GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 141, 20 June 1911, Page 6

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

. (Christchurch Press, Saturday.) There is no change to report in tho whmt markot. There is no improvement in London, and th© report from Now York that the farmers in tho North-west are ■expocting a record crop will tend to keep the _ market easy. Tho crops in the Northern Hemisphere wiJl shortly be coming on tho mai-ket, and the immediate future of prices will be governed by the way in which the crops turn out. There is vpry little whoat offering locally, and buyers at the same timo are indifferent .about making purchases. ■There- are more o&ts now offering than hias been the case for some time piast^ but few sales are being effected, ias sellers a'ro asking about, a penny more than buyers are willing, to-pay.. There is no change to report in chaff, and the average price" still remains at 85s. :

The principal business doing is in fulfilment of forward, sales, and to obtain supplk-s from 65s to 70s is feeing Slid, according to distance from port, ■ow business is difficult to obtain. Auckland declines any offer of sup-i plieai atyoyer 80s f.0..b.j as OainaTU \s. offiering, poteitocis •at 7vV 6d, 1.0.b-, fpeksvin,l and th© quality^a's- reported to/ be> isatisfectpry^ ... /■■ '... ■ < ■{"- 'The undermentioned are ■iMe> prices paid' to • faitnei's; at country stations, free of commission, <:-^oopt where .other wise;■ stated:: — Wheat—Nominal.. Milling, Tuscan or Hunter's, 3s 3d, and Velvet 3e 4d, at oountiy stations.

Oats—Nominal. Algerwns 2s 5d to 2s 6d; Gaa-tons, 2s 3d to 2s 4djvßuns, 2s 3d to 2s 6d, at country stations.

Barldy—Nominal. Ryiegiiass—ltalian 3s Sd to 3s 6d. Perennial 3s 3d to 3s 6d, at counti-y stations. "y>: Oocksfoot~-6d to fs/ oil Peninsula.

Bean*—3s 3d, "at country stations. Boas—Partridge 3s bd to 3s Bd, Blue Prussians Gs 6d to 7s, Wliita Ivories 5s to 5s 3d, «t countiy stations.

'. Flour—£B 10s per ton. Brail—£4 .los, local £4 10s, f.0.b., per ton. Pollard—£6 person., Oatmeal—2s.'s &tr£ll,. 7's at £16 per .ton. . .

Oatsheaf Cliaff—Bss 3 at countrysta-

tions.

Onions—4ss, at country stations

Potatoes — Up-to-Pates and Derwents 67s 6d to 70s, for inimedmto delivery, at countty stations. Dairy Produce — Cheese, .factory sfd, dairy. ssd, loaf 6d;. butter, factory 14d and 15d; farmers' sopaTatof 12d, dairy lid; bacon; sidtes- 7id, ro^ls Bd'; hams 84d'i-,honey, extracted, 3^d per lb; wax 1^ 2d per lb; lard (packets) Bd,; fresh eggs, Is 6d pev dozen.