COMMERCIAL.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLIII, Issue 92, 1 June 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

DUKEDQT MABKBTSf. teily, OJJ4 afl.l Co., am'tlonfrrni aiid (•omiJit*.«lo« agents, Mor«.y Plac-e, I>un< edin, report business rather quieter than the preceding week, Suva, Karatonga, and 'Frisco consignments of fruit are due to arrive on this market at any moment. We have advice, of 1300 cases of bananas, 300- eases of oranges and 50 sacks of cocoanuts, and expect a fair demand. A splendid yarding of poultry came • forward for our gale on Wednesday. -Butter and honey is wanted. Choice dessert fruits have been in demand. We received some splendid consignments from the Ettrick district. The following prices wore secured for our consignors:— Apples—Jonathans, '2jd, 24d, 2-}<l; Delicious, 24/ d, 3d, 3M; 'Stumers, 2£d, 24d; other disserts, to 2|d; cooking, ljjd to 2d.4jnferior, Id to Hd. . Bananas.—Suvas arrive Monday; expect 15s. Grapes.—iGros 'Cohnas, 2s 2d to 2s 6d; Barbarossa, 9d to Is. Lemons.—'Doubles "Mission" brand, 27s fid; half-cases, 15s 6(1. Oranges.—Expect 12s 6d. Passions. —Wanted. Pie Melons.—7s 6d per cwt. Pears.—Winter Nelis, 21 d, 2id, 2Jd; Coles, I\i\, 2id; others, lid to 2d; cooking, Id to 2d. Pines.—Wanted. Quinces. —lid. « Tomatoes,—'Locals, 10$ d; Otago Central, l|d to 4d. Green Peas.—2d to 3d. •Cabbage.—Market glutted. Cauliflower.—To 6s. Cocoanuts.—'Expect to 14s. Lettuce.—To 2s 3d. Onions.—9s per cwt. Potatoes.—To 7s cwt; truck lots, £5 to £5 10s. Bacon.—Sides, 11-Jd; hams, Is 2d for prime; rolls, to Is 2d. Bacon Pigs.—'Porkers, 8d; choppers, • to sd; prime bacouers, 8d; heavyweights, to 7id. Butter.—'Prime, bulk to Is 41d, pats to Is 4d. 'Eggs.—Stamped and guaranteed, to 2s 3d; preserved, to Is 7d. Honey.—Bulk, s|d; half-pound packages, 3s 6d; section honey, 7s 6d dozen; 101b tins, to 5s 3d. Tea.—'First tips orange Pekoe, Is 6d. .Bran.—£4 10s. Cape Barley.—For seed purposes, to os 6d. Maize.—-To 6s per bushel. IMeat Meal.—l6s per 1001b. Molasses.—Short supply; 6s in tins. Oaten Pollard.—'A special line, £6. Oats.—Best short oats, 4s 3d. Oat Sheaf Chaff.—'Pryne, to £6 5s ex store; light and discoloured, £4 10s. Oaten Dust.—ss per sack. Bice Meal.—los. Whoat.—Prime fowl wheat, us 8d to 6s 3d. Wheat Pollard.—Extra special, £7 10s. Beeswax.—ls 4d. Calfskins.—To lid; cut and slippy, to 6d. Fat.—tn tibs, 26s to 28s; medium, iii tine, 23s to 245; kitehen fat, 22s 6d. 'Horsehair.—l6d to I7d; market weak. Rabbitskins.—ißunners and suckers, 9d to lid; light racks, 15d to 16d; autumn racks, 16d to 17d; early autumns, 22d to 24d; late autumns, 26d to 28d; incomings, 30d to 32d; early winters, 34d to 36d; milky does, 9d to lid. •Poultry.—Hens: 14 at Is 3d, 24 at Is 9d, 121 at Is lOd, 86 at Is lid, 146 at 2s, 45 at 2s Id, 40 at 2s 2d, 5 at 2s 3d, 37 at 2s 4d, 13 at 3s sd. Cockerels: 7 at Is lOd, 16 at Is lid, 15 at '2s, 12 at 2s Id, 13 at 2s 3d, 26 at 2s 4d, 17 at 2s sd, 21 at 2s 6d, '29 at 2s 7d, 29 at 2s Sd, 28 at 2s 9d. 14 at 3s, 1 at 3s 9d. Ducks: 3 at 2s 2d, ,40 at 2s 9d, 9 at 3s 2d, 10 at 3s 9d, 5 at 2s 6d. Pullets* C at 2s 3d, 2 at 2s 6d, 4 at 2s *7<l, 4 at 3s, 13 at 3s 3d, 10 at 3s 6d, 1 at 3s 7d. 11 at 4s, 5 at 4s 3d, 6 at 4s 9d, 10 at 6s 3d. Chickens: 6 at lOd. 'Messrs Donald Reid and Co., Ltd., Teport:—We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday morning, when values ruled as under:— Oats.—There is good inquiry for prime lines of Cartons and sparrowbills, and. for these kinds values are somewhat firmer. 'Medium and inferior qualities have not much attention from shippers, but meet with fair local demand. We quote: Prime milling, 3s 10d to 3s lid; good to best feed, 3s 8d to 3s lOd; inferior to medium, 3s 4d to 3s 7d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.—Best whole fowl wheat is readily sold in small lots at 5s 6d to 5s 9d per bushel (sacks extra). All milling qualities coming forward are being taken by local millers at Government valuation. Potatoes.*—During the past week the demand has not been so keen. In consequence of some Northern buyers having filled their .present requirements sales cannot be freely made, and prices have suffered a slight decline. The demand is almost entirely for sound, well picked, clean lots, lower grades being more difficult to place at a greater reduction in value. Good seed lots have more inquiry. We quote: Best table potatoes, £5 to £5 ss; others, £4 to £4 15s; best seed Up-tb-Dates, £5 10s to £6 per ton (sacks included). Chaff.—There is good demand for prime oaten sheaf, and all consignments of this class are readily sold on arrival. Medium and inferior lots are more difficult to deal with. Straw chaff is now receiving more attention from buyers, but stocks are light. We quote: Best oaten sheaf, £5 10s to £5 15s; medium to good, £4 15s to £5 ss; light and discoloured, £4 to £4 10s; oaten .straw chaff, £3 5s to £3 10s; wheaten straw chaff, £3 5s to £3 15s per ton (bags extra,)-.