CANTERBURY MARKETS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXIV, Issue 37, 14 February 1900, Page 4

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

The following are current prices paid to farmers, f .0.b., Lyttelton, for direct shipment Irom country stations and free of commission, ixcept where otherwise specified :- '^heat (nominal)— Hunter's 2s 2d, pearl and velvet 2s 2d, and Tuscan 2s 4d. Oats (Old) — Canadians Is lid to 2s. short feed la lid to 2s, f.o.b. ; new oata, Canadians Is Od to Is 10.',i1, other varieties Is 9d to Is lOd at'eonntry stations. Biriey— (New) prime malting, 2s Gd, delivend.; Bea^s— 2s 3d to 2s Cd. C7"IT T, Peas— Blue Pmisians 2s 8d to "2s 9d, paitiidge 2s!)d. Flour (mi.lera' quotations, nominal) — Boiler £7, stone £6. Sharps— £3 10s. Bran - £3. Oatmeal— £9 10--. Oatsheaf Chaff— 3.« to 37s (i 1, at rear country stations. Hay— £3 5s to J 3 103, delivered : primest baled, £4 10s to £5, f.o.b. Dairy Produce- Cheese, factory 4d to 41d, loaf 4J to sd ; butter, factory (local , 10., dairy Gd to BJ, salt (in boxes) 5d to 7d ; bacon Gd, do roll o*d, hams 7d to 7Jd ; factory bacon aud bam, Ad higher.