PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 44, 31 October 1901, Page 13

PRODUCE.

London, October 25. — The wheat markets are firmer, but there is little doing in England. There is a better dtmand on the Continent and in America. Cargoes are harden in g. South Aubtraliau aad Victorian October shipments, 29a 3d.

Mb.F. Meknan, King atreet, reports : — Wholesale prices only— O»ts : Feed, fair to good 12s 3£d to 2s 51 ; milling:, 2-s :.J to 2s 6d. Wheat : Milling, 2s 8d to 2« lOd ; fowls', Is KM to 2a 7d. Potatoes: Market: Southern, L 4 10j; Oamaru, L 4 15s. Chaff : Demand for prime up to L.'i 10s ; inferior, L 2 15s ; medium, L 2 Straw : pressed 30s, mark> t bare ; loose, 32a 6d. Flour : Sacks, 2(>olbs. L 7 ss ; 501bs, L 8 ; 25lhs, LB. ss. Oatmeal : 251bs, LIB Butter : Dairy, «d to lOd ; factory, lid to lid J. Cheese: Dairy, 4Jd ; factory, ;"iij. E^ps, BJd. Onions : Canterbury, Lls ; Tritco, LIG (id ; Melbourne, LI i.

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report as follows :—: — Oats — Prime milling aud best fed lines continue (o meet with good demand at late valuer Medium quality is also placed without difficulty. We quote : Prime milling, 2i s<l to 2a ." Ji ; pood to best feed, 2s 4d to 2a 5d ; medium to 2s 3d to 2s 4d per bushel (sacks extra) WHBAT — Prime milling quality is the only class in demand for local vie. Fowl wheat continues to meet with fair Rale at quotation. We quote : Prime milling, 2s 9d to 2a lOd ; medium, 2s 7sd to 2d BJ.I ; whole fowl wheat, 2* 6d to 2a 7d ; broken, etc., 2s to 2s 5d per bushel (racks in). Potatoes— The supply coming forward has been fully equal to requirements and any change is slightly in favor of buyers. We quote : Prime Derwentu, L 4 15a to L 4 17a 6d ; medium to good, L 4 to L 4 10a per ton (sacks in).

CHAFr—The market is more fully supplied, but prime oaten sheaf continue* to meet fair inquiry at late values. Medium quality is not readily disposed of. We quote : Prime oaten Bheaf, L3ss to L 3 10§ ; medium to good, L 2 10a to L 3 2a 6d per ton (bagß extra).