COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3773, 23 October 1886, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LOCAL MARKETS. 95 wi Wo extract tho following prodnoo roport 95 from the Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative dii Journal, datod 21st inst. : — an Wheat. — Tho market for this cereal during- Bl the past month has been slowly but surely improving, owing to tho scarcity of offers on the part of holders. Very littlo can now be said to remain m the bands of growers, tho bulk of what there is availablo being hold by millers. Our quotations aro as follows : — Primo milling, Tusoan and velvet, 4s 5d to 4s 6d ; red ohaff, 43 4d to 4s sd ; wholo fowl wheat (very "Tk scarce) 3s 6d to 3s 8d; brokon, 2s lOd to jy 3s 3d. val Oats. — There has been a 'quiet trado doing m these throughout the month, without, however, any improvement m values, the quantities under offer boing considerably m excess of the consumptive demand. As stooks both north and south are understood to bo_ comparatively small, and m fow hands, it is not improbable that the increased aotivity will be noticeable m the transactions dnring the — coming month. Our quotations are : — Primo short feed, 2s ld to 2s 3d ; medium, 2s to 2s ld ; bright heavy Danish, ls lld to 2s ; fair averago, ls 9d to ls lld i inferior, ls 7d to ls 9d, all ex store or on trucks, Timaru. ... Barley.— No transactions m malting can bo * J reported. We havo placed a fow lines of feed at up to 2s 4d, f.o.b. Potatoes. — Tho markot on all sides has snf- T fered a total collapse, to the disappointment J£ of those holders who refused tho more favourablo rates ruling during tho earlier part of the * season. In tho absence of actual orders it is • difficult to make reliablo qnotations. " el Tho following is a list of tho principal exports for the month : — pai Produce. N.Z. Ports. To Australia. Wheat 2712 sacks — vj Oats 3587 „ 7122 sacks w . Barley 235 „ 200 „ *" Potatoes 1120 „ 808 „ ' Flour 855 tons 285 tons i> c Bran and sharps 261(5 Baoks 1936 saoks ST OHRISTCHURCH~PRODUCE MARKETS. on The following is tho Christohuroh Corn Ex- ~ . ohange report for tho week ended Friday, °~ the 22nd inst. :— ' Spring sowing is fast drawing to a conolu- sor sion, the weather for the past week being all Bn that oonld bo desired, and generally the seed — has beon got m m capital order. We hear of larga acreage of potatoes boing planted, no donbt the diffioulty m quitting surplus stocks . having somo influence with planters. The I markets m both grain and produco aro en- J tirely without animation, aud last week's prices can be repeated without remarks. WHEAT. Pearl and Tusoan firm at 4s 5d ; Hunter's, 4s 4d ; second quality, 4s to 4s 3d ; and chick wheat, 3s 8d to 3s lld. OATS. Milling, 2s sd ; short feed (weak), at 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; Danish and Tartars, 2s to 2s 2d. BABLEV. Malting, 2s 7d to 2s lOd j feed, 2s 4d to 2s sd. BBANS AND PEAS. No business doing except for small parcols for sood purposes. SEEDS. Ryegrass. — Machine dressed, os to 58 3d j farmers' parcels, 8s 9d to 4s 3d. Cocksfoot.— Bright heavy seed, 4d to 4Jd. POTATOES. Potatoes have no enquiry, prices are nominally 22s Gd at country stations. DAIBT PRODUCE. Butter is weak at 7d. Chceso ranges from 5d to 6id. Tho abovo quotations (potatoes oxcepted) 11 are for delivory f.o.b. Lyttelton. Jasa (Bt Teleqbaph.) Beo