CANTERBURY MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3040, 19 June 1912, Page 20

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORT. - (Lyttolton -Times, 15.) * Since last' report the grain and produce markets have remained in much the same position, and with comparatively little business there are no changes m prices to report. The wheat market at the present junoture is very sluggish, and with litftite disposition to operate on the part of either merchants or holders—and now it must be borne in mind the greater part of the year's grain ha* passed out of the hand? _ cf growcVrs—the amount of grain., ohaijcing hands is relatively small, and millers are operating only to a limited extent, many of them now - having in stock sufficient for their present needs. V alues are unchanged. Oats are in very much .the same position as wheat, and, with the market inclined to weaken, values are unchanged. Few parcels have recently been placed on offer by farmers, the majority of whom have already parted with their grain. With the northern centres fully supplied for the nonoe, the potato market remains unchanged. A. few parcels have been sent to the Commonwealth from the south, but the vo'umo of trade has been insufficient to affect trade, and it is felt that while the reflations regarding imported potatoes remain in force in the amount of trade going in that direction must necessarily be small, Binoe in the present condit;on of things in the Dominion it is impossible to give certificates that the potatoes have been grown in districts free from potato diseaeo. The following quotations are for purchases from farmers, net cash, sacks extra: delivery at country stations: — Wheat.—3s 5d to 5s 6d. Oats.—AJgerians 2s 4d to 2s 6d, Gartons 2s to 2s Id; Canadians, 2s to 23 Id; Duns. 2s 2d: Danish, Is lid. Barley.—Malting 4s 6d to 4s 9d per bushel according to quality. Chaff.—Oatsheaf, £3 to £3 2s 6d. Potatoes. —£3 10a to £3 15s. Peas. —Partridge 3s to 3s Id. Onions.—sß to £9 per ton. Oatmeal. —£14 per ton. Flour. —The New Zealand Flourmillers* Co-operative Association (Limited! quote* the following prices,per ton, local or shipping :—Sacks £8 10s. 1001 b bags £8 15s. 501 b bags £9, 251 b bags £9 ss. Bran £4 15s. pollard £6Seeds.—Ryegrass, Italian and perennial. 2s 2d to 2s 6d; cocksfoot to sd. Dairy Produce. —Cheese, dairy, largo 5Jd, loaf 6d; factory, large 5Jd to 6d. Butter, fresh local factory prints Is 2d, second grade pats Is Id, farm dairy 10A Hams 9£d, sides 9d, rolls 9Jd, rolled hams 9fd. Laid, pats B£d. Eggs to Is 4d per dozen. RANGIORA. A few good lines of milling wheat were soldi during the week, principally Tuscan, 3s 7d being the top price available for this kind or Hunters. Millers appear to be well stocked, and merchants are not disposed to speculate, probably in view of the unsettled state of the labour interests. The rains in Australia have weakened the oat market, and there is a drop in values of fully Id to l£d per bushel on recent rates. Partridge peas remain at 3s for No. 1, although the English market' is easier. Blue Prussians are hard to sell at 5s 6d, Imperials 6s, White Ivory 3s 6d. Horse beans bring 2s lOd for shipment, hut a fraction more is obtainable for small lines of best quality for local trade. A few lines of new season's oowgraas have been offered, and values range from 7d to 8d per lb, according to quality. White olover is worth Is :'f clean and of good colour. Potatoes are dull, owing to the glutted state of North Island markets. Sales have been made up to £4 for small lota of really

good table Up-to-dates, but there is no margin of profit at this price commensurate with the risk of rejection. Southern ports are quoting less f.o.b. than Lyttelton shippers ca.u profitably offer, consequently business is passing local merchants. Seed Up-to-dates are worth £3 15s, Early Rose £4- ss, red or white Beauty of Hebron £4 ss, Northern Stars £4, Princess Victorias £4. Oatsheaf chaff remains at similar values as last week, although tho prospect of shipping to Australia is remote now teat general and heavy rains have been experienced throughout the dry country. Best briirht.-heavy, clean stuff £3, inferior from £2 10s. ASHBURTON. Wheat. —An easy tone still prevails, and, although offerings by buyers are not numerous buyers show no keenness to do business. Matters, therefore, are quiet, and the volume of business passing is not ?>; ea tValues may be quoted as follows: —Good milling Hunters and Tuscan, 3s 6d to 3s bid; good milling Pearl, 3s 6id to 3s 7£d ; inferior and out-of-condition lines id to Id less. . „ Oats.—-Merchants are not operating at all freely, evidently holding sufficient stocks for the present/The good rains which have fallen in Australia have had a steadying ettect on the market, and offers from that source are on a lower basis. Values are: — A grade Gartons, 2s to 2s Id; B grade Gartons, Is lid to .2s; Duns. Is lid to 2s. according to qualitv; Danish, is to Is lid. , , . Oatsheaf Chaff. —The demand is not heavy, and crime samples may be quoted at £3 to £3 2s 6d on trucks.