SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 21, 12 June 1902, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Invercargill prices current — Wholesale — Butter (fresh), 8d , butter (factory), bulk, Is Id ; pats, Is Id cash Is Ifd booked; eggs, Is 3d per dozen, cheese (factory), s£d, bacon farm, 7d ; do, rolled, farm, (5d ; hams, 9d; potatoes, £4 p>n- ion barley, 2s to 2s 0d ; rhalT, i. 4 , flour, £L1 10s to £12 10s, oatmeal, £13 10s to £14 , bran, £5 , pollard, £5 10s Retail — Fresh butter, lOd, butter (factory), pats, 3s 3d ; bulk, Is 2d ; eggs, Is (id per dozen ; cheese, 7d , bacon, rolled, ( Jd , hams, lOd , » otatoes, £5 per ton ; flour, 2001 b, 25s ; 50! b 7s 3d , oatmeal, 501 b, 8s , 2511), 4s , pollard, 9s per bag , bran, 6s , chaff, 2s 3d. Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reports :■ — Wholesale prices only — Oats : Milling, 2s 7d to 2s 8d ; feeding, 2s (id to 2s 7d Wheat (good demand) • Milling, 4s to 4s 3d ; fowls', 3s 3d. Potatoes, £4 10s to £4 15s. Chaff Inferior to medium, £3 to £3 10s, pi mie, £4 10s. Straw (scarce) : Piesscd, £2 loose, none in market Flour 2001 b sacks, £11 10s , 501 b, £12 5s , 251 b, £12 10s. Oatmeal . 251 b £14 10s Butter : Dairy, 7d to 0d , factory, Is Id. Cheese Paiiy, 4Ad, factory, sd. Eggs, Is lOd ' Onions; Christchurch, £9 Messi s Donald Reid and Co iepoi t as follows — Oats — Shippers ha\e supplied a large propoition of their ordeis, and huge dclixeiies of J liese aie now be-

ing made Buyers are not disposed to operate fieely, for speculati\e purposes except 111 the case of prime quality, for which \ a lues .ire well maintained, mediunu and inferior lot.s being wry dilbcult to place Milling and good seed lines continue bo meet with good demand Quotations .—. — Milling and seed, 2s 7\d to 2s lOd good to best feed, 2s s}d to 2s 7<| mfei 101 and medium, 2s 3d to 2s r>tl p. 1 In, sin 1 f-,ai L cxli ai Wheat — \ei.v hUle pi urn millmg qualjU is oHci ")g loc- illy and all such meets with iead\ sale Medium soi t s are nnu c diili-«-ult to place. except as fowl wheat, 1 01 whicn thei c is good mquir.x Quotations Prime milling, 3s lOd to 4s 3d . medium, 3s ,')d to 3s 9<l , best whole fowl whe.a, 3s 2d to 3s 3d medium and inferior 2s 9d to 3s per bushel (sacks e\liaj Potatoes — -The ma 1 ket continues to be fairly well supplied, the quantity coming foi ward being 11101 c than equal to kxal 1 equireineiits Late values, howexei, are well irminta ined, as some buxeis considei that futuie prospects lea\e some 100 m lot speculation at piesent \alues (iuotations Best Derwents £4 10s to £4 15s medium to good, £4 to £1 7s ml , other sorts, £3 5s to £1 pel ton (sacks m) Chaff — The mm ket is still barely! supplied with pi une oaten sheaf, for which there is strong inquiry, with rendv sale on arri\al Medium and inferior lines are still m o\er suppK and .11 c ext 1 emel\ diflicult to quit. e\en at a slit>ht reduction on late iat(s (Quotations — Pi line oaten sheaf, £4 to £4 12s (id, medium to good, £3 5s so £3 15s , mfetior. £2 10s to £3 per ton (bags extra) Turnips — A few good swedes were offered, which sold nt 37s per ton loose (ex truck).