GRAIN AND SEED REPORT.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVI, Issue 28, 2 November 1888, Page 29

GRAIN AND SEED REPORT.

Wheat —But hi tie business has been transacted here during the P. *l ek ;. We qllo^q llo^ extra prime milling v^lveior' Tuscan, 3i lOd to 4s jinedinai,' 3s 4d to 3s9d ; 'inferior and fowls'feed:!'2 a '6d'tor3s • with an increasing demand. ■ '■ s->'».'. , ;i*i, . !-,,;,,, :.,', ' .J,'.?!!;^~ 1) i lli ne" Itn1 tn « lw feek'a few' truck- loads arrived which -were ieadily; F ]acetf,"wbile'enquiries'ha l vy^eeri made f6r ' large "p^blffibut" which it is impracticable tj get hold of. tfe the stocks here are" so' bit*' aud arrivals so small Our Australian markets since last report have advanced 3 1 to 4d a' basfrel. ',^e'qiiofefepHni'e 1 iintllirig at ud to 2s 4d! at whica'price' we 1 sold Several parcels .during 1 the' week dflf 4ftok SS'fS'Jd t g o°S' S ' tOtit | feed ' a *! t6 ' !2 ' ,3d, 3d sifnffioi;>aa5 i f nf fioi ;> aad | 'off colour I ' ' ■Bartey.JjJ.BaJetr are now few, 'and' thbri' only fof prime NortWrn'.'' *eed acd milling •»■ entirely neglected/ Quotations 'nominal/ bay l &>r> prime malting, 3s'lOdi!o'4s '; fe.«d,>2s ; milling, '3s.' -mm "! P Z™, ' Chaff.— Lute prices have been maintained, during the weefci '^We Potatoes -The mkrk'eth'as'been s little 'easier during "the* w«ek," Z^toltotoSt™ o *'*** Southerns' '. Wool -.Latest Home advices say'that; on September 18;' the'market was firm, at about the closing rates of the Jilne^ July 1 series, 'Mi before ' the hrst week was over, an advance" took plaice quoted at from id' td J IW per lb. on good scoured merinos, ,and about id on 'good 'MM I*1 '* more ordinary scoured. ! "'' '" " ' 1( • -"""i,,;! Messes. Arthur McDonald and Co., auctioneers, report 'ifor'the' week ending October 31 as 1 follows c—, ,' ,- / • ' ■ Wool.— Cablegrams to hand to-day from London report aa advance of a halfpenny per lb. ' > , . • , , „ ., Sheep-kins. — At our pale this wepfc we brought forward a catalogue of 2472 shins. Butchers 3 crossbreds, best lines, 6s Id to 6s 4d : some extra, largo tots, 7s ; medium do, 5s- 3d to 5s 9d ; small do, 4s 8d to 53;5 3 ; butchers' merinos, is 8d td 5d ; pelts, lOd ;, lambs, la to Is 4d • full woolled country skins, 5s to 7s ; inferior to good, Is 6d to.4s. 96.1 Rabbitskine.— At our usual weekly saleon Tuesday we sold all forward under excellent competition, and prices lately obtained by v? were' fully mainiained. ■> • i ' ' .i.j Wheat.— We qaole prime Tuscan, 4s to 4s 2d ; prime velvet,'.3a101 to 4s ; medium milling, 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; inferior and ohick. 2a 6d to 39 3t. , - , • t ' ; Oats.— Owing to the continued drought being experienced; in Australia there is every prospect of a keen demand for- feed' grains from this colony.' ' „ - , , | Hides.— Extra prime heavies in faultless condition and; weli trimmed, 3JI to 3£d per lb ; prime heavies,' 601b 'and' over, ineood coudition and -well trimmed', 3*d j medium to good, 2id to 3id • calf -kins, free of cuts, are worth" 4Jd per lb. ■ . , Tallow.— l4s 6d for good lots of butchers' rough fat, and 12s to 133 6d for m°dmm do. Chaff.— For really prime heavy bright lots £3 10a is easily obtainable. Inferior to medium sell at L3toL3 2s 6d (bags extra). Freezing Sheep.— A good business has been transacted durine the week at 2-| d per lb (skins' and fat extra). ' > Me. F. Meenan, King street, reports :— Wholes»le"prices, baes included : Oats, medium to prime. 2s to 2s 3d. Wheat : millinjr 3^ 61 to 4s ; fowls', 3s to 3s 2d. Barley : malting: 4s to 4s 6d ; milling, Hs 6d ; feei, 2s 6d to 3s. Chaff : medium, £3 to £3 5s Hay : oaten, £3; r.cr.,best, £3. Bran, £3 10s. Pollard, £3 10s. Pota' toes : Northern, £3 10s ; Taieri, £3 5s ; Southern, £3. Butter : fresh 6d to 8d; salt, 7d. Cheese, market bare of factory, and' up to 6d obtainable lor best brands ; medium, 4d. Eggs, plentiful, 7d'. Flour, stone £9 10s to £10 ; roller, £10 10a to £11 ss. Oatmeal, firm, £11