PRODUCE PRICES CURRENT. (Report for week ending August 11.)
OATS.— The market is very bare of feed oats ; none now in first liandi ; 6s. 9d. to Cs. per bushel. Seed oats are in request, with but a moderate supply of really good quality, A parcel of 2,000 bushels, ex Albatross, realised about 6s. Gd. Dealers demandlTs. to 7s. 6d. MAIZE.— FuII supply ; no imports. Importers seek 6s. 3d. to 6s. 6d. Sale dull. BRAN.— Plentiful supply at mills at Is. 6d. HAY.— Supply equal to demand ; best sorts command £5 ; oaten, £4 10s. to £5 10s. POTATOES.— A very active trade demand has sprung up during the week ; that, combined with late export shipments and the decreasing stocks, has led to higher prices ; as much as £4 17s. per ton cash was paid for a lot of 30 tons by a dealer, bags supplied by purchaser. Dealers now seek £5 lOs^, with firmness. FLOUR.— MiII, best, £20 ; seconds, £15 ; sharps, £9 ; Adelaide, £20. Stocks moderate. Chilian, £18 to £18 10s. BONE-DUST.— Fine Auckland, £9 10s. to £10 ; Fine Sydney, £9 to £9 10s. ; inferior, £8. Market bare. COALS.— New South Wales, store, 455. to 505. ; "Wangaroi, alongside, 255. ; ditto, store, 30s. W. J. HURST & CO., Produce Brokers, Queen-street.
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2822, 11 August 1866, Page 4
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208PRODUCE PRICES CURRENT. (Report for week ending August 11.) Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2822, 11 August 1866, Page 4
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