SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 11, 13 March 1902, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Invercargill prices current — Wholesale — Butter, fresh, 6d ; butter (factory), bulk, lOd ; pats, 10 Jd ; eggs, 1 s 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 15s to £9 15s ; 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, 19s 6d ; 50tb, 5s 3d ; oatmeal : 501 b, 7s 6d ; 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. Chaff: Inferior to mcd üm, £2 10s to £3; good to best, £3 5s to £3 15s. Straw : Loose, 32s 6d ; pressed, 30s. Flour : 2001 b sacks, £8 15s; 501 b, £9 10s, 251 b, £9 15s; Oatmeal: 251 b, £14. Butter: Dairy, 6d to 8d ; factory, 9^d to 10£ d. Cheese : Dairy, 4£d ; factory, sd. Eggs, Is Id. Onions • Melbourne, new, £6 10s.

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co report as follows :—: — There was a full attendance of buyers, and under fair competition the bulk of the catalogue was cleared at satisfactory prices. Values ruled as under :—: — Oats. — We offered a fair selection of old and new oats. There is a steady demand for all sorts suitable for export for forward delivery, but those arriving now are saleable on slightly better terms, there being a good local demand. We quote — Prime milling,' 2s 4d to 2s 5d ; good to best feed, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; medium, 2s Id to 2s 2 id per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — Prime milling, both velvet and Tuscan, is in steady demand, and is readily quitted at prices on a par with late values. Medium sorts are not in request with millers, but are in good demand for fowl wheat, for which they sell at prices almost equal to milling quality. We offered a few lines of good to prime quality, which sold at top rates. We quote : Prime milling, 3s 2d to 3s 3d ; medium and whole fowl wheat, 3s to 3s 2d ; broken and damaged, 2s 9d to 2s lid per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — The market continues to be fairly well supplied, and there is no improvement in values to report. At our sale on Monday best white potatoes realised £2 to £2 2s 6d. medium are worth 3'ss to 37s 6d per ton (sacks in). Chaff. — The glut reported last week has caused consignments to slacken, and at present only a moderate quantity of prime quality is offering. Values for this .class have to a certain extent recovered, but for medium quality there is little inquiry. We offered a fair quantity of low-class at auction on Monday, but as the demand was slack most of it had to be passed in. We quote :—: — Prime oaten sheaf, £3 to £3 5s ; medium, £2 10s to £3 per ton (sacks extra).