COMMERCIAL.
CHMSTCHURCH CORK EXCHANGE. The following is the Corn Exchange report (per X. P. Meyers, secretary) for the week ending Friiby, June .Ith, 1S9I: The wheat market continues firm, and operators ore more anxious to b n J- The prices, however, have not materially altered since oar last. Sales are chiefly from ex store lines, and it is more difficult to obtain reliable quotations beyond personal operations. Our shipping space for grain is becoming limited, and it is hardly iikclj that freights will go down. Oats are in fair local demand, but shipping appears to be entirely out of the qnesittou- Barley Large transactions have transpired, but in almost every case the buyers have had their own way as regards prices. Beans are inquired for for shipment, but peas are quite neglected. Ryegrass and cocksfoot are it being out of season for any large business. Potatoes are as dull a? they can possibly be, out growers having them nearly all now pitted, and not offering so freely. Onions nave advanced, and L.4 at Christchtirch is readily given, whereas holders are asking another 2«a. Dairy produce is tirin at our last quotations. Onr quotations are as foltow : Wheat—Prime milling Tuscan. -Is hi to 4s 2d ; peart. 4s : Hunter's, ."fe I9d to 43. Orats—Prime milling, Is Sd to Is Od: short stout feed, ls_ 7tt to Is Sd : long and discolored sorts. Is •*! to l»fid. Burtey—Primematt.ing.3s :secomlquality, •Ja h"il to tin Sd ; tower grades, C.-» to "is Id : feed. Is Sd to Is !.M. Pt-as —Blue Prussians. is lid to id 9d. Beans, is 9d. Cocksfoot—l6U> seed, .»! to 5Jd. Grass Seed—Machine-dressed, 5s to os 3d; farmers, 3s 3d to 4s 3d. Potatoes Nominally, -'fe, at country stations. Dairy prodnce—Butter, factory-made, "d to lOiI ; farmers' keg, Sd. Cheese, loaf, 4 {<t; larger sue, 3Ad to 4d. The above prices are those paid to farmers for delivery, f.0.b., at Lyttelton, sacks 6s txl per dozen. ABSTRACT OF SALES. Br Mb Gf.orke Soiptek— On Saturday, ISth July, at the StoresProperty
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 4994, 8 June 1891, Page 2
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335COMMERCIAL. Oamaru Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 4994, 8 June 1891, Page 2
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