SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 6, 8 February 1900, Page 15

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

The lnvercargill Grain BrokerB 1 Association report that while the oat market does not display a great deal of activity, the demand is sufficient to absorb such odd lines as are now coming on the (-market. Holders are still asking the same prices as were quoted last week, viz. : A grade, 2s 3Jd ; B grade, 2s 3d ; C grade, 2s 2Jd (f.0.b., sacks in). lnvercargill prices current: — Wholesale : Butter, fresh, Gd ; eggs, lOd per doz ; cheese, farm, 3£d ; bacon, farm, 7d ; do (rolled), farm, 6d ; hams, 8d ; potatoes, LI 10s per ton ; barley, 2s to 2s Gd ,• fowl wheat, 2s ; chaff, L 2 10s per ton ; flour, L 7 10a : oatmeal, L 9 to LlO ; pollard, L 3 ; bran, L 2 10s, including bags. Retail— Fresh butter, 8d ; eggs, Is per doz ; cheese, 6d ; bacon, rolled, Bd, sliced, 9d ; hams, lOd ; potatoes, 2s per owt ; flour, 2001 b, 16s ; 501 b, 4s 3d ; oatmeal, 501 b, ss : 251 b, 2s 9d ; pollard, 5s 9d per bag ; bran, 3s 6d per bag ; ohaff, L 3 per ton ; fowls' feed, 2s 3d per bushel.

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale price only — Oats: Quiet demand. Feeding, Is lid to 2s ; milling, 2s Id to 2s 2d. Wheat : milling, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; fowls' wheat, Is 9d to 2a Id. Hay : ryegrass and clover, best, JJ3. Straw : pressed, 27s ; loose, 28s. Bran :L2 15s. Pollard :. L 3. Flour :L6 10s to L 7. Butter : best brands factory, lOd to lid ; dairy, Gd to Bd. Oatmeal : Lll. Potatoes : old out of season. Chaff : fair demand ; L 2 15s to L 3 ss. New potatoes : Local, L 3, best.