PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 13, 27 March 1902, Page 13

PRODUCE.

London, Marcn 21. — The wheat markets are firm, but business is restricted. Cargoes are dull. New South Wales, January-March shipment, 29s 6d ; J anuary parcels 29s 3d. Butter : New Zealand, dull, at 108s ; Danish, firm, at 113s. Cheese is in strong demand, but prices are unchanged. Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report as follows :—: — The catalogue submitted was a moderate one, and, under fair competition from a full attendance of buyers, was cleared at satisfactory prices. Oats. — There is steady demand for all good to prime feed lines, for immediate or forward delivery from country stations, at prices about equal to 2s 2d to 2s 3d per bushel ex trucks, Dunedm. Special milling and seed lines and other lines for local consumption are worth a shade more. We quote : Prime milling, 2s 3£d to 2s 4£d ; good to best 2s 2£d to 2s 3^d ; medium, 2s Id to' 2s 2d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — We have strong, mcyiiiy for all classes of prime millingwheat, either new or old .season's, medium quality also meets with ready sale as fowl wheat, which is scarce, and for which there is steady demand. We quote • Prime milling, 3s 4d to 3s 6d ; good whole fowl wheat, 3s Id to 3s 3d ; broken and damaged, 2s lOd to 3s. Potatoes. — There is good inquiry for new Derwents, but so far very few consignments have come to hand. Good kidneys and white potatoes are still meeting with steady demand, and, in the absence of heavy stocks, are readily quitted at slightly advanced prices. We quote : Prime quality, £2 17s 6d to £3 , medium, £2 10s to £2 15s per ton ( sacks in ) . Chaff.— The wet weather experienced of late has caused a sharp advance in prices owing to the shortness of supplies. Prune quality incuts with most demand, and nearly all classes are saleable. We quote : Prime old chaff, £4 10s to £4 15s , best newchaff, £4 to £4 30s ; medium, £3 .Is to £3 15s per ton (bags extra).

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale prices only — Oats : Feed, fair to good, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; milling, 2s 4d to 2s sd. Wheat : scarce. Milling, 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; fowls', 3s Id. Potatoes • New Oamaru and Taieri, £2 15s to £3 ; Chaff : Inferior to medium, £2 10s to £3 ; good to best, £3 15s to £4. Straw : Loose, 32s 6d ; pressed, 30s. Flour : 2001 b sacks, £8 15s; 501 b, £9 10s, 25tb, £9 15s; Oatmeal : 251 b, £12 10s. Butter : Dairy, 6d to 8d; factory, lOd to lid, Cheese : Dairy, 4£d ; factory, sd. Eggs, Is 3d. Onions : Melbourne, new, £6.