PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 7, 17 June 1898, Page 13

PRODUCE.

m. AL , . London, June 8. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2(51)0,000 quarters, and for the Continent 5.9.J0 000 quarters. The American visible wheat supply is 27.479,000 bushels. Tallow : Mutton— fine, 24s Gd ; medium, 22s 9J. Beef— fine 22s 9d ; medium, 2ls 3d. Messrs. Stronach Bros, and Morris report : Wheat— The market is dull at present, and there is very little business doing. Quotations : Prime milling velvet, 4s lid to os Idmedium, is 9d to 4s l()]d ; prime Tuscan, etc., 4s lOd to 4s lid ' medium, 4s 8d to 4s 9d ; fowl wheat, 3s Gd to 4s 2d per bushel (sacks in, ex store). Oats— The demand is not so keen as it has been for some time but there is no quotable difference to report. Quotations- Prime milling, 2s 5,1 to 2s 7d ; goo Ito be^t feed, 2s 3idto 2d2 d l\d ■ medium 2s 2d to 2s 3d per bushel (sacks extra). " " ' Baulky— Market unchanged. Prime malting. 4s 0d to 5s 2d • medium, 4s 4d to 4s Sd ; feed and milling, 2^ Gd to 6d per bubhel (sacks extra). Chaff— There has been a large quantity co-mug forward during the week, and prices show no improvement. Prime oaten sheaf, L 3 10s to L 3 15s ; extra, L 3 17s Gd ; uiidium, L 3 to L 3 7s Gd per ton (bags extra). Potatoes— Market higher. Be^t Derwcnts, LG 10s to LG 15s per ton (bags in).

Messrs. Samuel Orr and Co , report as follows : Oats— The market for these is nothing like it was. as northerners and local millers have fairly good supplies bought for forward delivery, while the Sydney market has not advanced in full sympathy with ours, as maize is low and checks any material use in value of oats. Our writer so far is open, and this, too, keeps allowing of deliveries still taking place. When the-e stop, however a different feeling avi'll take place, as stocks in our stores are nothing like so heavy as in former seasons. We sold during the week at 2s 2d at Riverbddle and oth*r stations for bright sparrowbills, other lower grades le>,s money in proportion to quality. Long Tartars 2s 3d to 2s Gd ; duns. 2s 7^l (sajks extra, net at country stations). ' VV heat— This has come a slump during- the past week or so as Home, foreign, and American markets all dropped, then, again' the near approach of the finality to the war has also had a very material effect. It reached top a short time ago, and it ia farmers' own fault owning any now,

Barley— Brewers are about getting full up, and it won't astonish us if an easier tone takes place from this forward. Mr. F. Meexax, King street, reports :— Wholesale price onlyOats: Good demand; feed, 2s 3d to 2s 4d; milling, 2s 4d to 2s fid. Fowls' wheat, 3s to 4s; milling, 4s Gd to ss. Chaff, L3ss to L 4, fair supply. Ryegrass and clover hay, L 3 15s to L 4 ss. Straw, pressed 2S S per ton ; loose, 28s. Potatoes : Market bare, L 0 10. Flour. Holler. Ll3 to Ll3 10s. Oatmeal: Ll3 in 251bs. Butter : Dairy, 10d to Is ; factory, Is 3d. Eggs, lsSd. Bran, L 4. Pollard, L 5. Onions, Li) per ton.