PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 36, 4 September 1902, Page 13

PRODUCE.

London, August 29. —The wheat markets are quiet. The bad weather is hardening the Continental market. Cargoes are firm. No Australian is offering. London, August 31, — Frozen Meat>— Crossbred wethers and maiden ewes — Canterbury, 3|d ; Dunedin and Southland, 3|d ; North Island, 3 11-16 d. Lamb : Prime Canterbury, 4^d ; fair average (including Dunodin Southland, Wellington, and secondary Canterbury), 4 11-16 d ; River Plate, unchanged. New Zealand beef (1801 b to 2201 b), fair average qualdty : ox fores, 4d, ox hinds, 4fd. — The above prices for meat are official quotations furnished by the Frozen Meat Trade Association. The basis of quotations is sales of not les9 than 100 carcases of mutton or lamb, or 25 quarters of beef. All quotations for mutton o/e for fair average qiiality, Quotations for New Zealand lamb do not include sales of small lambs or heavies of inferior quality. Wellington, September I.— The Agent-General cables under date London, August 30 : — Mutton. — Market weak ; no alteration since last week. Lamb. — Quiet ; further drop in prices seems imminent, owing to supplies of home-grown. Heavy lowering of prices for New Zealand. Canterbury lambs, 41 d ; other brands, 4f d. Beef : Steady. New Zealand hinds, 4Jd ; fores, 4d. Hemp, steady. Good fair Wellington, spot, £33 ; September-Novem-ber shipment, £31. Choicest butter. — Prospects for next season are encouraging. A considerable quantity is now arriving, and is being placed in the cold stores.

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale prices only — Oats : Milling, 2s 7d to 2s 9d ; feeding, 2s 2d to 2s 6d. Wheat (good demand) : Milling, 4s to 4s 3d ; fowls', 3s 3d. - Potatoes, £3 15s to £4. Chaff : Inferior to medium, £3 to £3 10s ; prime, £4 10s. Straw : Pressed, £2 ; loose : £2. Flour : 2001 b sacks, £11 10s ; 501 b, £12 5s ; 251b, £ 12 10s. Oatmeal : 251 b, £14 ss. Butter • Dairy, 0d to Is ; factory, Is 3d. Cheese : Dairy. 5d ; factory, 6id. Eg-gs, 9d. Onions : Christchurch, £5 10s.