SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 14, 5 April 1900, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

The Grainbrokers' Association report that a few lines of new oats are on the market, and are quoted at 2s OJd for A grade 2a for B grade, Is 1 l^d for C grade (f.o.b. at Bluff, sacks in). The quality promises to be good, and as soon as the intercolonial shipping trade recovers from its present disorganised condition good business may be looked for.

Invercargill prices current :— Wholesale : Butter, fresh, 7d, factory, lld ; eggs, Is per doz ; cheese, farm, 3Jd ; baoon, farm, 7d ;do (rolled 1 ), farm, 6d ; hams, 8d ; potatoes, 4s per cwt ; barley, 2s to 2a 6d • fowl wheat, 2s ; chaff, L 2 10s ; flour, L 6 10s to L 7 5s ; oatmeal, Llo loa to LI 1 ; pollard, L 4 ; bran, L 3, including bags. Retail— Fresh butter, 9d, factory, In ; eggs, Is 3d per doz ; cheese, 6d ; bacon, rolled, Bd, sliced 9d ; hams, lOd ; potatoes, 201bs for Is ; flour, 2001 b, 14s; 501 b 4aoatmeal, 501 b, 6s ; 251 b, 3s 6d ; pollard, 6s 6d per bag ; bran, 3s 6d per bag ; chaff, L 3 per ton ; fowls' feed, 2s 9d per bushel.

Messrs. Stronach Bros, and Morris report as follows : Wheat— No change to report, prime milling being the only class meeting with any demand. Prime milling velvet and Tuscan 2a 5d to 2s Gd ; medium, 2s 2d to 2s 4d ; fowl wheat, Is 9d to 2s Id per bushel (sacks in).

Oats— Market quiet. Prime milling, Is 11 £d to 2s; good to best feed, Is 10} dto Is l]d ; medium, Is 8d to Is lOd per bushel (sacks extra).

Chaff— ln fair supply. Prime oaten sheaf, L32s6dto L 3 5s • good, L 3 ; medium, L 2 10s to L 2 17s 6d per ton (bags extra). ' Potatoes -Market steady. Beat Derwents, L 2 15s to L 3 • medium, L 2 10s to L 2 12s 6d per ton (bags in). '

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reports .—Wholesale price onlyOats: Medium to good feed Is 8d to Is lOd; milling, Is lid Wheat : milling, 2s 6d ; fowls' wheat, plentiful, Is 6d to 2s Od" Potatoes : Market getting full. Kidney^, good, 35s to 37a 6d • Derwents, L 2 15s. Chaff: Medium supply. Inferior, unsaleable' medium to good, L 2 12s 6d to L 3. Hay : Ryegrass and clover' best, L 3. Straw : loose, 28s ; pressed, 255. Bran :L 3. Pollard •L 4* Flour : Sacks, L 6 10s; 501bs, L 7. Oatmeal : Best roller 25lbs LlO 10a" Butter: Dairy, 6d to 8d ; factory, 10d to lid. Cheese: Dairy" 4 id ; factory, sd. '•