CANTERBURY MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2672, 31 May 1905, Page 21

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

CKRISTCHUROH GEAIN AND PRODUCE REPOET. (Lyttelton Times, 27th mst.) Though there i&_no increase in the volume of business, there is a'better tone in the -wheat market, consequent upon the improvement in Xondon. Th& advance in Ixradon prices, however* "was fully anticipated locally, ana local holders' ideas ax© again ahead of the I/ondon market, s© that business naturally is restricted, although importers would willingly operate at prices -which •would have been accepted a week ago. Qfienrngs are very small. Present entries are represented by appended quotations. Oats .also are firm, bnt transactions have consisted only of small lots, to -winch offerings have- been confined. Potatoes are steady. Sound Derwents> and "Dp-to-dates are readily saleable at £4, -but early kinds, in view of the closing of the Australian ports to New Zealand potatoes, are difficult to sell. The liberal supply of chilled eggs is keeping down the price of fresh eggs, though "the latter are scarce. Preserved (lime, water-glass, etc.) are abundant, and are selling at Is per dozen, tending to further depress the market' for fresh. The .following quotations are -for purchases from farmers, xtek cash, sacks extra; — Wheat.—Milling quality, mixed lines, slightly weathered, dry, 2s. 7d to 2s Bd, .damaged 2s 5d "\o 2s 6d, at country stations. Oats.—Prime heavj Canadians Is Bd, dirng Is 7Jd to. Is Sd, Gartons .and -spaiTowbills Is -6£d to ls"7ct, Danish Is "56V; -ordinary qualities of the foregoing and discoloured lines Id to 2d less, at country stations. "Barley.—halting, good 4s to 4s 3d, medium. 3s 6d to 3s 9d, inferior 3s to 3s 3d, at country stations .Flour.—The Jfew .Zealand Flourmillers' Cooperativ« Association (Limited) quotes the following prices, per ton, local or shipping: — Flour, sacks £Q 10s, 1001b bags £9, 50lb hags £9 ss, 251b bags £9 10s; podlarcl £0 10s; bran MJ5s, i.o.h. Oatmeal—£lo. Chaff.—Oatsheaf, bright s?s 6d, second quality QOs to 52s 6di, at country stations. Peas.—Partridge 3s to 3s 3d, Prussian blus 2s 6dto 2s 9d, extra primx* to 3s, blue Imperial (boilers) 3s 6d, ivory -white 4s, at country stations Beans.—2s 6d per bushel, at country stations. • , Seeds*—Ryegraes, farmers' lines, good to superioi, old pasture, 3s ~bo 3s 6d, inferior to medium 2« to 2s 9d, Italian 2s 6d to 3s per bushel a£ Addington. Cocksfoot, fair to bright 13lb steed 3Jd -to 32<J per lb, 14lb to 4«J, light and 1 discoloured 2id to 3d per lb. Potatoes.—Marketable .quality, aaiy kind, SA per ton at near stations. Onions.—£6 10s to £6 15s per ton at near stations. JQairy Produce.—Cheese: Dairy 4d to 4Jdi, factory, large 4sd to 4jd, medium 4fd ±0 sd, loaf 5d to 5Jd. Butter: Fresh, local factory prints ll£d, bulk 10§d, farm separator 9d, salted in boxes 7d to 8d- Hams and iactan, local factory 7d to 7£d. Fresh eggs Is Bd, preserved Is per dozen. Honey.—Farmers' strained. 2£d, extracted 3jd to 3Jd per lb; sectionSj first grade, 6s per dozen. ASHBTXRTOK' GUAZSr MARKETS. Wheat.—Further sales Have taken place .at last week's quotations, merchants now being buyers for Home shipment. Threshing has practically stopped ftxr the winter, and ■deliveries of grain sold rare now being madie on trucks, while the stores are practically filled up .with grain, which is being stored on farmers' Ac-count. Millers .are .buyers «f any prime lots on offer at slightly «over f.a.q. xatee Quotations are: Tuscan 2s 7d to 2s Bd, pearl 2s 6d to 2s 7d, Hunters 2s 5d to 2s 6d. Oats*—Already the scarcity of stocks has been ielt, and merchants axs finding it difficult to fill orders. Prices remain unaltered, the Bluff meanwhile supplying requirements. Good milling Canadians are especially in demand at Is 7d to Is 7£d, duns and G-artons Is 64d to Is 7d, Danish Is 4d to Is 4§d. MMARTT GEAIN I£A3tKETS. "Wheat.—-There is nothing .doing in -wheat, jgroroezs preferring- to store latter than accept the low prices ruling. In consequence of tma local stores are filling up rapidly. A email quantity l«ft this port for th« Ham© marTstsfcs, -but -the- rate of ■frcdg'ht does not l«ave much 01 a margin of profit, and consequently growers ■nho would otherwise ship will not do so, "but <wh«n dheapesr freighta are offering a large quantity will le»ve here. The present marSet value is: Tiisoan 2s lOd, -velvet 2b 9d, red chaff 2s -Sd per bushel, f.0.b., Tinrsru. Gats —There is apparently a shortage in this district, aa there are vxme> offering. There is a -good! inquiry from both north, and -south. are: Duna Is lOd to Is IG^d, short oats A grade Is IDS, B grade Is 9d, and Damiah Is 6Jd to Is 7|ci per bushel, f.0.b., Timarn, Backs extra. Potatoes are now offering more freely, an<t growers aa© more ready to give a guarantee. GRAIN ATSTD PRODUCE SHIPMENTS. The exports of grain and produce from Tjgttelton for last -week included •tihe following lines.—3646 socles -w^heat, 2259 sacks -and -870 bags flour, 6805 sacks oats, 808 flacks meal, 150 sacks barley, 71 sacks malt, -300 sacks bran, 95 sacks sharps, 30 sacks pollard, 6188 sacks chaff, 1180 Backs peas, 58 sacks beans, 4751 sacks potatoes, 75 sacks 14 bags, and 456 gunnies onions, 252 Backs seed, and 48 bales hay. Of the foregoing 1000 sacks oats, 10 sacks peas, 65 gunnies onions, and 79 sacks seed were for

Austialia, 076 sacks peas, 230 sacks flour, and j two sacks oate for the TJniled Kjndoni, and 100 sacks potatoes for Rio. The rest was lor New Zealand.