PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 40, 5 October 1905, Page 13

PRODUCE.

Inveroargill prices current. — Wholesale : Cheese, &<i. Butter (farm), 81 ; separator. 1b; factory (pats), Is 2d and Is 2.Jd. Egge, 8d per doz. Bams, 9d. Barley, 2s to 2s 6d. Chaff, £2 15s per ton. Flour, £10 to £11. Oatmeol, £9 10s to £10s. Bran, £3 15a. Pollard, £5 10s. Potatoes, £9 per ton. Retail : Butter (farm), lOd ; separator, Is 2d ; factory (pats), 1b 4d. flheese, Bd. Eggs, 10d per doz. Bacon, 9d. Hams, lOd. Flour— 2oolbs, 22a ; 50Jbs, 6s ; 25!bs, 3a 3d. Oatmeal— solbs, 6s ; 251bs, 3s. Pollard, 10a 6d per bag. Bran, 6s. Chaff, la 9d. Potatoes, 11s per cwt.

Wellington, October 2 —The Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cablfgra-n from the High Commissioner, dated London, 30th ult : — Tne mutton market is weak, trade for all classes being very Blow. Prices are barely maintained. The average price to-day for Canterbury mutton is 3£d (? 4£d) per lb ; tor North Island mutton, 3Jd per lb, of which there is a moderate supply. Prime Plate mutton is in large supply. The average price is 3|d per lb. Lamb : The market is very dull, stocks in hard being heavy. There is a scarcity of prime quality lamb. Tne aveaage price to-day for New Zealand lamb is : Canterbury brand and for brand-* other than Canterbury, 5d per lb fcr light-weights and 4 £d per lb for heavy-weights. Beef : The market is quiet, and supplies of Kiver Plate beef heavy. tocks of New Zealand beef on hand are light. The average price to-'ay for New Zealand beef is 3} I per lb for hinds and 2^d per lb for fores. The batter market is firm, with an improved demand. Danish, 123^ ; Canadian, 109s; Bait, 112s; saltles* Australian, 109s; salt, 113 a, The demand for naltless butte' has been caused by b ending. The cheese market is firm, and there is a better demand. Canadian, 568 per cwt.

Messrs. Nimmo and Blair report as follows :— Wheat. — There is fair inquiry for piime milling samples at values a shade higher than were ruling last week. Fowl wheat it in firm request for local conburuprion We quote : Prime milliDg, 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; whole fowl wheat, 2s lid to 3a bushel, Backs extra. Oats, — With looai stocks very much redu ed all late arrivals are finding ready s^le at an advance on last week's ruling rates. We qnote : frime milling, Is lid to Is 11 JI ; good to best feed, Is lOd to Is lid bushel, sacks extra. Chaff — Since our 1 si oonaignraents have slacken, d off consideiably. in cnmtquence of which valueg have drcidedly improved. We quote : Priuie oaten sheaf, lrom £3 10s to £3 15s per ton, sacks extra Potatoes.— The market is quiet. Suppli s are coming forward most freely, but considering the extra quantity offering values are fairly well maintained. We quote : Prime Derwents, from £9 10s to £10 ; white sort?, from £8 10s to £9 per ton. K^gr*. — In good demand at 9£d rer doz^n. But er. — Coming forward sparingly. We qnota : Dairy, prints, 9Jd to 10J i ; prime milled, lOd to 10^d ; separator, in £lb and lib pats, 10£ dto lHd per )b. Pigs. — Fair demand. Baconcrp, 3Jd to 3|d per lb ; porkers, 3Ji to 3£d per lb. Poultry. — In pplendid demand. Hens, 2s 6d to 3s 9d ; roosters, 8s 6d to 4s 9d ; ducks, 3d 3d to 4s 6d d^r p^ir ; turkeys— hens, 5d to 6d ; gobbler*, 121 b aud over, 7d to 8d ; lighter weights, Gd to 7d per lb.

Donald Reid and Co., Ltd., report :—: — We held our we-kly auction sale of pram and produce at our stores on Monday. We submitted a full catalogue whioh met with a good reception from a full atteudance of buyers. Prices ruled as under :—: — <.ate. — Local stacks are not heavy, and only small consignments are coming forward fr.jtn the country. These are readily absorbed by the local trade at prices which give shippers little opportunity of Becuripg stock. Milltng oats are in fair demand, but not si keenly competed for as feed lines, all of which, fr'm A grade to inierior, have strong inquiry. We quo'e : Prime milling, Is lid to Is lljd ; good to beat ie*d, Is lOd to Is lid ; medium aud inferior, Is 7d to Is 9£d per bushel (.sacks extra).

Wheat.— Looal inquiries are almost entirely confined to choice lines (Tuscan preferred). Medium quality still finds little faront with millers, and any lin r s of this class offering for ponitire sale aie being quitted as fowl wheat. This has fair demand at quotations locally, but prices ruling leave no margin for shippers in comparison with values at northern ports. We quote : Choice millirg, 3s 3d to 3* 4d ; gtod do, 3s Id to 8s 2d ; whole fowl wheat, 2n lld to 8a ; broken aud damaged 2s 6d to 2a lOd per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — In the prasent state of the marke f , with so few going into consumption, sales cannot be forced, but, considering the quuntitiis lately imported into the colony, values are fairly well maintained. Piime Derwents hare most attention, and next in favour come good linas of Up to Dates We quote : Best Derwents. £9 10d to £10 ; medium, £9 to £9 7s 6d ; best white sorts, £8 10s to £9 ; oth^rsj £7 10s to £8 5s per ton (bags in). Chaff. — Weather conditions have not b^en favourable for cutting, and in consequence supplies have not been heavy. For prime, bright oatnn sh< af there is good demand at prices a shade in advance of late values, Mcd urn and inferior sorts have not by any meanß the same attention. We quote ; Prime oaten sheaf, £3 10 to £3 lfis ; medium to good. £3 to £3 7s 6d ; inferior, £2 10s to £2 15s per ton (bags extra). Straw. — Moderate supplies coming forward. We quote : Prime oaten, 37s 6d to 40s ; wheaten, to 35a per ton (pressed). Hay. — We quote : Best clover and ryegrass, £3 to £3 ss ; 'medium to good, £2 10s to £2 15s ; inferior and damaged, £1 15 ato£2 5s per ton. Turnips — Best swedes, 20s per ton (loose), ex truck.