MARKET REPORTS.

Press, Volume XLVIL, Issue 7698, 1 November 1890, Page 2

MARKET REPORTS.

GBAD? AND PRODUCE. ! h Corn itciLiJNCffi 4 i?epßft -'{&r N. P. Meyers, Secretary) for week ending JFrk day, October 31st:— • i :• ThWels no ohanee in ■ the (markets to report; stocks qf wheat are graduallroe* ing ied»CQ,d; there is but little held in the country, and the stores in Christ-, .ehunch and Lyttelton once more present a comparatively empty -appearance. Oate are held much in excess of requirement*. .A band to month inquiry for .local consumption represents all tlje business. Barley—The season having passed quptatione are nominal. Potatoes, ate being sold at any price, holders accepting whatever is offering, being only too glad to get cost of sacks and bagging. Dairyr Produce— After some considerable "hanging i up," the Harbor Board have referred the construction of the cool chambtrsin • Port i.y ttelton' to the Committee who were appointed some time since, with instructions to reduce the price of the construction to^within £3ooo and /call "for tenders. 'This mßdns that next year the fawnerwill have storage accommodation aaequalled this side of the line lor hls ! butter, &c. , .- • > Quotations are as followe , „ -'■>■ Wheat—Tuscan 3e 5d to 3s 6d, Pearl 3* Adj/JHnntert 8e 2d to ** 3d.v ,; _ ; ~_ ; Oats—Prime milling Is 7d, short bright heavy, feed Is 6d.inferior eorts Iβ 2ito IIS 4a. _■'''■"■ • ! - y -' , - •■' ;•,?,■■ v Barley—Nominally ?s to 3s 3d for prim* •maltlne, feed Iβ 6d to^ UM. ~ ' Beaneand peas,, 2a 4d to gs 00. Grace seed—Byegraw; machine dressed, 5s 3d; cocksfoot,4id to 4id. _ , Dairy;: Produce Pjitoe bjitter, ta 6id; cheese, small loaf shan© M, larger sizes 3d to Sid.:,, ; -, : • .-,• -f-i - The above prices are those paid to farmer* for delivery to.b. Lyttelton, sacks extra. _■ ' ;: -. ; -•• '* v -

■'■' The" 1 ft*w ZeixaLUhtf- Eojsn 4*to Mer... CANTffiB I ASHNOY u oGJOMPAMY, LIMIUKO, report onr tiie,grain and produce market for the week ending Ist November,-1890:— Wbbl—Since of the opening of the Antwerp sales, which i are described as dull, and values as toav- ' |ng a dowattvard tendency.' priced catalogues to hand' of opening of the rMelbounie sales on 15th instanti we ootice that the fall in prices compared to opening' sales last'eeason was about l£d per lb on ordinary merino wools. .But..crossbred* »nd*the -superior- merino clips had not then been "offered. The "best prices obtained lOd for merino and 9d for crossbred. Tjhe iiesrt Lou don series is ex,pect to Qpen'on 25fch $Jove.mber, |Che local j Sales "will open on- eth instafttL when moderate. :eatak)«nes, consisting chiefly of icressbreds, will, be pfiered...... ~,. •■i ,• I '\\Tbeat—TheriiarkedcotifciQae* unaltered,' and business- doing Is limited. Present values are—Tnscan.:3s,sd' to 3s 6d, Pearl! 3s 3d to 3s' 4d, fltaiiter'a 3s 2d to 3s 3 ( d per Taueheli -'C-bith , ; saekseastriu •.» '/..> ■■ Oafcs—The quantity oflfenng is: larger and pricesshtiwnosign,of improxement.s Wedubte brinie'niiflingi Is7d, heavy fead ; IssdM&6ls*edjdffidinary la 3d to Iβ4d per bushel, to.b.,Bacl^ ! textra. . kt Barley—No demand. Quotations nominal Prims malting 8s to 3a 3d, medium •2s tjo 2sSed, feedlsfid to Is 9d \erstbre,Backsexfirel^ ;u ::: jr ; Beans find.Eea?f--SLifeless. Beans 2s 6d; Blues,!hand threshed, 2s 9dfctf qdairtres la 6dt to Is 9d, J- . Grate Seeds— dpinf?. Machine dressed ryegrass ,5a to 5s 3d per lb. ! Dairy Produce—Butter 6id to 7d, cheese <*■'■>>:■ \ ■«>; -,v . , dull, and no alters-' tionin l ,\"-■■■*} . -.'.., ■..' Tallow and Fat—Ready, sale at' quotatloasi > Best l|d *o l|d per lb, inferior Id par IE Tallow, iq small lots., 13s tolTsedpercwt. i Sheepakins I—Moderate1 —Moderate catalogues ceme forward this week. Ihe afeten<J»nce wa« not so Rood as usual, and there was a decided fall in values, amounting In 'some cases to Is per skin. Batchers , best cross* breds's3 to 6° ordinary Hβ 8s 9d. to 4s 3d, best merinos 4s 6d to 5a Qd, ordinary do I to3»9d, lainbekins; 9d to 7d to Is; dry skins, foil rates, up to 3d

Umtmd, , reports ior week endinjE F*id*j, October 81sjf, 1880:— ' ' 'Iff heiafc •* fepettcioat of last week's, attentions, with a very quiet tone. 'Tuscan 8s 5d to 3s 68; pfeae Sasd, Hooter's Oats have not Improved either la inquiry bt'prifee. duns Is 6d, Danish laed l.Oib» r«iniitoß; dprt^ntr, !1 qeota,!»IoQ8 noraloS*'■'.■"■"Prime ih^itln&iSaM to 3s, medium 2a 6d, ixjfcridr and fete(i|og aorta la6dto 29r. .. -/i ' Potatoes —•Wβ have no hnalnesß to recordV- ■'■ *" '■ "* '" : '• r ' *'■'"' ■* ■ *re%in *att eiipi)?r, at >Bsoaaaß.*>r weaJc ending Sttafe 1890:— Wheat. 2532 aacke; oats, 167 St*rraalt,'4S7-eiM&B * flour, .1800 nacla S"; better, 179 kegs.

Silßfalyfedfecisasfalsaleof aUfche farnifare and effects &% Hambleden, North Belt, the Slm» iff thl late fifeb. jSo&ld, Esji. The sale occugied Monday and Tuesday .E4t, aad Betended ujroa«hoafc by_ a Terr lams number of brisk bidder?. The library, fewtp.d«*l jrata&ble standard works, was . sold, at, Clark s rooms waa of at ■yery sati9iac£ory prices. JBlailer's latest ediHon of : the Birds of New Zealand, in ;^i^^dlig,".ire§liS# : -\"' ' '■■:■'.:

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Mr l>. Thomas (late with SXateon, Cox aagGo.X reports upon the livestock market in tie Asnburtoa district Jfor the vr,sek «kmk October 3ist, 1890, »' follows," Oh 3fe the Asliburtoa yards, the weeklj[.OQarket was held. The entry of aheap was agaia a amaU one, aoalfty ifeing conspicuous by i&9 absence. : %fi%n two or thjree lines were taken ooiS of the catalogue £o* tta day, the balauce either" second-rate gHeep or calla. The entry for the day consisted' of ~2833 Bhsej> andO3 bead,,»fi of W eatey comprised 1169 sheep and 8 head of cattle. Strange to say there were so fat sheep ih,' a few stragglers only being submitted for butchers' aseXuekily they were notwanted, •Ms - prfcMSpai. <■sreca;—Mjfonr-tooth crGSsnred*, veiy igwo* I8sOd; 20fet cheep I7s**3T <ao3sbreor#wes and-' lamba 0a 6d, £23' crossbred ewes and. lamballat 6d, SO crossbred ewes and lambs J2s W, J9 mixed sheep lie 3d to 11s 6d, ® crossbred hoizgets iSs 7S, HI crosabsed hoggeta 89 Id, 142 .cJSssteteds^fes^eta-Sa-ed,-,'&o M .<icc .lα.--cattle tfee vpno»-i»aWi§4/fre ' naotfng, £ sola some beef at 20a I tot the week I have Sahfc ewes and lambsoc the grooni *t 83 6d; and for other cliente n 3lo

livery stable keepers, ance ot the public, and coasiderlng tbe o£;f»e artTdl&J offered, a salens reaalo, which;CO, ««li« 'MUer ought *o ife a liappy lelfI el f 'Last week 1 held eale of aheepSkina, &c., afc whteH Icaca-, loeaed OTS eheepskias andemaU packa«e3 S wool. TheeSewe* a good prices beiag even. Best crossbred maae»to6B 6d; beat dry skins, 6a Bdw 6s Sα: best merino ekin<s, 8s to M Ud. best dry merino akina, 4s to Ssßdt each^ , dry skine, tfy the lb, fid, Mto 6Jd perlb.