PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 50, 15 December 1904, Page 13

PRODUCE.

Lionrton, December 9.— The wheat markets are q,uict ; American relapsing, lied winter, 118k ceints. cargoes are dull amd holders less firm. Quotations : 3,3/- afloat33/3 to 33/6 for shipment Flour is dull o\ving to heavy arr,iv,als. Glasgow quotations, nominally, 26/3 td 2if/9.' Butter is steady. Trade prices are slightly easier. Danisfh, .Unchajieed ; Victorian, dh-bicest, l"02/- tio 104/-, and occasionally 106/- ; New Soutih Wales, 10,0/- to 104/ ; New Zealand, 104/ r t.o 106/-, ■ Wheat : Owing to the advane in New York, 5000 quarters were • shipped back there from Antwerp at 36/3.

Wellington, December 12.— The Department of Industries a.nd Commerce h,as received the following cablegram tiom the /Vgeoit-general, .ddtefl . London, 10th inst. :— * Since cabling last week no alteration has taken placer in the mutton market. The lamb market is q,iuet. Beef is in beUer demand. The stocks oi New Zealand beef om haad are light. The average price to-day tor hindquarters v "o! New Zealand beef is,:3J(d ; forequaxters, 2^,""- i <l r l!fe;'butter "'market is"" iirmj with a g/ood iceman J. Tlie^atvei^ia^e' -price of choicest New Zealand batter today is 106/- ; Da^iis,h, 116-/-. The cheese market ib steady , Canadian is quoted at 4,9/-. The hernip market is quiet, but firm. Choice New Zealand hemp, of good fair Wellington grade, on spot to-day, is worth cu3l/10/peo: ton ; January to March shipments, £31/10-. 'tlnvercargill prices current.— Wholesale •— Butter farm, 5d ; separator, 7d ; butter, factory, pats, 10^d. Egg£, 8d per do>zen. »C!heese (factoxy), 64|ft. Hams, 9d. .'Potatoes, £2/10/- per ton (bags weighed in). Barley, 2/- to 2/6. Chaff, £2/5/- per ton. Flour, £lo/10 to £11/10. Oatmeal, £8/10/. to £Q. Br a n, £3/15/-. Pollard, £5. Retail— Farm butter, 7d ; separator, 9d ; butter, factory), pats, 1/-. Cheese, fid to Bd. Eggs, lOd per doz. Bacon, 9d. Hams, lOd. Potatoes, 4/- per cwt. Flour : 2001 b, 23/- ; 5.01 b, 6/6. Oatmeal : 501 b, 5/3 ; 251 b, 2/9. Pollard, 8/6 per bag. Bran, 4/6. Chaff, 1/6.

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report as follows •... We held o/ur weekly auction sale of grain artd produce ! sfM our stores ojx Aland ay, when we submitte/d a sm.aU catalogue to a t'air attendance of buyers. Bidding lor miost ot the lots on ofter was well \\p tio our valuations, and in consequence the catalogue was cleared at satisfact6ry prices. Values ruled as under: —

Oiats. — Lo/cal stocks are now in small compass, and holders are di.sLn.cl in e,d to accept present \ aloes. Any sales jpassjug are ohielly for direct delivery trom cau'ntry statiioais (iooti to prime Gar tons maintam their popularity with shippers, short oat's being only occasionally inq/uired for We quote : Prime milling, 1/7 to 1/8 ; good to best feed, 1/5| to 1/6| ; medium, 1/4 to 1/5 per bwslhel (sacks extra).

Wiheat.— The market sihows no quotable Change. Millers are only tio be tennpted with a tew specially g,0,0d lines ftor mi\i,ng, and under these circumstances medium millwng sorts are scarcely saleable. Fowl wheat is in "reqjuflst, atad commands ready sale at late quotations, deslp'ite t<he quantity lately put on the market. We qfuote : Prime milling, 3/6 to 3/9 ; medium to gpod, 3/2 to 3/3 ; whole fowl wheat, 3/- tio 3/1 , br/oke-n and tiiamlagoa, 2/6 to 2/10 per bushel (sacks extra). .—Prime Derwemts were in sihort supply, an I foft.be&l &'orts time was a decided inwrovemetal in vjalues. The«c sold at £3/10/- to £4 , others, £3 to £3/7/6 per ton (sacks i<n). Chaff.— Only smell consignments of prune quality have come forwaxd during the past week, and these have been readily quitted on arrival. At Monday's sales 1 a "further advance in prices was record, prime bright <*aten shea* realising £3/15/- t|o £4 , meditum to good, £3 to £3/10/- per ban (bags extra). SfrrfaVi'i— We q;uote : Best oaten and wheat, 30/- to 35/- per ton (.pressed).

, Messrs. Stronach., Morris, and 00. report :— Wheat —Milling lrnes are dull of siale, b»it fowl wheat leQDa up to late thu.otatto*is. Prime milling, 3/7 to 3/9,; meditura, 3/2 to 3/5 ; best wh'otle fowl wheat, 2/11 to 3/I';' 'aiferuor and damaged, 2/6 to 2/1)0.

Oats. — There has been a fair amount of business SMigr-^fndirf^Qcik-SfHT town are now. very low. Quotations ii&aaffl. il\& siame, 'ua'rjiely, Prime mi,ilifn>g; 1/7 to 1/8; gotdkd. to best feed, \/o\ to l/ 6£ ; inferior a/rid medium, 1/6 tjaf 1/5. '

£3.t*> £3/7/6/ •,'-' ;f tsr. ' Uhjaft.— Prices halve risen 'during tjh© week, amid prime qat€<n sheaf is now worth £3/12/(kto £»/17>/6 ; mediium to a oojd, £3 t,o £3/1 a/-. V