SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 27, 3 July 1902, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET

Invercargill prices current—Wholesale — Butter (farm), 9d, butter (factory), bulk, Is Id ; pats, Is Id cash Is ljd booked , eggs, Is per dozen ; cheese (factory), s£d; bacon farm, 6d ; do, rolled, farm, 7,d , hams, 9d; potatoes, £4 p*r lon barley, 2s to 2a 6d ; chaff, A 4 ; flour, £11 10s to £12 10s; oatmeal, £13 10s to £14 ; bran, £4 10s ; pollard, £5 10s. Retail.—Butter (fresh), lid, 3s ; butter {factory), pats Is 3d ; bulk, Is 2d , eggs, Is 3d per doz, cheese, 7d ; bacon (rolled), 9d ; hams, 10' d , Potatoes, £5 per ton, 5s per cwt ; flour, 2001 b, 25s ; 501 b, 7s 3d ; oatmeal, 50tb, 8s ; 251 b, 4s ; pollard, 9s per bag ; bran, 5s ; chaff, 2s 3d.

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale prices only — Oats : Milling, 2s 7d to 2s 9d ; feeding, 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Wheat (good demand) : Milling, 4s to 4s 3d ; fowls', 3s 3d. Potatoes, £4 os. Chaff : Inferior to medium, £3 to £3 10s ; prime, £4 10s. Straw : £1 12s 6d ; pressed, £2 ; loose none in market. Flour : 2001 b sacks, £11 10s ; 501t>, £12 5s ; 251t), £12 10s. Oatmeal : 251 b : £14 10s. Butter : Dairy, 7d to 9d ; factory, Is Id. Cheese : Dairy, 4£, d ; factory, sd. Eggs, Is sd. Onions : Christchurch £7. Messrs Donald Reid and Co (Limited) report as follows :—: — There was fair competition for most of the lots on offer, and except for

potatoes, which were without demand, prices were about on a level with late quotations. Oats. — During the past week there has been practically no demand for export, and without this it is impos-* sible to clear consignments as they come to hand. Stocks have therefore accumulated slightly, but any activity in outside markets will readily absor.b all on hand. We submitted a mixed catalogue, suitable for local requirements, and all on offor werv? cleared at satisfactory prices. Wo quote. Seed lines, 2s 8d to 2s lOd ; prime milling, 2s 6£d to 2s 8d ;good to best feed, 2s 4£d to 2s 6d ; inferior to medium, 2s 2d to 2s 4d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — Millers are not operating to any extent, and for prime quality there is therefore very little inquiry. Medium qualities cann<st be placed except as fowl wheat. This is rather more plentiful, but continues to meet a fair trade. We quote : Prime milling, 3s 9d to 4s 3d ; medium, 3s 4d to 3s 8d ; best whole fowl wheat, 3s, 2d to 3s 3d ; medium, 3s to 3s Id , broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 2s lOd per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — Wo offered a fair selection, but in the absence of demand the bulk was passed in. A few sales of fair Derwents were made at £3 10s to £3 15s per ton. We quote : Prime Derwents, £3 10s to £3 17s 6d ; others, £3 to £3 10s per ton (bags in). Chaff.— The market is moderately supplied, and all good to prime quality is readily quitted at pnices fully equal to late quotations. Medium and inferior sorts are still without much inquiry. We quote : Best oaten sheaf, £4 10s to £4 15s ; good, £4 to £4 7s 6d ; inferior and medium, £2 10s to £3 15s per ton (bags extra).