PRODUCE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4, 23 January 1908, Page 17

PRODUCE.

The High Commissioner's cable, dated London, Jan- - vary 18, is as follows :— Mutton : Market very dull ; trade very disappointing, there being only a hand-to-mouth d/.mand. Prime light-weight. Canterbury mutton is getting very scarce, and is quoted nominally at 4-|d. The following are current quotations : Lanteroury (.heavy weight.), is|-d ; North Island, 3£ ; Australian, 2£d ; Rher Plate, 2fd. Lamb : Market weak. The supply of Australian lamb" which is of very mixed quality, exceeds the demand. Jt is quoted at from 5d to 3d. A small shipment of this season's New Zealand lamb has arrived, and'is quoted at 61d. No alteration in the beef market since last weak. The butter market is a shade weaker for best cjtulity, and some holders are forcing sales. There Ins be:n an exceptional demand for second-class quality butter .at extravagant prices on account of the scarcity. Choicest New Zealand is quoted at 118s ; Australian, 116 ; Danish, 125 ; Siberian, 112 ; and Argentine, 117s per cwt. Cheese market quiet, but firm. White makes are quoted at 63s 6d per cwt. Hemp : Market weak and slightly lower, and transactions light. Good fair grade, en the spot, is quoted at £28 10s ; fair grade, in the same position, £27 ; fair current Manila, on the same so t, £29 10s ; Janu-ary-March shipments, good fair grade, £28 ; fair grade, £27 ; fair current Manila, £29 10s. Cocksfoot seed: Mar'-et firm. Lifiht stocks on 'hand, with no pressure to sell ; 17ft cl an dressed srod is quoted at 76s per cwt. s •- . Invercargill Prices Current :— Wholesale— Butter • (factory), lib pats, ll£d. Cheese, 7d Butter— Farm, 6d.j separator Bd. Hams, 9d. Eggs lOd. Barley 2s to "2sr. 6d. Chaff, £5. Flour, £11 10s to : £12,'" Oatmeal, £14 10s to £15. Bran, £1 15s. Pollard, £5- 10s. Retail.— Farm butter, 8d ; separator, lOd. Butter (factory), pats Is 2d. Cheese, Sd. Eggs, Is.. Bacon, lOd. Bran, 5s 9d, Pollard Ps. 9d, Chaff 2s^ 9d. Oatmeal, 50"s 8s 6d ; 25's, 4s Cd. Flour, 2001 b, 25s ;, 1001 b, 13s: Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd.) report :— We hell our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. There was a small attendance of buyers, but with the exception of feed oats (.for which there was no demand), nearly all lots. on offer- met with fair competition, and found" buyers at quotations. Values ruled as under :— - ' ' Oats.— Only moderate demand has been experienced during the week. Milling lin^s have little -or no attention, and are practically only saleable as feed. Best feed lines have been moving off- slowly for shipment at prices a shade below late values. Medium and 'inferior quality has no inquiry. We quote : Prime mirinr, 2s 5d to 2s 6d ; good to best feed, 2s 3d to 2s 4^d ; inferior to medium, 2s to 2s 2d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.— ln milling quality there is little change, and no business to report. Fowl wheat has become very scarce, and to supply orders good milling quality is in many cases taking its place. We q.uote : Prime' millimr, 4s "lid to 5s ; best whole fowl wheat, 4s. &d -to 4s lOd; inferior to medium, 4s to 4s 6d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.— Old Dorwents and Up-to-Dates are ' now practically out of the market, although a few s'^all repicbed lots are offering, at 20s to 40s. New kidneys, freshiv picked aT>d' well' grown, are , worth £5 15s to to £6. 10s ; medium to good, £5 to £5 10s per ton (s^nks included). Chaff.— The market has been morp heavilY surtrlied and in consequence values are slightly easier, During;

the week we have sold a fair quantity^ of prime, \aten sheaf -at £4 10s,- but ,to-day,. ty ' view, of the quantity offering, this price is difficult to get^ and" really good / oaten .sheaf has been sold at £4 5s ; medium to' good, £3 10s to '£4; light and inferior, ' £3- to- £S 7s/"6d per ton (bags extra). " " Straw.— The market is fully supplied with wheaten straw; which sells at, 40s to 42s 6d ; . oaten, although - not so plentiful; has enly moderate demand at 42s' to 47s jSd per ton (pressed)." -'- • ••* - Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co', report :— Oats.— There is very little demand for . shipment or local use.. Medium and inferior oats have no inqmiry, and even best quality is hard to,- qtiit at a decline on late values. Prime milling,-" 2s 4cT to' 2s sd; good to best feed, 2s 2d to 2s 4d ; inferior to medium, 2s to 2s Id per bushel fsacks extra). • Wheat.— There . is very little, business passing, although fowl wheat has become very scarce, . and milling quality is taking its place in supplying- orders.Prime milling, 4s lid to Ts ; best whole fowl wheat, 4s 7d to 4s 9d ; inferior to medium, ' 4s. to 4s 6d ; broken, 35, 6 d .to 4s (sacks extra). . ' .- Chaff.— The market is over supplied, and values are daily becoming easier. Prime quality is the only kind of chaff inquired "for, and this brings from £4 to £4 ss; medium to good," £3 -10s to £4-; light and- inferior, £3 to £3 7s 6d per, ton (bags extra). Potatoes. — All old potatoes are -out of the, market, and there are not many new potatoes coming forward. Best kidneys, freshly ptteked and well giwn, are (in) worth £5 15s to £6 1(6 ; medium to good,' £5 to £5 10s per ton (sacis extra). - - - --, - Pressed Straw.— The market is fully supplied, and sells at from 40s to 425-6 d for wheaten, and 42s 6d to 47s 6d for oaten per ton. ( .