THE MARKETS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1676, 13 April 1904, Page 66

THE MARKETS.

Laefy and C'o., Ltd., report the following wholesale selling prices on the Wellington market: Wheat, fowls ,Ss 4d to 3s 6d, broken 3s; feed oats, 2s to 2s 2d; disoolonred, Is 7d to Is 9d; barley, 2s 6d to 2s 9d; pollard, £5 5s to £5 10s per ton; flour, -89 10s to £10; bran, <£3 to JB3 10s; oatmeal!, <£lo 10s to £lO 15s; rolled oats (s’s), 9s 6d; sacks ditto. £l2; oatsheaf chaff, 80s to 90s per ton; Cape barley, 2s 9d to 3s per bushel; maize, 3s 3d; fungus, 4Jd per lb; potatoes, £2ss to £3 ss;. onions, 4s 6d to 6s; swedes. 2s 6d; tomatoes, 4s to 6s 6d half-ease; cabbages, 4s to 89; cauliflowers, 8s to 12s; cheese, factory, ssd to s|d loaf size 6£d; butter.- 7d to Sd for pastry, inferior 5d to 6d; bacon, best factory. 7d, rolls bams 8d per lb; walnuts 5d to 6d; split peas, 15s; pearl barley. 15s; cooking apples, 2s to 4s a case; dessert, 4s to 10s; pears, 3s to 12s per case; pie melons. Is 6d to 2s per sack; pumpkins, 2s 6d to 3s pel' sack; marrows, 2s 6d per sack; grapes, 6d to Is ljd;. peaches, 4s ; to 8s half-case; plums, 2s 6d to 4s; Messina lemons, 9s; Messina oranges (150's), 8s; hens,'3s; roosters, 3s to 3s 6d; ducks 4s to ss; turkeys, hens, 8s to 9s; gobblers, 11s to 13s; mushrooms, Id to 2d per ’b; ryegrass 3s 9d to 4s 6di per bushel; cocksfoot, machine-clrdssed, 5d per lb; undressed cocksfoot, 3.kl to 4d; swede and turnip seed, 50s to 55s per cwt; white olover, 92s 6d per cwt; red clover, 70s per owt,; cowgrass, 70s per cwt; linseed, 12s; linseed cake, 6s 6d. Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co. (in conjunction with Abraham and Williams, Ltd.) report of their Jolinsonville sale as follows:—A fair entry of bullocks of fair quality anda. few pens of good cows ivere equal to last week’s rates. Beef made 22s per 1001 b. Best bullocks £9 12s 6d, others £8 2s 6d to £8 15s, light £7 15s. cows £5 15s to £6 ss. Sheep were in small numbers, but of good quality. Ewes made 14s to 14s 4d, wethers 16s 3d. Lambs were of good quality, and were keenly competed for. Best 123, others 10s 5d to 11s lOd. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Wellington, have received, the following cablegram's from tlieir London office: Dated Ist inst. — For New Zealand prime winter rabbit skins any change in price is in favour of buyers. Since the date of our last telegram, prices are unchanged for other qualities. * Dated sth inst. —The wheat market is very dull, and is tending downwards. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. SYDNEY, April 6. Wheat, milling, 3s Id; chick. 2s to 2s 6d. ■ Flour, £B. Oats, Tasmanian Algerian Is 7d to Is 9d; prime white feeding, 2s; Victorian Algerian, Is 9d to Is 10d; local Algerian, Is 6d to Is 8d • New Zealand. 2s 4d; Tartarian, 2s 9d. Barley, Cape, 2s 4d •bo 2s sd. Maize, 2s 6d. Bran. 6d. Pollard, 7d. Peas, Prussian blue, 3s 9d to 4s. Potatoes, Circulars, £2 to £2 ss. Onions, Victorian, £2 ss. Butter, Bd. Cheese, 4d to sd, Bacon, 7fd to 9d. (The above quotations arc those ruling between merchant and retailer, and do not represent the slightly lower values o-btained by recognised broker.) ' ' " MELBOURNE, April 6. Wheat, 3s 2d. Oats, feeding, Algerian, Is to Is 2d; milling, 19 3d; seed, Is sd. Barley, malting, 2s 6d to 2s 9d. Onions, £1 5s to* £1 10s. Potatoes £1 10s to £2. ADELAIDE, April 6. Wheat, quiet, 2s lid to 3s. Flour, £7 15s. Bran, 6|d. Pollard Bd. SOUTHERN STOCK SALES. CHRISTCHURCH, April 6. At Addington yards to-day, the attendance was very small. Fat cattle.—The entry consisted of 167 head of ordinary quality. The sale opened slowly, but previous week’s values were obtained after the first few lots. Seven bullocks from Chatham Islands fetched £7 to £lO. The remainder were small lines, which sold at for steers £6 10s to £lO 7s 6d, heifers £5 10s to £8 2s 6d, cows. £8 to £5 (equal to 20s to 24s 6d per 1001 b. for prime beef). Dairy cows brought £7 to £lO 10s for good milkers and springers whilst wornout and* old sorts brought from £2 to £5. Fat sheep were in small supply, and consisted mainly of ewes. The few lines of good v,'■ethers were keenly competed for both by butchers and importers. Ewes were dull of sale, .and for aged descriptions last week’s lowest values were barely maintained. The best line of sheep _ seen in the yards for a long time was 240 wethers", from Darfield, which brought ■ 20s'6d to 21s 9d for half-breds, and 20s to 22s for three-quarter breds. Other lines of wethers brought from 18s to 22s best ewes 16s. 6d to 18s .6d, medium 14s 6d to 16s, aged 12s to 14s. Fat lambs. —The entry was little more than sufficient for butchers’ requirements, and full rates were realised. Tegs brought from 15s to 16s Bd. prime lambs 13s 9d to 15s, lighter from 12s. Store sheep and lambs.—There was an entry of about 10,000. mostly middling to inferior quality, and long travelled. There .. was a good demand for all sorts at an advance on last week’s prices. Forward wethers brought from 15s to 16s Bd, fair conditioned 12s to 14s 6d, young ewes 15s 9d to 18s Id, full mouthed -13 s to 15s 6d, aged 12s to 13s, broken-mouthed 6s Id, lambs 10s lOd to 12s 3d. Pigs.—An average entry of pigs * was principally composed of fats and large stores. The demand l was inactive, and prices were weak all round. Choppers sold at 50s to 60s, baconers 40s to 15s, porkers. 30s to 38s, largo stores 28s to 30s medium 255, small 10s to 15s. Prime baconers equalled 4d to per lb, porkers 4|d. DUNEDIN, April 6. At Burnside market to-day 134 fat cattle were yarded. Prices ruled about 10s in advance of last week’s. Best bullocks £lO 15s to £ll 7s 6d, good £9 15s to £lO ss, medium and light £5 15 to £8 10s 6d, best „ cows and heifers £7 to>" £7 15s, good £5 . 15a to £6 17s 6d, medium and light J. 4 10s to £5 7s 6d*

Fat sheep.—2o69 were penned, whicn were in excess of requirements, and a reduction of Is to Is 6d had to be submitted to. Export buyers were not operating. Best wethers 26s to 21s 9d; goou lbs 6u to 19s 6d, light 16s 3d to 18s, extra prime ewes 20s, best 18s 6d to 19s 6d, good 17s 6d to 18s 3d, light 14s to 16s 3d. Lambs. —372 were penned. Prices were fully up to last week’s. Best 13s 9d 10 14s 9d, medium 12s 6d to 13s 6d, inferior and light 11s to 12s 3d. Pigs.—Only 45 cam© forward. Suckers and slips iv’ere slightly easier. Suckers 12s to 15s, slips 16s to 20s, stores 23s to 28s, porkers 30s to 455, baconers E2s to 625, extra heavy 60s to 70s. DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. - DUNEDIN, April 6. Wheat—Owing to the holidays, little business has been done.. The market is dull, with little quotable change. Millers are ait present drawing supplies from the" North. Prime milling, 3s to 3s 3d; medium (nominal), 2s 9d~ to 3s; whole fowl wheat, 2s 4cl to 2s sd; inferior, 2s to 2s 3d; sacks extra. Oats are coming in freely, but as the outside demand is limited, stocks arc acoumu.ating. Prime milling. Is 6d to Is 7d; good to best feed.' Is 4-l-d to Is sd; medium, Is 2d to Is 3d;saclcs extra. CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET. * CHRISTCHURCH. April 8. The following are current prices paid to fanners, free of commission, except where otherwise specified : Wheat—Pearl 3s. Tuscan. 2s lid, Hunter’s 2s lOd, at country stations. Oats —Heavy Canadians Is Gd, short feed Is 4d to Is sd, Duns anfl Danish Is 3d to Is 4d, at oountry stations. Barley—Prime malting 3s, .meflium 2s 3d to 2s Gd. at country stations. Peas—Partridge 3s to 3s • 3d, Blue Prussians 3s to 3s 3d, Blue Imperials 3s Gd to- 4s, at country stations. Flour ( millers’ quotations)—Rolled £9 per ton; f.0.b., £9 5s per ton. Pollard—£4 10s. Bran—£3Oatmeal—£lo. Ryegrass—2s Gd to 2s 9d. Italian 3s to 3s Gd, at country stations. Cocksfoot —101 b to 111 b seed, 3d; 121 b to 131 b, 3-a-d to 3£,d; 151 bto lGlb, machine dressed, 4-d; 171 b to 181 b, sd. White Clover —Superior 8d to 9d, good 7d to Bd. Oatsheaf Chaff —£2 ss, at country stations. Potatoes —Kidney and Early Rose, 32s Gd to 355, at country stations*.. Onions —£215 s, at country stations. Dairy Produce—Cheese, factory, SRI to sfd; dairy, 5d to sld ; loaf cheese. sto Gd; butter, factory, local, lOd ; fanners’ separator, 8d to 9d; dairy, 7d to 8d for prime; salt (in boxes), 8d to 9d; bacon, to B^d; hams, B*d to 9d, f.0.b.; eggs, Is 2d per dozen. SSL. , OTAGO PRODUCE MARKET. DUNEDIN, April 8. The local wheat market is in a stagnant condition. For any prime milling parcels of northern wheait 3s Id on trucks is asked, anfl there are not many samples offering, many growei's not being anxious to put any price at all on their grain. A few small lines of weathered and out-of-condition wheat have been offering at from 2s lid to 3s on trucks, and one or two sales have resulted. An effort has been made by an Oamaru buyer to heat hack the market by offering -samples- on the Dunedin market at less than puling l'ates, but the ruse was speedily detected, and so far lias nek had the desired effect. Reports from the north are to the effect that there will be little, if any surplus, of prime milling wheat, and that growers intend making millers pay full rates. Millers, on -the other hand, hold sufficient for immediate requirements, and exhibit no anxiety to buy for the present. It is evident that the New Zealand market must ho largely governed by Australia, as otherwise the importation of flour from the Commonwealth becomes a possibility. And as London governs Australia, it follows that New Zealand wheat.this season must follow the course of the London market.