PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 25, 21 June 1906, Page 13

PRODUCE.

The Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cable from the High Commissioner, dated London, June l(i :-The mutton market is firm and there is a better demand. Average price Canterbury flight-weights, 3-ld, supply falling thort of demand ; Canterbury heavy-weights, 3|d ; North Island, 3 id for the best quality, only 3^d for second-class quality. River Plate, 3-^d for best quality only, and 35d3 5 d for second-class quality. There is a good demand ■a , a V !■? i a ? b stocks on hand are heavy, and are widely distributed amongst the agents, who are pushing the sales. The average price for Canterbury lamb is 4|d ; for other brands than Canterbury Ud Th~ beef market is q^iiet, but firm, and there is no change" in prices. The butter arrivals are very light, and the market shows a firm advance. Choicest New Zealand is quoted at 103s, Danish at 112s, and Siberian at 97s per cwt. The cheese market is steady, there being only small supplies on hand. White is quoted at 65s and colored makes at (j3s per cwt. ' Inyercargill Prices Current.— Wholesale— Buttei A, a J m) T% d ' se P arator . nd - Butter (factory), pats Is o|-d. Eggs, Is 3d per dozen. Ui?ese, 6d. Hams, 9d. Barley 2s to 2s frd Chaff, £3 5s per ton. Flour, £9 10s to £10. Oatmea , £13 Ids to £13. Bran, £4. Pollard, £5 10s Potatoes, £«). Retail— Farm butter, lOd; separator lid Butter (factory), pats, Is 2d. ( hx-sq, Bd. Eags Is 6d per do/.en. Bacon, 9d. Ilaimi, lOd. Flour— 2ooft 21s- 501 b 5s 9d ; 251 b, 3s. Oatmeal— solb, 7s 3d ; 251 b, 3s 9d Pol' lard, 9s 6d per <b|ag. Bran, ss. Chaff, 2s. Potatoes 11s per cwt. Messrs. Stronacb, Morris, and Co. report :— Oats.— The market is much the same as at last quotations, present prioes being as follows:—S ped lines, 2s Cd to 2s 9d ; prime milling, 2s 4d to 2s 4id ; good to best feed, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; inferior 2s I<l to 2s 2^d per bushel. Wheat.— There is practically no alteration to report 111 this market, quotations being as follows :— Prime milling, 3s 5d to 3s fd ; prime Tuscan, 3s 7d ; medium milling, 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; best whole fowl wheat, \3s Id to 3s 3d ; broken and damaged, 2s 9d to .3s per bushel. Potatoes.— Consignments are now more plentiful, and the following are qtuitations :— Seed lots, £11 to £11 10s ; prime Dervents, £9 15s to £10 ; medium Derwents, £9 to £9 10s ; others, £8 10s to £8 15s per ton. - y Chaff— Quotaticns :— Prime oaten sheaf, £4 2s 6d Io £4 5s ; choice, to £4 7s Cd ; medium to good £3 los to £4 ; inferior, £3 5s to £3 10s per ton. Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. KLimited) report :— We held our weekly auction safe of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. There was a good attendgnce of buyers, to whom we submitted a full catalogue of the usual lines in demand locally There was fair competition for most lots up to valuations, and the bulk of the offering found buyers at satisfactory prices. Values ruled as under •»— Oats.— Consignments are arriving more steadily and in most cases the is fully up to expectations The local demand is not difficult to supply, and with

only a limited export demand, stocks have accumulated to some extent. Owners' ideas of value are at present slightly, in excess : of shippers' limits, and, as neither are readily disposed to give way, the amount of business passing is extremely small. Quotations • Prune milling, 2s 4d to 2s 4£d .; good to best feed, 3d to 2s 4d ; medium and inferior, 2s Id to 2s 2d per bushel (tacks extra"). Wheat.— There is no change to report. Millers' recfinrcments are chiefly confined to choice quality, Tuscan being preferred. Second milling quality has little inquiry, but fowl wheat is in fair demand at late values. Quotations : Prime milling, 3s 5d to 3s 6d • choice Tuscan, to 3s 7d ; medium to good, 3s 24d to 3s 3d ; whole fowl wheat, 3s Id to 3s 2d ; broken and damaged 2s 8d to 3s per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.— For a week past the market has been quieter than usual. A few sales of choice seed up-to-datcs ha\e been made up to £12 per ton, but for good quality this class has Lwn difficult to quit beyond £11 to £11 10s. Derwcnts and other table sorts cannot be readily quitted in large lots, but continue to rno-ve off in small quantities at— for best £9 15s to £10 ; medium, £9 to £9 lUs per ton (sacks included). Chaff.— During last week only moderate supplies came forward, and all prime cjjalily found sale on arrival. To-day consignments were hea\ier and last week's prices barely maintained Only prime, bright oaten sheaf is in goad demand, medium, inferior, and discolored lots be'ng quite out of favor. Quotations : Prime oaten sheaf, £4 2s 6d to £l 5s ; choice, to £4 7s 6'd ; medium to go c d, £3 15s to £4 ; inferior £3 5s to £3 10s per ton (l<ags extra). Turnips.— Those are more j lrntiful, and in consequence sales are not so easy to eft-ct. Quotations ■ Best swedes (loose), 19s to 20s ; bagged, '25s to 27s (bags extra) per ton. Straw.— Oaten, 45s to 47s Cd ; wheaten, 35s to 37s 6d per ton.