PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 51, 22 December 1904, Page 13

PRODUCE.

Lonrtoa, Decembe- 16.— ..neat —'1 nc niaitkots are dull, but juices are fairly maintained, owma; to conflicting reports frfcm tihe Argentina of lighter shipments, and an utofiav.or'able report ot the condition of tfbe v inter wheat in America Cargoes are q>uiet New \uvtiahans are rather low , 12, QU0 and 13,000 quarters Jaiuuuy and February sfhi,pmcnts, 33/11. Australian s,p'ot is practically exhausted, but nominally is at 3d/-. New Zealand has a small supply of sflhort-berried at 3,3/6. * Uutter is duli. Danish is unchanged. Choicest New Zealand, 105/-; Victorian, 100/- I© 1-02/- ; New South Wales, 98/- to 102/- (botih occasionally 104/-) Reteant Australian arrivals are not completely satisfactory , they were apparently carried at too high a temperature RaWbits are slbw of sale. Large 1/3. TJiere is a better demand for hares at 1/10 to 2/-. Llondon, December 17 — Fro/.cm Meat— Sheep : North Island, best, 4|d , all other sior,ts unchanged. Liarnhs— Canterbury, light, 6|d , heavy, 6d ; all others unchanged. Beef : Very firm. Owing to a strike, Argontine supplies are likely to be curtailed. Fores, Sid ; hinds, 3|d. ißiKer, Pl^tie sheep ujnohahglcti. .Bee'f— F,(sre&, 3|id ; hinds, 3|d. Wheat.— Two Australian cargoes sold at 32/lOi and a third at 33/H , 11,000 quarters at 33/U, a^d 300 quarters 'at 33/44, both December and January sfiipmemte. Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report as follows •... We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. There was gpod aompetitiian tflifloiughout, and every lot offered found buyers at quotations. Prices ruled -as under :—: — Oats —There has bce'n a stetody demand for all good Siound lines of Gartons coming forward 'A ' amid 'B ' grade spjarrowbills also have more attention, and althomgh sales of these are not So readily effect eld as in the c<a.se of (Jarfohs, there is little difficulty in dealing witii amy lots offering at quotations. Dower grades, which /hfiive beem negiletted of late, are also in better demand Quotations : Prime millmn.g, 1/7 to 1/8 ; gjoold to best feed, 1/54 to 1/64 ; medium, 1/3 to 1/4J per bushel (sa^ks extra). Wheat.— Only tihe best lines of milling quality find any frajvor witlh millers at .present, medium grades having been setverely left alone for slome time. Fowl wheat has g)oiotf demand, hotih locally *a,i*,d for export. Stocks of tlhis are niow im smaller corrjpass, awd any good lines are reiadily quitted en arrival. Quotations : Prime milling, 3/6 to 3/8 ; medium to good, 3/2 tto 3/5 , whole Jowl wheat, 3/- to 3/1 ; broken and damaged, 2/7 to 2/11 per bti'.shel (sacks extra). Pptatoes —Witih s'lort siupplies, and a pjood demand, prices ha.ye a,gaHi advanced, and to-day best Derwemts siol'd at £4/10/- to £1/15/-; medium, £4 to £1/7/6others, £3/10/- tto £1 pel- ton (bags in). CJiKLtt. — l-'rime oaten slieat oqntiniies to 'arrive sparingly, iaftd lor all bogiht heavy linefe there is ready s»ale. Medium quality, although not so strongly in favpr, is also quitted without difficulty. Quotations : Choice, hrig^it oaton siheaf, £4 fro £1/5/-, medium to good £3/10/h to £4 per ton (bags extra). Straw. — Q'notiations.— Whaaton and oaten, 30/- to 35/- per tfcm diresseuj. Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report :— Wihoat. — Tihe market continues as last advised, Millers S;till bemg disinclined to buy We qirote : Prime millihg, 3/6 to 37$ tio good, 3/2 to 3/5 , best whole fowl wiheat, 3/- to 3/1 ; inferior and damaged, 2/7 to 2/11. O,ats.— There has been some enquiry lately, bn't qu,otatijoms remahn 19ie same, namely, prime milling, 1/7 to 1/f, ; gp-od to best teed, l/b£,to 1/Gi ; medijiim, 1/3 ". o 1/44Potatlnes.— Rest Derwents, £-1/10/- to £1/16/- • otihelrs, £3/10/- to £1. Oh'^ff.— Tnere has been a further Tise, test oaten sneafl being w(ort*h £3/17/6 to £4/5/-; medijum to good £3/110/- to £3/17-/6.