PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 8, 21 February 1907, Page 17

PRODUCE

Wellington.— February 16,— The Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cable/ from the High Commissioner, .dated - London, February " ; 10 : — Mutton. — The market is weaker, and the tendency' downward. Supplies are increasing, and there is a ; good demand for prime quality, but heavy mutton is dull of sale. Average Canterbury sells at 4fd ; North Island, 4-£ d. Lamb. — The market is dull Jor.. present requirements, ami fut.ure business is in an unsettled state. Canterbury is ''quoted at sfd. Beef. — The .market is quiet at unchanged rates. Butter. — The market is glutted and lifeless. Choice New Zealand" is'quoted at 101s, Argentine, at 101s, Australian at 98s, _ Danish at 112s. Cheese.— The market is firm, with an upwaid tendency. Average .price : New Zealand manu-' ' f acture, < 6(3s per cwt, ■ Hemp. — The market is quiet tout steady. 'Good fair grade on spot, £35) 10s, arid AprilJune shipments, £38 ; fair current Manila; on spoi, £41.

Invercargill Prices Current :—: — Wholesale — Butter, (farm), 7d ; separator, 9d. Butter (factory), pats, Is lfd. Eggs, Is per dozen. Cheese, 7d. Hams, 9d. Barley, 2s to2s,6d. Chaff, £4 per ton. Flour, £9 to £9 10s. Oatmeal, £11 10s to £12. Bran, £l'ss. Pollard. £5 to~£s* 10s. Potatoes, £5. Retail — Farm butter, 9d; separator, lid Butter (factory), pats, ls'4d. Cheese, 9d. Eggs, Is °3d per dozen. Bacon, lOd. Hams, lOd. Flour— 2oolb, 20s ; 25ft, 5s 3d ; 251 b, 2s 9d. Oatmeal— solb; Cs y 6d; 251 b, 3s Qd. Pollard, 9s Gd. Bran, ss. Chaff, 2s (id. Potatoes, 7s per cwt.

Messrs.' Donald "Reid and Co. (Ltd.) report : — We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Moiiday. . We submitted an average catalogue to the usual attendance of buyers, but, as competition was slack, only a small proportion of the offering changed hands. Values ruled as under :—

Oats. — The quantity on , offer is extremely small, - very few samples of new oats having so far , come forward. Current prices are somewhat above shippers' limits, nearly all oats being sold are taken for local consumption. All sorts have gtiod inquiry. Quotations : Prime milling and best feed, 2s 5d to 2s 6d ; medium, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; 'inferior and damaged, ■ 2s to 2s 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. —Locally grown wheat is now offering more freely, and, being threshed in' prime condition, has - ready sale on arrival. Medium milling lines are not in demand with millers,, but have a ready outlet as fowl wheat, which is in somewhat short supply. Quota- - tions : Prime milling, -3s 4d .to 3s 4jd ; whole fowl, wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; broken and damaged, 3s to 3s 2d per bushel (sacks exUa). Potatoes. — Supplies are more plentiful, and only prime /freshly dug lots are readily dealt with. These, are selling at £6 15s to £7 ss; while stale - and - * inferior lots are*" not easily quitted at £5 to £6JOs-' per ton (according to Equality). - - .*' * Chaff.— Consignments, have been coming forward free r ly during the past week, and in view of the quantity on offer it has been intpossible to maintain late values. The "demand is -still confined for the most part to prime oatem sheaf. Quotations: Bestoaiten .sheaf, £4 15s . to £5 ; choice, to £5 2s &d ;. inferior to medium 1 , £4to v £4 10s per ton (bags extra). \ / Straw.— T-his is extremely scarce, and, with keen demand, has ready sale on arrival. Quotations : Oaten, 50s; wheaten, 40s to. 45s per ton (pressed)., .

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report :— - Oats.— The ~ market continues firm at late' -rates, which. >are as' follow : Prime milling, 2s s£d to 2s 6'Jrd; good to best feed, 2s 4d to X 2s 5d ;, medium and Inferior, 2s to 2s v i*4 per bushel. , , Wheat.— Supplies of" .'new ,- season's wheat is „ now -, coming to Jiand, but the milling inquiry is not great. There is a good however, for fowl' wheats Quotations- : Prime milling, 3s 4d \o 3s 4£d ; medium milling and fowl wheat, -3s 3d to 3s 4d ; broken and dam- , fc aged, ,3s;ttb ,3s 2d per bushel. .;,-,- . _-■ Potatoes.— Supplies are plentiful? ,and in consequence prCc.es are easier. Quotations : -Prime" table sorts, to £7';- medium to -good, £6 to £6 105, ; small and in- '„ ferior, £4 upwards. r y . Chaff.— The market is fully supplied, and prices are • somewhat - easier, , viz., < prime oaten sheaf,' £.4 15s" to'£s ; extra choice,,, to £5 2s / 6d'; medium and inferior, •£4 to' £4 12s 6d. per' ton. ~ " ' v