PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 12, 23 March 1905, Page 13

PRODUCE.

Tnvercargill prices current.— Wholesale— Butter, farm, 6d ; separator, 8d ; butter, factory, pats, lOfd to lid. Eggs, 1/- per dozen. Cheese, factory, 6£d. Hams 9d. Barley, 2/- to 2/ti. Chaff, £3 per ten. Flour, £10/10/- to £11/10/-. Oatmeal, £8/10/- to £9. Bran, £3/15/-. Pollard, £6. Potatoes, 6/- per cwt. Ren tail— Farm butter, 7d ; separator, lOd ; butter, factory, pats, 1/1. Cheese, Gd to Bd. Eggs, 1/3 per.. dozen. . Baron,. 9d. Hams, 10d. Flour* 200 ft, 23/- ; 501 b, 6/6. Oatmeal : 501 b, 6/- ; 251 b, 3/-. Pollard, 10/- per bag. Bran, 4/6. Chaff, 1/9. Potatoes, 14 tb for 1/-.

Wellington, March 20.— The Industries a nd Commerce Department to-day received the following cablegram _ from the Agent-CJeneral, dated London, 18th :— No " alteration in the rautton market ? ince last cabling. The lamib market is quiet and prices have slightly declined. For beef average price to-day is : Hindquarters New Zealand beef, 3^d per \h ; for forequarters, 2|d. The butter market is \ery firm. There is an exceptianal demand, for which the supply falls short. The average price to-day for the choicest New Zealand butter is 107/j;er cwt ; for Da-nis'h, 111/- ; and for Argentine, 105/-. The cheese market is very firm, and is advancing owing to the strong . demand. The average price for fineslt New Zealand cheese to-day is 55/-. The price for New Zealand hemp, ' good fair Wellington ' grade, on the spot to-day, is £80 per ton; April to June shipments, £29/10/-- The Manila market is active, witih a ?ood demani at £41.

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) report :— We held our weekly auction sale of grayi and prod ice at »jr stores on Monday, when we submitted a full catalogue to a good attendance of buyers. A fair proportion, of the offering was disposed of under the hammer, but several lots of oats and chaff, not reaching Our valuation, had to be passed in. Oats.— The market is not hoa\i>ly supplied with prime milling, quality, and tjue few lines offering duiing the week have fomi buyers at quotations. Shippers have not been operating to any great extent, and although local stocks are not large, they have had little difficulty in supplying their orders for coastal shipment. Several lines of new oats have come forward, and in nearly every case the quality compares well with last season's oats. We qaiote : Prime milling, 1/8 to 1/8* ; good to best feed. 1/7 to 1/8 ; inferior a nd medium, "l/ 4to 1/6 per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.— Prime iines of old wheat continue to meet with good demand, and are the only class bringing top rates. For new season's prime milling there is a fair local demand, but millers are not disposed to buy southern wheat freely on the same terms as northern samples. We quote . Prime moling (eld wheat), 3/6 to 3/8T»ew, 3/5 to 3/7 ; medium to good, 3/2 to 3/4 ■ whole fowl wheat, 2/11 to 3/-; nrohen and damaged, 2/6 to 2/10 per.bvshel (sacks extra). Barley.— Last year's crop is now practically exhausted, and we anticipate good demand for all classes of the new season's grain. Potatoes I.—Steady1 .— Steady supplies continue to arrive, and at ..Monday's Sales prices for all sorts were a shade easrer, Derwtents are not readily quitted unless their condition is undeniable, and so many are being dug on the green side that it is difficult to clear all consign-

ments on arrival. Best white sorts have some demand for shipment, which has helped to steady prices. Quotations : Best Derwents and kidneys, £5 to £5/5/- • medium Derwents £4 to £4/15/- per ton (sacks in). Chaff.— The market is still well supplied, and although sales have not been made freely prices are unchanged. Quotations : Prime oaten sheaf (old), £3/7/6 to £3/12/6 ;ydo (new) and medium old, £3 to £3/5;/- • medium and inferior, £2/10/- to £2/15/- per lan (bags extra). Pressed SU a w.- Oattn, 40/- to 42/6 ; wheat, 32/6 to 35/- per ton. Pay-— Ofleiing plentifully at £2/15/- to £3/5/- per ton. Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report :— Wheat.— There is not much doing yet, buyers mostly standing off in the meantime. Quotations : Prime milling, 3/6 to 3/8 ; this season's, 3/5 to 3/7 ; medium t 0 good, 3/2 to 3/4 ; best whole fowl wheat, 2/11 to 3/- ; inferior, and broken, 2/6 to 2/10. Data.— The demand is limited, and last week's quotations may be repeated, namely, Prime milling, 1/8 to 1/8J ; gjnod to best feed, 1/7 to 1/8 ; inferior and damaged, 1/4 to 1/6. Potatoes.— Prices are somewhat easier, best being worth £5 to £5/5/- ; medium, £4 to £4/15^-, Chaif.— The market remains the same, prime oaten sheaf being worth £3/7/6 to £3/12/6 ; medium and best new season's chaff, £3 to £3/5/- ; inferior, £2/5/- to £2/12/6. '