PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 4, 24 January 1907, Page 17

PRODUCE

The Department of Industries and Commerce has received "a cable ftom the High- Commissioner, dated London, 19th, as_ follows :— The mutton jnartset is 'qjuiet, and prices are lower. Supplies .from Canterbury, however, do not meet requirements, and., quotations are nomin/al. The average price fot light- weight North Island mutton is _4£d, and heavyweights^ 4Jd per Ib. The lamb market ! is dull. A small shipment of this season's N«w Zealand lamb arrived, and is realising full values— from sid to U£d per ft. Australian lamb is in large supply at 4£d per tb. The beef* market is weak: New Zealand hindquarters " are quoted at 3,jd, and forequarters at 3^cl per lb. The butter-mar- , ket is weak, but the 1 demand still continues. Choice New Zealand is quoted 'at lOGs, Australian at 100s, and Danish at.lL4s per cwt. The cheese ..'market is firm. New Zealand mal^e is quitted at 63s per cwt. There is better demand for hemp. The- market is firm, 'with an upward tendency. Good fair grade, on the spot, is quoted at £39, and" January and March shipment -at £38 10s per ton. Fair current Manila^ on- the spot, is worth £43 per -ton. . v

Invercargill Prices Current :— Wholesale — Butter, . (farm), 7d ; . separator, 9d. Butter (factory), pats, Is lfd. Eggs, lOd per dozen. Cheese, 7d. Hams, 9d. Barley, 2s to 2s 6d. Chaff, £3. 5s per ton. Flour, £9 10s -t o £10. Oatmeal, £11 10s to £12. Bran, £4 ss. Pollard, £5. Potatoes, £8. Retail— Farm butter, 9d ; separator, lid. Butter (factory), pate;, Is 4d. Cheese, 9d. Eggs, Is per dozen. Bacon, lOd. Hams.'lOd. Flour— 2oolb, 21s ; 501 b, 5s Od ; 25ft, 3s 6d. Oatmeal— solb, 6s 6d; 25,1 b, 3s Gd. Pcllard, 8s lid per bag. Bran, ,ss. Chaff, 2s. Potatoes, 10s per cwt. , <*

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co; report :— Oats. — Supplies continue scarce, and prices, which are as follow, are well maintained : Good to best feed and milling, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; medium and inferior, 2s to 2s 3d per bushel.

Wheat. — There is a lack of supplies in this line also, and prices are somewhat firmer. Quotations : 'Prime milling, 3s 6d to 3s »d"; medium, 3s 4d to 3s 5d ; whole fowl wheat, 3s 3d to 3s Id ; broken and damaged, 3s to 3s 2/d per bushel..

Potatoes.— Supplies of locally grown are now more plentiful, and prices are a shade below rate ra,tes, viz., best freshly dug lots, £7 10s to £8 ; medium, £6 to £7 per ton.

Chaff.— Supplies this week have been more plentiful, and in consequence prices declined a shade. Quotations : Prime oaten sheaf, £5 5s to £5 8s 6d ; medium, £1 5s to £5 per ton. "- •

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd.) report :—

We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. There was a full at- -" tendance of buyers disposed to do business, and in consequence nearly all* the lots catalogued met with satisfactory sale. Values ruled as under :— Oats.— There are practically no stocks of good feed oats held locally,, and. the few consignments coming - forward are barely sufficient to -supply local requirements, and are being quitted at prices that preclude any possibility of business for. export. Quotations:* Good to best feed and milling, 2s 4d ' to 2s 6d ; medium and inferior, 2s to 2s 3d per bushel (sacks ex- - tra). - -

Wheat.— There is ,no business to report. The market is unchanged, except that fowl wheat is in still shorter supply, and has consequently advanced in . Favor. All p-ime lines of milling quality are readily > taken by millers, and most of the medium quality is ping off -as fowl wheat. Quotations : Prime milling, 3s 6d to 3s 8d ; medium, 3s 4d to 3s 5d ; whole fowl wheat, 3s 3d to .3s 4d ; broken and damaged, 3s to 3sM per bushel (sacks extra). , Potatoes.— Consignments of locally grown white varieties are, now coming in more regularly. Fair supples have arrived during the past week, and prices have ruled a shade below late values. Quotations : Best f-eshly.dug lots, £7 10s to £8 , medium, £6 to" £7 per. ton (bags included). v 1 12 ~ l>urin K last Wf ** considerable supplies have leacneajjs, and -at to-day's sale we submitted- a fair jruanlitv. The demand was chiefly for prime brierht heavy naW sheaf, -which "■■ stold a- little bplow lale rates, -best lines fetching £5 5s to £5 8s 6d ; sound v-

heavy ohaff, rather off ■ color, sold at £5 to*£s 2s 6tl; and medium quaifily a-t £4. 5s to £4. 15s per ton (bags extra). " "

Straw.— Both oaten and wheaten are scarce, and-'have good inquiry at 35s- to 37s 6d per ton- (pressed). "

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report :—