SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 33, 14 August 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, 7d ; hams, 9d ; potatoes, £3 10s per ton, bags weighed in , barley, 2s to 2s 6d chaff, £4 ; flow, £11 10s to £12 30s ;• oatmeal, £13 10s to £14. Bran, £4 15s, pollard, £5 10s. Retail.— Butter (fresh), lid, Is ; butter (factory), pats Is 3d ; bulk, Is 2d ; eggs, Is 3d per doz, cheese, 7d ; bacon (rolled), 9d ; hams, lOd ; Potatoes, £4 10<4 per ton, 5s per owl ,> flour.* 2001 b, 25s ', r>Oj!l>, 74 3d, oatmeal*, 501!), 8s ; 251 b, 4& , pollard, 9s per bug ; bran, js Dd , chaff, 2s 3d.

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale prices only— Oats : Milling, 2s 7d to 2s 9d ; feeding, 2s 2d to 2s sd. Wheat (good demand) : Milling, 4s to 4s 3d ; fowls', 3s 3d. Potatoes, £3 to £3 10s. Chaff Inferior to medium, £3 to £3 10s ; prime, £4 10s. Straw : Pressed, £2 ; loose : none in market. Flour : 2001 b sacks, £11 10s ; 501 b, £12 5s ; 251 b, £12 10s. Oatmeal : 251 b, £13 10s. Butter : Dairy, 7d to 9d ; factory, Is 2d. Cheese : Dairy, 4sd ; factory, sjd. Eggs, Is 3d. Onions. Christchurch, £6.

Messrs Donald Reid and Co., Limi-< ted, report as follows :—: —

Competition was not keen, but most of the lines on offer found buyers at about late quotations. Prices) ruled as under. —

Oats — During the past week there has been some inquiry for shipping lines, but so far no business of any importance has resulted, and the market continues to be without life. We quote : Seed lines, 2s 7d io 2s <Jd ; milling, 2s s^d to 2s 6Jd ; good to best feed, 2s 3sd to 2s ."d , medium, 2s to 2s 3d per bushel (sacks extra).

Wheat. — Prune milling' quality is not offering so f|roe]jy, ninri miil'lelrs' requirements are confined to this class, medium sorts being in the meantime neglected. Fowl wheat is offering freely, and selling at latol quotations. Wo quote : Prime milling, 3s ]0d to 4s 3d : m odium, 3s 2d to 3s 9d ; whole fowl wheat, 2s lid to 3s Id ; broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 2s lOd per bushel (sacks extra.

Potatoes.— Local stocks are becoming somewhat reduced, and with a little mone inquiry there is a bettor tone in. the market. Those catalogued to-day met with fair competition, and sold at, for best Derwents, £2 15s to £3 ; ; others £2 10s to £2 12s 6d per ton (sacks in).

Chaff. — The manket continues to be well siupplied with chaff of medium and inferior quality, for which there is only moderato demand. Prime quality is not over plentiful, and! commands ready sale. We quote : Best oaten sheaf, £4 5s to £4 10s ; good, £3 15s to £4 ; medium, £3 to £3 10s j infemor and straw chaff, £2 to £2 15s per ton (bags extra).

Turnips. — The market to-day was fully supplied, about 50 tons being forward. The bulk of these were quitted at 13s per ton, loose (ex truck).