PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, 22 November 1906, Page 17

PRODUCE

Wellington, November IS.— The Department of Industries and Commerce has received the foilowing cable from the Hi^h .Commissioner, dated London, the 1.7, th inst. :— \ Trade for all clashes of mutton has been very " slow, and prices are hardly maintained. - The quantity at present going into consumption is very small, high prices restricting business. Canterbury brands are quot-, ed at 4|d per lb ; those other than Canterbury at 4fd. River Plate mutton is . quoted at 4d' per lb.. The. lamb market is depressed, the weather being very tin- ' favorable for the sale of that commodity. The average price for New Zealand (Canterbury brand), is s|d r per lb. This season's Australian lambs are quoted at s|d per lb. The beef market is very dull. Supplies of River Plate beef are increasing, and a further drop' in price is 'imminent. New Zealand hind and fore quarters" are quoted at 4jd and 3£ per Ife respectively: -"The butter market is steady, but there is only a-- small demand for the best quality. Choice New Zealand is quoted at 1 IGs per cwt ; Danish at' 125s ; Siberian at 105;, and Argentine at 114s. The cheese market is quiet, and small business is doing. Ganadian is quoted at 63s per cwt. Messrs Donald Reid a"d Co. (Ltd.) report :— We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stoics on Monday, when we submitted' a moderate catalogue of the usual lines in demand.locally. The attendance of buyers was smaller than usual, and bidding throughout was not, keen. Many of the lines on offer, had to Le passed in for want of competition. Values ruled as under :—: — Oats.— Good to bebt feed lines have had more attention from shippers, but in most cases where sa<les have resulted prices a shade below late quotationshave been accepted.- Prime milling lines are only in'*demand for export as feed quality. - Medium and inferior sorts meet with slow' sale. Quotations : Prime milling, 2s Id ; good to best feed, 2s to 25 o£d ; inferior to medium, Is Sd to Is lid per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — The market is si ill quiet, with no alteration" in values to report. Only prime samples --are in favor with millers, and even in this respect their requirements are small. Medium quality is neglected except as fowl wheat, for which there is fair demand. Quotations : Prime "milling, 3s 4d to 3s 5d ; medium to good, Ss 2d to 3s 3d ; whole fowl wheat, 3s to 3s Id ; broken and ■ damaged, 2s 6d to 2s lid per bushel (sacks extra). « '" ; Potatoes. — Foiv to-day's sale we had no really prime sound lines -.forward. Nearly all offered -were of indifferent quality," for which there is not strong demand. These were * quitted at £10 to £10 10s for fair Derwents, while lower qualities realised £6 to £8 per ton. Prime sound table .'sorts are worth' £H to £11 15s per ton (sacks included). , Chaff.— The market is still well supplied with chaff of medium to good -quality,, for which there is- .only . occasional inquiry., -Prime /bright, .oaten sheaf .is-, titheonly class for which .there, is. ready sale.. Local buyers have seldom been so particular as to " color as they are at present.- Light, inferior, and discolored- lines are unsaleable. Quotations : JBest oaten sheaf, £3 10s to £3 "155.; choice,; to £3 17s 6d ; medium io good," £3 to; £3-' 7s 6d;; f inferior and light, £2 10s Ho,- £2 15s per. ton. (bags' -extra). ■'■ ' ' • *"'■s Pressed Straw. — The - market has been fully supplied • with oaten, straw, which now sells at about 40s" per ton/" WheaW ii r-sr -s hot ?o plentiful, and is in fair demand at 32s 6d to 35s per ton.