COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Colonist, Volume XXXI, Issue 5299, 22 August 1888, Page 3

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

em, : fl q, CANTEEBUEY MAEKETS. % «# mdeoi The following is the Christchurch Corn )wflllii Exchange report for the week ending Friday, titabte August 17 :— I The firmness noted during the past few lie t« wee ]. g j n the London wheat market has been P° r? iully maintained, as advised by cable, and A advanced values. Freight continues scarce, »b 3JB all available having been secured at current fdJB rates. ■ helfm Wheat.—Prime Tuscan still commands &wm ths top rate, 2s lid to 2s ll£d being paid for itndi'W prime lines, even money being obtainable for M large ex store parcels. Pearl is readily coini mottim peted for locally among millers at 2s lid ; I Hunter's is worth 23 9£d to 2a lOd for good I samples. Chickenwheat has also hardened a I little; 2j 4d to 2s 6d ?s givea for whole * ■ wheat, Is lid to 2s 3d for broken. 9t "M Oats are not going away so brisk as might o goffi be anticipated, although uo great quantity he p' ate on offer. Milling command 2s to -2s Id; g, , short feed, la lid to 2s; Danish and eparrowbills, Is 9.1 to Is lOd. e fcioll s Barley. —Little business is being transacted except lor small seed lines, whioh command „ j Bp to 43 3d. Malting prices are unaltered. i,\ Beans are in fair demand at 2s 5d to 2s 6d. tiofl ii p eas are quiet a . c 2g 3,1 to 2s 4d for feed, &nd 2a 6d ior Prussian Blues. lC tiOfl& Rye Grass.—Small orders are coming in . ! 'reely, sales being made up to 3s for extra ■ Prime machine dressed. Farmers' parcels, ioV » i however, are very dull at 2s to 2s 3d. i Cocksfoot remains quiet at last week's QtOs\ Rotations. ] Potatoes are still firm at 45s to 47s 6d. t Dairy Produce.—Butter has advanced, sales having been made at lid for new well-potted 4 '. "nes. luferior, however, is very dull at 4d 111 to 7d. Cheese: Small sizes are in best demand at 3M to 3|d; large sizes vary in price torn 3d to 3£d. The above'piiceß are those paid to farmers „ re* I delivery, f,0.b., sacks extra.