Commercial.

Lake County Press, 6 January 1898, Page 7

Commercial.

MORITZSON m HOPKIH, WKKKLY MARKUT KKPOUT. Messrs Mokitzso.n and Hoi-ki.s, auctioneers, wool, stock and station, grain, produce, and commission agents, corner I! 1 and Jetty street-, Duuedm, repo, (wholesale) as follows for the week. All quotations subject to market fluctuations :-■ Wheat : Prim, velvet, Is lid to 4s S I ; Tub can, 4s 5d to -Is 10. ; red eliall', 4s 3d to 4s lid. We have a good demand.

Oats : There is a little more activity, and prices have advanced bl per bu-die'. We quote— Prime milling, Is Hid : blight plump feed, Is 91 to Is 10 I ; niediuin and oil color, ls74d to Is Si I.

Barley : Vca,\ at from 2s to2so 1 ; milling, lis to Ms 3d ; malting, 4s to 4s Sd, at which prices we have sold, medium to good, .'is (id to .'is 9d. We have a good inquiry and aliall be pleased to receive sain-

Hops, with some enquiry, lid to Is. Flour, Ll2; oatmeal, LI I- 10*. Pearl hurley, LJ6 ; bran, L 3 ; pol lard, L 3 15*. Potatoes : Det-wents, "£2 to £2 ">s ; kid

neys, £ll to £l2 per ton. Chad' : Prime quality, L.'i 7s (id to L 3 10s for extra ; medium, L2 17s G I to L 3 ">s. Pressed hay, £3 ; pressed struv, 27s (id to 30s. Ryegrass: Best machine-dressed 3s to 4<; undressed, 2s to 2s ltd. In better demand. Cocksfoot : Town machined, oil ; farmers riddled, 2.Jd to 3JI. Bye coin : 3s 3d.

Linseed, in good demand, DO to LlO 10s. We recive rabhitskins, hides, sheepskinr, and tallow, and return highest .'Market values. Hides wanted each. 2d to 3Jd per lb. We hold regular weekly sales. Sheepskins : Butch rs green crosshreds, 3 9d t. 4s !)d ; ( xtra, 5., Od to (is Od; dry cross bi eds, 2s stl to 5s (J 1 ; merino (dry), 2s 3 1 to 3s fid; medium Is (id t) 2s. All skins are thoroughly attended to, and if we are dried. Horsehair, Is to Is 3 1 per lb. Beeswax, Is to Is 3.1. Rabhitskins: We quote: Snmm n rs, 5d to (II ; autumns, 7 1 to 9Jcl ; winters 121 to Isd ; selected I">£.| ; blacks, 14-1 to ISJ Have an unlimited demand f iv all classes and return highest values. Sale every Monday. We hive an experienced man classing all skins, and thus receive top value from buyeis. We held the first Wool Sale of the season in the Agricultural Hall on Tuesday, when we catalogued and offered 0)4 hales, a.id also sold priv.itnly 380 biles. There was a large attendance of foreign and local buyers, but competition, we ate sor.y to state, was very dull, except for a few lots of very choice crossbred, for which prices ruled well up to those of last season. G tod wools, however, were a £d to :J 1 per lb lower, while medium r.nd inferior qualities had little attention, and comparing same with the opening sale of last yeai prices were fro n J.I to ).}d fer lb easier. Merino, on the other hand, was eagerly cempjted for, an ! showed a decided advance. Locks and pieces also sol I well, and brought satisfactory prices. Thd following were the range of v lues: Superior half-bred, 8.1 to Fjfd ; best half-bred and cross-bred 7d to 7f■ 1 ; medium Gd to 6Jd ; inferior;")! to ojd ; bsl, merino 7d to Sd ; medi't.T 01 to 6|d ; inferior 5 1 to oj 1 ; bellies and nieces 3d to 4id ; superior 5 1 to G 1 ; locks, Ud to 3d. Nitrate of Soda, Lls. Kainit, L 5. Basic

Slag. Jws. Clovers, rape, etc., all pure mid freih. Cornsacks.— We have landed a large quantity of 4(5, and 48-inch corusacks and shall be pleased to make quotations i_n 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. IfK(TIT AND PRODI'OIi REPORT Hcri'Kß: Prime salt, dairy mule, 6d per lb. KoGS : Can dispose of : ny qu ilitity at top market rates. Demand good. Chkk.sk : Prime factory, -Ihl to 4.jf<l net : Akaroa, 4d. Bacon : Rolls and flitches .Id to GA 1 ; hams, 7d to 7Ad. Onions :~LIS. Pigs: 4d per lb for good quality of right size--. \Ve make advances on the coming woolclip at Hank rates, and have facilities to sell equal to none in Dunedin. Eon Prbskkva"lVK : We are agents for Vickery's Kgg Preservative, a really good and reliable article, and to those who want cheap eggs in winter we can recommend it 10. Particulars on application

year at 6d pur lb realised this season 5d to 5Jd, .-.nd at GJd all that it brought this year was Sid to s|d per lb. For blight, cleau i-b n is, suitable for ma of the local mills, prices as compared with last season, were Unchanged. Bright X-ireds par to jd per II) lower ; heavy aiiu inferior long wools jjd o Id loivei : me iuni to inferior A-breds and x-breds Jd to Id low r ; merino* par t < h\ higlier. The total number of bales i.it'cied at this sirics was f>f>49 bales, of which we offered MI 1 and cold 666 bales. The feature of our sale Wiis Captain J.imcs (Gardiner's Birchwood clip, which was in fine condition, fieeand clean, and splendidly got up. The bidding was very brisk for every lot in this clip, the 4-bred, x-bred, and merino pieces realising the highest prices for the day's sale