DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKET.
Wheat— Tbere is no chanse of any consequence to note sin^e la»t reporting. The market remains somewhat quint, them bem. no improvement to nota in prices. No sales of any importance bave transpired, as stocks in first bands are nil and arrivals h»ve been slieht. Buyers at the same time ara not inclined to enter into large transactions at present quotations, which are. for prime milling Tuscan and velvet, 3s 9- to 3s lOjd ; good to best, _ s 8d to 3s 9d ; medium, 3s 7d to 3s 8d : inferior, 3i 3d to 3s 6 _ (ex store, sacks weighed in ; terms). Oats—The market this week has Deen somewhat quiet, but as sellers are not exceedingly anxious to quit at lower prices, quotations show but little difference, and the slightest improvement in the intercolonial demand would undoubtedly cause a rise. Tbe quantity arriving is insignificant and very few left in the stores. Meantime, however, tbe position teems less favorable to holders, though' a reaction may at any time set in. Prime milling stout and bright are held fnr ls 9i to ls 9| . ; best short stout feed, ls 8&d to ls 9_ ; medium to tr ood, ls 7id to ls 8d ; inferior to medium, ls 5 . to ls 7d ; occasionally odd lots for seed, ls 9d to 2s (ex store, sacks extra, net). Grass Seeds— Market quiet. Best machinedressed perennial ryegrass seed, 4s to 4s 3 1 ; extra prime, 4s 6 d ; medium to good. 3s 6d to 3» 9d (etc store, sacks extra, net). Cocksfoot : Best machine-dressed, 4£d to 5d : extra prime, 5Jd to sid 4 undressed, 3d to 4d per lb (e_ store, sacks extra, net), Chaff— The market is fully supplied; prices show but little alteration. Rabbitskins— notwithstanding the -act that prices at the sale* lately held in London ; showed a slight decline, more particularly in respect to those ruling for inferior skins, the demand locally continues fairly active, especially for best skins • inferior sorts all along have been fetching low pricos. On Monday we submitted a good catalogue, which was well competed tor, b;st winter greys fetching lOjd to lljd S extra prime and picked, It Jd to Is ; medium, 9d to 10d ; best autumn, 7d to Sd ; medium, 61 to 6Jd ; summer, 31 to sd; suckers and inferior, ld to lid: best winter black. IOM to l» ljd j medium to good, 7d to 9_d j inferior, SJ to fld per lb.
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Mataura Ensign, Issue 14, 1 August 1895, Page 2
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408DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKET. Mataura Ensign, Issue 14, 1 August 1895, Page 2
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