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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12176, 27 November 1917, Page 6

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MARKET REPORTS, GRAIN AND PRODUCE. CHRISTCHUECH. November 37. The absence of anything like normal ship, ping to northern ports has caused a further easing in the local market. The Monowai. the only boat for Auckland this weak, must shut out a large proportion of -he. cargo offering. News from Auckland suggests that a considerables quantity of potatoes eou'd be absorbed there just now. Canterbury tubers could land there at £'S a ton, whereas the best quotation received here for Auckland potatoes to-day was £l4 f.0.h., Auckland. But there is no possibility of sending ar\ ■ thing north ju-'t now. There is .'o demand locally, and fanners are unable to quit potatoes.

_ Very few oats are offering, and there is little demand. There are reports of forward sales of the new season's crop, but prices have not transpired. There are merchants who deplore this tendency to gamble in future food supplies, but this class of business has its attractions in somo quarters.. Most of< the chaff in Canterbury, it would seem, has been cut. There is still a fair demand at previous quotations. Th* price* g'ven below are for purchases from farmer*, not ca*fl, sack* extra, delivered at country utationr, the figure* for 1816 being also given for the purposes of comparison. Varying, quantities in the sales, and near or distant railway loading, have to bo taken into account. In th© case of wheat the rn&ximum prices a-r* fixed by the Board of Trade, on a f.o.b. basis. The quotations are a* follows: Nov. 27, Nov. 28, 191 T. 1916. Wheat—

a. d. it. d. «. d. a. d. Pearl 511 L.b.Lyt. None offering. Hunters 510 f.o.b. Lyt. G 0 Tuscan 5 9 f.o.b. Lyt. 510 to 6 0 Oats— Gartons .1 6 to 3 8 2 10 to 2 It Algerians fl 6 to 3 8 None offering. Duns 3 6 to 3 8 2 9 to 3 0 Barley—Malting 4 « to 5 S 6 0 to 5 3 PeasPartridge fi 0 None offering, Bran 70 0 SO 0 Pollard 135 0 HO 0 Oatmeal 440 0 340 0 Flour 300 0 2SO 0 Chaff 95 0 to 105 0 70 0 to 80 0 Potatoes—(nominal) 40 oto 45 0 ISO oto 185 0 Seeds— Ryegrass 8 6 to 4 9 5 fi Cocksfoot 9 9 to OIOJ 010 to 011 W. Clover, '.arm dreased 9 3 to 9 2 1 0 to 1 2 Cowgraes 1 0 to 1 3 0 8 to 010 The following are the prices paid by grocers and merchant*.—Nov. 23. Nov. 24, Nov. 27. Nov. 28, a. d. e. d. Dairy faetorv ch«*«e . 0 101 011 ButterLocal fact'y (Ist grade) J. 3 1 5 Farm separator, pats 1. 1 1 1 Dairv, pate . .10 10 Dairy, bulk . . 0 11 Hams .... 1 3 11 Sides ..,.12 0 11 Bacon rolls . f .13 Roll hams ... 1 4 14 Lard, pats ... 1 1 11 Eggs .... 1 1 11 RANGIORA. At the Rangiora market to-day there was an entry of 140 fat sheep and 1111 store sheep 'and lambs. Prices were:—Fat wethers 26s to 32s 7d: ewes 'lis -2d to 325; stores, two-tooth wethers 26s 6d to '27s 4d; two-tooth ewes .27s 8d to 28s 7d; ewe hoggets 27s 7d; four and six-tooth owes, with lambs, 20s (all counted): aged owes with lambs, 10s 3d to 21s I'd (all counted). There was au entry of 54 cattle, and prices were on a par with recent quotations. About 150 pigs wero penned, baconers bringing 75s to 102s, porkers 60s to Cos, and small pigs 20s to 30s.

STOCK EXCHANGE. Th« folio-wing are th* latest, rmotation*: Buyers. Sellers. £ «. d. £ «. d. DEBENTURES— X.Z. Refrijr. . » l'» 0 ° FINANCIAL— Dalgety . .800 Mutual Benefit . U 0 " INSURANCE— Standard . 3 1 6 N.Z. Refrig;. (£lO pd) 10 o 0 SHIPPING-Huddart-Parkcr . 1 1- G Union (pref.) . .116 WOOLLENS- _ Kaiapoi .... 700 MISCELLANEOUSX.Z. Farmers' Co-op. n n Whitcombe and Tombs 6 0 0 MINING— New Keep-it-Dark ("20s paid) ... » l 0 °