PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 15, 14 April 1904, Page 13

PRODUCE.

liandon, April B.— Wheat : Buyers are holding off Australian cargoes ; 30s 3d is asked for on passage, and 30s 9d for April ami May shipments. Butter is dull and weak. Danish, 100s ; New Zealanid,, 90s ; Victorian, » 88s to 90s ; New| South Wales and Queensland, 84s to 88s. Cheese is unchanged. Invercargill prices current.— Wholesale — Butter farm, 6d ; separator, 8d ; butter, factory, pats, lOJd. Eggs, Is 3d per dozen. Cheese, (factory), 6£d.< Bams, '9tf. Potatoes, £2 ocr ton (bagfcs weighed in). Barley, 2s to 2s 6d. Chaff, £2 per ton. Flour, £10 to £11. Oatmeal, £9 to £9 10s. Bran, £3. Pollard, £5. Retail.-— Farm butter, 8d ; separator, lOd; butter (factory), pats, Is. Eggs, Is 6d per dozen Cheese, Bd. Bacon, lid. Hams, lOd. Potatoes, 3s 6d per cwt. Flour, 200 ft, 22s ; 50ft, 6s 6d. Oatmeal, 50ft, 5s 6d ; 25ft, 3s. Pollard, 8s 6d per bag. Bran, 4s. Chaff, Is 6d. Mr. F. Meenan, King street, Dunedin, reports :— Wholesale, prices only— Oats : Milling, Is 5d to Is 6d ; feed, lid to Is sd. Wheat: Milling, 3s to 3s 3d; fowls', 2s 4d to 2s Bd. Potatoes : Kidneys, £2 ; Derwents, £2 10s per ton. Chaff, £2 5s to £3. Straw ; Pressed wheat, 32s 6d ; oaten, 35s ; loose, 355. Flour : Sacks, £9 ISs ; 100 ft, £10 ; 50ft, £10 5s ; 25ft, £10 10s. Oatmeal, £9 10s. Pollard, £4 10s. Bran, £2 10s. Butter : dairy, 8d to lOd ; factory, lid. Cheese : factory, s£d ; dairy, 5,d. Eggs, Is Bd. Onions : Melbourne, £5.

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) report :— We held our weekly auction sale of grain, and produce at our stores an Monday. Our catalogue was a fully representative one, but in all classes of produce medium quality bulked largely. In nearly all lines there was fair competition for 'good to prime quality, but lower grades had not the same attention. Values ruled as under :— Oats. — During the past week the tendency in all classes of oats has been towards lower values, and with considerable quantities coming forward there has been some accumulation of stock in store. Buyers of prime milling lines have been far from keen, and, with a limited outlet for export of feed oats, there has been nothing like steady demand. We quote : Prime milling, Is 6d to Is 7d ; good to best feed, Is 4£d to Is u£d ; meidium, Is 3d to Is 4d ; inferior, lOd to Is 2d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — Millers' requirements of prime milling wheat are being supplied almost entirely from the north, most of the] southern wheat being more or less damaged. MeSdiJum quality is almost neglected. Fowl wheat is offering plentifully, but continues to mo.ye off steadily at quotations. We quote : Prime milling, 3s to 3s 3d ; medium to good, 2s 6d to 2s lid ; whole fowl wheat, 2s 4;d to 2s s>d ; broken and damaged, 2s to 2s 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.— The market is fairly well supplied with prime Derwents, and rather over-supplied with kidneys and other white sorts. Derwents, met a fair market at £2 to £2 7s 6d ; choice, to £2 10s. White potatoes are rryore difficult to quit at 30s to 40s per ton (sacks in). Chaff.— Prime oaten sheaf is readily quitted on arrival, b^it medium and inferior qualities have no inquiry, and are extremely difficult to deal with. We quote : Prime oaten sheaf, £2 15s to £3 ; medium to good, £2 to £2 10s ; inferior and light, £1 10s to £1 17s 6d per ton (bfrgs extra).

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, anld Co. report as follows : Wfieat. — Millers are still going slow, and as most of the southern wheat is damaged they have to buy mostly from the north. Quotations : Prime milling, 3s to 3s 3d ; medium, 2s 6d to 2s lid ; best whole fowl wheat, 2s 3d to 2s 5d ; damaged and inferior, Is lOd to 2s 2d. Olats.— Buyers are not prepared to do business at late rates, and in consequence prices are easier. A considerable number of owners, however, decline to accept these reduced figures and are putting their oats in store. Quotations : Prime milling, Is 6d to Is 7d ; e;ood to best feed, Is 4£d to Is s£d ; medium, Is 3d to 3s 4d ; damaged and inferior, lOd to Is 2d. G'haff.— The market is glutted with seconSd-rate chaff, which is almost impossible to sell. Prime samples, al-

though not so plentiful as second-rate, aie also easier. Quotations : Prime oatem sheaf, £2 12s- 6d to £2 17s 6d medium to goad, £2 to £2 10s ; inferior, £1 10s to £1 17s M. Potatoes,— Best Derwents, £2 to £2 10s : others, £1 10s to £2. WOOL. Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report as follows : Rabbitskins .—Sales were held last Monday a#d there was an average attendance of Buyers present. Prices were on the whole a shade easier, but nevertheless quite equal to London equivalent. Sheepskins.— We offered a large catalogue on Tuesday to a representative number of shippers anil fellmongers. Bidding was keen and we had a fvery good sale. Hides.— Our fortnightly sale was held last Thursday, when buyers were in good form and kept prices quite up to last sale. We sold ox to 6fd and cows to 5d per tfc. Tallow and Fat.— There is no change to report, prices if anything being in favor of buyers.