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Temuka Leader, Issue 2151, 17 January 1891, Page 4

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OSBI3TOHUKCH CORN EXCHANGE. The following is the Corn Exchange report (per N. P. Meyers, Secretary), for the week ending Friday, January 18th.—

The showers that have fallen during the past few weeks have had a most beneficial effect upon the pastures and; the turnip crops where they have taken, and will also greatly assist in maturing the later grain crops. The few samples of barley and oata that have been on view are certainly of better quality than was expected by many, and we are now inclined to have better faith in the wheat cereal, as this seldom suffers from drought to the extent of the other white crops. The markets remain unaltered except that the Home market for wheat has slightly hardened, but our stocks here are limited, and prices are beyond shipping values. Oats ?re dull and have scarcely maintained the late advance Barley Very little trade doing j

maltsters are holding back • for the oew crop, Q-rass seed is beiog en- ; quired for, bnt little is offering.. G-ood accounts continue to come from; tbe Peninsula about cocksfoot, which; is likely to be geod quality and wellj grown, but will all require careful dressing. Quotations as, follow: > Wheat—Tuscan, 3s 7d tq 3b 8d; pearl, 3s 6d to 3s 7d ; hunters, 3s 5d ; ; second quality, 3s to 3s 2d ; broken, 2s|9d to 3a. Oats Milling, Is 9d ,to Is lOd ;: short feed, Is, 8d to 1b 9d; long de-' scriptions, Is 6d. j Barley Malting, 3s 3d ; seconds quality, 2s 9d • feed, 2s, j Ryegrass—Town machine dressed,, 5s ; farmers, 3s to 4s- (

Dairy Produce Butter : Factory,! 7d to 8d pptting, 6d to 7d.| Cheese: Small loaf, 4|d; medium* and larger sizes, 3|d to 4d. ■ . j The above prices are those paid to> farmers for delivery, f.0.b., Lyttelton,j sacks extra.

CHHTSTOHUROH STOCK MARKETS. •

At the Addington yards on Wednesday business was fairly brisk. Store Sheep Nearly 8000 of different sorts of stores were yarded, most of which met with purchasers. The feature; of the department was a grand line of nearly 1000 hoggets from the Ashley Gorge Estate, which were sold in two lots at 7s and Bs. lOd. Some forward conditioned; merino wethers brought 3s lid and 4s sd, and a good line of 4-tooth half-bred wethers, half of which were fit for tha fat pens, brought lis lOd. Crossbred ewes and lambs, sold at 3s 9d, all counted, and some aged merinos at lssd.

Lambs-*-'!here was a very heavy; entry of lambs of all sizes, qualities, and condition, from the scrubbers at 3s 6d to the " walking marvej "at 14s 9d. A nice line of half-bredg from the south sold for freezing at 13s 3d to 13s 9d. The general run of the lambs brought from 7s to 10s 6d, freezers being fr«m 10s to 143 with the above exception. : Fat Sheep—Over 500 were yarded! and the quality; was above the average of the past few weeks, though the bulk of entries, comprised cross and halt-bred ewes. There was a fair demand both for freezing and local: consumption, and prices remained: firm throughout. Best cross and halfbred wethers realised from 12s to 15s, { ewes from 10s to 12s 6d, inferior sorts (mixed sexes) from 7s to 9s 3d, maiden ewes 8s to 12s, according to quality, ••, Cattle—24B were yarded; the quality, throughout .was. good, though there! were ; no especially prime lots of bullocks. There was a better demand than before tip to a certain stage, after which buyers relaxed, and several, lines had to be withdrawn. Best ox, beef brought from 16s to 19s per lOOlbs, inferior from 12s to 14s.

Store Cattle —The continued dry weather lias bad more effect upon the store cattle section of this market than any other, and though there were, only 104 head entered the greatest difficulty was experienced in causing; any to change hands. G-ood dairy; .cows in full profit or springers, are in fair demand, but otherwise there is little or nothing doing in this.section. Figs—About 100 were entered, of which a good proportion were heavy porkers or light bacon pigs. There were lsss weaners and store pigs than usual.

DUSEDIN PRODUCE MARKETB. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday:—

Wheat —Milling, all prime quality meets with buyers at quotations. Second quality not r in such good demand. Prime tascan and pearl, 38 8d to 3s. lOd ; other sorts, 3s 6d to 3s Bd. Fowls! wheat, scarce, in good demand, worth 3s to 3s 4d. Barley—Malting, 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; feeding sorts, Is lOd to 2s 2d. Oats— : The demand not quite so brisk. Good milling, Is s£d ; good bright short: feed, Is to Is 5d ; medium quality, Is to Is 4d. Flour—Timaru roller, sacks, £lO ; 50's, £lO 15s here; southern town brands, £9 to £9 ss; 50's, £9 10s to £9 15s. Oatmeal, 25's, £8 10s ; bulk long ton, £8 10s. Bran, 50s per ton. Sharps, 70s. Potatoes —Kidneys, if good size and ripe, worth £5; small, unripe sorts, difficult to quit at 79s to 80a: , Pigs—Suitable sizes, 1201 b to 1401 b, 3d to 3£d ; bacon, 3d to 5d ; hams, s'd to Bd.

Chaff—Prime heavy sheaf, 45s to 47s 6d ; other sorts, 30a to 40s. Straw oaten and wheaten, 30s per ton.

Butter—Fresh in heavy supply, hard to quit at 4d. Salt, bo demand, nominally 6d, packages extra. Honey—4d to 5d for extracted! Cheese—Prime .quality wanted up to4d; medium, 3£i to 3fd ; factory, large siies, 4d to 4id. . Grass Seeds—None offering. Prices unaltered,

Sheepskins—For all lots there is,a fair demand. Quotations are: —For woolled crossbred, 3s 9d to 6s; do do merino, 3s 4d to 6s 6d j dry pelts, 4d to Is 3d ; green do, Is 2d to Is 8d j lambskins, is 2d to Is lOd.

Hides—There is no change to report, the local trade taking all hides comirig forward at—Best ox 2£d to 2|d, extra heavy 3d, medium 2d to 2|d, light l£d to lid, slippy and inferior Id to lid per lb. Tallow —There is good demand for all parcels coming to store; prime

rendered mutton 19s to 20s, medium; to good 16s to 18s, inferior to mixed 12s 6d to 15s 6d. Bough fat is also quickly disposed of; for caul 13s to. 14s, inferior to medium and' good 10s to 12s 9d,per.pwt %:

DUNBDIN BTQCK MARKETS,

At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday the following business was transacted:— ( Fat Cattle--269 head were yarded,' medium, weights predominating. Bidi ding'was not so brisk as at last week's sale, therej being a slight decline in prices for all qualities. Beßt bullocks sold at from £7 to £Bl2s 6d ; medium; £5 10s to £6 10s ; light, £3 12s 6d to £5 2s 6d ; cows in proportion. Several pens were passed in. Fat Sheep—2472 were yarded. Nb.t-j withstanding the small supply, a slightj decline in prices was apparent. With; the exception of one pen of merinos, all were crossbfeds. Best crossbred! wethers brought from 12s 6d to 13s 9d, a few extra heavy up to 14s; medium! to good, 10s 6d to 12s 6d; best doj ewes, lis 3d to 12s 3d; medium,] 8s 6d to lis. ] Fat Lambs—Witha supply coincid-j ing with last week's—namely, 791, j prices were slightly easier. Beßtj 9s Gd to 10s 6d; medium, 5s 6d to; "Bs6d. • ' j Pigs—l 67 penned. Suckers uoldj 6s 6d to 10s; slips, 12s to 15s 6d; sWes, 20s to 21s 6d; porkers, 23s toj 255. Bacoriera were difficult to dis-i pose of at 27s to 295. NEW SEASON'S OATS. A line of coming season's oats has been sold at Is 4§d delivered in thej trucks at Edendale Bail way Station;;

INVEROAKGULL WOOL SALES. i :IwYEECAit»iLL, Jan. 14. j : At the wool, sales to-day prices on) the. whole were as high aa were! expected. Buyers seemed to pay more attention to coarse wools this year.; Superior half-bred, fine, brought lid,; the average being B|d to 9|d« Pine crossbreds wefe,Bfd to 9fd, coarse, 8d to Bf.d. : Merino was neglected at 6%<L, to 7£d. Very little was passed, an; indication that sellers' ; values were reached.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. . Sydney, January 14. Wheat, chick feed, 3s 4d to 3s 7d j milling, newj 3s 9d; old, 3s lOd. Flour, stone makes, £8 17s 6d to £9 ss; roller makes, £9 lOrf to £lO. Oats, bright feed, Is lOd "to 2a, Maize prime sorts. 3s lOd to 3b lid. Bran, 7£d. Pollard,-B|d, Potatoes/ £2 15s to £3 10s. Onions, £4 15s to £s .'ss. Butter, dairy made, 8d; separator, 7d ; factory made, Bd. Cheese, 3d to 6d; Bacon, machine cured, s£d to 6|d ; hand cured, 6d to 7£d ; New Zealand, 9d to 9£d ; hams, New Zealand cured, Is. Melboitbne, January 14.

Wheat, 3s 7£d. Flour, Btoiie makes, ; £7 10s to £8; roller makes, £9. Oats, 2s. Id; stout quality, 2s 10£d. Barley, dull; Cape, la 9d to Is lOfd. Maize, inferior quality, 3s 2|d. Bran, B|d. Peas, 2s lid. Adelaide, January 14.

Wheat, 3s 8d to 3s B£d, Flour, stone makes, £7, 10s"to £8; roller makes, £8 55.,-to £9. "Oats, good New Zealand feeding, 2s Id to 2s 2di Barley, Cape, 2s 8d to 2s 6d ; English, 2a 6d to 4s; both nominal.

ENGLISH MARKETS. London, January 13. The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 1;968,000 quarters, and for the Continent quarters. : Tallow, best mutton, 27s to 27s 6d ; best beef, 25s 6d to 265. ..'.;. The money market is inactire, owing to a full supply of gold-

The New Zealand Loan.and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cable message from London, dated 13'b inst. :- Wheat—The tone of the market is firm. New Zealand wheat, f.a.q , to arrive iron ship is worth 87s per 4801 b. December-January bill' of lading, and other quotations unchanged since last telegram. ,