Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 197, 3 September 1901, Page 2

Commercial.

WAIMATE SATURDAY AUCTION*

Messrs Guinness and LeCren report that prices ruled as under on Saturday: Pigs, stores, 10s j slips, fis to 7*. Duck, Is 7d each; fowls from Is 2d to Is 5d eaoh. , , , Potatoes, Kidneys and early seed, 08 to 9s; Dsrwents, 6s to 9s 6d. Swedes, 4s per bag. Parsnips, 5a per bagTIMABU MARKETS* The markets at Titnarn for the past week have been steady at late rates, the only cereal which has created any animation in the market being fowls wheat. For this there is a good demand at price* within a penny of the value of prune Tuscan. Some paresis of fowls wheat have been sold during the week at Zs bd per bushel, f.0.b., and the supply is not equal to the demand. The price is, of course, subject to commission. Other lines have changed vory little. Tuscan, velvet and red chaff are worth 2s 6d per bushel, ex store, this being an all-round quotation In cats an all-round quotation is Is Hd to 2., f.0.b., bushel, truck* Tim.ru. Holder, do not care to Mil even at this figure, and are demand* in * these prices at country stations. in» market in tho meantime, however, wilt nob permit buye.-s to give this. Potato-a »r« unchanged at from £4 10s to £4 16» per ton, f.o.b. CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. The estimate made that the world's supply of wheat for the ensuing yetrwill amount to some 13,000,000 quarters ab>vo requirements is likely to t.ava not omy an immediate (iepre.-siog influence ap >n the market, but precludes the hope of any improvement in the near future. Late cable advices show that the Home market is weakening, and seeing that we have now no outlet local values will no doubt give way in sympathy. Though there is no business paining, aa the large miUeva Rt© well stocked up, tneto M ft weaker tone in the market, and present quotations can jnly be looked upon aa •nominal, a Oats, on the other band, are very tent and are difficult to obtain, as growers are continent in the in'me of the market, and not a xioua to sell. Some fairly large sales during the week of oaten* second hands a*, e reported, but at wh*t prices lias not tran pired. The purchases made in the south by Australian buyers have assisted to strengthen the market. The Hounslow, which left the Bluff this week for Durban with 96,956 80ib bag* ot oats, is eaid to be on their account. The anticipated duty to be imposed by the Federal Parliament has again become a disturbing element in the potato market as it is generally thought that it will not now be long before it will be announced. In the absence of definite orders, exporters are not inclined to buy, and those Wi-O hav© stocks in ©tor© ftto noxious to realise, not only on account of the probabie duty, but they are afraid that if the present warn weather continue* there is the risk of the potatoes sprouting. On the other hand, growers are bolding firmly, and will not sell under SA 10s, which price Inn been paid during the week by those wanting -sup-dies The following are current prices paw to farmers, f.0.b., Lyttelton, sad free of comm-sioa, except where otherwise specified _ , , Wheat (nominal)— Hunter’s pea;! and velvet. 2s 5d to 2s 6d, and Tuscan, 2a 6d to 2s 6J.i, f.o.b. . Oats—Canadian, 2s Id to 2» 3d, iherb feed 2s to 2s 2d, Dans and Danish Is Ha to 2s, f.o.b. Barley (nominal) malting 9s 3d to 2* 6d, secondary Is 8d co Is lOd, at country statii.ua. v » „ Flour (millers’ quotations)—Boiler, Xo 15s.

Sharps— £4. Bran—£3 10s. Uatmu&l —£11* f*o.b. Potatoes —Dorvrents £4 10* »t hsnny country elation*. Hay— £2 KM to £2 I6t, delivered % primest baled, £4, f.o.b. Grata Sood—My*>grMß, {Armors’ lots, Is 3d to Is 6i, heavier Is 9d to 2s, prime heavy tswn dressed 2s 6d to 3a 3d, eooka foot 24d to 2gd, town machine dressed, 161 b to 171 b old seed, 3|d to 3fu, 1.0. b., eowgrass 6d to 6| i, extra choice 7d r erhite clover 6d to Bd, delivered. Huiry Produce —Oheeae, factory, 4£4 tofd, dairy 4d to sd; but'er, factory, local, Is 2d, North Island Ik Id, dairy Is, salt (in boxes). 9d to KM ; bacon, hama, 6d to factory, bacon and haras Jd higher, f.o.b.— Pre«s.