SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 30, 23 July 1903, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Invercargill p rices cuirei.t — VUiolesa'e — Butter (farm), Xd , butter (lac-tot) ), bulk, 9^l cash, ]i)d booked Eggs, Is ,-sd per do -en Cheese "(lactoij \ o ', d Uams, !)d Potatoes, i H IDs ptr ten (bags weighed in) Barley, 2s 1o 2s Cd Clw.u, £3 \cr ton Floui £10 to £'1 Hi an, £1 li.s Po.lard, £j! j(. s Peta-l' —Fresh buttei, Kid „ > butter (fact en), pats, Is Eggs Is fid per do/en Cheese, <Sd Bacon, lid. Hams' lOd Potatoes, 5s per cwt Flo-ir . 2001!), 22s 5011)' fis 3d Oatmeal :,01b, fs Gd , 231 b, 3s Cd. Pollard' 10s per bag. Bran, 5s Gd Chaff 2s

Mr. V Mcenan, Kine street, Dunedin, repoits — Wholesale prices <nh— Oats. .Milling, Is o£d to Is lOd feed, Is fid to Is 'j'rl Wheat Alilling, 3s 1 f)d to 1 s 2a, low Is' wheat, ,-is to 3s 2d Potatoes Deiv.ent\ £1 .">s , seed kidno\s, £3 Ids 1o i. 1 ]us Chan. £3 to £3 12s fid Stiaw Pies^ed wheat, , oaten, 355, loo^e, V 2 Flom Sacks £10, snll>, £10 15s, :51b, £11 Oatmeal £<! 10s Pollard, t.l UK Hi an, £3 10s Butter Dairy, 8d to lOd, iartoiv, lid Chcce Factory, fid, dany, sld Eggs, Is (Id Onions Melbourne, £5 , Chnstc huic h, £ 1

Mc-sio Donald Reid and Co (Limited) report —We held oui weekly auction sale of gtam and produce at our stores on Monday, when we submitted a large catalogue There was a full attendance ot buyers, who weic not, ho\\e\ei, disposed to operate fiocl}, and a large proportion of the catalogue lad to be passed m, not reaching our \aluations or buyers lcservcs Prices ruled us undei —

Oats — Theie is fair inquiry for prime nulling and choice seed lines The mailet foi good to pmne feed continues to be lather quiet Buyeis aie not disposed to opeiate cviepl for actual orders, and thc-c are not being fieelv receiwd Interior and damaged oats aie o!fering in iaiger qMnntitirs and can only be placed locally at low \ ah.es We quote (iood to choice seed lines, Is lid to 2s 3d , prime milling, Is, Rid to Is lOd , good to best feed, Is 7d to Is 7 4<l , ink nor to medium, Is to Is fid per bushel (satks extra)

Wheat —The piaiket is unchanged Choice milling lines continue to ha\e most attention from millers, but for medium s<>rts thoie is only a limited ln^nny Fowl wheat is steady at late values We quote • Prime milling, 4s to -Is 2d , medium to good. 3s 4(1 to 3s Kid ; whole fowl wheat 3s to 3s 2d ; bioken and damaged, 2s fid to 2s lid per bushel (sa'-ks extra).

Potatoes— The market continues to be fail ly well supplied -with good Derwents from Canterbury Piime Oamarus are strongly iP(|uned for, but are offering sparingly Kidneys and other i eed sorts arc in good demand, and offeiing in small quantities We onote Host Derwents, £1 to £1 ss, choice Oamarus, £4 7s fid to £1 10s , medium to good, £3 to £3 15s , kidneys, Eaily Roses, and other seed sorts, £1 to £5 per ton (sacks in).

Chaff.— The supply of prime quality has not been so ™ I- 7 ' and thls class in good demand at quotations Medium sorts are sUH plentiful, and unchanged in value We quote : Best oaten sheaf, £3 5s to £3 7s 6d ; choice £3 10s ; medium to good, £2 10s to £3 ; inferior, light' and straw chaff, £1 15s to £2 5s per ton (bags extrl) ' Turnips.— We quote : Best swedes, 15s to 15s 6d per ton (loose, ex truck). r

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report for week ending July 21 :— Wheat.— Millers still show a reluctance to do business except in very small lines, and in consequence there is stagnation in tho auukct. Quotations : Prime milling, 4s to 4s 2d ; medium, 3s 4d lo 3s 9d , whole fowl wheat, 2s 11 d to 6a 2d , damaged and bioken. 2s 5d to 2s lOd. Oats —Shippers are practically doing nothingl and in consequence consignments must either be taken into store or sold at a reduction on late \alues. Prime milling seed lines hold their own, however, and are worth Is lid to 2s 2d ; good to'best feed, Is 1 7d to Is 8d : inferior and medium, Is 3d to Is 6Ad. Potatoes —Prime Derwents, £4 to £4 ss; medium, Chaff— Best oaten sheaf, £3 2s 6d to £3 10s; medium to good, £2 10s to £3. Turnips —Loose, 14s to 15s.