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Temuka Leader, Issue 2362, 28 May 1892, Page 4

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CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE

The following is the Corn Exchange report (per F. Denham, Secretary), for the week ending May 2>Sth : Weeks broken by a holiday are generally unsatisfactory for business, and tills has been no exception to the rule. Wheat remains at late rates. Barley— Good malting is still asked for, but we think we have reached the top at 4s for prime. Oats—Milling are easily sold, but other classes hard to place. Butter is enquired for, and gives an indication of higher prices. Potatoes—As last week. Onions—We do not think there will be a single sound one in the province in a few months, as the best grown are sprouting already. The following are the prices paid to farmers, f.0.b., Lyttelton, packages extra., except potatoes ; Wheat—Prime milling, tuscan, 8s 7d ; pearl, 3s Gd; hunters, 8s sd. Oats Prime milling, Is 8d ; dun?, Is Gd; other sorts, Is 4d to Is 7d.

Barley—Malting, 4s ; feed, 2s to 2s Gd. Ryegrass and Cocksfoot—As last week. Beaus~«3s to 3s 3d; peas, 2s Gd to 3s 3d, slack.

Potatoes—l7s Gd at country stations. Butter —As last week. Cheese—3Ad to 4d per lb. Onions-—2os to 25s at country stations. CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS. At the Addington yards on Wednesday there were fair entries of stock. Pat Cattle—The proportion of prime beef was very small, For really prime beef the demand was keen, but other sorts did not compare favorably with last week's rate. Prime beef may be quoted at life 04 to 20s Gd, and second rate from 15s upward, Sixers sold to £7 7s Gd, heifers to £6* 17 s ijcjf. A yood few cows were disposed of at a slight in values ; second-class quality were difficult to dispose of and many were withdrawn. Store Sheep—A small yarding. Crosslink @W®s made lis 8d to 12s Gd; lambs ironi7ni<i I'M) and merinos from 4s Gd to 8s 2d.

! Fat Sheep —The pens wet* comfortably J filled, and as regards quality the entry was one of the best that has been seen in the yards for some time. Crossbred ewes changed hands at from 10s Gd to 10s 9d, while merinos made from 7s Gd to 12s Gd. For sheep fit for export the demand was keen, and prices were well up to late quotations. Pens of heavy weight crossbred wethers made 17s, 18s Gd, 19s Gd, and i up to 21s 9d. ! pi^ —There was a heavy yarding of porters md bacon pigs. Best handysized bacouc** aoy/rpm 27s to 455, according to weight, and jioavgrrf from 15s to 24s Gd, and all lines were clears.

Tifo<e press says the following prices may help owufflz *° estimate the value of stock. In each ease ilia Jivo weights are given : Prime isheep of ftojb t f > 751 b made from ! IGs Gd to 18s Gd ; prime .sfyeep of from 55 ih to GOlti, made from 14s to 16s 3d; second-rate sorts from 00t1> to G5H> nnule from 13s to 15s. Other classes of inferior mutton of lighter weight in some eases failed to reach 2d per lb. Prime ox beef made from 18s Gd to 20s per 1001 b, second rate from 1 m to 17s, while inferior cow beef failed to make 14s per