COMMERCIAL.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 1138, 20 January 1903, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

INVEBCABGILL PBODUCE BEPOBT. Messrs McKay Bros, report on sales for the week ending Saturday, January 17, at their Exchange Sale Booms, Esk street, Invercargill, as follows : Cows—Three entered; no sale. Poultry—sßo penned; prices low. Hens, 9dto Is Id; roosters to Is sd; ducks, 2s; geese, 3s 6d to 6s eaoh. Pigs—SO entered; good demand. Suckers, 13s to 16s; weaners, to 20s; slips, to 24s 6d each. Potatoes—l2s to 9s 6d per owt. Onions—7s 7d to 9s per owt. Wheat—lßs to 20s per bag. Oats—los to 14s 6d per bag. Barley—lSs to 16s per bag. Honey—4d per lb. Fruit—Bananas, 16s; oranges, 265; lemons, 265; pines, 13s; plums, 9s; apricots, 9s; pears, 10s 6d; cherries, 4s 6d; strawberries, 8d to 6d.

DUNEDIN HOBSE MABKET. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co. report as follow: Forty horses of one sort or another were entered for Saturday's sale, the offering being composed principally of aged " done " horses, whose days of work are nearly over. Only one draught horse that could be termed anything approaching first-class was offered, viz., a really good stamp of a 6yr-old gelding, of fair quality and in good condition, the property of Mr Bobt. Matthews, of Gore, and he was disposed of after spirited competition at £52. Judging from the fact that there were 10 or 12 of the town contractors in the yard, all of them wanting really first-olass horses (powerful shatters) from five to seven years old, it is safe to say that there would have been a record sale on Saturday bad suitable horses been entered. We oan therefore strongly recommend our clients in the country having horses of the class named to send them forward at once, as we can without difficulty place them at the extreme prices given in our quotations. We also note a good inquiry for big, upstanding, well-trained harness horses of from five_ to seven years old —horses suitable for carriages, hansoms, and waggonettes, and for the city trams. We j have customers wanting pairs, and we have numerous inquiries for upstanding light harness horses. For medium and low-class horses, of both draught and light breeds lower prioes have to be accepted than were ruling some time ago. Only one light horse that could be designated a good beast was forward at the sale, and this, a powerful spring-vun mare, was sold at £3olos. We also disposed of a 4yr-old hack, by General Tracey, at £l7 10s, and a yearling, by Brooklyn, £lO. We quote : Superior young draught geldings £SO to £55, extra good, prize horses, £56 to £6O, medium draught mares and geldings £35 to £4B, aged do £26 to £33, upstanding carriage horses £3O to £35, wellmatched carriage pairs £7O to £9O, strong spring-van horses £3O to £35, milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses £22 to £2B, tram horses £l4 to £2l; light hacks £lO to £l6, extra good hacks £lB to £25, weedy and aged hacks and harness horses £4 to £B.

DUNEDIN PBODUCE MABKET. Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report that prices ruled as under at their auction sale on Monday:— Oats.—Prime milling 2s 8d to 2s 9d, good best feed 2s 6d to 2s Bd, medium 2s 3d to 2s 6d, inferior Is 9d to 2s 2d. Wheat.—Prime milling velvet 5s 6d to 5s 9d, prime Tuscan and red wheat 5s to 5s 6d, good 4s 8d to 4s 11 d, medium 4s 5d to 4s 7d, best whole fowl wheat, 4s Id to 4s 4d, broken 3s to 4s. Potatoes.—Best newly-dug kidneys £4 5s to £4 15s, others £4 to £4 ss. Chaff.—Prime oaten sheaf £5 to £5 10s, medium to good £4 to £4 15s, inferior and straw chaff £2 10s to £3 15s.