CHRISTCHURCH PRODUCE MARKETS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2391, 1 August 1899, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH PRODUCE MARKETS.

IPota'c remain abm**-- the same, buyers decliniug .... gi. c i;.--ro ' < 10s, thongh no Bales iiav been reported at this figure. A quau'ity ol cocksfoot is being shipped to Europe by the Rakaia, on direct orders. In view of the large amount of Bowing down tbat will require to be done this year, orders are coming in for grass-seed, and a line _f 2500 bushels <i . veg. &33 has been placed with one large farmer for delivery next month. There is a fair amount of ryegrass now on offer from growers. f Wheat—Hunter's 2s 2d to 2s 2£d, Pearl Lbout 2s 4d, and Tuscan 2s 4d to 2s 4£d. f New Oats—Canadians Is 3d to ls 4d, teboit feed ls 2d to ls 3d, duns Is Id to ls 2d [at country stations. | Barley—2s 3d to 3s delivered. Beans—2s 5d to 2s 6d. Peas—Blue Prussians 2a 8d to 2s 9d, cartridge 2< 9d to 3s. [ Flour—Millers quote roller £7, stone £6 Sharps—£3 10s. I Bran—£3. Oatmeal—£B 10s. I Oalsheuff Chaff—New 35s to 36s at fcou'ntry stations f Potatoes—Kidneys 20s, Early Roses 40s to Bss. Derwents 10s, off forks, at country stations. I Onions—4os, nominal, at country Stallone. I Grass Seed—Ryegrass, farmers' lots la 6d lo 2* ; cocksfoot,"2£d for light discoloured ; fed to 3d for medium, and 3£d to 3id fcr flight fairly heavy ; extra heavy, machinepressed, 171b seed, 4d ; cowgrass, s£d to 6d. I Dairy Produce —Cheese, factory 4d to |£d, loaf 4d to 5d ; butter, factory, local, Is 2u, * orth Island lOd to lid, dairy 8d to Id, sal 1 -. ( n boxes) 7d to lOd J bacon 7d, do. 101 l7d to 7£d, hams 8d ; factory bacon and lam id h.gher.—" Press."