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New Zealand Tablet, 23 August 1906, Page 17

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Wellington, August 20.— The Department of Industues and Commerce has received the following cable from Hie High Commissionei, dated London, August 18 •— ' Trade for all classes of mutton is very slow the last cabled advices being hardly maintained except for hglit-weight carcases. Lamb consumption is large, but the market is a shade weaker. The aveiage pi ice for Uanlcibury brands is 4-2 d. Brands other than Uanteibuiy aie selling at \U\ an-d 4|d. There is a better demand for beef, and" the market is constant and fiim. Supplies of Ameiican chilled beef to hand are small. New Zealand huvdquarters arc selling at .^d , foroquaitcis ar 2\. The butter market has advanced. Choice Isiew Zealand is on demand at llfls to 112s per cwt. The quotation for Danish is 118s to 12«!s per cwt. The cheese market is fiim t anadian makes fetching b!Js per cwt. The hemp market is q,uiet, small business being done at about last quotations. Buyers are not kern on business. For cocksfoot seed there is no change fiom the nominal quotation cabled last week. Inveicargill Piices Current :— Wholesale — Butter (fai in), !)d , separator, lid. Buttei (factory), pats Is l|d. hggs, Is per do/en. Cheese, 7'd. Hams, 9d Bailey, 2s to 2s (id. Chan, £3 5s per ton. Flour, £9 Ids t o ±.10. Oatmeal, £12 10s to £Ki. Bran, £1. Pollarrl, £5 10s. Potatoes, £10. Retail— Farm butter, lid, separator. Is Id Butter (factoiy), pat.-., is -Id. Cheese, '.). Eggs, Is 3d per rioxen. Bacon, !Jd. Hams, \H\. Floui-2001b 21s • 501 b 5s 9d ; 251 b, 3s. Oatmeal— solb, 7s M ; 251 b, 3s 9d. Pollaid, <>s (id per bag. Bian, js. I hall, 2s. Potatoes 12s per cwt. Messrs. Stronach, Moriis, and Co. report:— Oats.— The market continues quiet, there being no cliange either in demand or pi ices. Isolations : Seed hues, 2s 5d to 2s !Jrl ; prime milling, 2s ;3£d to 2s 4d tfootl to b-t-st feed, 2s 2d to 2s lid , infenor to medium Is lid to 2s pel bushel. \\ heat. —The maiket shows no change, prime milling Tuscan being icadily plarcd, and theie being a ,p;ood inquiry for fowl wheat. (Quotations: Pnine milling, 3s •5d to 3s (>d ; choice 'luscan, to 3s 7d ; medium to £o'od, 3S3 S 3d i o 3S3 S ,|^ c j . w j lo i e lowl wlicai, 3S3 S i. ( i to 3s 2d ; broken and damaged, 2s M to 3s per bushel. Potatoes.— Theie is a good inquiry for good table .sorts, but medium and inferior are harder to place. Quotations: Seed lines, £1 1 10s to £12 10s ; extia choice picked, £13; prime table sorts, £11 to £12 ■ meumm do, £10 toXIO 15s; inferioi and small, £6 to £9 10s per ton. Chaft.— Prime oaten sheaf is n-adily saleable, but medium and infeiior is harder to place. Prime oaten sheaf, £4 to £4 2s 6d ; medium, £3 10s to £3 15s, discolored and light, £3 to £o 5s pei topi. Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd.) report :— We held our weekly auction tale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when a lengthy catalogue was met with moderate competition from the usual trade buyers. For seveial of the lines on oner bidding di-d not come up to owners' reserves or our valuations ; these liad therefore to be passed in, but a fair proportion of the catalogue found buyers at valuations. Prices ruled as under:— Oats.— The condition of the market is, unchanged, ana we have therefore no alteration to report either in values or demand. Quotations: Seed lines 2s 5d

to 2s <Jd ; prime milling, 2s 3M to 2s 4d ; good to best feed, 2s 2d to 2s 3d , inferior to medium, Is lid to 2s Id per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.— MillciV presuit lequirements are not large, and are easily satisfied wuh small consignments of prime Tuscan and red wheat. .Second milling quality has little demand. Fowl wheat is in moderate supply, and continues lo have fair sale at late values. Quotations : Prune nulling, 3s 5d to 3s 6d ; choice Tuscan, to 3s 7d , m.dium to gjood, 3s 3d to 3s 44d ; whole fowl wheat, 3s Id to 3s 2d ; broken and damaged, 2s 8d to 3s per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.— Good table sorts, both Derwents and white potatoes, a ie in fair demand at £11 to £12 per ton. Medium lines have not the same inqwiiy but are saleable at £!) in s to £10 10s. Inferior soits and small Derwents have little inquiiy at £7 to £fl. Seed lines, specially picked and well-shaped tubers, aie in good demand at £12 to £13 10s per ton (sacks included). Chafi'.— Heavier supplies have come foiward, many of which are of only moderate quality. but piime oaten sheaf has much atliaction for local buyeis, Hut, all chaff a-nswenng this desciiption is readily dealt with, while lower giades are almost unsaleable. Quotations : Pnmc oaten sheaf, £4 to £4 2s 6d ; me-dium to g.o-od, £;{ 10s to £3 15s;li-#ht and inferior, £3 to £3 7s fid ; straw ehafi, £2 10s to £2 15s per ton (bags extia). Straw— Oaten is scaice, and sells* readily at £2 5s to £2 7s Cd ; wheaten, £1 10s to £1 12s &d per lon pressed. Turnips.— Supplies aie not quite so heavy, and best swedes are woilh about 17s per tun, loose, ex ti uck.