FINANCE & COMMERCE.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXI, 13 August 1921, Page 5

FINANCE & COMMERCE.

0 AUCKLAND MARKETS. [To the Adveriiser-By arrangement]

AUCKLAND, August 10.

Cbld showery weather continues. Produce distributors report less activity and the markets all well supplied.

Oats:—T'ho market is firm, but there is only a limited' business, and lower prices are expected later in the year. A Gartons are quoted at 3s 6Jd and' B’s at 3s 5-Jd f.0.b., s.i., respectively. B Gartons arc offered with spread shipment from August to December at 3s 51-d. In Algerians fair supjjJies are held', and inquiry is dull. Good bi-ight farmers’ dressed ares at 3s and recleancd and' clipped at 3s lid, f.0.b., s.i.

Table Potatoes. —The market has temporarily improved on account of a spot .shortage, and potatoes are selling readily at £2 12s 6d f.0.b., s,i.

Seed Potatoes. —There is a fair inquiry for Northern Stars, Gamekeepers, and Up-to-Dates. The market is weak at from £3 10s to £3 15s f.0.b., s.i., while Beauty of Hebrons are worth £5 IDs.

Onions. —The market is well 1 supplied, and Australian shipments are arriving steadily. Victorian Brown Spanish are quoted at £4 f.0.b., s.i., and are coming in excellent condition.

Chaff.—The market is dull’, but supplies are light. Blenheim is quoted at £o 12s 6d f.0.b., s.i., with good freight, and Hawke’s Bay at £5 17s 6d f.0.r., s.i. Fair quality local chaff is at £7 10s ex rail.

Flour. Ample supplies are: on hand, and selling steadily. The mills are working full time.

Alilling Wheat.—Supplies are sufficient for all immediate requirements. Fowlwheat.—The market is firmer, and supplies are moving’ off rapidly. Good quality is at 8e f.o.b. A shortage is expected before the end of the year.

Bran and Pollard.—Ample supplies are held, but farmers’ supplies are short-, and from the latter there is a good inquiry at regulation prices.

Alaize.—Shipments, both coastal and: Australian, are arriving steadily. Prime old local quality is quoted at 6s 3d and new 5s Wd ex wharf at Auckland, and Australian at 6s. For seed maire a fair business is reported, and white varieties of ATctorian are worth about 7s f.0.b., s.i.

Cape Barley#—The market is firm, and there is a steady inquiry, with fair supplies at 5s 6d f.0.b., s.i.

Ryecorn.—Supplies are light, and inquiry is dull and the market weak at from 7s to 7s 3d f.0.b., s.i. A better inquiry is expected in October.

>eeds.—Standard cocksfoot is firm at 9id f.o.b. perennial ryegrass is firmr, and 301 b seed is worth 5s 6d f.0.b., ard export is reported of Italian. '’tb-T quotations wolths, 5e 6d to 6s f.o.b; super o/mial cowgrass (slightly easier), 255; super white clover (firm), 2055.

Manures.—The market is steady, with a good inquiry. Blood and bone, £10; Sydney bonedust, £11; superphosphate, £6 17s 6d; basic slag, £B. CANTERBURY MARKETS. i‘er i’ress A-soeiation—Coryright).

CHRISTCHURCH, August 12. While little business is passing locally in oats, prices remain unaltered, and very few offers are being made by farmers. Undoubtedly a big quantity of oats is still in stack in Canterbury, but spring threshing, as a rule, has rarelybeen heavy, and it is quite probable that a good deal of it will be chaffed. Since the reduction in freight Home to £3 8s up to about 26,000 sacks have ■been shipped to England, but recently there has been a cessation of export. Present quotations are 3s 7d, f.0.b., s.i. —equal to about 2s 9d at country stations. Seeds have steadied, and the recent demand took t hem to figures that stopped speculative business, and -although the market is firm, there is not much doing beyond seasonable orders. Potatoes are firmer, due to the lesser quantities recently despatched to the north. The firmness is represented by inquiry rather than by any appreciation in value, which is still from 30s to 35s at country stations.