SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 35, 27 August 1903, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Invercargill prices current.— Wholesale — Butter farm, Bd. butter (factory), bulk, lo|d to 11W pats, ll*d to llsd cash. Eggs, 8d per dozen. Cheese (factory), 6£d. Hams, 9d. Potatoes, £4 per ton (bags weighed in). Barley, 2s to 2s 6d. Chaff, £3 per ton. Flour £9 10s to £10 10s. Oatmeal, £9 to £9 10s. Bran £3 10s' Pollard, £4 10s. Retail— Fresh butter, lOd ; butter (factory), pats, Is l^d. Eggs, lOd per dozen. Cheese, 8d Bacon, lid. Hams, lOd. Potatoes, 5s 6d per cwt Flour: 200 ft, 21s; 50ft, 6s. Oatmeal: 50ft 5s 6d' 25ft, 2s 9d. Pollard, 8s per bag. Bran, 4s 6d. Chaff' Is 9d. '

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, Dunedin, reports — Wholesale prices only— Oats : Milling, Is 8d to Is 9id ■ feed, Is 5d to Is 7£d. Wheat: Milling, 3s 10s to 4s 2d ; fowls' wheat, 3s to 3s 3d. Potatoes : Derwents £4 5s ; seed kidneys, £3 10s to £4 10s. Chaff, £2 10s to £3 ss. Straw : Pressed wheat, 30s ; oaten, 35s ; loose £2. Flour : Sacks, £10 ; 50ft, £10 15s ; 25ft, £11 Oatmeal, £9. Pollaid, £4. Bran, £3 ss. Butter • Dairy, 8d to lOd ; factory, lid. Cheese : Factory, Ud ■ dairy, s|d. Eggs, lOd. Onions : Melbourne, £5 Christchurch, £4.

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) report :— We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when we submitted a full catalogue to a large attendance of buyers. There was fair demand for most of the lots on offer, and with a few exceptions the catalogue was cleared at valuations. Prices ruled as under :—: —

Oats.— During the past week there has been fair demand for A and B grade in moderate quantities. For lower grades, however, the demand is extremely slack, and few sales are passing. Quotations : Prime milling Is 8d to Is 9£d ; good to best feed, Is 6£d to Is 7£d ; inferior and medium, Is to Is 5d per bushel (sacks extra).

Wheat.— ln milling quality the market is quiet, with no quotable change in value. Fowl wheat, which is- not over plentiful, continues to find buyers at late values. Quotations : Prime milling, 3s lOd to 4s 2d ; medium, 3s 4d to 3s 8d ; whole fowl wheat, 3s Id to 3s 3d ; broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 3s per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes —The market continues to be well" supplied Tvith good to prime northern Derwents, which meet with steady demand at prices on a par with late quotations. Quotations : Prime Derwents, £4 to £4 5s ; medium, £3 10s to £3 15s inferior, £2 10s to £3 5s per ton (bags in).

Chaff.— The market is still heavily supplied, and stocks are moving slowly at somewhat reduced prices. Primei quality, which is not over plentiful, is the only class meeting with ready sale. Quotations : Best oaten sheaf, £3 to £3 2s 6d ; extra prime, to £3 5s ; good do, £2 10s to £2 15s ; inferior and medium, £1 15s to £2 5s per ton (bags extra).

Straw.— Quotations : Best oaten straw, 30s ; wheat 27s 6d per ton.

Turnips.— Best swedes, iss to 15s 6d per ton, loose, ex trucks —

Messrs. Stronach, Morris and Co., report as follows : Wheat and Oats.— The market continues very lifeless, and any offering are only placed in small lines at prices easier than late quotations. Chaff.— lt takes a prime lot all its time to make £3 ss, good selling at £2 17s 6d to £3. Potatoes.— Prime Derwents,i£4 to £4 ss.