CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE.

Otago Witness, Issue 1901, 17 July 1890, Page 21

CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE.

Report (per N. P. Meyer, secretary) for week ending Friday, July 11, 1890 :— Uable adviceß from England are somewhat ' conflicting as to the wheat market ; though there would appear to have been a slight rise in values, the local market has not been affected, and prices are unohanged. Oats are being offered more freely, farmers having apparently given up hopes of seeing any material improvement in value In the face of the large stocks down South. In some cases growers are acoeptiug a ■hade under quotations to effect a sale. Barley : No alteration can be noted in this cereal. Beans have seen a fair business for good samples. Pease: Boilers have the usual demand, whilst feed sorts are totally neglected. Ryegrass i The market here will be supplied largely by imported seed, stocks of locally grown being smaller than has been known for years ; prices will doubtless rule high. Cocksfoot is also within narrow compass, and inquiries with the near approach of spring sowing are numerous, both for prime heavy and lower grade parcels. Potatoes : Heavy shipments have gone forward to the Australian market during the week, and some anxiety Is felt as to the returns. Growers here are inclined to make sales for future delivery, disliking the prospects of the market. Dairy produce i Few transactions have come under notice, and prices paid can hardly prove remunerative. Our quotations for the week are as follows :— Wheat : Tuscan, 3s Id; pearl, 2s Hd; Hunter's, 2s 9d to 2s lOd f chick wheat (whole), 2s 6d ; broken, 2s Id to 2a 4d. Oats : Milling, Is 7d : short heavy feed, Is 6d; long and Inferior, Is 3d to Is 4d. Barley : /-Prime mailing, 3s ; medium, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; feed, Is 6d to Is Bd. Beans, 2s (3d. Pease: Hand-threshed Prussians, 3s ; feed, 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Kyegraes : Machine dressed, 4s fid to ss. Oocksfoot : Bright heavy seed, 4d to 4|d ; light and discoloured, 2£d to 3Jd. Potatoes : Derwents, 42s fd at country stations where the railage does not exceed 6s per ton to f.o b. Lytteltcn, tacks extra D&iry produce unaltered. The above quotations are those paid to farmers for delivery f.o.b. Lyttelton, saoki extra ; potatoes excepted. SALE OP EDUCATION RESERVES. On Saturday last Mr Thomas Green, instructed by the Sohool Commissioners of Otago, offered at Gore a number of education reserves for lease for a term of 14 years by publio auction. The Mataura Ensign states that there wai a very large attendance of buyers and others interested in the sale, and the majority of the lots brought considerably above the upset. Following is a list of the lots sold at auction, and since the sale all the few lots passed in have been disposed of at the upset lave twos— WBNDOH DISTRICT. Belug run 193 a, Otama. Section 10, block 111, 458alrl0p; valuation, £90 18s ; upset, Is 6d.— Purchaied by F W Ibbotson at 3s 2d. Section 14, blook 111, 427 aOr 21 p, valuation, £41 10s; upset, Is 4d.-F W Ibbotaou, 3s 2d. Seotiou 11, blook Hi, 330 alr 2?p; valuation, £45 9s 6d ; upset, 1b 3d— John M'Kenna, 2« sd. Section 15, blook VIII, 187a0r21p; valuation, £8 18s Od ; upset, la 3d— John M'Kenna. 2s sd. Section 12, block 111, 381 alr 27p; valuation, £23 7s 6d ; upset, 19 4d— F W Ibbotion, la 4d. Section 14, blook VIII, 142 aBr 6p ; upset, Is 4d-W X M'Donald, la 4d. ■ Section 13, blook 111. 461 a2r sp ; valuation, £9 15s 6d ; upset, Is 6d— F W Ibbotson, la 2d. Section 19, block VIII, 366a3r32p; upset, 9d-F W Ibbotßon, la 2d. Section 18, blook VIII, 712 aOr 26p; valuation, £36 14s ; upset, 9d— W Keith, la. Section 17, blook VIII, 422 alr lOp ; valuation, £17 2s ; upset, 9d- Fraser and M'Lean, li Id. Section 18, block VIII, 477a0r38p; valuation} £8 6s 3d ; upset, Od— Fraser and M'Lean, la 2d. Seotiou 2, blook XII, 349 aOr 0p ; valuation, £9 19s 6d ; upset, la— F W Ibbotson, Is 9d. Seotion 3, block XII, 433 a 2r; upset, la-FW Ibbotson, la 9d. Section 4, block XII, 490 alr 13p; uptet, lOd-F W Ibbotson, la Bd. Seotion 1, blook XII, 600 a3c 6p; valuation, £4 15s ; upset, 6d— F W Ibbotson, la Bd. Seotion 5, block XII, 608 aOr 20p ; upset, lOd— F W Ibbotson, Is Bd. Seotion 1, block XI, 630 alr lip, valuation, £101 ; upset, la 6d— F W Ibbotson, Is 6d. Seotion 2, blook X1, '663a 2r 33p; upset, la-W Marshall, Is. Seotion 3, block XI, 596 a3r 23p ; upset, Is— W Held, Is. WAIKAIA DISTRICT. . Seotion 3, block IX, 314 a2r 19p; upset, 6d— R 'M'Lennan, 6d. GOBE TOW. Section 7, block XX, lr-W Cook, £1. Section^, blook XXII, lr— W Moffett, £1 14s. Seotion 10, b'ookXV. lr-W Watt, £1. Seofcion 17. blook XV, lr-W Watt, £1. Seotion 18, blook XVIII, lr— Geo M'Donald, £1. .THE LABOUR MARKET. Mr Skene reports under date July 15 :— There la a good stir among ploughmen now, and they are not over plentiful, a good many having left for Australia and the Midland railway. The demand is brisk for dairy people. A few bushmen, cooks, rabbiters, gardeners, and couples are moving. Shepherds are quiet, but station work will soon waken up. ! The building trade and town work generally is very slack. Late wages: Couples, £65 to £75 ; shepherds, £55 to £60 ; rabbiters vary much ; ploughmen at 20s, second class at 16s to 17a 6d; milkers, 10a, 12s, and 15s ; grooms, 15s to 20a ; cooks, 20s to 25b ; gardeners, 69 to 8s per day and 2is to 303 per week ; store hands, 15s to 255 ; towu boye, 6a to 10s.

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