PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4, 25 January 1900, Page 13

PRODUCE.

London, January 1 ( .) — The English and Continental wheat markets are dull, and there is a downward tendency. The American markets are a shade firmer. Australian cargoes off the coast are offering at 29s ; January and February shipments, 29s 6d. Butter is flat, owing to heavy arrivals. Colonial, 95s to 98s : occasional lots, 100s ; Danish, 108s to 110s. Chee&e, firm, New Zealand, 57s to 595 ; Victorian, fair but somewhat irregular quality, s('h. Prices are abnormally high, owing to the scarcity ot Canadian supplies. Rabbits are dull, prices ranging from $}<1 to 9d. English are plentiful. London, January 21. — Mutton : Both New Zealand and River Plate are unchanged. Limb: Prime Canterbury, 4|d ; fair average is unchanged. Hemp : The market is quiet and unchanged. Wellington, January 22. — The Agent-general cables : — ' Butter 98a, with no sign of improvement. The chee&e market is firm, but buyers are very shy.'

Me^rs. Stronach Bros, and Morris report as follows :—: — Wiih\T — fiime quality is in fair demand, but medium sorts are dull of wile. Q lotations : Prime milling, 2s 5d to 2s Od ; medium, 2s 2^l to 2-j 3jd : fowl wheat, 2s to 2s 2d per bushel (sacks in"). Oats — In fair demand at last week's quotations : Prime milling, 2s Id ; good to best feel, 2s to 2s O^d : medium, Is lOJd to la ll£d per bushel (sacks extra) Ciiai'k — Prime oaten sheaf, L 3 to L 3 2s Gd ; medium to good, L 2 10s to L 2 17s (id per ton (bags extra). Potatoes — Best kidneys, L 2 15s to L 3 per ton (bags in).