Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 191, 20 August 1901, Page 2

Commercial.

ENGLISH MARKETS. k London, Aug. 16. Wheat -The market is firm and steady* The American roarktt Is harden’Dg* ow.ng to the decreased official estimates of the spring crop*. Cargoes are strong i V ototiaU and Now South Wales August* September shipments, '29s 9d. The Inverclyde’s New Zealand cargo sold at 28* 3d. Weadel Company’s annual butt*.f report anticipates last season’s high prices will be maintained, and possible augmented. , CHRlstcHtmCfi', August IT. The wheat market fiaa agatn becomedull, and prices have receded to some* thing like the- aatoe level that existed before the recent rise took place.' There appears to be little or ho demand, and sales are difficult to effect. A much firmer feeling exists on the oat market than for ft long time past, and the continued SoUth African demand 1 has sent the prices up beyond expectation. The following are current prices paid to farmeis, f.0.b., Lytteltoir, fcnd free of Commission, except Whore otherwi-0 specified ; Wheat— Hunter'S pearl and velvet 2a s£d to 2a od, and Tuscan 2s 6d tb 2s 7d } i o. b. Oats— Canadian Is lid to as short feed Is 101 to Is lid, Duns and Dani-h Is 9id to is 10-1, f.o.b. Burley—(nominal) malting 2s 3d to 2s 6H, secon .ary Is 3d to Is lOd at count y stations. Flour (millers’ quotations)—Roller* £6 15s. Sharps—£4. Bran —£5 10s. Oatmeal— £ll, to.b. Potatoes— Derwents £4 10a at handy country stations. Oitbheuf Chaff—37a 6d to 40a at neat country stations. Hay—£2 10s to £2 15s, delivered j prim at baled, £4, f.o b. Dairy Produce —Cheese, factory 4Jd to sd, dairy 4d to sd, butter, factory* local, 1» Id, frozen lid, North Island 1 L Id, dairy lid, b*U (in boxes) 91 to 1 idd, bacon, hams, 6d to fact-ry ' b con and ham* id-higher, f.oib.