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Mataura Ensign, 14 May 1912, Page 8

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DUNEDIN PRODUCE.

DUNEDIN, May 14. Messrs Donald Reid and Company, produce merchants, Dunedin, report as follows: Oats. —Prime milling, 2s 4d; good to best feed, 2a 2£d to 2s 3£d; inferior to medium, 29 to 2s 2d. Wheat.— Prime milling, 3s lOd to 3s lid; choice Velvet, to 4s; medium to good, 3s 8d to 3s 9d; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 6d to 3s 7d; medium, 3s 4d to 3s sd; broken and damaged, 3s Id , to 3s 3d. Potatoes.—Extra choice lots, £5 17s 6d to £6. Chaff. —Prime oaten sheaf, £3 15s to £4; choice Black oat, £4 2s Gd to £4 3s; medium to good, £3 to £3 10s; inf £3 10s to £2 15s. THE RI ALTO REPORT. Messrs Thomas Green and Go. report the following sales on Saturday:— Cow.— £6. Pigs. —Suckers, 8s to 12s 6d; weaners, lis to 13s; slips, 14s to 17s 6d; stores, 18a to 23s 6d. Poultry. —Old hens, 9d to Is; young , do., Is to Is 6d ; pullets, 2s to 3s; roostera, Is to Is 6d; ducks, Is 9d to 2s 3d. Produce. —Potatoes, £5 10s to £6 pier ton; oats, 7s 6d to 10s; wheat, 12s to 13s 6d; onions, lis per cwt; carrots, 4s 6d per sack; parsnips, 6s 6d per cwt. Fruit.—Peaches, lj-d to 2d per lb; plums, l£d ; apples, ljd to 2|d ; oranges, 6s 6d; pears, to 2d; tomatoes, 2d to 36*. GRAIN TRAFFIC RETURNS. The amount of grain for the week carried on the Southland railways shows ' a decrease for the previous week. The number of sacks carried last week was 47,600 as compared with 50,535 for the corresponding weak of last year. The totals for the season up to date arc 201,467 as against 576,682 at the same date last year. FROZEN MEAT MARKET. OHRISTCHURCH, May 14. The British and New Zealand Meat Company's London cable is as follows— Mutton : Canterbury, 4d to 4Jd; North • Island, 3|d to Lamb: Canterbury, s|d to 6d; North Island, sfd.' Beef: (Hindquarters, 4|d; forequarters, 3^3. CHEESE EXPORTS. The Mangamui took from the Bluff i yesterday no less than 1200 cases of Cheese for transhipment to the Surrey t for West of England ports. The district factories contributed as follows: Island 170, Edendafo 150, Otara 130, Gore 71, Pyramid 68, Whiterig 61. The shipments this season up to date total 77,542 oases as compared with 68,607 cases last year.