GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIV, Issue 10787, 26 October 1895, Page 6

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Matters hare been fairly quiet, during the week, and, ho large parcels-of iniy-'--cereala are reported as having* hands. , .There is nothing to record-w?-' wheat beyond the fact that the sews by cable.,-from Adelaide and' the English.' markets have made holders firmer in tHeif ><' demands. Several small lines of bats have’’ 1 been taken for export, and news from the Bluff records a sharp rise of 3d per bushel there, a considerable line having been taken 1 for shipment at'2s -Sdf.o.h, Australian cables report that owing to the breaking up of the drought harvest prospects there are improving considerably j , and the same remark applies to this locality. Potatoes are offering freely, and meet a ready market at 32s Gd. while 35« is offered for later delivery. - One or two small picked lore have been sold at as high as 40s f.0.b.. Private cables from Sydney ■ yesterday announce that the market there, is now well supplied, and that Circular Heads are selling at from 65s t0:725‘6d1,. Perwents at 60s to 655, sad Ballarats at : 50a to 60s, and the market closed eaeiei;. Oatsheaf chaff remains firm at 60s, and 625-1 6d- is obtainable for extra "choice • ::: There is no change in other cereals,'hut ' there is now a fair demand for turnip seed- . for spring sowing. ■ ■ *• The exports from Lyttelton for the week have been fairly heavy, comprising--! 133/ sacks wheat, 119 sacks and 945 bags .flour,, 675 sacks oats, Bj2 sacks barley, 293 sacks peais, • 172 sacks beans, 90 sacks sharps, 126 sacks - pollard, 153 sacks, bran, ,280 .sacks, oat-r and wheatmeal, 10 sacks oatina, 50- sacks;; malt, 90 sacks chicory, 3230 sacks chaff;'.’--166 bales - hay,, 27 'sacks seed, 3598 /saehfhT potatoes, 6 sacks oniocs, 73 cases, ,aad ; - balea hams and bacon, 35 cases chessfi, 61 cases eggs, 6l casks, preserved / uusats;* • . 62 boxes soap aad.37 sacks rhubarb. : , ;.-V-\ - The following are prices current. ~ Wheat.— 3s 6d to 3s 9d. Oats. —Milling or stout faed 2a; Duns' la lOd to 1b lid.

Bakiev.— Malting (nominal) 2a 7J to 2s ■ B<3, second quality 2s 6d, feed 2s,' Caps ■ barley 1s 8d to le lOd. , Beans.— Well saved 2s 6d.' Peas.—Blue Prussians, seed, 3s. Rteoobn.— Nominally Is 9d to 2v Ploub.— Millers quote roller £9, atoms £8 10s, sharpi £4,, bran .£3 10s. Oatmeal j3lO. Oatsheap Chaff.—6os at handy country stations; 1 ' Potatoes for present delivery are quoted . at 30s to 32a 6d at handy country stations, ‘ and 85s is asked for later delivery. ' c Cloteb.—Extra choice machine-dressed • 6|d to 7d, farmers* lots 4fd 'to' 'Bfd, according to quality.. < \ • Grabs Seed.— Ryegrass, farmers’ lots, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; machine-dressed 3a 9cl- to 41, heavy weight 4s 3d. Cocksfoot 3d to 3sd, town machine-dressed 44 to 4ld; extra to 4Jd. .. . - Dairy Produce.— Cheese 344 to id,, loaf 44d. Batter—Factory 8i to 901, dairy 6d to 7d, salt Sid to Gd. Bacon and hams 54d per lb. The above prices are, paid to farmers f.o.b. Lyttelton, unless where otherwise stated. . The Canterbury (N;Z.) Seed Compaq,. Limited, reports on the seed market for the' . week ending Friday, Oct. 25, as follows; The demand for turnip and . rape! seed continues active, and some lines of . clover and ryegrass seed have been placed ; during the week. The absence "of "jinjf i foreign demand for powgrhM causes -this?, market for this seed to be extremely quiet sv only moderate business at low prices haA: transpired. We quote;—Rape, Nol 1 broad-leaf Essex, imported,' 22s 6d|! turnip seed, 56s to 60s, according to~ description; mangolds, 65s to'7ss. ■ Otheic quotations are unchanged. V 9684 ■’