PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 5, 2 February 1899, Page 15

PRODUCE.

9 t9^nnn don< J f nuar y I™ntity o f wheat and flour afloat is 2,320,000 quarters, and for the Continent SUO.OUO quarters r,i 097 a nnn 2 «-7 T1 * Al ?erican visible wheat supply is estimated at 51,927,000 bushela The last quotation is, Gl ' January 27 -Wheat : The Mark Lane "market is hardening. Eleven thousand quarters of Victorian (January shipment) have been sold at 28s Gd. and lots of ;>OOO and »:,00 quarters (January and February shipments) at 28s 3d. y American speculation is stiffening the wheat markets Ei-^h-JSa ? O r and^wf rterß °- f , Vi ? torian wheat C^ steamer in January) sold at .Ws: «>OOO ex sailer in January and February at ''8s <)d11,000 at 28s 4ld ; 13,(W0 at ?8d M . P Lels of the F^b^ua^y shfp-' ment sold at 2,s (»d. South Australian wheat (ex steamer) 2Ss <»d Colder weather is improuins the butter trade. Colonial 'is chafed yBS t0 K>OS; a f6W ParCdS at lO2S - Danißh nn ~

January 2'.i.-Wheat : Thirteen thousand quarters (Victorian January-* ebniary shipment) were sold at 2S 8 <ld. Eleven thousand quarters of January shipment have been re-sold at «Jd Mutton : Crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, Canterbury :$ ! d • Dunedm and Southland do. .^d. Lamb ; Prime Canterbury V,d' Kiver 1 late crossbred or merino wet heis • heavy 3d • litrht 'id Later.-Mutton . North Island, 3 3-KJd. Lamb : fair avera-e Ca n nt U rbury),^d n ' S°UthlanS ° Uthland ' and Welliuffton, and secondary

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report as follows — 1 °^~7f Off f rCd a W ll^ of fair to good feed oats, and buS" (^cksttTaf m ° derate C ° mPCliliOn Ut U7d tO ISM^ Wheat.— Our catalogue was made up of several lots of medium to good whole fowl wheat. The demand w£ weak and y PoTv h W Th qUlt \ d at - 2S t0 2 " 2d P ' Jr bu * htil C-cks extra) kidn^^^ttT^to^i^To^^^rtol^,^ ton (sacks extra). „ * Lr Chaff .— The market is at present over supplied, and in consequence prime oaten sheaf ha, to be quitted at slightly lower we" while medium and inferior lot, are dillicult to place even at a con sSatYsi^'r, 767 6 °^' red aboUt 1U ton "' and -^ b^ tt a 0a 00 a C t °e" shea* at L 2 l< b to L.J ; medium to good, L 2 .« to L 2 I.la per ton Messrs. Stronach Bros, and .Morris report as follows — ward ternl A ency The demaUd " VCry dU "' &Ud I>ri ° eh have a down " OATS-Market dull. Prime milliner, Is !)-.i to Is lod ; good to best^feed, Is S«d to la ifcl ; medium. Is 7d t0 Is'sd per bushel Swta

ra * C T^i-"r P / ime ° at ? n Sheaf> L * t0 U-vGJ > medium, L 2 12s ()Q to L 2 I is <>d per ton (sack* extra). PoTATOKh-Besp kidney*, 1..J Uta to L 3 lr,s . medium. U) to U <s (>d per ton (sacks in).

Mb. F. Meenan, King street, reports : -Wholesale price onlyOats : Quiet demand; feed. Is 7d to Is h d • milliner 2s Fowls' wheat, 2s to 2s 2d ; milling ,3s'M to :$, (!d Chaff L* it to L.5, fair supply. Byegra-w and clover hay, L:s U)s to 'l^ Hs t^ Pressed. 25s per ton: loose, 2X.. Potatoes: L 2 10s 'to U •>. ; h our : Roller, L 8 to L.s K>s. Oatmeal Wo i Oa ButterDairy, lid to «d ; factory, lod. B»gs. i< Bra, ]"]<»; Pollard, Lli 10s. Onions, L 7. ' " J '