Commercial.
WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.
Messrs Moritzson and Hopkin, . auc—tioneers, wool, stock and station, grain,, produce, and fc^ommisaiou. agents, corner Bond: and Jetty streets, Dunedin, report (wholesale) as follows for the week.. Allquotations subject to market fluctuations: Crown Sheep Dip, 5s 6J per gallon..in. 5 gallon drum; 5s in larger quantities. Wheat: The new crop •is * now at Prime velvet and -Tuscan, 3s 10<i to--3s lid, new.crop; red chaff 3s 8d to 3s lOd.. The demand for wheat at.oar sales has-been - good. Oats : Prime milling and bright plump feed < Is 8d to Is 9d ': ordinary feed, Is 7d to IsSd;: off. color. Is 6d. Samples of new crop fromthe north are to baud..
Barley: Taken up for milting • and feed purposes at from 2s 4d to 2s 8d ; malting,. if prime, 3s 6d to 3i lOd, with good demand. As-stated before the crops are short ir thenorth, and we feel sure with careful handling , your barley should be worth from 3s 6d to 4s at Frank ton, and we feel, sure if we get the handling of the whole cropy could well.. maintain the market..
Hops, 7d to 7£d. Flour, L 10; oatmeal, LlOf poarl barley, . Ll2; bran, 15 10a -pollard, 14/ Potatoes: Kidneys,L3? Derwent*, L 3 Ise-
Chaff : Prime quality up to £3 5i ;r Pressed hay, £3 t0£304; pressed straw, 35*to 40s. Ryegrass: Beat machine-dressed 3s 6d to 5s 6d°; undressed, 2s to 3s 2d,
Cocksfoot;. Town machined, 4Jd to 5d ■farmers’riddled, 3d'to S^d, Linseed, £8 10s to £9.. We receive rabbitskinsi hides, sheepskins, and tallow,, and return highest market values. JHldes wanted from 7s 6d to 12s Osl each, or 2d to 2id per lb ; extra heavy, up to 3J J. We hold regular weekly, sales. Cornsacks, seed sacks, wooipacks, and; seaming and" binder twine in stock and supplied at lowest rates, FRPIT AND:PRODUCE REPORT
Butter: Salt, we have sale for all good-; lota ; prime quality, in.good demand at 7d to "id ; medium, at 5d to 6d.. Egos Can dispose of any quantity at topmarket rates. Cheese: Prime factory,. 4d.net. Akaroa,. 3|d. Onions 8«. Pigs ; 2Jd to 3d per lb for good quality of rightsizes. . Fruit : Regular shipments arriving from Tasmania, Sydney,.and.the Islands.. Quotations on application! TiahitvOraiiges, D and E, are landed by us weekly. To stockr.iisi.Tß- we recommend' the Imperial Calf Food. Circulars on. application..
We overlooked “Farmer’s” letter last week, and will fully answer next issue.. Our offerings at wool sales were fifty- bales. Re barley : to put the matter practically, wo invite all farmers in the Lakes District to. offer, their barley through us. We have apurebasei for the whole crop—l2,ooo sacks, at 3s 6d at Frankton (sacks extra) less our commission, 2J per cent. This is equal to 4s here. The only provision we is that the barley must be bright, plump, mellow, and well-dressed.. Cash eight days after, delivery.
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Lake County Press, Issue 699, 12 March 1896, Page 2
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