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Temuka Leader, Issue 2056, 7 June 1890, Page 4

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CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. The-following are the Corn Exchange quotations for the week : Wheat—Prime tuscan, 3s Id ; pearl, 2s lid ; hunters, 2a 9d to 2s 10J ; chick wheat, whole, 2e 6d ; broken, 2s to 2s Id. Oats—-Milling, Is 7d,; short feed, Is 6d ; inferior, Is 3d to Is sd. Barley - Malting, nominally 8s ; medium, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; feed, la 6d to Is 9d, Beans—2s sd, Peas —Prassian bines, 2s 9d to 3s feed, 2s Ad to 2s 6d. Potatoes—Derwenta, 32s 6d to 35s at country stations,

Dairy Prod ucr—Batter, prime keg, 8d > loaf, to 4d > largesize, 3d. The above quotations are 1 those paid to farmers for delivery, f.0.b., Lyttelton, sacks extra, potatoes excepted.

jpHRISTOHUROH; STOCK i MARKETS.

At the Addington Yards on’Wednesday: the following are the prices 1 realised Fat Cattle Best beef may be quoted at 17s to 18s per i 1001 b. Stebrs sold at £5 15s to £lO 10s; , cows. £8 5s to £5 15s. Store Cattle—No i,business to report,.but dairy* cows improved, £Blss ; being top price. Store Sheep Little * dcine, Full 1 mouth crossbred ewes, 5s to 7s 3d; i crossbred lambs as high as 8s 2d; merino ewes, 5s to 6s. | Fat Sheep—Fair, demand, <but low : prices. Half bred wethers, 16s to | 17s 9d; crossbred wethers* 15s to i 17a lOd ; merino wethers, 7s' to 8s 6d ; I maiden ewes 1 15 a 3d. Fat Lambs—l2s to 13s 6d. Pigs—An enormous entry. An im- | proved demand for good bacon sorts. ! DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. i The following is the report for the j week ending Wednesday : Wheat—Market s withbut?! alteration. I Best tuscati frbm Bs 3d to 3s sd; i hunters, pearl, arid velvets and straw, 1 3s Id to 3a 3d; second-claas wheats, |from 2sißd to 2s lid, and' are in fair

demand for second-class flour. Fowls* wheat, scarce and in > good > demand. Q-bod wholes 2a 8d ■to 2s 8d - broken aind inferior, 2s 4d to 2a 6d. • Barley— Maltsters have now'eased off, u buying. samples from 2s.§d to 3smilling,, 2a 2d to 2s 5d • feed sorts, from Is 8d to 2s. j Oats-r-Prime milling, from Is 4d to Is bright jilump feed, Is 3d 'to jls S^d; off-color, and musty, !from 1 Is to Is 2d. Onions Best Canterbury have i gone up to £6 per ton. Potatoes —Oatnaru, derwents, £3 ; | Canterbury and Southern, £2 10a to j£2 15s. Kidneys tor.; i seed are now i enquired for at £3 to £5 Prime bacon pork, 3d to hams, 8d; rolls and flitches, 6d to little moving. heiayy, clean, £2 7s 6d itOi£2 10s ; lighter sorts,,3ss to 465. I Turnips, 20s per ton; carrots, 85s I per ton. | Straw—Oateri’ and l wheaiten, 35s for jthe former and, 30s for latter. Hay—-Oaten, £3 per" ton; clover j and, ryegrass, £3 ss.

Botju®r?rr-Salt .has no; inquiry, only I in; small lots for local use, and we refrain from quoting, as it is only 'misleading. Eggs—Market well supplied. Honey i— Sea,rce. Prime,. sd. Cheese—-Factory, 4d; loaves, Best e>karpa, Grass Seeds—Ryegrass, 3s to 5a 6d, Cocksfoot had i fair inquiry at ■ to :4£d. ■ • DUNEDIN STOCK MARKET.

At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday the following business was transjacted:— Fat Cattle—2Q3 bead yarded, chiefly light to medium weights. Prime bullocks brought i>7 IQs to; £9 • medium jto good, £6 to 7 £7 ; light, ; £5 jss to £slss; best cows and heifers, £5 10a to £6'l7s6d ;"otherß/ £2 Fat Sheep—24lo yarded, ‘being nearly. dfctablei; ;,lfctit ‘: ; week's supply. Primest crossbred wethers brought jlss 6d ..to IQs 9d;wethers, 14s to 15 s; light, 12s to 13s ; primest : ewes, 14s 6d to : 15s 9d; medium, 12s to 13s ; light, 9s to 11s. HtoreSheep—-Business continues brisk for all descriptions of crossbreds and 'youhg merinbs, but more' particu* larly so for wethers of each class. Fat Lambs—4s2yarded, afair proportion being of good quality. Best, from 10s 6d to 12s; Others meeting jwitb a moderate sale at from 6s to 8s 6d. Pigs—2so penned, and prices were ; slightly better for good quality. i Prime bacon, 28a to 40s; others as ilow as, 23s 6d. Wool—Of late very little nows has |come to hand concerning 'the state of ■ the market as Home. Prices are -uni changed when compared with those ;current for,the last : three weeks' or a • month. Sheepskins—Butchers’ best green icrossbreds ‘(in lines) brought from •3s 9d to 4s 3d —a few mat skins to 4s 6d to 4s 8d; medium green cross- ' breds, 3a 3d to 3s 6d ; lambskins, from 1 3s3d to 3s .9d ; green merinos, -2s 6d to 3s; country skins, proportionate rates. Hides—Best heavy-weights are worth 2fd to 3d—exceptionally heavy a shade over ; medium, to light, 2d to 2kd ; inferior, l£d to lid per lb. Tallow—Prime rendered mutton tallow,’l6a to 17s 6d per cwt; medium, 14s to Tss; inferior and mixed, 13s to Ms; best übrendered caul fat, lls 6d to 12s 6d; butchers’ clean rough fat, 10s; inferior, 7s 6d to 8s 6d. ENGLISH MARKETS. ' Antwerp, June 2.

The wool sales ‘ opened to-day, but bidding was dull and competiton poor. 4600 bales of -Australian wool were offered and '2OOO '6old : at a decline of about 5 per cent on last London closing rates; London, June 4, Two Australian wheat cargoes bare been sold a( 36s Id to 86s Sd.

Tba and flpqr afloat for ;:tber r United Kingdom is 2j976iG00 qairtftrsji pndvffor. the Continent 896;000 quarters. 1 he. American visible supply is ;22,46ij00Q busbels. > i !• Newq Zealand ,n Shipping ioCompßny’fl sheres tareiquoted at .£5 joShavf.Saville and AJbion £9 10s. Beat beef laUbW,”24B: 6d ; )t0268. rThB market! is! firnii wfithi advancing ]rates.