COMMERCIAL.

Mataura Ensign, 26 May 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

GORE PRICES. WHOLESALE: Cheese.—fid. Oatmeal. —£13 10s per ton. Butter.—Farmers' 10, separator 11. factory Is Id. Hams, 9d; bacon, BJd. Flour.—£9. Eggs.—ls 6d. Bran.—£s. Pollard.—£6 10s per ton. Chaff.—£3 15s. Onions. —5s 6d per cwt. Potatoes.—£3 per ton. KiuAiL; Cheese. —8d per ib. Butter. —Farmers' lid, separator Is, faotory Is 3d. Hams, lid; bacon, pieces lOd. Eggs.—ls 9d. Flour.—3s 3d and 3s 6d for 251b, 6s and 6s 6d for 501b, and 20s 6d and 21s 6d for 2001b. Oatmeal. —5s 3d and 4s 6d for 251b, 8s for ,501b, 29s for 2001b. . Bran.—6s and 6s 6d. Chaff.—£4 6s. Pollard.—lis 6d and 12s. Onions. —8s 6d per cwt. New Potatoes. —4s 3d to 4s 6d per cwt.

GORE COMMERCIAL REVIEW. , 'Ensign' Office, May 26. Very few oats are offering at ' ti® present time, and the market is . .r.firmest late rates. The recent railway figUkfa"- disdofce the fact-that compared with this time last year 70,0UU sacks more grain have been carried over the railways in Southland. From this it appears that the Southland crop this year has either been an exceptionally heavy one or farmers have been taking advantage of the good prices ruling And disposing of their produce earlier in the year. If the latter is the case, it is reasonable to assume that oats will advance further in price, unless the large number of stacks that are kept for chaff are threshed in the spring, which would have a decided effect on the market. At the present time A Gartons are worth from 2s lJd to 2s 2d on trucks i and A Grade Sparrowbills from 2s Id to 2s l*d. Feed oats are in fair demand at 2s Id. Chaff.—At the present time there is a large quantity of chaff offering but considering the good prices obtainable for oats, as stated above ; holders may be induced to thresh instead of saving for chaff. It the oat market improves further chaff is bound to rise in sympathy. At the present time the Dunedin market, which is the only outlet, is well stocked, and prices ruling are about £4 5s Dunedin, which is equal to £3 10s to £3 12s 6d nett at sidings. Wheat.—Merchants state that there is very little wheat offering from growers,: and it is evident that most of the lines are now in second hands. Choice .Velvet is saleable at 3s 3d on trucks while 3s 2d can be obtained for good S,ed Wheat. Although the Australian markets are slightly weaker, the general opinion is that wheat is good property, even at present prices. UNITED STATES MEAT CONTRACT. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. GISBORNE, May 25. Mr Shelton, representative of the New Zealand Producers' Association at Home, who is now en route to England, „ writes to Mr Lysnar, of Gisborne, that *■ the Hawaii Meat Company, Ltd., Honolulu, intends tendering for the supply of beef for the United States Army 'contract. The contract will be for a quantity of from 50,000 to 70.000 pounds of beef montlily for a term of eleven months from August 1. The manager of the company desires to know the low—est prices for this quantity in accordance with the specifications, delivered f.o.b. Auckland. The conditions are to be found in clauses one and two of the TTr :x -'1 States Army specifications. The :wa! "neb of the New Zealand Producers' Association, before whom the tetter .vas read, decided to ask the general secretary at Wellington to send the information to all the branches. Mr Lysnar has sent a cable to Honolulu stating that the Association is taking steps to notify the producers so that

they can tender for the supply. He believes that it will he the forerunner of

a good deal of other similar business for the Dominion.; WELLINGTON FARMERS'MEAT CO. MASTERTON, May 25. The directors of the Wellington Far.poers' Meat which is just concluding a most successful season at fefae local freezing works, are circularising sharenolders and asking for an opinion upon the question of enlarging the "works, particularly in regard to storage caapcity, which, in view of the fluctuation of the market, is held to lx> essential.

RABBIT CORNER BROKEN, BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. SYDNEY, May 25. It is reported that independent rabbit oackers have succeeded in breaking the ?.orner in cold storage.