PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 12, 20 March 1902, Page 13

PRODUCE.

London, March 14. — The wheat markets are quiet, and there is a rather easier tendency. Cargoes are st en dily held. Adelaide November and December shipments are quoted at 30s; Victorian parcels niloal ai 29s 3d. Butter, dull. New Zealand, 108s to 110s ; Danish, 110s to 112s. Cheese, very firm. New Zealand, 53s ; Canadian, 555, Supplies are short. London, March 16 — Butter. — Choicest Russian is selling in London at 100s to 104s. Frozen meat. — Mutton • Crossbred wethers, maiden ewes, Canterbury, 3 9-16 d ; all other sorts, including River Plate, unchanged. Land), fair average (including Dunedin, Southland, Wellington, and SecondaryCanterbury), 5 l-16d. Prime lamb and beef unchanged.

Messrs. Donald, Reid, and Co. report as follows :—: — Oats. — Nearly all on offer was quitted at prices on a par with late quotations, but for large lines at country stations, for forward delivery, the demand is barely so keen. We quote : Prime nulling, 2s 4d to 2s 5d ; good to best feed, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; medium, 2s Id to 2s 3d pel bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — We Inn i; good inquny for prime milling of all sorts, which are readily saleable at quotations. Yesterday we offered a quantity of medium to good fowl wheat, which met with good competition at prices fully equal to late iates We emote Prime milling, 3s 2d to 3s 3d . medium and fowl wheat, 3s to 3s 2d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes — The supplies during the last week June been lighter than usual, and pi ices ha\e udiaiued about 5s per ton. Nearly all on offer \esteiday n-alised £2 10s per ton, which may be icgaided as top market value. Mednun quality is worth £2 to £2 5s per ton (sacks extra) . Chaff — The market is barely supplied with pi nne oaten she.it tor which there is strong inquir\ Alechum quality is still in fair supply, but is out of fa\or with buyers We quote: Prune oaten sheaf. L 3 l(ts to £3 15s, medium, £3 to £3 7s Gd, inferior, £2 5s to £2 15s per tun (sacks extra).

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. \ r ew Oamaru, £2 5s to £2 10s. Chafl. Inferior to medium, £2 10s to £3' good to best, £3 5s 1o £3 15s. Straw : Loose, 32s 6d , pressed, 30s. Flour : 2001t) sacks, £8 15s, 5011), £9 10s, 251 b, £0 15s, Oatmeal: 25tTj, £14. Butter: Dairy, (id to Sd , factory. 1 0d 1o lhl Cheese: Dairy, 4*d; factory, 5d Kggs, 1s 2d Onions Melbourne, new, £0