PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 4, 24 January 1901, Page 13

PRODUCE.

London, January 16.—The total quantity of wheat and flour affoat for the United Kingdom is 2,610,000 quarters, and for the Continent 850,000. January 17.—The American visible wheat supply is estimated at 89,278,000 bushels. London, January 18.—Wheat : The market is dull, and the tendency is downwards. New South Wales January-February shipments are quoted at 30s 3d ; Victorian, 30s (id ; sailed parcels, 29a 3d. Butter is quiet, and a shade weaker. Choicest, 110s to 112s; good demand for secondary quality, DtJs to 110s ; Danish, 12.15. London. January 20.—Frozen beef, mutton, and lamb are unchanged. Wellington, January 21.—The Agent-General's cablegram to the Department of Agriculture states that the average price for choicest butter is 110:*; market steady. Danish, 120^, it having fallen Bs. Cheese, 53b ;'transactions very limited The hemp market is firm. Good sale of Wellington at L2l 10s. Cocksfoot (quiet), 34b. Mb. F. Meknan, King street, reports :—Wholesale prices onlyOats : Feed, fair to good, Is 4d to Is 6d; milling, Is 6d to Is 7d. Wheat: milling, 2s 5d to 2s 6d ; fowls', Is 9d to 2s Id. Potatoes : New, local, L 4 10s ; Auckland, L 6. Market overstocked. Chaff . Good demand for prime up to L 2 15s ; inferior, hard to sell ; medium, L 2 5. Straw : pressed 30s, market bare ; loose, 30s. Flour : Sacks, 2001bs, L 6 10b ; 501bs, L 7 ; 2:>lbß, L 7 ss. Oatmeal : 25lbs, L 9 10s. Butter : Dairy, 6d to 8d ; factory, 9Jd tolOJd. Cheese : Dairy, 5d ; factory, 5Jd. Eggp, 7 id. Onions : Melbourne, L 7 I<H. Messrs. Donald Reid and Co., report as follows :—: — Oats—There is a fair demand for all good to prime feed in sound condition. Inferior and musty samples are plentiful, and are difficult to quit. We quote : Prime milling, Is GJd to la 7d ; good to best feed, Is 5d to Is 6.sd ; medium, Is 4d to Is 3d ; inferior, la to Is 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat—ln milling quality prime samples only are in request, medium Borta being without much demand. Fowl wheat is scarce, and meets with ready sale. We quote : Prime milling, 2s 3d to 2s 7d ; medium, 2s 2d to 2a 4d ; whole fowl wheat, 2s to 2a Id ; broken and damaged, Is 8d to Is lid per bushel (Backs extra). Potatoes—The market has been plentifully supplied by local growers, and, in addition to this, the arrival of a considerable quantity from Auckland has caused a sudden drop in values. We quote : Best kidneys, L 4 to L 4 10a; others, L 3 to L 3 10s per ton (sacks in). Chaff—Prime oaten sheaf is not offering freely, and commands ready sale at late values. Medium quality is not in request. We quote : Best oaten sheaf, L 2 10s to L 2 15s ; medium to good, L 2 to L 2 7b 6d ; inferior, LI 10s to Ll 15s.