PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2, 11 January 1906, Page 13

PRODUCE.

Invercargill Prices Current .—Wholesale— Butter (farm), 6d ; separator, 7d. Butter (factory), pats; Is o£d. Eggs, lod per dozen. Cheese, 6d. Hams, 9d. Barley, 2s to 2s 6d. Chaff, £3 5s per ton. Flour, £10 to £-11. Oatmeal, £10 to £11. Bran, £4. Pollard, ~£s las. Retail — Farm butter 8d ; separator 9d. " Butter (factory), pats, Is 2d. Cheese, Bd. Eggs, J.s per dozen. Bacon, 94, Hams, lOd. Flour : 2001 b, 22s ; 501 b, 6s ; -25ft, 3s 3d. Oatmeal : 50ft, 7s ; 251 b3s 6d. Pollard, 9s 6d per bag. Bran, ss. Chaff, 2s. Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report :— Oats.— Business is limited pretty well to smaller lots of good to prime quality, and quotations are as follows : Prime milling, 2s l£d to 2s 2d ; good to best feed, 2s to 2s l£d ; medium to good, Is lid to 2s per bushel. Wheat.— The demand is chiefly for lines of prime quality and for fowl wheat. Quotations : Prime milling, 3s Gd to 3s 7d ; medium to good, 3s 3d to 3s 5d ; whole fowl wheat, 3s Id to 3s 2d ; broken and damaged, 2s 9d to 3s per. bushel. Potatoes.— There is a good demand for all lines of piime quality, which are readily disposed of. Chaff. — The demand is restricted pretty well to lines of prime quality, for which there is a good demand. Quotations : Prime oaten sheaf, £4 2s 6d to £4 7s 6d (extra choice to £4 10s) ; medium to good, £3 10s to £4 ; inferior, £3 to £3 5s per ton. Messrs. Donald Reid and Co., (Limited), report as follows: — We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. Our catalogue was notlarge, but included most of the lines at present in demand locally. For all of these there was good competition, and, with the exception of a few lots of inferior chaff, for which there is little demand, the whole catalogue was cleared at satisfactory prices. Values ruled as under :— Oats.— Since the resumption of business after the holidays no export trade of any importance has been done. Sales are confined chiefly to smaller lots of good. to prime quality for local consumption, and such lines were well competed for at bur sale. Prime milling sold at 2s l£d to 2s 2d ; good to best feed, 2s to 2s lid ; medium to good, Is lid to 2s per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.— Local millers are not disposed to increase their holdings to any great extent, and in the meantime their purchases are chiefly confined to small lots " of choice quality. Medium milling lots are, therefore, not so readily quitted, but ' fowl wheat, although offering for export on more favourable terms at northern ports, is scarce locally, and has good inquiry. We quote : Prime milling, 3s 6d to 3s 7*l ; medium to good, 3s 3d to 3s 5d ; whole fowl wheat, 3s Id to 3s 2d ; broken and damaged, 2s 9d to 3s per bushel (sacks extra). Barley.— Malsters' requirements at this season of the year are extremely small, and in consequence a meagre business is being done. Quotations for prime malting are nominally unchanged, milling and feed lines have some inquiry, and are saleable at -2s 6d to 2s lOd per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.— All good lines coming forward are readily quitted at late values. We had none to offer at Monday's sale. Chaff. — Consignments have not been coming forward freely, and prime oaten sheaf being still in good de-

mand, all such lines are readily quitted on arrival at satisfactory prices. For medium and inferior sorts there is. absolutely no inquiry, and sales are almost impossible to effect. We quote : Prime oaten sheaf, £4 2s 6d to £4 7'sf 6d (a small lot of choice " Central Otago chaff realised £4 10s) ; medium to good, £3 10s to £4 ; inferior, £3 to £3 5s per ton (bags extra). Straw. — Oaten has fair inquiry, but there is practically none offering. Wheaten is in moderate demand at 85s to 37s 6d per ton (pressed).