PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 26, 28 June 1906, Page 13

PRODUCE.

The Department of Industries and Commerce 'has received the following cable from the High Commissioner, dated London, 23rd June, l!)0ti :— Mutton ; The market is not quite so firm as last week, but there is no change in prices to report. Lamb : Ihe market is firm. Prices, 4-^d for Canterbury brands; other than Uaaterb'ury are qViotcd at 4|d. 'ihe weather lately has been unfavorable for sale. Beef : The market is dull. Prices, 3|d and 2£d for hind) and fore-q-uarters respectively. 'Butter.: The market is firm, as these are only small supplies on hand -Choicest New Zealand brands are selling at 105s ; Danish, 113s ; Siberian, 97s per cwt. There is a good demand for unite cheese at ttss, and for colored at 62s per cwt. Invercargill Prices Current.— Wholesale— Buttei (farm), 8d ; separator, 9d. Butter (factory), pats, Is o|d. Eggs, Is 3d per dozen. Cheese, 6d. Hams, 9d. Barley, 2s to 2s ftd. Chaff, £3 5s per ton. Flour, £9 10s to £10. Oatmeal, £12 lus to ±-13. Bran, £4. Pollard, £5 10s. Potatoes, £9. Retail— Farm butter, lOd; separator, lid. Butter (factory), pats, Is 2J. (_h>esq, Bd. Eggs, Is 6d per dozen. Bacon, 9d. llama, lOd. Flour— 2oolb, 21s; 50lb, 5s 9d ; 251%, 3s. Oatmeal— so tb, 7s 3d ; ' 251 b, 3s 9-d. Pollard, J)s 6d per blag. Bran, ss-. Chaff, 2s. Potatoes 11s per cwt. Messrs. Stroaach, Morris, and Co. report :— Oats. — The market remains unchanged, quotations boing as follows : — Prime milling-, 2s .4d to 2s 4£d ; good to best feed, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; inferior tc medium, 2s Id to 2s 2d per bushel. Wheat. — No change to repoit, prime samples especially Tuscan, being in most favor. Quotations :— Prime milling, 3s 5d to "s (id ; choice Tuscan, to 3s 7d ; medium to good, 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; best whole fowl wheat, 3s Id lo ?s 2d ; medium broken and damaged, 2s 8d to 3s per bushel. Potatoes. — Owing to outside supplies coming en the market prices are somewhat si-acker. Quotations :— Best table sorts, £9 10s to £9 15s ; medium to good, £8 10/s to £9 ; best t-eed (l'p-to-Dates, etc.), £11 to £12; medium to good, £10 to £11 per ton. Chaff. — Supplies arc more plentiful, but prices show little change. Quotations : — Prime oaten sheaf, £4 2s Gd to £4 5s ; choice, to £4 '7s 6d ; good do, £3 15s to» £4 ; inferior to m/edium, £3 to £3 10s ; straw chaff, £2 5s to £2 10s per ton. Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. repoit :— "We held our weekly a'-ct ion sale of gr>ain and produce at our stores on Monday, when we submitted a lengthy catalogue to a fall attendance of buyers. For most of the lines on offer there was good competition, and tlvs bulk of the catalogue was cleared at prices on a level with late quotations. Values ruled as under :—: — Oats. — The quantity of good to prime oats coming forward has not been great, and nearly all have found buyers at late .values. We quote : Prime milling, 2s 4d to 2s 4£d ; good to best feed, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; inferior to medium, 2s Id to 2s 2d per bushel (sacks extra"). Wheat. — There is practically r.o change to report, either in value or demand. Prime Samples continue to attract most 1 attention, and Tuscan still has a preference over other sorts. We quote • Prime mulling, 3s

5d to 3s 6d ; choice Tuscan, to 3s 7d ; medium to good, 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; "best whole fowl wheat, 3js Id to 3s 2d ; medium, Lro'.en and damaged 1 , '2s 8d to 3s ler bushel .(saCns extra). • Potatoes.— The past' week has been one of ' the quietest of the season. Local 'stocks have accumulat«cd to some extent, and the continued consignments of \ictorian potatoes ha\e had th^ effect -"of retarding sales and causing a <Ke\kcr tone in Jhe market Prime seed lines of fhe most favored sorts show little alteration in but for other kinds the demand , is decidedly s'acier. We yuole : Best table sorts, £9 10s to i.9 las,; medium t- o good, £3 10 to £9; best seed'(upto dates, etc.), £11 to £12 : medium to good", £10 to £J1 per len (sa-;ks include d\ Chaff.— The market 'has 'l;e-n more fully supplied 1 , imt most lines of prime bright oatrn sheaf have been taken at pn es little telow late \aluts. Medium and infenor quality is more diffici It to quit. We quote-, Prime oaten s-hcaf, £1 2s Od to £4 5s ; choice, to £1 7s 6d ; good do, £3 15s to £1 ; inferior to medium £3 to £3 10s ; straw chafi, £2 5s to £2 10s per ton (bac extra\ Turnips.— We sold several trucls of pood swedes at 20s per ton, kose, whUi maybe regarded as top price ruling:. Pressed Straw.— The market is more fully supplied We quote : Best oaten, -Ids to 15s ; wheatcn, 30s to 32s 6d per ton.