GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCV, Issue 10919, 30 March 1896, Page 4

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Although; there were a fair number of farmers in town on Saturday there were not many ;samples of grain on offer, and beyond the ■ fact that a few small lines of wheat changed hands at quotations there is nothing to report. A rumour was current in town that a line of some 20,000 bushels had been secured for export, but at what price could not be ascertained. Oats are extremely- scarce, and holders are now demanding 2B;at country stations for good short feed aand milling: In spite of the bad weather fair amount of grain has been shipped fr om Port during the week, the bulk of ;it for North Island ports, although some \ wheat and oats have been shipped to Sydney and Newcastle. Potatoes are now offerinig freely, and contracts are being made alb from 32s 6d to 3os at country -stations, according to time and place. The exports «df grain and produce from Lyttelton for title .past week include : 5588 sacks whoat, 885 sacks and 510 bags flour, 687 sacksl • oats, 641 sacks malt, 377 sacks bran, 126 (sacks sharps, 80 sacks pollard, 73 sacks re teal, 74 sacks meal, 25 sacks beans, 4 sacks stares, 774 sacks seed, 799 sacks chaff, 370 bales hay and straw, 530 sacks potatoes, I tl' 09 sacks onions, 401 bales wool, 1 bale leather, 105 cases meats, 50 cases tongues, -hi cases cheese, 53 cases hams and bacon, .150 boxes soap, 10 crates poultry, 54 boxes .-eggs and 302 cases fruit. The following f wo current prices:— Wheat. —New, 3 s 2d to 3s 4d. Oats. — Prime nailing, 2s to 2s Id; short feed. Is lOd to 2s * Duns and Danish Is 9d to Is 10d. i

Barley— Malta tig, prime, 3s 6d to 4s ; medium do, 3s 3d to 3s 6d; second quality 2s 6d.to 3s, feed 2s i’.d. Cape barley 2s 3d to 2s 6d. Beans.— Well-sam id 2s 3d. Peas. —Blue Prussians, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; white, 3s 3d to 3s 6'3. Flour. —Millers ’quote roller <£lo, stone .£9 10s, sharps =£4-, b.’a .n £3 10s. Oatmeal £ll 10s. . Oatsheaf Chaff. —■ 42s 6d to 47s 6d at handy country sta£i ons, according to quality. Onions.—£4 at court try stations. Potatoes. —Kidneys. 40s, Derwents 30s to 355, both at country! stations. Grass Seed. —Ryep;tass, farmers’ lots, 2s 6d to 3s 3d; maidtine-dressed to 4s, heavy-weight 4s 3d. <3 ocksfoot 3d to 3id, town machine-dressed ,4 d to 45 d, extra to 4jjd. Dairy Produce. —Clh eeso 35 d to 4d, loaf 4>Jd to sd. Butter—• Factory lOd, glairy 7d to Bd, salt 6d. n'-acon and hams 6d. The above prices are , paid to farmers f.o.b. Lyttelton, except 4 whore otherwise stated.