PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 13, 28 March 1907, Page 17

PRODUCE

Invercargill Prices (Current :—: — Wholesale — Butter,^ (farmi), 9d ; separator, lid. Butter (factory), pats, Is' lfd. Eggs, Is per dozen. Cheese, 7d. Hams, 9d. - Barley, 2s to 2s 6d.~ Chan, £4 per ton. Flour, £9 to £9~ 10s. , Oatmeal, £14 10s to £15. Bran, '£4 ss. Pollard, £5 to'£si 10s. Potatoes, £4. Retail — Farm, butter, lid; separator,^ Is Id. Butter (factory), pats, Is 4d. Oheese, 9d. ,Eggs, Is 3d per dozen. Bacon, lOd. Hams, lOd. ■ .Flour— 2001bs, 20s. Oatmeal— solbs, '8s 3d'; 25fts, 4s 6dv.Pollard, 9s 6d. • Bran, ss. Chaff, ,2s 6d. Potatoes, 6s per. cwt. <■ - « March 25.— The Department of Industries and Conn merce has received the following cable from the High Commissioner, dated London, 23rd inst. :>— Mutton.i-T<he market is slightly weaker, with less demand. Supplies" are increasing, but there is a scarcity of prime quality. Canterbury mutton is .quoted iat 4d per ft ; North Island brands at 3£d.-^ Lambs'.— The market is" dull, and stocks on hand are heavy. The", demand is expeqted to increase. Average price tar Canterbury lambs is 5d per 1b ; other than Canterbury brand, 7 " 4fd. The beef market is dull, and the supply exceeds the demand. The average price is 3fd and 2Jd for hind and forequarteors respectively. Butter. — The market is steady, and prices are well maintained for, choicest quality, owing to short supply. -The" market is: dull for -second-class quality, as the supply "exceeds, the demand. Current quotations are : Choicest New. Zealand, 101s; -Argentine, 100s;. Victorian, 995 : ;-.Dan-i ish, Ills per qwt. - Oheese.— The market is - quiet and prices are slightly weaker, with less demand, at 65s per cwt. Hemp.—^The market is rather unsettled', • and prices ,are slightly weaker. Good fair grade 0n,,, spot is 'quoted "at £37 per tool ; April-June shipmenti;' £36;' and fair current Manila, on spot, £39 per -ten. Cocksfoot Seed. — The market is firm, but buyers are not keen to do business. There is, however, no pressure to sell. Current quotation... is 52s per cwt of 171 b - bright/ clean-dressed seed. .•^Messrs. Stronach; Morris, and Co report :— Oats.— Supplies not too' plentiful, and prices remain firm' at late rates.- Quotations : Prime miP ling, 2s 7d to 2s 7£d ; gocd to best 'feed, 2s 6d to 2s , 6|d ; inferior to medium, 2s 4d' to 2s s£d per bushel. .Wheat. — The market remains" • firm, and quotations are as follow : Prime milling, 3s 5d to 3s s^d ; me- * dioi'm, 3s 4d to 3s 4£d ; whole fowl wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; Broken arnd . damaged, 3s to 3s 2d per' bushel. '■ Potatoes. — Supplies are plentiful, and- only those in good condition are readily" placed^ Quotations : Best/ £4 to £4 10s ; medium to good, £3 ss" to £3 15s -; stale and inferior, £2 10s to £3 per ton. v ■• Cihaff.— The market coAtinaies firm, and late * values are well rmainlbamed. Prime oaten sheaf, • £4 15s to £5 <; medium., £4 5s to £4 12s 6d ; interior, £3 10s per ton upwards.

.^Messrsv-Donald- Reid- and Co. (Ltd.) report:— We held our .weekly auction sale of grain -and pro* duce- at our stores 6n Monday. There was good attendance of buyers,- and as' most ~of the lots -on offer, were suitable for the local trade a fair clearance was effeoted. Values ruled as under :—

' Oats. — There is^ little change to r report. Consignments are arriving sparingly, and nearly .all offered for sale are readily taken on arrival at prices "on a par with late- quotations'. We quote : Prime milling, 2s 7id to 2s 7£d ; good to, best feed, 2s 6d to 2s p^d ; inferior to medium, 2s 4d to 2s, 5-|d per bushel (sacks extra) % . Wheat. — Thie market is firm for all s good to" prime milling Medium sorts are no*t much sought after. Fowl wheat is offering more Jreely, but has good ' demand bjoth locally and for export. We quote : Prime millimg, 3s 5d to 3s sid ; medium, '3s M to " 3s. 4£d ; whole fowl wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; broken and damaged, 3s to 3s 2d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.— Supplies are still arriving, and only those^, in best condition are easily sold. Medium quality and" unripe consignments are difficult to deal *-with even at reduced rates. We quote : Best -freshly-dug lots, in prime condition, "£4 to £4 10s ; medium to good, £3 5s to £3 15s \ stale and inferior, £2 10s .to £3.'per~ ton (bags included!. " , Chaff. — The quantity coming forward is .sufficient'to .supply present, requirements, and valtres are 'unchanged. Prime oaten} 'sheaf has most inquiry, and is saleable at £4 • 15s to £5.. Mpcfium quality is ' not in such good demand at =£4 to £.- lQs. Inferior and straw chaff is slow of . sale at £2 iss to £3 15s per ton (bags extra). Pressed Straw.— Oaten has fair demand at 55s to 60s, but wheateh is in over-supply, and sells at 42s to ' 45s per ton. ' *. Turnips.— Several trucks to hand sold at 35s per ton > (loose). The demand is not yet general.