PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 20, 18 May 1899, Page 13

PRODUCE

London, May .). — The total quantity o! wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,340,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,740,000 quarters. London, May 10. — The American visible wheat supply is estimated at t.1, 6 14,000 bushels. London, May 12. — The wheat market is quiet. March cargoes are being offered at 28s 6d. and April cargoes at 28s 3d ; March parcels, per steamer, at 27s 3d, and per sailer at 27s (id. Colonial rabbits are in poor demand. The best qualities have been sold at 9Jd. The butter market is quiet ; prices nominally unchanged. London, May 14. — Hemp is quiet. New Zealand (on the spot) is selling at L 24. The Wheat Market — A cargo of Victorian was sold at 28s lOJd.

Frozea Meats — Mutton : Crossbred wethers and maiden ewes — Canterbury, 4 3-16 d ; Dunedin and Southland, 4 l-8d ; North Island 4 1-lGd. Lamb : Prime Canterbury, 5 l-8d ; fair average, (including Dunedin, Southland,- Wellington, and secondary Canterbury), 4 5-16 d. River Plate crossbred or merino wethers — heavy 3fd, light 3sd.' Messrs. Stronach Bros, and Morris report as follows :—: — Wheat — There is a fair demand for prime milling wheat, but other sortß are in poor demand. Quotations — Prime milling velvet, 23 4d to 23 Gd ; Tuscan and red soits, 2s 3d to 2$ 6d ; fowl wheat, Is 8d to 2* per bushel (sacka in). Oats— Competition ha* been brisk during the week, and prid-s show a slight advance. Quotations — Long Tartars and seed lines, Is 4£d to Is 6d ; prime milling, la 4d to Is 5d ; good to best feed, Is 3d to Is 4d per bushel (sacks extra). Barley — No change 10 report Chaff — The market is heavily stocked and prices show no improvement. Prime oaten sheaf, L 2 2a 6d to L2*ss ; medium. Ll 178 6d to L 2 per ton (bags extra). Potatoes — Market fully supplied. Best Denvents, 32s 6d to 3."s ; medium, 30d pt?r ton (bags in). London, May 16. — Wheat at Mark Lane is quoted at Gd lower on the week. Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report as follows :—: — Oats — We submitted a- catalogue of medium to good feed oats suitable for the lojal trade. There was fair competition, and the catalogue waß cleared at prices in most cases a shade in advance of late quotations. Good lines suitable for shipment are not offering freely, and for such there is strong inquiry at quotations. We quote long Tartars and seed lines Is 4£d to Is 6d ; prime milling, Is 4d to Is 5d : good to best feed, Is 3d to Is 4d ; medium and inferior, Is 2d to Is 2|d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat — There is fair demand for all milling wheat in prime condition. Medium quality is more difficult to place. Fowl wheat is offering more freely, and late values are barely maintained. W«s quote — Prime milling, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; medium, 2s Id to 2s 2£d ; whole fowl wheat, Is lOd to 2s ;v; v broken and damaged, Is 6d to Is 9d per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes — The market is fully supplied, and in consequence large sale* cannot be effected, except at slight reduction 'on late values. We quote — Best Derwents, 32s 6d to 355 ; others, 30s to 32s 6d per ton (saoks in). Chaff — The market is still heavily stocked. Only prime qnality meets with any inquiry, other sorts being extremely slow pf sale. We quote — Best oafen sheaf, L22s6dto L2ss ; medium to good, Ll 15s to L 2 per ton (bags extra).