PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 23, 8 June 1899, Page 13

PRODUCE.

London, May 30. — A cargo of Victorian wheat has been sold at 283 lOd. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,326,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,635,000 quarters. London, May 31. — A cargo of Australian wheat has been sold at 28s yd. Nine thousand quarters of New Zealand (June shipment) were sold at 27s 3d.

A consignment of ducks by the steamer Thermopylae arrived in good condition, and sold at from 2s 6d to 3s.

Napier, June 1. — Messrs. Nelson Brothers have received the following cable from the C. C. and D. Company, London : — ' Frozen meat market. To-day's quotations : Best Canterbury mutton, 4Jd ; Napier and North Island, 3Jd ; lamb, first quality, s»jd ; second quality, s[d.' New Plymouth, June 1. — From September 1, 1898, to May 31, 1899, the value of butter exported from New Plymonth and Waitara was L 322,819, and of cheese L 34.993. The total exports of all produce fiom January 1 to May 31 was L 2 51,989, including frozen meat (L 26,946) and wool (L 22,118). London, June 1. — The wheat markets are firm owing to more unfavourable reports of American crops. Oats are dull. Gotd New Zealand, 245. Beans and peas are nominally at 32s 6d and 26s 6d. Rabbits are dull at B id. London, June 2. — Two cargoes of Victorian wheat (JanuaryFebruary shipment) were sold at 2'ts 61, and 10 000 quarters of New Zealand (June-July shipments) at 27s (id. The American visible wheat supply is estimated at 39,912,000 bushels. London. June 4. — Two cargoes of Victorian wheat have been sold at 29h 6d and 29s 3d respectively. Frozen Meat. — Mutton : Crossbred wethers and maiden ewes — Canterbury, 4\d ; Dunedin and Southland are not quoted ; North Kland, 3 l.i-Kkl. Lamb . Prime Canterbury, 5 1-1 2 d ; fair average (including Dunedin, Southland, Wellington, and secondary Canterbury), 5 3-1 t>d. River Plate crossbred or merino wethers — heavy, 33 l y d ; light, 3Jd. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company reI ceived the following cable from the ; r London office : — ' Wheat (c.i.f . I market) : There is an active inquiry, with upward tendency. Spot market inactive. New Zealand wheat (long-berried) is worth 29s per 4U61b — average, 2ss. Oats • Market steady.' Messrs. Stronach Bros, and Morris report as follows :—: — Whkat — Market unchanged. Prime milling velvet, 2s 4d to 2s fid ; do. Tuscan, and red sorts, 2s 3d to 2s 5d ; fowl wheat, Is 8d to 2s per bushel (sacks in). Oats — No change to report. Quotations : Prime milling, Is 4UI to Is 5Jd ; seed lines. Is 5d to Is (i]d ; Good to best feed, Is 3£d to Is 4 ]<1 ; ineihum, Is 2ii to Is 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Barley — Market unchanged. Chait— Prime oaten sheaf, L 2 5s to L 2 10s; medium, L 2 to j L 2 2^ (id per ton (bags extra). , ! Potatoes— Market glutted. Best sorts, 30s to 32s 6d per ton ; j (bags in).