MONTHLY GRAIN REPORT.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 131, 6 April 1881, Page 2

MONT HLY GRAIN REPORT.

Wheat Dnrine t'>e past month the exports of Bref»dßtufi> from this colony to tho "'nglish and foroian..markots hav ■• been un-nsually-laree, Meibourae. as reputed m our last month'g oirnular, no;.v com'nnn'lins the. attention of foreign " buy ef«. who have operated Jreely durinsr.ttie.j)ftS.t^ Je .« months At our varinns sales held during . the mon>h we submitted lar?e calalozues, the bulk of which was cleared out ai satisfactory prices. On "Wednesday, the 2nd inst , we ob'aine -\ the top price, 4s 2d per bushel : this figure, however, was not maintained, owing to the unfavorable news received by cablegram from England of _ a decline of sixpence per quarter. The greater portion of this season's crop has now ?«ne through, and as the deliveries "•x ra?Wav are rapidly falling ofE. our catalognos from this date wi 1 be~ consid-jablv reduced. We gu te :— Priroe eed Wheat, 4? 2d to 4.3 3d; prime shipping narcpls. 4s O&d to 4s Hd ; prime miHine. 3s lljd to 4^ 04^ ; medium to trood, 3s 9d to 3s lid ; and i- feriov to medium, 2s lid to 3* 8d t)p.r bußhpl. Flotjr. — This market has been -overstocked, and none >»ut well-known h anHs are taken "up at the" following prices, viz.: Good country brands, £8 '2s Gd ; and town-millifi; at £9 st< rlinp per ton. ""Oats."— "A much "bcUer dnnand was evinced towards the close the month, and la-t wpok we rrpirted an advance of a lid per bushel having been obtained ih-oucrho-it, our sa eof the 9th. W e quote : —Prime Milling. 2s lid to 3s; prime Feed. 2s 6d to 2s 7.1 ; medhm to good, 2s 3d to 2s 5 1 ; inferior to medium. 1* 9d to 2s 2* ; and Drime Calcutta, from 3s Id to 3s l£d per bushel. Barley.— Si^ce our last-monthly report <ye n-te a much b-tter market for th's cereal, a gooi demand having wt m by the. local maltsters, whrt'-will shortly >esume onerations. We q.'iote :— P'ime Need, 4s; primo Malting, 3s 6d ; medium to good, 2s 4d o 2s lOd ; Car>e and Oregon, from 2s l<l' to 2^ 3Jd per bushel. - Bran.— Websve so-d Bran during the month at from^id tov9J, and Pollard 8J ) to Bfd per busheL~ ' "~ :