SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 20, 17 May 1900, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

The Invercargill Grain Brokers' Association report that the oat market is still somewhat quiet, although some fair orders for Melbourne have been taken. The following are the ruling prices :— A grade. Is ll]d : 15 grade, Is lod ; C grade, Is 9Jd, f.o.b. at Blnff, sacks included .—. — Invercargill prices current : — Wholesale : Butter, fresh, Bd,factory, 1 Id ; eggs Is3dperdoz: cheese, farm, 3Jd ; bacon, farm, 7d ; do (rolled) farm, (jd ; hams. Sd ; potatoes, L 2 li»h per ton ; barley, 2s to 2s 6d ; fowl wheat, 2s; chaff, L 210« ; flour, L 6 lostoL7 ss: oatmeal, LlO 10s toLll ; pollard, L 4 ; bran, L 3, including bags. Retail — Fresh butter, loJ, factory, lb ; eggs, Is 6d per doz ; cheese, 6d ; bacon, rolled, Bd, sliced 9d ; hams'. lOd ; potatoes, 3s lid percw t ; flour, 2001 b, lls ; 501b, 4s ; oatmeal. 50lb, 6s ; 251 b, 3s 6d ; pollard, tis 6d per bag ; bran, 3s 6d per bag ; chaff, L 3 per ton ; fowls' feed, 2a 9d per bushel. Mr. F. Meenan. King street, reports : — Wholesale price onlyOats- Medium to good feed Is 6d to 1h 8d ; milling, Is 10d. Wheat: milling, 2s 6J ; fouls' wheat, plentiful, Is 6d to 2s Od. Potatoes • Bare L27s6dto L 2 10 Kidneys, good. 30s to 37s Od. Chaff : Medium supply. Inferior, unsaleable ; medium to good, L 2 to L 2 10s. Hay : Ryegrass and clover, best. L.5. Straw : loose, 28s ; pressed, very scarce, none in market. Bran .L 3 I<m. Pollard: L 4. Flour : Sacks, L 6 10s; 50lbs, L 7. Oatmeal : Best 2>lbs LlO Butter: Dairy, 6d to 8d ; factory, lOd to lid. Cheese: Dairy, \\d ; factory. sd. Good demand.