SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 24, 11 June 1903, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET

Invercargill prices current : — Wholesale — Butter (farm). 8d ; butter (factory), bulk, 9fd ; pats, 9fd cash, lOd booked. Eggs, Is 6d per doz. Cheese (factory), 6sd.. Hams, 9-d. Potatoes, £3 10s per ton (bags weighed in). Barley, 2s to 2s 6d. Chaff, £3 per ton. Flour, £10 to £11. Oatmeal, £10 10s to £11. Bran, £4 10s. Pollard, £6 10s. Retail — Fresh Butter, lOd. Butter (factory), pats, Is. Eggs, Is 9d per dozen. Cheese, Bd. Bacon, lid. Hams, lOd. Potatoes, 5s per cwt. Flour : 2001 b, 22s : 501 b, 6s 3d. Oatmeal : 501 b, 6s 6d ; 251 b, 3s 6d. Pollard, 10s per bag. Bran, 5s 6d. Chaff, 2s.

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, Dunedin reports :—Wholesale prices only— Oats: Milling, Is 9£d to Is 10£ d; feed, Is 6d to Is 9d. "Wheat : Milling, 3s 9d to 4s Id ; fowls' wheat, 3s 4d to 3s 7d. Potatoes: Derwents, £3 15s; kudneys, £2 10s to £3 10s. Chaff : Old, £2 10s to £3 5s ; new, £3 5s to £3 15s. Straw : Pressed wheat, 30s ; oaten, 35s ; loose, £2. Flour : Sacks, £10 ; 501 b, £10 15s ; 251 b, £11. Oatmeal : 251 b, £10. Pollard, £6. Butter : Dairy, Bd to 10d ; factory, lid. Cheese : Old, 6id ; new, ssd. Eggs, Is 9d. Onions : Melbourne, £5 ; Christchurch, £4.

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report :— We held our weekly auction sale of gram and produce at our stoics to-day, when we submitted a fair-sized catalogue to a full aftendance of buyers. Under fair competition most of the lines on offer 'were cleared at prices which show little variation from late quotations Values ruled as under :—: — . Oats.— Good to pr'me feed lines have been offering more freely during the past week, but the reduction in values lately reported from the southern ports has had its effect on thiiT market, and good to best feed qualities cannot to-day bo readily placed at late quotations Prime milling sorts have still fair attention, but inferior and damaged lines are not in demand. We quote : Prime milling, Is 9sd to Is 10* d ; good to best feed, Is 8d to Is 9^d ; inferior and medium, Is 6d to Is 7sd per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat —There is little change in the market to report. Prime samples are the only samples in favor wvth millers, and of these sorts Tuscan has a strong preference. Medium quality is almost neglected. Fowl wheat is in hea\y supply, and difficult to place at late values We quote : Prime milling, 4s to 4s Id ; medium to good, 3s 7d to 3s lid ; whole fowl wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; damaged and broken, 3s to 3s 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.— The market is fairly well supplied, and last week's quotations are barely maintained. We Quote : Good to choice Derwents, £3 7s 6d to £3 15s ; others, £3 to £3 5s ; Kidneys and other sorts, £3 to £3 10s per ton (bags in). Chaff —During the past week the supply of prime quality has been small, and for this class there is a strong demand at prices a shade in advance of late quotations. Medium continues to move off at late values, but has not the free sale which is accorded to better quality Straw chaff also has more attention. We q.uote • Best oaten sheaf, £3 10s to £3 15s ; choice, to £3 17s 6d ; medium to good, £2 15b to £3 5s ; inferior and straw chaff, £1 15s to £2 10s per ton (bags extra). Turnips.— We quote : Best Swedes, 14s to 15s loose, 20s (bags in) per ton.