PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, 6 September 1906, Page 17

PRODUCE.

• _^___ " . ' t. • y Wellington, - September 3.-=Th'e Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cable from the High Commissioner,' dated London, September I:—The1 :— The mutton market ,- is dull at last week's quotations. Lamb market : Weak. Forced selling jstill - continues. Canterbury brands are quoted at,/ 4f d^to 4£d ; other than Canterbury lamb is selling? at 4M to 4|d. The beef market is steady at 3 ; |d to 2fd ■ for hind and forequarters respectively/ '.Choice "New Zealand butter is steady at 112s to 114s per cwt • Danish is quiet at 122s ; while Canadian makes are quoted at Ills per cwt. The cheese market* is firm but there is a good demand. "Canadian^ is quoted at 62s per cwt. There « is no -stock of New- Zealand v ori\ hand. The hemp market is - quiet, \. . but steady. G-.f.a.q Wellington, on spot, is quoted at. £33 10s to £34 per ton. The same quotation applies to. Octo-ber-December shipments.

Invercargill Prices Current :— Wholesale — Butter (farm), 9d ; separator, l^d. Butter (factory), pats. Is lfd. Eggs, _9d per dozen. - Cheese, 7d. Hams, &d. Barley, 2s to 2s Gd. Xhaff, £3 5s per ton. Flour, £9 10s t o £10. Oatmeal, £12 10s to £13. Bran, £4. Pollard, £5 10s. Potatoes, £10. Retail— Farm butter; lid; separator Is Id Butter (factory), pats, Is 4d. Cheese, ftd. Eggs, Is per dozen. Bacon, 9d. Hams, 94. Flour— 2ooft, - "21s ';- 501fi ss. 9d ; 251 b, 3s. Oatme a l-501b, 7s 3d ; - 251 b, '3s 9d. PolK lard, 9s 6d per bag. Jiran, ss. Chaff, 2s. Potatoes, 12s per cwt. *' — r -

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report :— Oats.— There Js a good inquiry for seed dines, ■ but the market is somewhat easier) for other", qualities. Quotations : Seed lines, 2s 5d .to 2s 9d ; prime mil.ling, 2s 3d to 2s 4d~ ; good to best "feed; 2s 2d to 2s 3d ; medium, 2s to 2s Id ; inferior, ' Is lOd to Is 11£ d per bushel. Wheat.— Business is practically ■ suspended pending the outcome of the present tariff proposals. Quotations : Prime milling, (nominally), 3s 5d -to 3s ,$d ; Tuscan, to 3s 7>d ; medium, 3s 3d to" 3s 4d ;, whole - fowl wheait, 3s « Id to 3s 2d ; biroken and' - damaged, 2s 9d to 3s per bushel. *- - ..-.'" Potatoes.— The market continues' firm, prices being well ' main tjadtoort. Quotations-: Good seed lines, £12^ to £13 ; best table sorts, £11 to £11 15s; •- medium to good, .£9 10s to £10 10s; inferior, &i to £9;" small, £5 to £6 -per ton. ' „ , r \, Oh'aff .— Supplies - are now more plentiful,' -but there is still a good inquiiy for prime samples, " but inferior an-d medium are hard .to'" place at reduced prices. Prime oaten sheaf, £4 to £4 2s ftd ; -medium, £3 10s to £3 15s ; discolored and light, £3 to £3 ,5s per ton. < . ,'•.,.-»,'-

Messrs. Qonald Reid and Co. (Ltd.) report i— We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. T-here was again a full catalogue, and although the attendance of ,-buy--ers .was good, competition was- not keen, and part of the - offering had to ' be passed in pending private sale. Values ruled as under :— ' Oats.— With the exception of seed lines, for which there has been good demand, little' business hits been passing- during the week. Prime milling lines have

little attention, and. good lots of A and B grade suitable for export, have only been saleable at a reduction on late values. 'Quotations: Seed' "lines, 2s 5d "A d i P ni ? e millin S' 2s -3d to 2s. 4dj; good to SSrim \* m, 2d < tO , 2S - 3d ;^iedium,;;.2 S -io g 2s Id ; Wheat r^ d t0 I s . IHd per' bushel ; (salcs t«Hff It «"" c l unceitai^ty as tb" -the.. result of the ket fo? iffnfn I C f USOd irir the marifkelv ihS? Vf 8 hea V aiul altf K> u Sk it: is .'far from i,,Sn*c • Ht alter ations indicated will£ become law ■Sf" the meantime -, fs^practically -/susiended Prime mfnt continues to move' off :*tn£& Rotations to m ll } m S (aouanall 7) , 3s 5d to.3.s^6d:; Tuscan, wheat i* i?^f Un Vi2 3d '*S 3s *«*';£■ -Vhole, fowl to 3s n?r ill i f S ?d? d ; brokea and ' da^aged,; 2s 9d 10 ds per ,busbel (sacks- extra). " ' -i s and DriST^m t ? n ?-° f , the mark ' e * c °ntinues; ; firm, $*ZJ Prii, most kinds of potatoes are weir maintained. seedtimes, notably Up-to-dates- - are in S^aL??*™ 1 -* 1 ? WaS feared t«at P the impoitation of American potatoes would have a depressing effect these h h a market f ° r ■ k? 16 sovis: - The shipment of ' E? d H ic^ "r e sn a rrr s*&< i°6 S P^r &^?^tSSSd? 7 "' to^ 9 • ; S^' tb ai+h C | la s"~ Th , c ma / kc t is .more heavily supplied, and £!?£ S l' n Va Ue - /°- r ? rime ' bri S ht e « . are ' n/^r 7f " maintained, other- iauds are difficult to glace at/a reduction in. values. v .Quotations- Best oafen s-healf^ £3 17s -.Cd"" to £V 2s^ eff? - chodce, to £4 5s ; s medium to good, £3 10s to.. £3 15s • light fo eT \Z' X3\tb £3^ &r£ straw' chaS £2 10s to/, £2 12s 6d per ton (bags extra) , ' h«vJ'tn ni^~T h6 ark , et , is - & lutted » and as stocks liave^to be cleared reduced prices are inevitable. Quow£l S: + se i!* swedes 14s v per ton,, several trucks having to be' passed- in slightly below' this price -