PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 44, 1 November 1900, Page 13

PRODUCE.

Napier, Ootober 25. — Nelson Bros, have received the following cable from the Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company, London : — ' Frozen mutton market : To-day's quotations—Canterbury, 4Jd ; Dunedin and Southland, 4d ; Napier and North Island, 3Jd. Lamb — First quality, 4 |ti ; second, 4sd.' London, October 2G. — The butter market iR quiet, and there is rather less demand for colonial, which is unchanged. Danish is ■trong at 1245. Wellington, October 30.— The Agent-General cables to the Department of Agriculture, under date London, 2Sth inst. ' The average price for the week for choicest Victorian butter is 112s; finest Canadian cheese, r>.">s. There is a goo 1 demand for butter. The cheese market is dull. The hemp stock is small, and the market speculative. Good fair Wellington, Ll") , fair current Manila, LSI.'

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

There was a good attendance of buyers, but bidding was without spirit, and with the exception of chaff and potitoe-s ino-a of the lines on offer were panned in. Oats — The market has been almost stagnant during the pa«t week, and even at tha reduced quotations little busmen has been done. We quote . Prime milling, Is s£d tv 1« fijd : good to best feed, Is 4Jd to It 5d ; medium, Is 3d to Is 4d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat — The local demand is confined chiefly to prime samples, medium quality being difficult to place except as fowl wheat, for which there is fair demand. We quote : Prime milling, 2s (id to 2s7£d ; medium, 2s 2d to 2s 5d ; whole fowl wheat, 2s to 2.s Id ; broken and damaged, Is 8d to Is lid per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes. — Prices, which were very firm last week, have today receded in the face of heavier consignments. We quote Beat Derwenta, L 3 10s to L 3 15s ; others, L 3 to L 3 5s per ton (sacks in). Chaff— Good to prime quality is offering rather more freely, bnt it is in fair demand Medium quality is quite out of favor. We quote: Extra heavy, to L 2 123 6d ; good to prime, L 2 7s 6i to L 2 10a ; medium, LI 15s to L 2 5s per ton (sacks extra).

Mb. F.Meen AN, King street, reports : — Wholesale prices only Oats : Fair to good feed Is 6d to Is 7d ; milling, 1r 8d to Is 9d. Wheat : milling, 2s 5d to 2s 6d ; fowls', Is !)d to 2s Id. Potatoes : Northern, L 3 10s ; Southern, L 3 ."is. Chaff : Inferior, 30s to 40s ; good to prime, 503 to 555. Straw : pressed 2.~>9 ; loose, 28*. Flour: Sacks, L 6 10a; oOltw, L 7 ; 25lbs, L 7, quiet. Oatmeal: 251bs, L 9 10s. Butter : Dairy, 6d to 8d ; factory, <)Jd to lOJd. Cheese : Dairy, 5d ; factory, o\<\. Eggs, Sd. Onions Melbourne, 18s.

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

WHEAT — Market quiet. Prime milling, 2s 6d to 2b 7Jd ; medium, 2a 2d to 2a 5d ; fowl wheat, Is lid to 2a Id per bushel (sacks in). Oats— Market very dull, and prices considerably lower. Milling, la 5Jd to Is 6§d ; good to best feed, la 4d to Is 5d per bushel (sacks extra). Chaff— Prime chaff is in good demand, but other qualities are neglected. Prime oaten sheaf, L27sGd to L 2 12s Gd ; medium, Ll 15a to L 2 58 per ton (bags extra). Potatoes— ln fair demand. Best Derwents, L 3 10a to L 3 15s ; medium, L 3 to L 3 5a per ton (bags in).

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Invercargill prices current : — Wholesale : Butter, freshi 6d, factory, bulk, lOd ; pats, lOJd ; eggs, 6d per doa ; cheese, farm, 3Jd ; bacon, farm, 7d ; do (rolled) farm, 6d ; hams, 8d ; potatoes, L 2 lUs per ton ; barley, 2s to 2s 6d ; fowl wheat, 2s; chaff, L2 los ; flour, LG 10s to L 7 ss; oatmeal, LDlOstoLlO; pollard, L 4 ; bran, L 3 10s, including bags. Retail — Fresh butter, 8(1, factory, bulk, In; pats, Is o^d; eaga, 8d per doz ; cheese, 6d ; bacon, rolled, Bd, sliced 1M ; hams, lOd ; potatoes, 3s 6d per cwt ; flour, 2001bs. 14s ; 501 b, 4s ; oatmeal, 501 b, 6s ; 251 b, 3s ; pollard, 6s 6dper bag ; bran, 4s per bag ; chaff, L 3 per ton ; fowls' feed, 2s 9d per bushel.