CANTERBURY MARKETS,

Colonist, Volume XXXIV, Issue 7035, 11 June 1891, Page 3

CANTERBURY MARKETS,

1 GRAIN AND PRODUCE. C_ra.sTCHr.i_CH, June 6. Tallow and Fat : Best rough fat l|d to lfd, . inferior ld per lb. Tallow, in small packages 12s 6d to 16s per owt. ) Sheepskins: Competition wa. brisk, and . full values ruled throughout. Butoher's best oross-breds brought 5s to 6b ld. medium and ordinary 3s 6d to 4s 3d, best meriuoß 3b 9d to , 4a Bd, ordinary 2s 3d to 3b 2d, dry country , skins at full values, according to growth of , wool and condition of pelt. Wheat: Market quiet looally, aa there is not muoh offering. Any lots for sale are taken up at full values, though latest cable advices from Home reported a drop of 6d per > quarter in New Zealand wheat. We quote to-day Tneoan 4s 3d, Pearl 4s 2d, Hunter's j 4s to 4s ld, 10. b., sacks extra. 1 Oata : An active inquiry for prime qualities has a hardening tendenoy on prices. Present quotation are :— Prime milling Is 9_d to Is lOd, heavy feed Is 8d to Is 9d, ordinary Is 6d to Is 7d per bushel, f.0.b., sacks extra. Barley: Nothing doing. Quotations are nominally unaltered '.—Medium 2s 9d to 3s, secondary 2s 3d to 2s 6d, and feed la 9d to 2s per bushel, ex store, saoks extra. Beans : 2s 6d to 2s 9d pec bushel, f.o.b. B__k_____S G__.tr £1 Peaa: Prussian Blnea 2s 8d to 2s lOdper bushel, f.0.b., sacks extra. ' Ryegrass: Town maohine- dressed ss 6d per bushel, ex-store, saoks extra. Cocksfoot : Best quality machine-dres-sed, sid to s&d per lb, ex store, saoks extra. Potatoes: Market glutted and sales difficult to effect. Nominal quotations are 12s 6d to 17s 6d per ton for Bine Der wants, and 22s Gd to 253 per ton for kidneys at country stations. Butter: Prime fresh lid to le ; faotory 9d ; salt 7d to 9d, cheese, loaf 4£d ; Medium and large 3£d to 4d.