DUNEDIN PRODUCE REPORTS.

Clutha Leader, Volume XX, Issue 1027, 30 March 1894, Page 5

DUNEDIN PRODUCE REPORTS.

Wheat. — The markeHs quite lifeless; business in the meantime in comparatively stagnant. Advices from Home are as unsatisfactory as ever. There is" no change in values here this week but buyers are- standing aloof even at present low values, and, except for prime lots of undeniable quality, it is difficult to effect sales.' Deliveries of the new crop are not yet very extensive, anil the few con<»igmn?hbs that have come to hand mostly out of condition, showing signs of having been weathered. Buyers are chary of this description, which can only be placed at fowl wheat prices, and with a good deal of this sort now being offered, dealers in such purchase sparingly, afraid of a further drop. Quotations for prime milling Tuscan and velvet 2s 7d to 2s 9d ; extra choice velvet a shade, more; medium to good 2s 5.1 to 2s 6d ; inferior to medium 2s to 2s 4d ; (ex store, sacks weighed in, terms). Outs. — At the moment there is no inducement to consign to the .Australian markets, and the grain is hardly in condition to ship Home. The market, in consequence is almost at a staudstill, for all that is requised for local consumption does not absorb very much. Deliveries, although not very heavy as yet, will be daily increasing, and as the supply now put on the market for immediate disposal exceeds requirements, in the absence of any demand to speak of, sales are difficult to effect, except at ruinous prices to the grower. Present idsa of buyers' prices ore : For best feed and milling Is 4d to Is 5d ; medium to good, Is 3d to Is 4d (sacks extra, ex store), but very few are to be picked up at these pricer. Barley. — All available in prime condition has good inquiry and readily placed but the quantity offered of really good is limited while a good many samples "of iuferior are now offering, for which there is no demand. Quotations : For prime malting, 3s 9d to 4s ; extra prime a sliade more ; medium (nominal), 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; milling 2s fid to 33 ; feed (nominal), Is 9d to 2s ', (ex &tore, sicks extra, terms). Grass Seed.— Perennial ryegrass seed, clean, shelly, and heavy, is ,in fair demand, while roughly grown, big seed, undressed, is rather difficult now to place, and as the bulk of the offerings consist of such, businsss is somewhat flat. Quotations : For machine-dressed — good to best 3s to 3s 3d ; extra choice perennial, 3s 6 1 to 4s (ex store, sacks extra, net).— Cocksfoot : Market quiet, prices range fi'om B=fd to I%<\ per lb. Potatoes.-- Market fairly well supplied and pricss have a downward tendency. Quotations : For best L 2 15s to L 3; medium L2 7s 6d to L 3 12a 6d per ton (ex store, sacks weighed in, net). Dairy Produce.— Market unchanged. Prime salt butter, dairy made, slow sale at 6J to 6.Jd ; inedinm 3.^1 to 4^d ; factoiy made 9d to JOd per lb. Factory cheese dull: Medium size 4£d to 4f d ; loaf do 4|d to 5d ; dairy made 2d to 4d per lb. Flax.— The supply is limited, but quite sufficient for requirements, which is not extensive. Quotations : For medium to good, Ll3 103 to Ll4 :los— extra well got up a shade more; inferior nominally LlO 10s to Ll2 103 per. ton [ex store). "