime. Buyers were in full attendance, and; bid spiritedly for all offered, there; being scarcely enough to meet the demands. Prices advanced Is to Is 6d: a head over last week’s ruling rates. Crossbred wethers, shorn, sold at 13s to 14s 9d; crossbred ewes sold at; 9s 6d to 13s 9d, There were sold op account of Mr William Ackroyd (Temuka), 62 prime crossbred wethers at; from 12s 3d to 13s 9d.

Fat Lambs mostly prime ; quality. There was a, fair demand throughout, prices ruling about the same as at; last sale. Best sold at 8s to 10s ; a few extra, 10s 3d. to 12s ; others, 5s 9d to 7s 9d. Pigs—Sacen pigs sold at' from 28a to 345; slips, at from 9s to 16s; suckers, at from 5s to 9s 6d.

. DUNEDIN WOOL SALES. Dunedin, Jan. 8. ; At the second wqol. sal® of thej : season bidding was animated and well sustained, the prices realised at last sale’s being fully maintained, and in| several instances substantial advances were established. Well grown deed stapled fine half-bred wool was ip strong demand, prices reaching ari high as lid per lb. Coarse Romney] Lincoln and Leicester were slow of sale at unsatisfactory l prices; Merino was also weak, only the best sound long stapled combing and quarter-back meeting with favor. Bright light well grown find half-bred sold at to lid; medium to- 9d; heavy inferior and disr coloured 7£d to 8d ; Leicester, Lincoln; and coarse crossbred bright and light B£d to lOd; medium 7d to Bfd; inferior earthy and stained 5d to 6^d, AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sxd.net, January 7. | Wheat, chick, 3s to. 3s 3d ; milling sorts, 3Si 9d to 4s. Oats, Is' lOd to 2a Id. Maize, 8« 8d to 3s lOd. Barley; Cape, 2s 6d ; English feeding.sorts, 3 si Bran, dull.at 7d. Pollard, dull at 7£d; Peas, Prussian blue, 4s. Potatoes, £4 to £5. Onions, £4 to £5, ; Batter] dairy made, 6d ; cream separator, 7d; factory made, Bd. Cheese, 4£d to 6d] Bacon, machine made, to hand made, 6d to 7£d; New Zealand,| 9d ( to Hams, New Zealand, lid to la. Medboubne, January 7. Wheat is in great request; newi crop, 3s 7d to 3s old, 3s Bd. Flour, stone made, £7 10? to £8; roller made, ;£9,55. .Thin oats, 2s to 2a l£d ; stout, 2s 7£d to 2a Bd. iMaize, 3s 4d to 3s scl. Bran, PeaSj 2s ll£d, Adelaide, January 7. Whpat, 3s 8d to 3s 9d. Flour] stone made, £7 10», to £Broller made, £8 5s te> £9. Qats, 2s Id to 2s 2d, Barley, Cape, ,2s 2d to 2s 6d, Bran, SJd to B£d. Pellard, ,8d to B£d. Sugar, Mauritius whites, £23 ENGLISH MARKETS. London, Jauuary 6. Cargoes of Australian wheat to arrive during January and February have been sold at 87s 6d, January 7. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the "United Kingdom is 1,916,000 quarters and iot the Continent 640,000 quarters. The American visible supply is estimated at 25,856,000 bushels. Bank, of New Zealand shares, new issue, £7 10s, The wheat ex the ship Northern Monarch, from Lyttelton, has been sold at 38s 3d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cable message from London, dated 6th inst.: Wheat—Market active, owing to increased Continental competition. New Zealand average long-berried is worth respectively 35s 6d to 38s per 4961 b, New Zealand wheat, f.a q. to arrive iron ship, is worth c.i.f, 36s 9d per 4801 b, September-October bill of lading,

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