CANTERBURY MARKETS

Otago Witness, Issue 2623, 22 June 1904, Page 21

CANTERBURY MARKETS

Cbristchuxch grain pncs produce report (Lyttelton Time.=, 16th insl.}:— The market is extremely quiet. Little w'keat, especially prime, is offering, and as millers are awaiting developments in their trade, and aro not purchasers at faimers' prices, while merchants are unsbfe to bring English buyers and colonial sellers to a., base of operations, transactions aro at a minimum. Farmers, at present, show no disposition to further modify their demards. The publication of an .estimate of ■Ihe production of cereals in the colony last harvest has had no effect. A weak point m the estimate is that the damage to the crops in South Canterbury a.nd Otago is not taken into consideration, although it was so great as to have m&tarially affected the ava.ilabie supply cf milling wheat. In oats there is an improved inquiiy for heavy sparrowbills aaiJ. Gartons at about Is id on trucKs, but supplies are not oifea-ed, &nd it is evident that there is no Eiiperabanida7ice ox prime, heavy ©aits m ihe district. Oatsheaf chaff is being sought noni all quarters, ancJ 50s per ton on trucks vould be readily paid fa-- good, bright samples Ihe quality this season, however, is generally unsatisfactory. Old stacks are bedng cut, aaid, although badly infested with sorrel, pore prefiTred 'io much of the new chaff. j? rices are ■feiidipg I'ighei. Fresh local faci.orv butter loixisins at Hid, although offers of fresh North. Island at 9i<fl, for all-winter contracts, have been made.

A<-hbmlci gram niaikcts, for tho week endici Fuday Inst. — Wheat- Tha reported collapse m the Millers' Association has induced many hckleis to pk"c tboir offeiir,gs on the maike-t at present rates. Milleis themselves seem to pay but little rtteotioii to the late events, and some seen' mere inclined to stock up at the piescnt low ivies. The quality of the grain o-i offer, however, io not tempting, and it is ciimci'lt fcr buyeis to obtain prime milling, Tuscan especially being scarce. Quotations vrc- ppai], 2s 9kl; Tuscan, 2s Set to 2s 9d; Hunteis, 2s 6d tc 23 7d. Oats: Milling ■^ aricties and good dims are scarce and in deliian.d. Good rhort feed is saleable, but lighter sorts are difficult to clear. Offerings ot all descriptions are scarce, a.nd the quantity held jttiust be considerably under last year's supply.

I Values are — Milling, Is 5d lo Is Gd : sLoifc I feedj Is 4d; duns, Is 4id to Is 3d, Bauisli, la 2d to Is 2Jd. Oat sheaf chaff: Theie has been -very little on offer, fnd the demand for shipmeat is in excess of ofTeiiaga causing prices lo advance 2s Cd a ton; 50s on nucks fc.- prime quality is now easily obtained. Timaru grain markets (Here/el. ISih i:i3j.):' ; Geneial'y speaking the grain markets have been very quiet this week. Hie shipping trade has been brisk from previous orders,* but not much business lies been passing othervise. Holders of (he best quality of wheat are ccntcjt to await developments legarding tJie reported dissolution of th" ii.il] eis' trust! VTv arc assured, howevc", that there aye buyers for wheat on th? following ba=;i — Tn=can "anci velvet, 2s 3|d; red chaff, 2s Bid ; an tiuck at Timaru, sachs Scl ; ior best qualify line". Oaig are moving off slowly: ihe ton.-> o; the mrrket 15 a little firmer, aucl prices ar.> as fc ; !ows-1-i-une A gi-ado Gartons, Is Gd 1 if- Is &\d ; discolouretH parce's, Is sd; biu«hl h'avy "Danish. Is 4^l to Is 3d; discouourcd 'ais Is 3d Ie ig 41; dues. Is Gd; all f.o.b. T.rraiv. There 13 still tin inquiry for Tartars, hi;. -.-3" few Eie ou cfl'er. Sellers~'are asking ,3Cj, f.ob., sacks in, for potatoes, but only small iot= arc chanj,ii.g hand?.

Tiraojru skin *nd wool sales (ll"rr,lu. ISt'i in«t.) — The fortnjghtj'y sales of sk.\:=\ ysoo' etc., -took place ycst»ifey. Tlio.-t were good entries, and a hee.i sale resumed. Pi:ce=. v.-eco leahsed as follov, s. — Cro&sl-rct! st r.a i« sd 23 Id, 2s 6d, 2s TOd, 33 Id. 3s 3d, 3s 9^ 4s' 4* 4a, 49 7d, 4a lid, to 5s 2d each- s'-c5 's*<l 6d. or.d Bid per ib. HalibreO skir^* °* Get, 2~ lid, 3s, 3s 2<l. 3s 7d, 33 9d. 4s. 4« Gd, 4s lid ss. 5s 2oi, 5s 10d', to 6?, and 6^ Id each : 63, Cjd, and 6-\cl pea- ib. Lamps' skins. Is £J l 3l 3 lid, 3s, 3s 0:1, 3s lOdi, to 4s 2d eaoii - S^cl and &d< p-xr ib 3lei-ino. "2s 3d. 3: d. s's ild, to iz lid; and 5s each ; 6i-.l per •!- fc')« CJ, Td. Is. is 4d, Is 6d, Is lOd, 2--,, 2* : " ?a sd. TVcoi: Tiimminge, id, ihd, 4Jd, sc! i}Jpieces, 2UI, 3*d,4d. s£d ; iccks'ar.fl pieces, 3i«f, 4d; cmtohings, 4Jd, sd ; dtead, 5?, d, 59d, &3, 6'd, 6id, 7Jdj blr.ck wool 4 id; ajixecl Seecr-, Gid, 6i?d; crossbred, 6Jd, 7d. Fat 133 6cl 14^ 14s 6d, 15s, 15s 6di. 17s> Gd p&r civt. Christcfctuch grain sa. e:~ The 2-Ts-,v Ztal-i : Loan and Mertantilo Agency Corrparsv (Limited) held its mojithlv r.ii-crioTi sa c of grain and produce at its Christ sauTch tioi..9 on Friday afternoon, when it oJrerrcl r, catalogue of about 1500 sacks, to a large ai;o le-piesenta-tive gathering of buyers. "Wheat was in fair demand, end good feed oats brought full time's values, but barley was neglected. The piices obtained, wen: — Milling wheat, 23 9d per bushel; -whole fowl wheat, 2s 6d to 23 Sid. pe:- bushel; seconds and broken, Is Cd to 2s sd; dims and lack oats, Is Gd to Is 7*d; Dzonsh oats, Is 2d to Is 5Jd ; -Gairtons, Is 4id : feed barJey, Is 8d; chaff, 55s pei tan. "All sacks eKtiiia, ex store, Christchurch. The exports of graan and produce from Lyttelton for last week inchided the followinglines:—l9oß sacks wheat, 790 sacks and 2565 bags flour, 3539 sacks oats, 172 eaclcs meal, 1401 sacks batlay, 61 sacks malt. 1339 sacks biaii, 135 packs shares, 273 sacks pollard, 7415 sacks chaff, 559 sacks peas, 505 sacks beans, 6-247 sacks and 200 boxes potatoes, 14 sacks 21 bags and 68 gunnies onions, 4670 sacks seeclt, and 179 bales hay. The exports for Austialia, included in the foregoing, comprised 50 sacks oats, 100 sacks braai. 2577 sacks potatoes, and 105 Backs seed. For South Africa, wpra shipped 10 sacks meal, 1106 sacks bran, 28 sacks pea 3, and 200 boxes potatoes. On© livjiorecl sacks oi oats wore shipped for ITonte Video. The exports for the United. Kingdom, included 3029 sacks wheat, 3777 sacks oats, 491 sacks peas, 445 sacks bfons, and 4406 sacks seed. The remainder of tha lines shipped was for New Zealand ports.