SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 16, 18 April 1901, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Invercargill prices current : — Wholesale : Butter, fresh, 7d, factory, bulk, lid ; pats, UU 4 J d ; eggp. Is per doz ; cheese, farm, 3£d; bacon, farm, 7d ; do (roMed) farm, Gd ; hams 8d ; potatoes, L 4 per ton ; barley, 2s to 2s Gd ; fowl wheat, 2s; chaff, L2 los; flour, L 6 10s to L 7 5s ; oatmeal, L'JlOstoLlO; pollard, L 4 ; bran, L 3 10s, including bags. Retml — Fresh butter, 10 1. factory, pats, Is Id ; bulk, Is ; egg a , Is 3d per doz ; choe-e, (id ; bacon, rolled, Bd, sliced 9d ; hamn, lOd ; potatoes, "is per owt ; flour, 2001bs, 14s ; 501 b, 4s ; oatmeal, 501 b. 6s ; 2Mb. 3s ; pollard, 6s Gd per bag ; bran, 4s per bag ; chaff, L 3 per ton ; fowls feed, 2s ( .M per bushel.

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co , report as follows — Oats. — The demand is very limited, and nearly all sort^ are difficult to place. For choice milling and for long Tartar-* theie in some demand, but feed lines meet slow sale at about late values. We quote : Prime milling, Is 4sdto Is r>d . good to best fud, Is :>]d to Is 4d ; inferior, Is to Is ,'M per bushel (t-acks extra). WHEAT — There is little change to report Prime milling i.s in fair demand at late values, but medium quality is not greatly in favor. Fowl wheat is saleable at late rat s. We quote : Prime milling, 2s Gd to 2s 7d ; medium to good, 2s :M to 2s ~, 1 ; whole fowl wheat, 2s to 2s 2d ; broken, etc., Is hd to Is lid per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes — We catalogued a few lots of good to prime Derwents, which met fair competition, and sold at L 3 7.s Gd to L 3 12d Gd ; mediums are worth L 2 l.'is to L 3 ."is per ton (sacks in). Chaff — Prime old oaten sheaf is in request, and sells at L 2 109 to L 2 15s ; best new chaff, at L 2 7s Gd to L 2 12s Gd ; medium to good is more difficult to place, at L 2 to L2d 5s per ton (bags extra).

Mr. F. Mkena v, King street, reports : — Wholesale prices onlyOats : Feed, fair to good, Is 2d to Is 4d ; milling, Is 5Jd to Is 6d. Wheat: milling, 2s 5d to 2s 7d ; fowls', Is 9d to 2s 2d. Potatoes : New, local. L 3 7s Gd. Chaff: Good demand for prime up toL2 12a 6d; inferior, hard to sell ; medium, L 2 sa. Straw : pressed 80s, market fair ; loose, 3()s. Flour : Sacks, 2001bs, L 7 ; oOlbs, L 7 10b ; 2.")lbs, L 7 15s. Oatmeal : 2olbs, Li) 10s. Butter : Dairy, 6d to B£d ; factory, lid to 11 Jd. Cheese : Dairy, 4Jd ; factory, sd. Eggs, scarce, Is 4d. Onions : Melbourne, L 8 ; Canterbury, L 5 3s.

Messrs. Stronach Bros, and Morris report as follows :—: — Oats— Market quiet and prices slightly easier. Milling, Is 4sd to Is ."id ; pood to bent feed, Is 3}d to Is 4d ; medium, Is Id to la 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat— No change to report. Prime milling, 2s Gd to 2s 7d ; medium to pood, 2s 2d to 2s 5d ; fowl wheat, 2s to 2s Id ; do broken, Is Sd to Is lid per bushel (Vacks in). CHArr— Primp oaten eheaf is readily sold at L 2 10s to L 2 15a ; while medium quality is dull of sale at L 2 to L 2 7s Gd per ton (.bags extra). Potatoes — Owing to the small quanti f y coining forward prioes have advanced s<s per ton. Rest Derwents, L"5 7s 6d to L 3 12 (id ; medium, L,t to L 3 .">s per ton (bigs in).