PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 37, 14 September 1899, Page 13

PRODUCE.

London, September 5. — Wheat at Mark Lane has a very slow sale, and prices rule 3d lower than last week. London, September 6. — The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for Great Britain is 2,045,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,400,000 quarters. London, September 7. — The wheat market is quiet. The American iB a shade weaker. Australian September and October cargoes, 29s 9d, with a good demand ; parcels on passage, 27s 6d. Rabbits are steady at 9d. The bulk of the Australian butter has been stored. A few choice samples sold at 116s ; ordinary. 104 ; Danish, 126 a. Napier, September 7. — Messrs. Nelson Bros, have received the following cable from the C.C. and D. Company, London : — The frozen meat market quotations to-day are as follows : Best Canterbury, 3Jd ; best Dunedin ani Southland, 3d ; best Napier (North Island), 2fd ; lamb— first qua ity, 4jjd ; second quality, 4 id.

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report as follows :—: — Oats — We submitted a catalogue of fair to good feed oats to a small attendance of buyers. Good feed lines suitable for shipment met with Blightly improved demand, and our catalogue was oleared

at quotations. We quote : Prime milling, Is 4 id to Is 5d ; good feed, Is 3 id to la 4d ; medium, Is 2d to Is 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat— We catalogued several lota of good whole fowl wheat, which met with better competition, and were quitted at 2s per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes— The market is well supplied with good Derwents. Only the best aorta are in demand, prime being worth 25s to 30s ; others, 20a to 22a 6d per ton (aacka in). Chaff — We offered aeveral trucks of medium to prime quality. Medium quality met with poor demand, but for prime quality there was good competition, and valuea improved about 2s 6d per ton. We quote : Prime oaten aheaf , L2sato L 2 10s ; medium to good, LI 15a to L 2 2s 6d ; inferior, LI 10s to LI 12s 6d per ton (bags extra).