COMMERCIAL.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 119, 18 May 1909, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS. (Christchurch Press, Saturday.) The local wheat market is at a standstill at present. The exporters are not operating in consequence of the absence of shipping space, and millers, who are now well stocked up for the time being, not making any inquiry. There is not much wheat I offering, and growers are holding • firmly, bearing in mind, no doubt, the recent fall and recovery. '* Few oats are offering, and most of the lots that change hands are small, and prices remain without alteration. Potatoes have further advanced, and 60s is now offered. The principal demand is from Wellington, for which market consignments bought for Auckland have been resold. Napier, Gisbome, and the West Coast of the South Island are also taking supplies, i but Auckland is largely depending still on the local crop. A good deal is being made of the fact that some crops have, been damaged by blight, and others on heavy land by the rains of a few weeks ago. The area under crop in the Dominion is, however, about 2000 acres more than last year,; and though the, yields are somewhat irregular, some growers are lifting heavy crops. The Derwents are most affected by blight and wet, but this variety does not form anything like the proportion it once did. The Southland crop is an unknown quantity at

present, as there are reports that blight is prevalent this year. The undermentioned are the prices paid-to farmers, at country stations, fjpee of • commission, except where otherwise stated:— , i i Milling wheat 4s, chick wheat 3s, 9d to 3s lOd, at country stations. Oats—Gartpns Is 4d to Is, s§d, Duns Is 3d to Is 4£d, Algerians Is 7d to Is 9d, at country stations. Barley—Nominal., . vßyegrass—Nominal/ Is 6d to Is 9d, at country stations. Cocksfoot —4Jd to 4fd, at country stations. ' ■ Flour—£ll 10s per ton. Bran—£4 5s localj £4 f.0.b., per, ton. I Pollard—£s 10s per ton. Oatmeal—£lo per ton. ~ New oatsheaf chaff 35s to £2, at country stations. Potatoes—6os for Up-txHDatfS and Derwents, at country stations. Peas—Partridge 3s 8d to 3s 9d, Blue Imperials 4s 6d, Blue Prussians 3s 9d to 4s. \. ■Onions—£3, 7s 6d to £3 10s, at country stations. \ : ■ Dairy Produce—Cheese, factory s£d, dairy sd, loaf cheese 6fd; butter, factory lid, farmers' separator 103, dairy B^d; bacon,, sides 7|d, rolls 8d; hams 8d; honey, extracted 4d per lb; wax Is 2d per lb; lard (packets), 8d; fresh eggs Is lOd per, dozen, preserved eggs Is 2d per dozen.