PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 40, Issue 40, 1 October 1903, Page 13

PRODUCE.

London, September 27. — Frozen Meat.— Mutton : Canterbury, unchanged ; Dunedin and Southland, 4 l-16d ; North island, 4d. Lamb : Canterbury, light, 4 13-16 d ; heavy, 4fd ; Dunedin and Southland, 4 11-16 d ; North Island, 4fd. New Zealand beef, 180 ft to 220 ft, fair average qjuality : Ox fores, 2 11-16 d ; ox hinds, 4 l-16d. Rifrer Plate sheep and beef, unchanged.

Wellington, September 28.— The Industries astd Commerce Department has received the following cablegram from the Agent-General, dated London, September 26 : ' Mutton market dull, but holders firm at quotations cabled last week. The lamb market, owing to the poor - demand, is a shade weaker. The beef market is unfavorably affected by the forced clearances of River Plate chilled beef, but prices" nominally are unchanged. The butter market is fiim, with an improved demand, the average price for choicest New Zealand to-day being 98s to 100s pea: cwt ; Danish, 123. The cheese market is firm but the demand only moderate. The average price for -> choicest Canadian is 55s per cwt. Invercargill prices current. — Wholesale — Butter farm, Bd. butter (factory), bulk, 10$ dto ll^d, pats, Hid to llfd cash.- Eggs, 9d per dozen. Cheese (factory), 64d. Hams, 9d. Potatoes, £4 per ton (bags weighed in). Barley, 2s to 2s 6d. Chaff, £3 per ton. Flour, £10 10s to £11. Oatmeal, £8 10s to £9. Bran, £3 10s. Pollard, £4. Retail.— Fresh Butter, lOd ; butter (facsory), pats, Is l£d. Eggs, lid per dozen. Cheese, Bd. Bacon, lid. Hams, lOd. Potatoes, 5s 6d per cwt. Flour : 2001 b, 23s ; 50ft, 6s 6d. Oatmeal : 50ft, 5s 6d ; 25ft, 2s 9d. Pollard, 7s per bag. Bran, 4s 6d. Chaff, Is 9d. Mr. F. Meenan, King street, Dunedin, reports :— Wholesale prices only—Oats: Seed, Is lOd to 2s 3d; milling, Is 8d to Is 9£d ; feed, Is 3d to Is 7d. Wheat : Milling, 3s lOd to 4s 2d; fowls' wheat, 3s to 3s 6d. Potatoes : Derwents, £3 15s to £4 5s ; seed kidneys, £3 10s to £4 10s. Chaff, £2 10s to £3 10s. Straw : Pressed wheat, 27s 6d ; oaten, 30s ; loose, 355. Flour : Sacks, £10 ; 50ft, £10 15s ; 25ft, £11. Oatmeal, £9. Pollard, £4. Bran, £3. Butter : Da'ry, 8d to lOd ; factory, lid. Cheese : Factory, 6^d ; dairy, 6d. Eggs, lid. Onions : Melbourne, £5. Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report as follows :— We held our weekly auction of grain ond produce to-day, and submitted a full catalogue to a good attendance of buyers. Competition was not keen, and on this account many of the lots' on offer had to be passed in. Prices ruled as under :— n &%-$ Oats.— During the past week moderate business has been done at prices a shade below late quotations. Most of the oats on offer are of medium quality, amd this class is almost neglected by shippers. The few coming to hand are for B grade. Local stocks of these are proportionately small, but even for this class late values are barely maintained. Inferior sorts are only saleable at a reduction in value. We quote : Prime milling, Is 7d to Is 8d ; good to best feed, Is s£d to Is 6£d and medium, Is to Is 5d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — Local stocks of well-conditioned wheat are not large, and move off steadily to supply millers' requirements. Medium quality, if sound, also finds a\n outlet in the same direction. Fowl wheat commands ready sale at late values. We quote : Prime milling, 4s to 4s 3d ; medium to good, 3s 6d to 3s lOd ; good to best whole fowl wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 5d ; broken and damaged, 2s 9d to 3s Id per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.— The market is fairly well supplied with good northern Derwents. Prime sorts are saleable at about late values, but indifferent quality has not the same attention. We quote : Prime Derwents, £4 to £4 5s ; medium to good, £3 10s to £3 17s 6d ; inferior, £3 to £3 5s ; best seed sorts, £4 to £6 per ton (bags in)-. Chaff.— Heavy supplies of good quality have come forward, and in consequence values are a shade easier. The market is still well stocked with medium quality, which has no attention from buyers. We quote : Best oaten sheaf, £3 to £3 5s ; medium to good, £2 7s 6d to £2 15s ; inferior and light, £1 10s to £2 5s per ton (bags extlra).

Turnips.— -Only a few consignments are coming forward, and are readily quitted at l)ss to 17s per ton (loose ex truck). Straw.— We quote :— Best oaten straw, 30s- ; - wfaeat, 27s 6d per ton (pressed). •

Messrs. Stronach, Morris and Co. report as follows: Waealt.— The market is dull at present yery few lines being sold except fowl wheat, which is in gqbd demand. Best milling 4s Id to 4s 3d ; medium to good, 3s 104 to Is ; fowl wheat, 3s to 3s 3d. Oats.— There is some inquiry for prime bright lines, suitable for shipment, but for other sorts .the market Is dull. Best milling, Is 8d to Is B±d ; medium' ibo giood, Is 7d to Is 7£d ; best feed, Is 6d to Is 7d : medium find inferior, Is 2d to Is sd. Chaff.— The market is on a par with last weeki's quotations. Extra best oaten chaff, £3 7s 6d ; good do, £3 2s 6d to £3 5s ; inferior and medium, £2 17s 6d to £3. Straw.— Best oaten straw demand gjood. Wheaten in full 'supply, and not so good results. Best oaten, 27s 6d to 30s ; Wheaten, 22s 6d to 25s 6d. Turnips.— Demand good, supplies short. Best swedes, 17s (loose). Potatoes.— There is no change since last report, and the price they are now quoted at is likely to last for some time. Prime Derwents, ,£4 to £4 ss- : medium to good, £3 15s to £3 17s Bd.