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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 10, 6 March 1902, Page 13

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London, February 28.—Wheat : Thei-e is a favorable crop, but the outlook is depressed in the American market. English is dull, with a decline of 3d on the week. French is weak, but other Continental markets are firm. Cargoes are dull. Victorian and South Australian January shipment, 29s 9d , New South Wales January parcels, 29s The American visible' supply is estimated at 84,953,000 bushels There is brisk demand for rabbits at 9sd to lOd. The English supply is diminishing. Butter is unchanged. Choicest is quiet, but there is a good demand for secondary. Cheese is slightly brisker. London, March' 2—Frozen MeatMutton is unchanged Lamb : New Zealand new .season's, prime, 5Jd ; fair average, 5Jd ; New Zealand beef, 1801 bto 2201 b fair average quality : Ox fores, 3d ; ox hinds, 4Jd. London, March 3—A Sydney wheat cargo sold at 29s 3d, and the Highfields cargo at about 29s 9d. Wellington, March 4—The AgentGeneral cables as follows under date March 3. —' No alteration in the frozen mutton market since last week. Lamb is quiet , the average price to-day is —Canterbury lamb, 5Jd ; other brands, o^d. Beef is firm. Stocks of New Zealand on hand are light. Hinds, 4:, d , fores, 3d. Butter is firm at 112s. Cheese is very iirm at 50s.

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report as follows :—: — Oats. — tJood to prime old oats arc scarce and meet with ready sale. There is also good inquiry for lines of new oats for export, while consignments of same for immediate delivery find ready quittance locally. We quote : Prime milling, 2s 4d to 2s 5d ; good to best feed, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; medium, 2s Id to 2s 2\d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — There is no locally-gi own new season's grain offering Prime old wheat continues to find buyers at late values, and all other sorts are in steady demand as fowl wheat. We quote Prime milling, 3s 2d to 3s 3d . fowl wheat (whole), 3s to 3s lid : broken, etc , 12s (id so 2s lid per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes — Full supplies forward and prices about 5s lower than those of last week. We quote Best, £2 2s 6d to £2 5s ; others, £1 15s to £2 per ton (sacks in). Chaff — The market is glutted, and sales are slow at prices which show a reduction of about 10s per ton. Wo offered about 70 tons, a considerable quantity of which had to be passed in We quote Best oaten sheaf, £2 17s 6d to £3 ; medium, £2 10s to £2 15s per ton (bags extra) .

Tory), bulk, lOd ; pats, 10 Jd ; eggs, Is per doz; cheese, 4d; bacon, farm, 7d ; bacon (rolled), farm, 6d ; hams, 9d ; potatoes, £3 to £3 10s per ton; fowl wheat, 3s; barley, 2s to 2s 6d ; chaff, £3 10s ; flour, £8 5s to £9 5s ; oatmeal, £13 10s to £14 ; bran, £4 ; pollard, £4 10s. Retail — Fresh butter, 8d ; butter (factory), pats, Is, bulk, Is ; eggs, Is per doz ; cheese, 6d to 7d ; bacon (rolled), 8d ; hams, lOd ; potatoes, 4s per cwt ; flour : 2001 b, 18s 6d ; 501 b, 5s ; oatmeal, 501 b, 7s 9d ; 251 b, 4s ; pollard, 7s 6d per bag ; bran, 5s ; chaff, 2s ; fowls' feed, 3s 6d per bushel. Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale prices only — Oats : Feed, fair to good, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; milling, 2s 6d. Wheat : scarce. Milling, 3s 2d ; fowls', 3s Id Potatoes : New Oamaru, £2 ss. Chafi : Inferior to medium, £2 10s to £3 ; good to best, £3 ss. Straw • Loose, 32s 6d ; pressed, 30s. Flour : 2001 b sacks, £8 5s ; 501 b, £9 ; 251 b, £9 5s ; Oatmeal: 251 b, £14. Butter: Dairy, 6d to 8d ; factory, 9£d to lOd. Cheese : Dairy, 4Jd ; factory, sd. Eggs, Is Id. Onions : Melbourne, new, £6 10s.