PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 25, 27 October 1898, Page 13

PRODUCE.

The English wheat market shows a general improvement, the Continental is a little better, and the American is tending upwards. Australian wheat : Ex store, 31s (id ;ex ship, 30s 9d. No Californian offering". Fine Colonial oats, 295. Sugar (steady) ; Java, Us 10£ d ; German, 9s 7.] d. Iron, 50s. Butter— Australian choicest selling at 112^. Buyer 3 consider this toj dear, and unlikely to be maintained when the arrivals increase. Danish is unchanged. London, October 23. The hemp market is firm. Go>d New Zealand, £25 per ton. Messrs. Donald Reid and Co report as follows :—: — Oats — We offered a small catalogue of fair to good feed oats, which met with moderate com petition. A slightly better demand is being experienced for good shipping line", which are more readily placed at, for good feed, 2s to 2s o£d ; medium, Is lid to Is lljd ; inferior, Is 8d to Is lOd per bushel (.sacks extra). Wheat — Prime milling meets with more inquiry, but medium samples are neglected. We sub rutted several lots of fowl wheat, which sold at 2s lOd to 3s per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes — The market to-day was almost bare. We catalogued several lots of good Derwents, which met with spirited competition and realised the top price of the season. Best Derwents Bold at £8 17s 6d to £9 ; a few tons of email Derwents at £0 7s 6d per ton (sacks in). Chaff — Prime quality met a good demand, but medium and light lots were not in request. We sold best oaten sheaf at £3 10a to £3 12s 6d ; medium to good, £3 to £3 7s 6d per ton (bags extra). Messrs Stronach Bros, and Morris report as follows :—: — Wheat — The market remains unaltered, there being very little business passing. Quotations : Prime milling velvet, 3s lOd to 4s ; medium. 3s 7d to 3s 9d ; prime Tuscan, etc., 3s 8d to 3a lOd ; medium, 3s 6d to 3s 7d ; fowl wheat, 2a 3d to 3s per bushel (sacks in). Oats— Market unchanged. Milling, 2s 2d to 2s 3d ; good to best feed, 2s to 2s o£d ; medium, Is lOd to Is lid per bushel (sacks extra). Barley — Market quiet. Prime malting, 4s 8d to 5s Id ; medium, 4s 3d to 4s 7d ; feed and milling, 2s 6d to 3a 6d per bushel (sacks extra).

Chaff — There has been a la^re quantity coming forward during the week and prices show n> improvement. Prime oaten sheaf, L 3 12s 6d ; medium to good, L 3 to L 3 10s per ton (bags extra). Potatoes— The market is very iare of supplies and prices have again advanced considerably. Best Benvents, L 8 iov.&- pec t<^ (bags in). V * „,. Mb. F. Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale price onlyOats: Quiet demand; feed, Is lOd to 2s Id; milling, 2a 3d to 2s 4d. Fowls' wheat, 2s 6d to 3s; milling, 3s 9d to 4s. Chaff, L 3 to L 3 10s, fair supply. Ryegrass and clover hay, L 3 15s to L 4. Straw, pressed 25s per ton ; loose, 28s. Potatoes : advanced, L 9. Flour: Roller, Lli to Lll 10s. Oatmeal: Ll2 in 25lbs. Butter : Dairy, 8d to lOd ; factory, lid. Eggs, Bd. Bran, L 3. Pollard, L 4. Onions, L l4 per ton ; Frisco, LI 7. Scarce. ■ For the six months ending S-ptoniber 30 the export of butter from the colony amounted to L 73.747, cheese L 48,095, baef L.'^OIS, i mutton L 441.892, lamb L 284,379. In every instance there is a groat falling-off compared with the same perioi last year.