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Dunedin, this day. Best bullocks sold at £8 to £8 17s 61; medium, £6 os to £7 15s. Best cows and heifers, £6 5s to £7 2s 6d ; medium, £4 10s to £5 10s.
Fat Sheep.—Best crossbred wethers, lis 6d to 13s ; medium, 10s to lis 3d ; best crossbred ewes, 10s to lis, medium, 8s 6d to 9s 9d. Sheepskins.—Best preen crossbred pelts are fetching Is to Is 2d ; medium, 8d to lOd. Green lambskins, (best), Is 6d to Is 9d. Best dry crossbred skins, to 6£d; medium, 3d to 4d. Best dry merinos, 3|d to 4d : medium, 2d to 3d per lb. - Rabbitskins.—The rabbitskin market is firm and prices are slightly lower, prime winter skins fetching Is Id to Is 2d ; medium, lOd to Is ; best spring 7|d to 9d ; medium, 6d to 7d ; summer, 3d to od. Hides.—The market is steady, best fetching 21 s 2d to 3d ; extra heavy, 31s 4d to 3^(1; light, lsd to 2|d ; inferior, Id to l|d per lb. Wheat for prime milling, tuscan and velvet, 3s lid to 4s; medium to good, 3s 6d to 3s 9d. Oats.—Prime feed and milling, Is 9d to is lOd ; medium to good feed, Is B§d to Is 9d. Barley.—Prime malting, 3s to 3s 3d ; extra do, 3s 4d to 3s 6d ; medium to good, 2s 6d to 2s 9d.
Best dressed perennial ryegrasss seed, 4s 3d to 4s 6d ; medium, 3s 6d to 4s ; best undressed, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; medium, Is 9d to 2s sd. Cocksfoot, best, 4d to od ; medium, to 3}d per lb. Potatoes.—The market is fully supplied, best fetching £3 10s to £3 15s ; medium, £3 2s 6d to £3 78 (3d per tou. Chaff. —The market is over supplied and there is a further drop in prices. At th 3 London wool sales (latest dates), merinos are bringing a penny above the opening rates, and scoured merinos are firmer.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2090, 31 January 1896, Page 2
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323COMMERCIAL. Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2090, 31 January 1896, Page 2
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