GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Press, Volume XL, Issue 5830, 21 May 1884, Page 6

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

»2 During the pact four weeks the weather > 9 has been exceedingly fine, and satiafactoij jg progress has been made with grain de> (9 liveries. The cbange, however, has cons. u> too late to repair the damage done during .7 the harvest, as the major portion of the ' wheat now arriving in Ly ttelton ie more « 7 less out of condition. Since the date of our last summary teveral drops hare 7 taken place in the local values of wheat it sympathy with the continuous descent ia the European markets. In fact, since th» shipping engagements of the larger buyeitbave been tilled, quotations have boooaw almost nominal, and nearly aLI tho Bhip- ' merits made to the United Kingdom dndsf the past month have been on growers' m> c count. Since the publication of the ' umnal b. agricultural statistics by the Gomuiftsnt, .-. oats have steadily advanced in value, km - g as there is considerable competitia 10 amongst traders in this line, produce* c have no difficulty in quitting their pajafrn 0 The reasons assigned for the tutciml 2 activity in this cereal are the ehortntucf 1 the crop and the strong demand that hg 3 set in for the Australian markets. Ia«j» - 6 pathy with the run upon eats there has beat 0 during the last few days an improwiisert 0 in the inquiry for feed barley, which in the L ® earlier part of the season was quite Jtfjf o lected. Prime malting samples ate in god 7 request, but the market Has become almoat 0 bare of them. 1 Business in potatoes has been somewhlt ~ restricted lately ; not on account of laj 2 unusual increase in the yield, bat from toe fact that the Australian markets are &tth» 0 moment well supplied from local source*. 1 Quotations for grass seed are nominal, H - 3 there is little or no business passiDsr. • In dairy produce there is but little cnMW to report beyond that butter is a ww weaker, while cheese is somewhat firmer, l although stocks of the latter continuelaSfc The following are the quotations of Wβ day:— ,f Wheat.—Sound and dry Tuscan, Sβ 3d M i- 3s 4d; pearl and velvet chaff, 3s 2d to a b 3d; Hunter's white, 3a to 3s Id, f &e. c Damaged lots stand at 2s, nominallyOats.—Stout milling, 2s 4d s bright iron. feed, 2s 2d to 2s 3d; sound Danish and P«tariane, Is lid to 2a; discolored loti, own a 8d to Is lid, according to condition. . Barley.—Prime malting, 3s 10d to «] medium, 83 3d to 3a 6d; discolored and l*» - lots, from 2s 6d. . .i. Ghrasa Seed.—Eye grass is quoted at Sβ 60, 9 nominally, in the absence of DOBUMfc. * Cocksfoot, 3id to 4d in Ly ttelton. j Pease.—Blue Prussian, 3e 6d. 1 Beans.—3s to 3b 3d. . . rf 2 Potatoes. — 27s 6d to 303, at cottßW 6 stations within a reasonable range «"» I city. I to JB9 10e. Ift| . \ Dairy Produce. - Butter, 9d to 10{«. 0 cheese, 4d to sd. 4 "■'—