PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 1, 4 January 1900, Page 13

PRODUCE.

London, December 27. — Fruit and dairy produce firms in Liverpool are sending a representative (Mr. Whittle) to Australia to develop trade and direct shipments of produce. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat >for the United Kingdom is 1,620,000 quarters, and for the Continent 760,000 quarters. Sydney, December 28. — Owing to the holidays very little is doing in the produce markets. Onions, potatoes, bran, ar*l pollard are slightly easier. Napier, December 28. — Messrs. Nelson Brothers 'have received the following cable from the C. C. and D. Company : ' Frozen meat market quite lifeless.' London, December 28. — Wheat : Sixteen thousand [quarters'of Victorian (January shipment) sold at 28s 6d. Melbourne, December 29. — Already the butter exports this year from Victoria exceed those for the whole of last year by nine and a-half million pounds. London, December 29. — The wheat H markets i are J quiet but steady. Wheat. — Sixteen thousand quarters of Victorian (January^shipment) sold at 28s 6d. An Australian cargo sold at 26s 3d. Butter. — Owing to the holidays the market is unchanged, with a slight downward tendency. London, December 31. — Frozen Meat : North Island mutton, 2 13-16 d. Lamb, fair average (including Dunedin, Southland, and Wellington, and secondary Canterbury), 4Jd. All other sorts are unchanged. Hemp is firm. Good Wellington (October-Decemberjshipment) is quoted at L 36 10s. Mb. F. Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale price only — Oats: Good demand. Feeding, ls 8d to Is 9d ; milling, Is 10J to Is lid. Wheat : milling, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; fowls' wheat, 2a 2d to 2s sd. Hay : ryegrass and clover, best, L 3. Straw : pressed, 22s ; loose, 28a. Bran :L2 15s. Pollard :L 3. Flour :L6 10s to L 7. Butter : best brands factory, lOd to lid; dairy, 6d to Bd. Oatmeal: LlO. Potatoes : well picked, good sample, 20s ; old stock from Is per bag. Chaff : much firmer demand ; L2ssto L 2 15s. New potatoes, L 5 10s, Auckland ; local, Bs.