Commercial.

Lake County Press, Issue 786, 16 December 1897, Page 7

Commercial.

MORITZSON m KOPKIM. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. Messrs Mokitzson AND Hopkin, auctioneers, wool, stock and station, grain, produce, and commission agents, corner Bond and Jetty streets, Dunedin, repor (wholesale) as follows for the week. All subject to market fluctuations : Wheat: Prime velvet, 4s 6d to 4s Sd ; Tuscan, 4s 5d to 4s 7d ; red chaff, 4s 3d to 4s Gd. We have a good demand. Oats : There is a little more activity, and prices have advanced Id per bushel. We quote—Prime milling, Is Hid ; bright plump feed, ls9d to Is 10J ; medium and off color, Is 71(1 to Is B|d. Barley : Feed at from 2s to2s6d ; milling, 3s to Ss 3d ; malting, 4s to 4s Sd, at which prices we have sold, medium to good, 3s Gil to 3s-9d. We have a good inquiry and shall be pleased to receive samples. flops, with some enquiry, lid to Is. Flour, LP2; oatmeal, Lll 10s. Pearl barley, LIG ; bran, L 3 ; pollard, L 3 15s. Potatoes : Derwents, £2 to £2 5s ; kidneys, £ll to £l2 per ton. Chaff : Prime quality, L 3 7s Gd to 1,3 10s for extra ; medium, L2 17s Cd to 1,3 ss. Pressed hay, £3 ; pressed straw, 27s Cd to 30s.

Ryegrass: Best, machine-dressed 3s to 4s; undressed, 2s to 2s 9cl. in better demand. Cocksfoot: Town machined, s£d ; farmers riddled, 2Ad to 3fd. Eye corn : 3s 3d. Linseed, in good demand, LlO to LlO 10s.

We receive rabbitskins, hides, sheepskins, ami tallow, and return highest market values. Hides wanted each, 2d to 3j’d per lb. We hold regular weekly sales. Sheepskins : Butchers green crossbreds, 3 9d t<> 4s fid ; extra, 5s Od to 6s Od; dry cross breds, 2s od to 5a Gd ; merino (dry), 2s 3d to .‘ls 6d ; medium Is Gd to 2a. All skins are thoroughly attended to, and if we are dried. Horsehair, Is to Is 3d per lb. Beeswax, Is to Is 3d. Rabbitskins: We quote : Summers, 5d to Gd ; autumns, 7d to fljd ; winters 12d to 15d ; selected 15§d ; blacks, 14d to JSd Have an unlimited demand for all classes and return highest values. Sale every Monday. We have an experienced man classing all skins, and thus receive top value from buyers. Wool: We have already received several lines of the new season’s clip for our first sale to be held on December 21st. We expect to see brisk competition, especially for all fine wool. All wool tor this sale must arrive not later than the IStii hist. Nitrate of Soda, Liu. Kainit, L 5. Basil Slag, L 5. Clovers, rape, etc., all pure smd fresh. Cornsacks.—We have landed a large quantity of 4G, and 4S-inch cornsacks, and shall be pleased to make quotations on application ; also seaming twine. County Sales conducted on most reason, able terms. We supply Rabbit and Sheep Netting, and give special quotations by the mile. Oil Cake in stock. FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT Butter : Prime salt, dairy made, 6d per lb. Ecus : Can dispose of any quantity at top market rates. Demand good. Cheese : Prime factory, to 4sd net ; .Akaroa, 4d. Bacon : Rolls and flitches, 5d to GJd ; hams, 7d to 7Ad. Onions :*LIS. Pigs: 4d per lb for good quality of right sizes. We make advances on the coining woolclip at Bank rates, and have facilities to sell equal to none in Dunedin. Ego Preservative : We are agents for Vickery’s Egg Preservative, a really good and reliable article, and to those who want cheap eggs in winter we can recommend it to. Particulars on application.