CANTERBURY MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2685, 30 August 1905, Page 22

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

CTIKISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORT. (Lyttelton Times, 2Cth inst.) The nurke;, for grain is firm, but business has not besn of ,'aa-ge oluine. Oats cannot be obtained in ie=ponse to inquiries, and prime grades command an advance in price. Business! :n seeds is good, and stocks in farmers' hand arc readily saleable at prices in advanco of those current at harvest time. liggs arc in abundant supply, and the price has' fallen to 9d for farmers' fresh consignments. The following quotations are for purchases; from farmers, net cash, sacks extra,: — Wheat. — Milling qiiality, mixed lines, sound, 2s 10d; slightly weathered, dry, 2s 8d to 2s 9d; damaged. 2s 6d to 2s 7d at country stations. Oats. — Prime heavy: Canadians, Is 9d; duns, Is B_'d to Is 9d; Gartons, Is 8d to Is Fid; sparrowbills, Is 7d to Is 8cl; Danish, Is (3d. Flour. — The New Zealand Flourmillers' Cooperative Association quotes- the following prices, per ton, local or shipping: — Flour, sacks J6B 10s, 1001b bags- .£9, 501b bags £9 ss, 251b bags £ L ) 103 ; pollard, £i 10s ; bran, £•$ 15s f.o.b. Oatmeal, £10. Chaff. — Oatsheaf, bright 555, second quality 503, at country stations. Peas.— Partridge, 3s 3d; Prussian Blue, 2s Gd to 2s 9d; extra prime, to 3s; Blue Imperial (boilers), 3s 6d; ivory whits 4s, at country stations. Beans, 2s Bel to 2s 9d J per bushel, at country ■stations. Seeds. — Ryegrass, farmers' lines, good to euperior, old pasture, 3s 6d io 3s 9d; medium, 2s 6d to 23 9d; Italian, 2s 6d to 3s per bushel, at Addington. Cocksfoot: Fair to bright 13lb seed, 3|d; 141b, 4d; light and 1 discoloured, 3d per lb. Cowgrass: Good, 7d to 7Jd; fair quality, 6d to 6%d per lb. "White clover, ordinaiy 5d to 7d per lb. Potatoes, guaranteed sound Derwents, £Q, a-i country stations'. Onions, £11 per ton sit near stations. Dairy Produce.— ; Chees e: Dairy, 4id to 4^d; factory, large 5Jd to shd, medium 5Jd, loaf Cd. Butter; Freeh, local factory prints, Is ljd; bulk, Is O^dj dairy butter, 8d to lOd. Hams and bacon, local factory, 7d to 7id. Fresh, eggs, 9di per dozen. Honey. — Farmers' strained, 31d; extracted, Bid per lb ; sections, first grade, 5s per dozen. ASHBURTON GRAIN MARKET. "Wheat. — There has been a further hardening in prices of extra prime milling, owing to difficulty on the part of millers in secuimg that ilegcruitiQiu but fur.th.er tker.e, lifts toeem n.<»

change. Several lart;e sales have been re* ported, including that from the Lagmhor estate, at a price shghlly over maiket quotations. It is reported tha* a Chnstchuivh. merchant 1-as purchased this lme foi shippingpurposes. Quotations aio — Tuscan, 2s 9\d ; velvet, 2« fid to 2s 9d : Hunters, 2s 7^l. Oats. — The quaahtv on offer is very small, :,nd ordevo aie now difficult <o fill. Price 3 aye (id, Gs Sd, 7, GJ, to 7s lid; 7|d to 7ld jDer lb. Canadians, JU Bel to !<, hhd ; dune;, is 7M to Is 3d; short feed, Is CM; Danish, Is s'd lo Is Gd. TlilAEf GRAIN MARKET. The ps>?t week has seen very little changa in the local graai rt'sikct, and business has Loen very qu.et. A few sales of wheat an recorded at prices quite up to last week's rate, and the general tone of the wheat market ''s firm. Oats nre practically unchanged, but there is a very keen inquiry, and a fair quantity has been shipped from this poit during ihe week. TIMAKU SKIN AND WOOL SALES. At last week's sales there were large cats* loguos, and the p/ices all round were good. The. competition was koan, and the sale excellent. Piices are quoted as follows: — Half* bred skins, 4s Id, 4s 3d, 4s 9d, ss, 5s 3d, !5s 4d, 5s 6d, 5s 9d. (is, 6s 3d, 6s sd, 6s 7d, 6rf Sd, 6s 9d, 7s, 7s 3d. 7s 6d, 7z lOd, 7s lid, 8s 3d, to 8s 9d each ; Sd nsr lb. Crossbred skins, 3s Dd, 4s, 4s 4d, 4s Gd, 4s 7d, 5s 4d, 5s 6d. 63 2d, fls 6d, 6s Bd, 7= 6d, to 7s lid; 7|d to 7id per lb. Merino skins, 4s 6d to 6s 6d. Hoggets, 4s, 4g 4d, 4s 7d, to Is lOd ; 7^d per lb. Pclt)3, Is, la 3d, Is 6d, Is 7d. Wcol: Trimmings, sd, S^d, 6d, GJd, 6Jd, 7d, 7Jd, to 7\A per lb ; fleece, 9id. Fat, 15s, 15s 3d, 15s 6d, 15s 9d, to 16s per cwt. GEAIN AND I'EODUCE SHIPMENTS. The exports of grain and produce from Lyttelton for last week iacluded the following lir.os:— 3oo2 sack 3 wheat, 33G2 sacks and 1181 bags flour. 4201 isacks oats, 191 sacks meal, 103 sacks barley, 144 sarks malt, 939 sacks bran, 84 sacks sharps, 20 sacks pollard, 9624 sacks chaff, 82 sacks peas, 16 sacks beans, 4304 sacks potatoes, 17 sacks onioijs, 357 sacks seed, and 434 bales hay. All the foregoing vrere for New Zealand ports.