PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 39, 24 September 1903, Page 13

PRODUCE.

Wellington, September 20.— The Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cablegram from the Agent-General, dated London, September 19 :— • Frozen meat : The mutton market remains' firm. The average prices to-day are— Canterbury brands, 4£d per ft ; for Dunedin, Southland, and Wellington Export Company's brands., 4id ; for other North Island brands, 4d ; ewes, 3|d ; River Plate mutton, 3|d. Lamb : The market closed this week quiet, but rather steadier. The average prices to-day are— Canterbury brands, 4£d per ft ; brands other than Canterbury, 4fd to 4|d. Beef : The market is improving, with a better demand. The average prices to-day are— New Zealand hindquarters, 4d to 4£d ; fores, 2f d. Butter : The market is rising. The average prices are— Choicest New Zealand, 98s per cwt ■ Danish, 109s ; Irish, 102s ; Canadian, 96s ; Siberian,' 89s. Cheese : The market is advancing steadily. Canadian, on spot, 54s ; September shipments are quoted at 57s per cwt, c.i.f. Invercargill prices current.— Wholesale — Butter • farm, Bd. butter (factory), bulk, 10|d to ll^d, pats, ll£d to llfd cash. Eggs, 9d 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, £10 10s to £11. Oatmeal, £8 10s to £9. Bran, £3 10s. Pollard, £4. Retail.— Fresh Butter, lOd ; butter (facsory), pats, Is Hd. Eggs, lid per dozen. Cheese, Bd. Bacon, lid. Hams, lOd. Potatoes, 5s 6d per cwt Flour : 200 ft, 23s ; 501 b, 6s 6d. Oatmeal ; 50ft, 5s 6d ; 251 b, 2s 9d. Pollard, 7s per bag. Bran,- 4s 6d. Chaff, Is 9d. Mr. F. Meenan, King street, Dunedin, reports :— Wholesale prices only-Oats: Seed, Is lOd to 2s 3d; milling, Is 8d to Is 9^d ; feed, Is 3d to Is 7d Wheat : Milling, 3s lOd to 4s 2d, fowls' wheat, 3s to 3s 6d. Potatoes : Derwents, £3 15s to £4 5s , seed kidneys, £3 10s to £4 10s. Chaff, £2 10s to £3 10s. Straw : Pressed wheat, 27s 6d ; oaten, 80s ; loose, 355. Flour : Sacks, £10 ; 50ft, £10 15s ; 25ft, £11. Oatmeal, £9. Pollard, £4. Bran, £3. Butter : Da'ry, 8d to lOd ; factory, lid. Cheese : Factory, 6^d ; dairy, 6d. Eggs, lid. Onions : Melbourne, £5. 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 moderate attendance of buyers. For most of the lines on offer there was very little demand, and under rather languid competition the bulk of the catalogue had to be passed in. Values ruled as under :— Oats. — Prime milling and seed lines continue to move off slowly at late quotations. The export demand is more than usually spasmodic. Buyers decline to purchase except to fill actual orders, which come to hand slowly, and appear difficult to secure at late ruling values. They are also more particular as to quality, and on this account rejections are more numerous, and there is a greater quantity of medium oats on the market. Quotations : Seed lines 1 , Is lOd to 2s 3d ; prime milling, Is 7£d to Is 9£d ; good to best feed, Is 6d to Is 7d ; inferior and medium, Is to Is 5d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — There is practically no change in the market to report. Local stocks of prime milling are extremely small, and medium qualities have more attention. Fowl wheat is scarce^a,nd commands ready sale at quotations. Quotations : Prime milling, 4s to 4s 3d ; medium to good, 3s 6d to 3s lOd ; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 4d to 3s 5d ; broken, damaged, and medium quality, 2s 9d to 3s 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.— The market continues to be fairly well supplied with Canterbury Derwents, in addition to which there have been arrivals of Melbourne potatoes, so that buyers have little difficulty in supplying their requirements at prices a shade below late quotations. There is fair inquiry for prime seed kidneys— up-to-dates and other early sorts— with few offering. Quotations : Prime '>°rwents, £4 to £i 5s ; medium to good, £3 10s to £3 17s 6d ; other sorts, £3 to£3 10s ; best seed, £4 to £5 per ton (bags in). Chaff— Prime oaten sheaf /meets with most demand, and is readily' saleable at late quotations. Medium sorts are still in over-supply, and have little attention. Quotations : Best oaten sheaf, £3 to £3 5s ; choice, to £3 iOs ; medium to good, £2 10s to £2 17s 6d ; straw chaff, inferior and light, £1 10s to £2 5s per ton (bags extra) .

Turnips.— There are practically no supplies coming forward, and good swedes are readily saleable at 17s 6d per ton (loose, ex truck). Messrs. Stronacb, Morris, and £o. report as follows: Wheat.— The improved demand lately quoted continues, and millers are more inclined to do business than for some months past. Prime milling, 4s to 4s 3d ; medium to good, 3s 6d to 3s lid ; best fowl wheat, 3s 2d to 3s 5d ; inferior and medium, 2s 9d to 35. 2 d. fO^tis.— The market remains as last' reported, and quotations are— Best seed, Is 9d to 2s 3d , prime milling, Is 7£d tof Is 9d ; best to good feed, Is 6d to Is 7d ; medium, and inferior, Is to Is s£d. Potatoes.— Prime Derwents, £4 5s to £4 7s 6d. Chaff .—Best oaten sheaf, f £3 to £3 5s ; in some cases £3 7s 6d. Straw.— Oaten, best, 30s ; wheaten, best, 27s 6d.