PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 36, 3 September 1903, Page 13

PRODUCE.

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Invercargill prices current.— Wholesale — Butter farm, Bd. butter (factory), bulk, 10$ dto Hid, pats, Hid to llfd cash. Eggs, 8d per dozen. Cheese (factory), 6±&. Hams, 9d. Potatoes, £4 per ton (bags weighed in). Barley, 2s to 2s 6d. Chaff, £3 per ton. Flour, £9 10s to £10 10s. Oatmeal, £9 to £9 10s. Bran, £3 10s. Pollard, £4 10s. Retail— Fresh butter, lOd ; butter (factory), pats, Is lid. Eggs, lOd per dozen. Cheese, Bd. Bacon, lid. Hams, lOd. Potatoes, 5s 6d per cwt. Flour : 200 ft, 21s ; 50ft, 6s. Oatmeal : 50ft, 5s 6d. 25ft, 2s 9d. Pollard, 8s per bag. Bran, 4s 6d. Chaff, Is 9d.

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, Dunedin, reports :— Wholesale prices only— Oats : Milling, Is 8d to Is 9£d ; feed, Is 5d to Is 7|d. Wheat : Milling, 3s 10s to 4s 2d ; fowls' wheat, 3s to 3s 3d. Potatoes : Derwents, £4 5s ; seed kidneys, £3 10s to £4 10s. Chaff, £2 10s to £3 ss. Straw : Pressed wheat, 30s ; oaten, 35s ; loose, £2. Flour : Sacks, £10 ; 50ft, £10 15s ; 25ft, £11. Oatmeal, £9. Pollard, £4. Bran, £3. Butter : Dairy, 8d to lOd ; factory, lid. Cheese : Factory, 6±d ; dairy, s|d. Eggs, lOd. Onions : Melbourne, £5

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) report :— We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. There was a good attendance of buyers. Competition, however, was not brisk, and a fair proportion of the lots on offer had to be passed in on this account. Prices ruled as under :—

Oats.— The market has been very slack during the past week. Shippers' requirements are small, and are readily supplied at prices a shade below late values. Some business has been done in A grade Sparrowbills and \G*rtons fox export to the London market, but in other directions the export trade has been extremely limited. For medium and inferior sorts there is little inquiry, and sales, even at reduced prices, are diffcult to effect. We quote: prime milling, Is 7£d to Is 9£d ; good to best feejd, Is 6d to Is 7d ; inferior and medium, Is to Is 5d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.— Prime milling quality maintains its popularity, but of this class there is little offering locally. Medium milling has had more attention during the past week, good sound Tuscan having most inquiry. We quote : Prime milling, 3s lid to 4s 2d ; medium to good, 3s 4d to 3s lOd ; whole fowl wheat, 3s to 3s 3d ; damaged and broken, 2s 6d to 3s per bushel (bags in). Potatoes.— Moderate supplies have been coming forward, and the market is steady at late quotations, which are : For best Derwents, £4 to £4 5s ; choice, to £4 7s 6d ; medium to good, £3 10s to £3 17s 6d ; kidneys and other sorts, £3 to £4 10s per ton, according to quality. Chaff.— Prime oaten sheaf is the only kind meeting with ready sale. This has not been over plentiful, and is speedily quitted on arrival. Medium and inferior sorts are still in over-supply, and difficult to move at late values. We quote : Best oaten sheaf, £3 to £3 5s ; extra prime, to £3 7s 6d ; medium to good, £2 10s to £2 15s , inferior, light, and straw chaff, £1 10s to £2 5s per ton (bags extra). Straw.— We quote : Oaten straw, pressed, 27s 6d to 30s ; whdat straw, which is offering more freely, 25s to 27s 6d per ton.

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report as follows : Wheat.— There is nothing fresh to report except a slightly better tone for medium milling. Quotations : Prime'milling, 3s lid to 4s 2d ; medium do, 3s 4d to 3s lOd ; whole fowl wheat, 3s to 3s 3d ; inferior do, 2s 6d to 2s lid. Oats.— Matters remain as has been the case for some weeks past, buyers being content to purchase for special orders and no more. Prime milling is worth Is 7£d to Is 9£d ; good to best feed, Is 6d to Is 7d ; inferior and medium, Is to Is sd. Potatoes —Best Derwents, £4 to £4 7s 6d. Chaff.— Best oaten sheaf is scarce and readily commands, £3 to £3 ss, in some cases £3 7s 6d ; medium to good hard to sell ai £2 10s to £2 15s. Straw.— Oaten straw, best, 35s ; wheat straw, best, 27s 6d.