MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17335, 25 November 1916, Page 3

MARKET REPORTS.

CHRISTCHURCH, -November 21. GRAIN AND PRODUCE. The wheat market continues tirm at recent quotation!*. Offerings are small, and not very much business is being- done. .Ifarmers are holding tor still bigger prices, and in some oases are holding two years' wheat. Milling wheat nnd chick wheat ore both in. good demand. Tno potato market shows the effect of the incoming crop, and old potatoes are not in keen demand «t any price. Up to i'H 15s a ton was paid during tire week, but the buyer says ho can obtain requirements .at lower figures to-day. It is difficult to giro a firm quotation in the absence of business, but nominally Tuesday's quotations stand. Dairy and farm produce are'in fair supply. The buying prices of egg-s have advanced a penny it dozen. The following quotations are for purchases from farmers, net cash, sacks extra, delivery at country stations, the figures for the corresponding date ol 1015 being also given for purposes of comparison:—•

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. Vegetable supplies are plentiful, with the exception of potatoes, which are selling at the usual late spring prices. The only onions in the market are Victorians. Apples from San Francisco meet n. good demand. The usual Sydney boat is due on Wednes-

day, but her arrival depends on the coal strikers. Coastal shipments of North Island potatoes «vnd lemons are arriving regularly. A coiiai'gnment of Melbourne onions was duo to-day. Prices realised at auction are us (~n

Nov. ill, Nov. '26, 1916 1916. s. d. •. d. ». d. ». d. Wheat— Tuscan S 0 to 5 1 4 9 1 [nominal) Hunters 5 ." Pearl 5 6 Oats U'artons 2 10 to 3 f) 2 6 to 3 0 Algerians None offering. None offering, Duns 2 9 to 3 0 S 0 Danish None offerin 'KKone : offering. Barley (malting) (nominal) 5 0 to 5 3 £ 3 to 6 0 Peas— Partridge None offering. 4 SI to (i 0 Bran SO 0 106 0 Ciuill 70 0 to SO 0 00 0 Oatmeal 8K> 0 400 0 Pollard Potatoes 140 fl 180 0 to 185 0 150 0 100 o Flour 'HVJ 0 •aw 0 Seeds — Kyegraaj 5 6 4 A Cocksfoot USlb) 0 10 to 0 11 0 7 to 0 7J W. Glover, ' " farm dressed 1 0 to 1 2 1 fi m i a Cowgrais 0 8 to 0 10 Dairy Product 0 7 to 0 8 „vo v. 24, Nov. 20, 1916. 1915. Dairy fattot ■y cheese* o : 11 0 ioj Butter — Local fact ory (1 st grade) 1 5 1 5 Farm nop: nrator, puis . 1 1 1 1 Dairy, pa' ts . 1 0 0 11 Dairy, bulk . o : U — HaniB t 1 1 0 Sides 0 J 1 0 u Itoll hams i 4 1 1 Lard pats i 1 0 11 Kgga Prices que >ted for butter i. are 1 1,1 i lees discount.

follow: — a. A. 8. d. Apples, dessert, per lb . 0 4i Applox, 'Frisco, per case 15 0 to 16 0 Apples, cooking, per lb (J 1 Oranges, per case . 1) 6 to 12 0 Oranges, 'Frisco niivals, per a 0 Sydney Valencia*, per case . 18 0 Cherries, por lb . 0 r> to 0 0 .Strawberries, per lb 1 i to :i i Gooseberries, per lb I) 2J to 0 3 Mandarins, por case If 0 to 15 (1 Loiions, 'Frisco, per oase . M (1 Passions, per onse 12 IS to M 0 Bananas, Oook Island, per case. 16 0 to 17 0 Tomatoes, local, per lb 1 0 !o 1 3 Cucumbers, local, per lb . . n (i to 0 8 Potatoes, per sack 17 0 to 10 0 New potatoes, local, per lb . • New potatoes, Nortn Island, 0 •i to 0 6 0 1 3 Green peas, per peck . 0 to 1 o Cabbng-eg, per doz . n ft to 2 0 Cauliflowers, per do?. . 2 fi to 5 6 Carrots, per do?, bundles . 1 0 to 1 2 Turnips, per doz bundles . 0 7 to 0 8 Jlhubarb, per dor. bundles , .•! 0 to 4 0 Parsnips, per dor, bundles . 0 il to 0 10 | Onions, por cwt . 12 6 to 13 ( > Lettuce, per do/. . 0 5 to 0 10 | Randishos, per dor. bundles . II :) to 0 4 Spring onions, per doz bdls . 1 0 to 1 2