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Evening Post, Volume XLIII, Issue 61, 12 March 1892, Page 2

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Etbnino Post Officb, Saturday A fternoou C«RK Exchanoh report, Christehurch, 12th March, 1892 (per F. Denham, secretary):— Tho millors having supplied their immediate requirements In wheat, and a lot baring be»n sent buck to store, prices lire ft little lower. Barley reports from tho principal growing districts confirm onr previous views, that good malting most bo high. Oats— Tartars are still wanted, but if tho demand for Brisbane bo not supplied during the next fortnight, these will take a. back scat. Cocksfoot— Large quantities of discolored olTering and with few buyers; the question is, what are goinr to do with it ? Bright heavy seed is vory scarce, and wnnld command a fair price. Bye pern as— A little doing, but we see no ohance of an advance, us the South in flooded with it. Quotations f.0.b., packages e*tra i— Wheat— Hunters, 8s 5.1 j pearl, 3s 7d ; Tuscan, 3s 8d ; faulty, 2s 6d to 3a. Barley, cannot auote. Oats, (road feed. Is «a to Is 7fl ; milling, Is 8d ; Tartars, Is Bd. Byo ftroaa— Farmers', 2s to 2s Od s dreised, 3i 6(1. Cocksfoot— Discolorod, 2<l to 2{d j bright, 3d to 3}d. Beans, 2s 10tl ; feed pens, 2s 6d ; blue do, 3» ; kidnoy potatoes, 25s per ton (country station) ; butter, 7(1 to 9d ; cheese, 3}d to 4d per 16 Qk*kab Thomas & Co. report wholesale produce prices as follows :— Sluce last quotiug the market lia* remained in an unsettled state. Large quantities of grain are being offered at rating Tallies, bnt buyers are exercising a degree of caution only warranted by the fact that at present it is difficult to avrivo at a couelusion regarding permanent rates for the season. Wn quote roller process flour. £12 10s ; Rtouo do, £11 10s j bran, 655 ; pollor<l,7ss; whole fowls' wheat, 4i; baled wheaton straw, G."h; prime short oats, 2»; fair to good feed do Is IOJd to la lid ; nheaf chaff, 63» ; Straw do, 52s Gd ; oafcmeil, £0 10<t to £10; feed barley, 2i Bdto2s9d ; C«p« barley, 3« ; pearl barley, J614 l(h; Prussian blnopeas, 3il0il; split peas, £14 10* ; beans, 3s 9d ; Dernront p»tatoea, £2 10s ; onious, from 3s 6d to -is 8d (rery olentif ill) ; rye crass (Pacoy's Knglisli), 4s 6d; N.Z. machine clresscd, 4s to 4s 0d ; farmers' parcels, 3i 3d to 3s (id : cocksfoot, Sid to 3}d per lb ; haras and bacon «Yd ; chcusc, -till to 4}d ; honey, 3}d to 4?d ; fresh butter, 8d to 9d ; salt do, S\d ; eggs, Is per doz. Tho frnit market has boon spnrsoly supplied from local quarters only, and prices are commencing to rise. The glut of summer fruits is now about nvor, aurt to a certain extent wo must look outside ~B,'A. for assirtmouts, other thun npplfl. Ponltry in dull. Fowls, 2a Od ; diicki, 3s ; geeso, 4s 6d ; tm-keys, 7s per piur 3le«irs Edwardi A M'Bcath report for wages (his week as follow* :— Married couples, £70 to £90 ; earpeutevs, 10s ; bricklayers, 12s ; blacksmitlis, 9s to 10s ; painters and glaziers, 10s; plumbers and gasStters, 9s to 10s ; storemen, 42s to 60b ; draymen, 42s to 50s ; coachraeu, 30i to 3ba; grooms, 2oi to 355 ; pardoners, 63 to 8s; fnria haiids, 15s to 25i; milkmen, 25s to 275; hotel men, 20q to 40s ; barmaids, 25s to 30s ; waitresses, 15* to 20» j cooks, 25s to 40s ; female do, 25s to 355 ; housemaids. 12a to 20s ; general servants, 10s to 14s ; nursegtrls and boys, 7s to 15s. Those is a slight improrement siuao last report