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Temuka Leader, Issue 2256, 19 September 1891, Page 4

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CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. The following is the Corn Exchange report (per N. P. Meyers, Secretary), for the week ending Sept. 18th : The welcome rains of the past few days have given fresh heart to our farmers and pastoral friends, and from all districts we hear of the immense amount of good it iis likely to do. Sales of grain:: of any kind are very few, there being no business doing beyond actual orders. Sowing seeds haye t>een dull, but it is expected that there will be more life now that the necessary rains' have fallen. Quotations are as follow : Wheat—Prime tuscan, 4s 6d; pearl, 4s sd; hunters, 4s 3d to, 4s ,4d. Oats-—Milling, Is • lOd; short heavy feed, Is 8d to Is 9d; long and inferior, ls7dtolsßd.' i ;Barley —;.- First-class malting, 3s; medium, 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; feed, Is 9d to 2s. Beans—2s 9d to 2s lOd. Peas—Blue Prussians, 2s 9d to 3s;, feed, ,2s 6d to gs Bd. ,Grass;Se6|ds-TrMachine dressed, 5s to 5s 3d; cocksfoot, Bright heavy seed, sd. Potatoes—Nominal at 10s, at country stations. ■Dairy in kegs,farmers make, 8d; cheese, loaf shape, 4£d; large and medium, 3£d to 4d. The above quotations are those paid to farmers, f.o.b. Lyttelton, sacks extra (potatoes excepted.) j CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS! At the Addington yards on Wednesday there was a large entry in all classes of stock, fatj&heep predominating. The weather was warm with a drizzling rain, very beneficial to the country, and there was a good attendance. Store Sheep—Two thousand fivehundred, chiefly crossbred ewes in lamb or with lambs at foot,were penned, for which there was good enquiry, and all were sold at from 14s to 24s 3d for extra good sorts, with a large percentage of lambs; crossbred hoggets, 9s to 12s } merino cull ewes,4s to 4s 6d; sbnnd-mouth merino ,wether6 : 7s 3d to 9s 6d. Fat were fifty in the pens, but none of brilliant quality, and they fetched 9s 6d to 13s 3d. Fat Sheep.—-There, was a fair entry, and best crossbred freezers were slightly easier owing to the quality, but; primest wethers' realised from 19s to 25s 6d, equal to 2£d per pound',net weight, or 3gd. with skins and fat; second rate freezers, 14s 9d to 18s, equal|to 2d net, or 3Jd including the drawback ;'primest merino wethers, 17s 6d to 20b ; inferior, 8s to 14s, A lot of nice hoggets and two-tooths brought from 15s6d.

Fat Cattle. —147,were offered, and met with a slack demand, best beef bringing 18s to 20s per lOOlbs; second-rate 15s per lOOlbs; cowb, 12s 6d per lOOlbs. Stores and Dairy Cows.—The.entry was 453, and these were better sought for, realising 25 per cent more than recently. Two-year-olds made 33s to 43s ; yearlings, Jos to There was a good Bale for

dry cowaof goodsorts; and'dairy' cows' brought up to £6 15s. Pigs.—Baconers sold cheapest, realising 2d to 2£d per pound, but there was no competition, only one buyer. Porkers made 3d per lb, but there was agood trade in stores.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday : ; » Wheat—Market has inquiry; prices are firm. Prime tuscans and velvets, 4b 8d to 4s lOd; other good 4s 4d to 4s 6d; fowls' wheat, good whole, 3s 8d to 4s. Onions—£4 to £5. .'< ;';- Barley—Malting, 3s to 3s 3d; milling, 2s 4d to 2s 6d; feed, 2s to 2s 3d. Pearl barley, £l3. Oats —Best milling and seed, Is 6d to Is 7d; bright plump feed range from Is 6d tols7d; other sorts, Is3d.to Is 4d—all sacks extra, off trucks, arid ( ex store. \| Oatmeal—£B 10s to £lO 10s. Bran—£3 10s. Sharps^£4los. Potatoes—Glutted, 30s per ton. Pigs—l4olb to 160 ft), well fed, 3Jd; large sizes not saleable; hams, 7d to 8d; bacon, 5d to 6d. Chaff—Up to £2 15s for prime. j ~„„Straw—(Oaten,.,and.,wheaten), ,30s to,. 355. Hay, (oaten)^£3,;,'clever,and ryegrass hay, £3 ss'tb £3 10s. Butter-*-Prime salt, 9d, > scarce, and ingood demand. " Eggs in short supply. per !b. -o o Cheese-—Factory, 5d to s£<L; dairy, 4d to.4|d. i; Grass 3s 6d to ; ss 9d;" cocksfoot, 4fd to 6d per lb. Cocksfoot is now in active demand. Tuesday butchers best .green crbsßbreds; 7b 2d r to- 6s 7d ;^do do 9d to6s 3d; '- : good to riaedium', 6s to 5b ; green merinos, 4s 9d to 2s 9d; country dry croßsbreds,,,,4s.4d tp,3s;,do merinos, 2s to4s; fMI-woolledcrosjsbreds, 5s "to 7s 9d. ' '_*""'" ''"" Hides—There iB no change in the state of this market. Prices are still low. Quotations are:—For prime ox hides (which are very Bcarce), 601 b and over, 2fd; medium, l|d to 2£d; light, inferior, and slippy, Id to lfdiper #>. Tallow—For..ihb the local demandi is still strong, and sales can be readily made as under:—Best rendered mutton, 18s to 19s; medium, 17s to 18s;. mixed.,ahd mutton caul, 12s to 13s 6a; medium to good, 10s to 12s; inferior from 9s. DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS. At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday the following business was transacted : : ! Fat iCattierrOnly ; aimoderate - supply, 181 head, yarded. There was good competition for, best y , .while; for-ordinary arid inferior the demand was less active. Taking-,the sale. aUrpund,. prices, were just about equal to last week's: —Best bullocks* £7 125..6d7t0 !£8!125.6d; a few extra, prime to £lO 2s 6d; medium to good, £6 to;£7, ; los;olight, to £5 17s 6d; best cows, £5 12s 6d ltd £7 7s 6d ; -medium, £4 ssto £5 ss; light and inferior, £2 10s to £3 17s 6d. Fat Sheep—lsoo, including 415 merinos, were yarded, mostly wethers of medium quality; the crosßbreds, too, consisted chiefly of wethers, but above average quality. • : Prices,, on the whole, <.; show a slight advance on last week's. Best crossbred wethers brought 17s 6d to 20s; medium do, 14s 6d to 16s 6d; best crossbred;ewes, 15ss6d to slSsi 13s to 14s 6d; irierino wethers, 10s 6d to 12s 9d. !

Pigs—26l were .penned, chiefly stores and'' slipsj -for '■'■ which there was a good demand,: andrPrices obtained for show a decided advance on late values. Suckers brought 6s to 13s; slips, 14s jto 16s : stores, 16s 6d to 18s; porkers, 22s jto 28s; baconers, 26s to 335; and a few extra heavy, 40s to 655. AUSTRALIAN'MARKETS. \ .Sydney, Sept; 15. Wheat, ;chick, 135,9d,t0. 4s;. milling, 4s 9d to 5s Id. Flour, stone, £ll to £ll ss>fc>ller,>£l2 to £l2 10 8 i: l^>d t»2s.'t;Maize,'2s3dto2s4d.i Bran,9|d; pollard, B|d.-i?eas, t 3s ,4d to 3s 6d. Potatoes* New. Zealand/ £llos j Circular is .id.[factory,js 3d. Cheese, , 6d to 7d. Bacon, machine, 4|d to tfjd; \ handy 6d! to 7d; imported, 7d. Hams, New Zealand, lOd to lid. :Melboubne, Sept. 15. Wheat, 5s 3d.vi. Flour, stone, £11; roller,;• £l2. Oats, -Algerian, 2s. j stout, i 2s 6Jd. Barley* Cape, 2s.'-' ; , Bran Is lid. [Peas r 2ssd. j" ■ ■ Adelaide, Sept.; 16. i Wheat is firm with little doing at 5s Id to 5s 2d; ' qFlour* stone,i£lo,los,;•' /roller, ill ss'to: £1110s; Zealand inJbondi2s>2d.to-!2s.'4d. Barley, Gape, firmer at 3s to 3s 3d; English malting, 3a 6d to ss. 3d. I|ran and pollard, Is Id. ENGLISH AND London, Sept. VS. Tallow—Medium mutton 26s 6d; do beef, 24s 7d. (■■' The total quantity/of iwool catalogued up to date is 72,200 bales, of which 64,400, bales liave been sold. Prices have a hardened tendency, especially for better sorts. For New Zealand «f wheat off coast sellers are 41 * G4> b ut buyers, refuse to give more than 4ls. The hop crop in Kent is exceeding the average. >The ; Standard,considers that the shortage of breadstuff's will severely tax reserves. The, decline in, prices will, be ' merely temporary, being due to the inrush of new wheat. The .English .harvest is,expected ; te average 28 bushels per acre. Good merinos and crossbreds are active but prices are unchanged. Medium and faulty sorts are easier and alow of sale. September 15. ■■ Forty tons of New Zealand potatoes have been Bold at an average of 20s per ton. The condition was bad. The wool market has rather [a. serbet tone. Sept. 16. At the wool sales greasy wool is firm. Medium and inferior sorts are from 7J to j 10 per cent, below Juneprices- Home ' buyers are purchasing extensively, while

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