PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 41, 8 October 1903, Page 13

PRODUCE.

London, October 2.— Butter : Danish, 120s ; Australian and New Zealand, stored, 98s to 102s Wellington, October 4.— The Agent-General cables under date London, October 3, that the mutton market continues dull, and prices are not q,uite as firm. The average price for Canterbury brands is 4Jd to 4£d ■ Dunedin, Southland, and W.M.E. Company, 4d to 4|d -'other North Island brands, 4d ; ewes, 3|d ; River Plate mutton, 3£d. Lamb is firmer, the average price for Canterbury being 4|d ; brands other than Canterbury 4M • tegs, 4£d ; River Plate, 4Jd. Beef is overstocked, and the market is depressed. The average price for hindquarters, New Zealand, is 4d, and fores, 2gd. The butter market is rather unsettled on account of the rapid advance of Danish. Stored New Zealand is somewhat irregular in quality, and sound is qjuoted at 100s per cwt • Danish, 118s ; Canadian, 98s ; Irish, 108s ; Siberian, 90sArgentine, 965. Cheese is steady, and the average 'price for finest Canadian is 55s to 565.

Invercargill prices current.— Wholesale — Butter farm, 8d ; butter (factory), bulk, lOJd to lOfd ; pats lid cash. Eggs, 8d per doz. 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 (factory), pats, ls lid. Eggs, lOd per dozen. Cheese, 8d Bacon, lid. Hams, lOd. Potatoes, 5s 6d per cwt Flour : 200 ft, 23s ; 50ft, 6s 6d. Oatmeal : 501 b, 5s 6d •' 25ft, 2s 9d. Pollard, 7s per bag. Bran, 4s 6d. Chaff' ls 9d.

irru ¥ r> ,F> Meenan > K in g street, Dunedin, reports - Wholesale prices only-Oats: Seed, Is lOd to 2s 3d- milling l S ?^\° JJo 9J 50909s o9o9o 9 > d . : feed ' ls 3d t0 ls 7d - Whea * :' Milling 5 ; 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, 30s ; loose, 355. Flour : Sacks £10 • 50rb £10 15s ; 25ft, £11. Oatmeal, £9. Pollard', £4. ' Bran' £3 Butter : Da'ry, 8d to lOd ; factory, lid. Cheese 1 Factory 6id ; 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 stares on Monday, when we submitted a fair catalogue to a good attendance of buyers There was fair competition up to late values, and most of the lots on offer were disposed of. Pnces ruled as under :— Oats —The demand for milling qualities has been quiet. Good to best feed continues to move off slowly for export, but in the face of quotations from other ports late values are difficult to maintain Medium and inferior sorts are offering more plentifully at lower rates Quotations : Prime milling, Is G£d to Is 7d ; good to best feed, Is s£d to Is 6d ; inferior and medium, Is to Is 4£d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat— Prime milling is offering sparingly, and local business is chiefly confined to medium sorts, for which there has been fair inquiry. Fowl wheat, which has been offering freely, ftnds buyers at prices a shade below late quotations. Quotations : Prime milling, 4s to 4s 2d ■ medium, 3s 6d to 3s lOd ; best whole fowl wheat 3s 2d to 3s 4d ; broken and damaged, 2s to 3s pet oushel (bags Potatoes —Fair supplies of northern Derwents have come forward, and the local demand continues to absorb these at prices on a par with late quotations. Special seed lines (more particularly Ljp-to-dates) have good inquiry, and are in short supply. Quotations : Prime Derwents, £4 to £4 5s ; medium to good, £3 10s' to £3 17s 6d ; seed lines, £4 to £6 per ton (bags in). Chaff —Medium quality is still in over supply and diffiault to place at late values. Piime oaten sheaf meets fair demand at prices fully equal to late quotations. Quotations : Best oaten sheaf, £3 to £3 5s ; choice £3 7s 6d ; medium to good, £2 7s 6d to £2 15s ; inferior and light, £1 10s to £2 5s per ton (bags extra)

Messrs. Stronadh, Morris, and Co report a& follows : Wheat— The increased demand lately reported has fallen away, and millers are not prepared to give full rates except in small lines. Prime milling is nominally wlorth 3s lid to 4s 2d ; medium to good do 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 2d to 3s 4d

Oats.— The market continues dull and buyers are scarce at late quotations. Chaff.— Best oaten sheaf, £3 to £3 5s ; extra, £3 7s 6d ; medium to good, £2 10s to £2 15s. Potatoes.— Best Derwents, £4 to £4 5s