PRODUCE MARKETS.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 18, 16 August 1882, Page 2

PRODUCE MARKETS.

We take the following extracts from the circular ot the f^ew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, for the month of Aufuit :->— ' ' ' 1■ ' ■ - Wool. • ■' ; As regards ' local market*, the - 'pal^tr month htas 'been' quite barren of interest, but the advices brought \tj each, succeed- ; ing mail of the progress of the May- June ■cries in London, have excited considerable attention amongst, growers and ,ihippers. It it fomnd that the cabled reports - regarding the diminished values of coarse cross-breeds < and long-woolß are fully confirmed by the result of sales. Twentyfive per cent, of our flocks now carry long-wools and with such an impetus to gracing as is anticipated from the Frozen Meat trade so rapidly developing itself, the proportion will, doubtless, become greater. This feature' of the market in therefore viewed with some tpprehen-; sioa. ■'■„.'.'. Chrifitchurch .— Business during the moath has be^n of a ( trifling character. We| have placed merino at 8d to 9d., pie^s at h\ to 6|d, and locks at 2^d to HIDES. Cbristchurch. — At the last public sales, tbei yards were cleared at 4d for dry salted, 3fd for wet salted and 3 id for green hides. | BHEIP9KIKB. Christchurch. — A good demand continues to display itself for pelts * «. salted or limed, and the supply is increasing, all coming to hand are readily disposed of at from 4s 3d to 5s 9d. For woolly skins, present quotations aie:- -Butcher's crossLreds, As to 6« 4<l ; merinos, 3s 3d to 6s ;

country 9kins, cross-breda, 2s 2d to6»3d;K merinos, 2s 4d to 5s 6d ; pelfs, 3d to \t} Gd ; station skins, 5i to 6|d per lb^ " | Dunedin. For heavy hides over YQlbsg^ the demand shows some slight improve^ ment, and we hare cleared all consign- ' inent»~at priees-^tniwted-. Ifc- -should- -be i borne in mind that before. ,sales. can be : innde the hides must be trimmed of| shjmks, eafsr and cheeks. Light -and ; medium fetcli from 3d to 3jd per lb. ( •-»', MISCELLANEOUS. I Christchurch. — Butter. — A good busi- j nass has been carried through during the ; month at Is to li 2d, but with a falling . market in Australia, the higher rale is \ ttot now obtainable, 12£ d being full value at the moment for prime parcels. Cheese. — A fnirly active market, with j steady prices, hns been characteristic of j this produce since lait we wrote. Good ordinary cheese commands' 7£d f.o.b. (cases included), but' for prime quality 2d to Id advance pa this rate is required. .