PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 42, 18 October 1900, Page 13

PRODUCE.

London, October ( J. — An Australian wheat cargo cold at 31 s 3d. London, October 12. — The wheat markets are tending downwards and cargoes are slow of sale. Australian nrioat is quoted at 32s ; September shipments, 32s 3d ; steam parcels, 32-j. Butter — The market i.s brisk and colonial is selling well at loGs to 108s ; Danish, 112s to 114s. London. October 14. — All clashes of New Zealand mutton and lamb have risen Jd on last week's quotations. liner Plate, heavy and light, are both :Ud. New Zealand b> el is unchanged. Wellington, October 15 — The Agent-Oen(ral cables to the Department of Agriculture as follows — Kurter. lu'K g od d< uand, cheese, 51s, marktt very tirtn.

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co . Ltd . report as follows —

Oats — There was a good attendaneeof buyer->, but oompr tition was slack. prices showing a decline of about a id per bushel. We quot j : Prime milliner, Is sd to Is Sj 1 go-id to best fet-d, Is 7d to Is 7^l ; medium, ls 5d to ls C^d per bu-hel (sacks extra"). Wheat — The local d Miiand is conf.ued chiefly to prune milling quality, for which there is fair sal-sat quotations. Medium quality is not m request, but fowl wheat meets with ready sale. We quote l'rime milling, 2* Cd to 2s ,s 1 , medium. 2s 2d to 2s 5d ; whole fowl wheat, 2-f to 2s Id • broken and damaged, Is 'J 1 to Is lid per bushel (sacks in) Potai'ok.s — The market has ben poorly supplied and price-i for prime quality have firmed con^'derab'y. W" quo'e <>,)(! 1 to prime Derwent". L 2 to L 2 103 , others, "JOs to :»7.s cj per ton (^ackd in). Cu.vrr — Prime oaten sheaf is in motlerato su]>ply and mem with fair demand at quotations. Medium and inferior quality is m over supply and difficult to place at ndu'-cd values. We (juofe Prime oaten sheaf, L 2 I'M to 1-2 12-> Cd mpd.uin to goo 1 L 2 to L 2 7s Cd per ton (bags extra).

Mil. F. M kenan, King street, reports . — Wholesale prices only —

Oats : Fair to good feed Is Cd to Is 7d ; milling. Is Sd to Is ltd. Wheat: milling, 2s .">d to 2s Cd ; fowls'. Ls '.Id to 2s 1.1. Potatoes : Northern. 4 5s to 50s ; Southern. 4us to 15s. Chaff lufenor, 30s to 40s ; pood to prime, 50s to 555. Straw • preyed 25s , lewe, 22 s,-*.s ,-*. Turnips, to 15*. few in marktt Flour : Sacks. LC ; .50 lbs. L 6 10s ; 2">lbs, LC 15s, rjuiet. Oatmeal • 251bs, L.i lo.s Butter • Dairy, Gd to .sd ; factory, UJd to loid. Cheeno : Daily. 5d , factory, s^d. Eggs, bd Onions Melbourne. IG*.

Messrs. Stronach Bros, and Morris report as follows :—: —

WHEAT — No change to report. Prime milling velvet and Tuscans, 2s Cd ti 2d 8d ; medium, '2 a 2d to 2i ~>d , fowl wheat, la lid to 2s Id per bushel (sacks in). Oats — The demand during the wi ck has been dull, and prices have eased Jd per bushel Milling, Is Sd to Is Md ; good to bent feed, Is 7d to Is 7Jd ; medium, 1.. "> d to Is (Ud per bushf-1 (Racks extra). Chaff— Prime chaff is in pood demand, but medium quality is dull of sale. Prime oaten sheaf. L 2 10s to L 2 12s Gd ; medium, L 2 to L 2 .>s per ton (bagß extra). Potatoes — Market barely pupplied. and prices show a considerable rise. Best Derwents, 45s to 5<j o ; medium, 40s to 45s per ton (bags in).