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Temuka Leader, Issue 2208, 30 May 1891, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS. At the Addington yards on Wednesday the weather was all that could he desired ahd l the : attehdance was good. Store Sheep—The entry of stores was a very mixed? one and the lots;in most; cases were small. There wes a fair demand and prices ran as under r®--Crossbred. lambs sold from 6s 8d to fg '2 tobthi mixed 10a6d to 10s lid, crossbred ewes mixbd l ages 8s J to 9s Id, merino wethers 5s 9dto7s (the latter-being-ebtained for some forward conditioned sorts); i' Fat Sheep about 4500 sheep were yarded, of which the greater portion were half and crossbreds of mixed sexes. There was considerable difficulty in placing inferior quality sheep atany price, and values in this class suffered. Beat quality sheep sold fredly at former rates, crsssbred wetbers bringing from 13a 5d to' 16s lid, heavy weights up to 19s 4d, ewes from 8s to 15s, heavy sorts 17s 9d. The sale of ordinary merino wethers was dull; several lots were sold at from 7s 3d to 10s 4d, but sound prime sorts brought from 13a 6d to 14s 9d; ‘ ; Crossbred wethers and J paidea ewes sold at 12s 3d.to 10s 4d^

& line of Glarmark crossbreds it 10s 2d to 10s Bd. Fat Cattle—l 67 head were offered, ' the quality of which compared badly' with those in last week’s market, and’ the demand for inferior beef was very slight. For best beef there was fair competition. Prices ranged from 16* to 19a per 1001 b, but there were really bo prime sorts on hand. Cows and inferior quality sold from 12s to 16s per 1001 b. Store Cattle—ln store cattle the entry was very small, and consisted of odd lots of cows and a number of calves. 3-year-old steers sold cheap at £3 12s 6d, year-and-half-olds at 235, calves from’ 6s onward according to quality;-' Pigs—About 200 were yarded, comprising porkers and baconers, for which 1 thefe was no increase in value. Porkers brought from 3fd per lb, light baconers 2£d to 2f d, heavy weights and choppers from 2d per lb. : '

CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. i The following is the Corn Exchange report (per N. P. Meyers, Secretary), for the week ending Friday, May 29th:—.

" Wheat —Bueinass during the week has been limited; ! Some 'growers are holding ■anticipating an' increased value, whilst buyers are not anxious to put up prices beyond present quotations. Oats continue firm,' particularly prime milling, but no advance in value can be noted. Barley-Only really plump malting is wanted and maltsters are not particularly anxious to buy any but really prime parcels. Beans —An export enquiry is -noticeable for well threshed lines. Peas— A better demand can be noted. Potatoes are going into pit, as growers decline to accept the prices offering, quotations nominal. Dairy Produce is unchanged. Quotations Wheat — Tuscan, 4s Id; pearl, 3s 1 Id ; hunters, 3s lOd. Oats—-Prime milling, is 9d ; short stout feed, Is 7d to lssd ; long and discolored sorts, ls'sdTo la'6d:~ Barley—Malting, prime, 3s to 3s Id; second quality, 2s'6d to 2s 9d ; feed, Is 9d to 2s.

Potatoes (Derwents), 20s at country stations within a 12 mile radius of Port.

Peas—Blue Prussians, 3s; un and other varieties, 2s 6d. Beans—2s 8d to 2s 9d, Butter —Keg (farmers’), 7d to 8d ; factory make, 9d to lOd. Cheese—Large, 3£d ; small loaf, 4d, '1 he above prices are those paid to farmers for delivery, f.o.b;? Lyttelton, sacks 6s 6d per dozen. DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday:— Wheat —Market firm and shows signs of again improving. Prime tuscan and velvet, 4s 7d to 4s 8d ; other good milling sorts, 4s 4d to 4s 6d; soft and second class samples, 4s to 4s 3d ; fowls’ wheat, good whole, from 3s 8d to 4s ; broken and inferior, 3s 4d to 3s 6d.

Barley—Malting, 8* to 3a 3d; milling, 2s 4d to 2s 6d; feed, 2s to 2s 3d. Pearl barley; £l3. ' Oats m'good denlsnd, and all coming forward are easily placed off trucks' (all sacks extra) at from—for prime ; milling and bright plump fedd, Is 6d! to Is 6£d ; anything off, Is 4£d to Is s|d. Flour—Roller flour, £12.; stone flour, £lllss. Oatmeal, £8 10s to £9. 1 Bran, £3 15s. Sharps, £4 10s. Potatoes—Market values are very low, 1 and the tuber 1 is oyer-supplied— ■ 40s to 45s per ton. 1 Onions are getting ’scarcer, £5 10s! to. £6.

Pigs—Only good bacon sizes (1501 b to 1601 b) in demand, 3£d to 3£d ;i heavy sizes, 2d to 2^d; bacon, 5d to 6d; hams, 7d to Bd, Chaff—Market fully supplied; prices rule lower; best heavy bright and well l cut, 45s per ton; second quality, 40sj to 42b i 6d. 1 Turnips—l6s to 17s. Carrots, 80s: to 355. Straw—Oaten and wheaten, 80s to; 355. Hay, oaten, £3, Clover andi ryegrass hay, £3 ss. • ‘Butter—Pime salt, 7£d to 8d (casks: returnable) ; anything but prime not! saleable; fresh—Taranaki factbry ‘(in! 11b pats) lid; Taranaki dairy (in 11bI pats) 8d to 9d. Eggs Fairly, supplied. Honey, scarce ; best extracted, sd,"‘ ‘ Cheese has advanced £d to £d perl lb ; best Akaroa, 3fd to 4|d ; factory, I 4|-d to 4id. Stocks are very small, 1 and we believe will continue to rise, I

Grass Seeds—Ryegrass—Farmers’! lota, 3s 9d to- 4s 6d ; machined,-5* 64,j Cocksfoot, 4|d to s|d ; bright hearyj seed (171 b to 181 b) is wanted at 5-j-di to sfd, f.0.b., Lyttelton. The price ofj this seed will be s|d td 6d per’lb for* bastAkaroa when spring demand sets! in. i

Sheepskins—At auction on Tuesdayi butchers’ green crossbreds brought from 4s to 4s 6d> medium; 3s to 8s 9d;' dry crossbreds,Ts 6d to 3s 9d ; merinos, Is 3d to 3s 6d; fuil-woolled skins, up to 6s; pelts, 6d to Is 6d.

Hides—There is no Alteration to note in values, which remain as lately reported. For inferior and slippy, Id to lid ; light, to Ifd j medium, 2d to 2id ; up to 601 b, 2|d to 3d ; 651 b and upwards. £d to Id per lb more. 'fallow—All available is readily placed at late rates. For medium to good, 16s to 18s 6d ; inferior'and mixed, 12s to 15a 6d; best fat, 13s to l3s 6d ; inferior to medium and good, 9a to X2e 9d per cwt,

DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS. At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday the following business was trans- ! acted:— Pat Cattle—l6o head were yarded. About a third were good quality, and the balance medinm to inferior. For the former there was good Competition, and prices showed a slight advance on last week’s. Extra heavy weight bollocks brought up to £lO ss; good, 1 £7 to £9; medium, £5 10s to £6; ! light and inferior, £8 to £4. Pat Sheep—29Bo yarded,-all erossbreds with the exception’ of 200 merinos. Prices went, down about 2s a bead as compared with_ last week;: bidding towards thafend being languid,' Best crossbred wethers, brought from 14s to 15s 9d, medium, 10s 6d to 12s 6d, best awes 14s to 16s 9d, medium 9s to 12s 6d, merinos 6s to ; 10s. vy ■ 1

Pat Lambs—39o came forward, and it now being so' far Pil in the season ! they were in poor demand. Prices ranged from 6s tb lOs. ' Pigs—ll 3of all sorts-cAffie forward, principally stores and suckers, there being only a few bacon pigs All j were disposed of * a follows :—Suckers: 6s to 7s ; slips, TOs to T2s ; stores, 15s; to 20s; porkers; T -21 sto 265; and; baconers from 36s to 40s. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. SxDKET.’May 27. Wheat—Milling, 6s. Flour—Stene makes, £lO 6s to £lO 15s; roller 1 makes, £ll 10s to £l2. Oats—’ Feeding, Is 9d to 2s; seed, 8s 2d. | Maize —Ss to 2s sd. Bran—lOd.; Pollard "PoStoei ~ "Circular; Head,? £2 los W £2*l6s ; NeW ZS|-I land, £2. Onions—£4 lOs to’ £4 15s. 1 Butter—Dairy made? Is" Id; factory made/ 'la Sd ; New Zealand, 9d f tb Ife. Cheese—6£d to 7£d. Bacon—Machine cured, 6&d to 74d. ;Hams—New Zealand, lid to Is. 1

Melbourne, May 27. Oram markets dull. Wheat,,4s 9£d • to4s lOd. makes 1 ,15 s; to £lO 6a roller makes, £lO 10s to' £ll iOs. For oats theiW - iß"bvit little 1 inquiry it 2a Id to 2a 6d. ' Miiile—--3s 6d. Barley—2s Id to 2a sd. Bran ‘ —lo£d to lid. Peat—2a 7d. Adelaide, May 27.

Wheat —From 41 Sd. ’• Ftour— Stone makeo, £9 ssto£9 15s; roller' makes, £lO 6s to £lO Oats—8s 2d to 3s 3d; Barley—Malting, 3« 3d to 3s 4d. Bran—ls ld’tdls Pollkrd—Ts Id. ENGLISH MARKETS; London, May 27. The Bank of England received two millions .of gold within the-wdek,' - ' The Bank of New Zealand shares, £10; paid shares, £9. The total Quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United'Kingdom 1 is 2,860,000 quarters, and for the Continent 2,096,000 quarters. The Coptic's apples iayrived rh good condition and realised from 5s 6d to' 10s 6d per case, but the 'cargoes are too small, The American visible supply of; wheat is estimated at 29,500,000' bushels. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, hare' received the following cable message! from London, dated 26'h'May : 1 Wheat —Market is steady. There; is little demand. Quotations un-{ changed since last telegram. !