COMMERCIAL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 35, Issue 9387, 2 October 1903, Page 3

COM M ERCIAL.

BURNSIDE MARKETS. Wednesday, Septemek 30. Fat Cattle.—l 72 head were yarded. Bidding lacked the spirit displayed at these yards lately. Best bullocks brought from £lllss to £l2. extra prime £l2 12s 6d, medium to good £9 10s to £ll, light. £S as to £.O ss, best cows £8 10s to t9 2s 6d. medium to good £7 Ids to £S, light £6 2s 6d to £7 2s Gd. Far. Sheep.—3l2o penned. Towards the close of the sale to effect sales Is to is 6d per head less had to be accepted. Beit crossbred wethers brought 21s to 24s 6d, a few pens extra heavy 25s 6d to 26s 6d, medium to good 17s 6d to 20s, best crossbred ewes 2Us to 22s Gd, a few extra heavy 24s 3c), medium 16s 9d to 19s, liirht 14s to 16s.—Mr John Fenton (Gimmerburn) sold 58 crossbred wethers at quotations, ltG wethers at 25s to 19s, 116 wethers of very good quality at23s9d, 235, and 19s, 74 very prime crossbred and halfl>red wethers at 24s 9d to 19s 9d, 47 merino wethers to 14s 9d, 116 wethers at 26s 6d to 20s ; Mr James Hore (Kyeburn) 54 crossbred and halfbred wethers at from 17s 3d to 18s. 6 halfbred ewes at 17s 9d. Fat Lambs.—l 9 were penned. Best sold at ISs 3d to 19s, medium passed in at 13s 6d. .» SKIN REPORT. Messrs Dalgety and Go,, report as follows : Rabbitskins.—The usual weeklv auction sale wa= held on .Monday, when we offered a large catalogue. There was the usual attendance of buret s and competition was spirited. Late rates were well maintained. Quotations :—Prime winters 15.U1 to IG.Vd second do 13d to Isd, late autumns and early winters' lUd to 13d,atitumns 9d to lUd, summers 6kl to Sd si.c-kers 4d to 3d, blacks lCd to 24Jd, fawns" llUd to ■ Sheepskins.—We held our usual weekly sale on Tuesday, 29th insr. All the buyers were in attendance and bidding was spirited throughout the salp, and prices were fully up to late rates. Our catalogue comprised one or two very nice lines of full woofled halfhreds, meiinos and crossbred* for which there was animated competition up to quotations:—Best merinos 6d to 7cl, short woull.d 4id to 5 3-Sd, best halfbreds ,6id to 7}d, short woolled 5d to Gd, best erossbreds sid to 6d, medium 4Jd to r.;',d, inferior 4d to -Ud. Hides.—Our fortnightly sale will be held on Thursday next, Ist October, report of which will be given next week. Dunedin, 30th September, 1903. DUNEDIN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. Messrs A. Moritzson and Co., auctioneers, wool stock, station,grain, produce, and commission a-'ent* report (wholesale) for the week as under. All quotations are subject to market fluctuations. We would ask farmers when sending samples always to put a price on them, as buyers do not feel inclined to make offers ■—

TAUat There is a fair.business hem? done, hut miller;, are principally oppratmg in prime qnalitv Prime samples wanted We quote: Best velvet, 4s Id to 4s 3d ; Tuscan, 4s to 4s 2d : red chaff, 4s to 4s 2d ; fowl wheat with good inquiry, 3s 3d to 3s 5d (sacks extra) v Oats.—Offering- more free'.y There s a little business passing in best feed sorts, hut other descriptions are quite neglected Millin". Is Sd to Is Sid ; bright, short feed. Is 6d to ls<d ; medium and inferior from Is 3d to Is aid There is an inquiry for seed lines " Barley—Extra prime samples have inquiry, and we can place a considerable quantity for malting Lakes, 3s 9d to 4s; other districts, 3s 5d to 3s Sd ; feed 2s Sd to 2s lOd . R.vecorn—Fair offering's, 2s 9d to 3s 3d ' Chaff—Offering more freely Prime qnalitv, £3 5s to £3 7s Gd ; medium,£2 Ids to £3 There is no inquiry for inferior lots Straw chaff £1 15s ; pressed straw, £1 5s to £110s; pressed hay, £3 Ryegrass—There is a brisk enquiry We quote :. Farmers' dressed. Is lOd to 2s Sd ; machine dreiSed, 3s Gd to 4s 3d per bushel. - Cocksfoot —Machined, 5d to sid ; farmers'dressed, 3d to 4d Demand good We sold several thousand sacks during the week Linseed—From £S to £lO per ton as per quality. Chewings' fescue—Machined 3Jd to S^d; farmers' dressed, ljd to 2d. Moderate inquiry Potatoes—Supplies coming to hand have been small Prime Oamarii Derwents, £4 to £4 5s Canterbury and Southern £3 15s to £4 Kabbitskins—We hold s,ales every fortnight, and offered a fair catalogue this week Demand in excess of arrivals Suckers and runners, 3d to 51d ; summers, (id to SJd; autumns. 9d to 13d ; winters, 14d to lfiid ; winter blacks, Is 10dto2s 6d : outgohi"-! lHd to 14d Sheepskins—We hold sales every Tuesday Demand good We quote: Pelts, Is to Is 9d ; crossbred, 3s to 5s Cd ; extra, 5s 9d to 6s 3d Stack covers, 16 x IS, 40s Hides—We hold fortnightly sales, and quote 3Jd to 6Jd, according to weight and condition We have sale for any quantity that you can forward, and can guarantee top market prices. Tallow—Hough fat, 13s to 14s; rendered, 173 to 20s per cwt. Horsehair, Is lid to Is 2Jd. FRUIT AXD ritODl-CF. BErORT. Butter—Prime salt, from Sd to Sid We have an order in hand for milled for export Fresh butter in pate, storekeepers' lot?, in good demand Off flavour Gid to 7id We can place any quantity Eggs—There is a srood inquiry, and all coming forward are easily placed Cheese—Very scarce, and all coming forward can easily be placed Factory, G.W ; dairy, 6d. Honey Demand is not very strong Prices are ruling from 4d to 5d per lb for good quality. Walnuts—Soiree, at 5d per lb. Beeswax, Is 4d. Onions- Prime Victorians, 6s; Canterbury 4s to 4s 6d B icon—Rolls, Sid to 9d. Hams, 9d to 9Ad". Pigs—For size's up to IGOlb, first-class dairy fed quality, ojd ; prime quality, sid, wanted ; over that weight, prices range from 4Jd to sd. Butter boxes, with parchment linings, we can supply at ISs per dozen Vickery's egg preservative, 20s per case of S gallons Poultry for local ciiisiunption in good demand Roosters 4s Gd to ss, hens 3s (id to" 4s, ducks 4s Cd to 5s Gd Hen turkeys 5d to Gd per lb, cock turkeys 8d to 9d per lb We are landing a few tons of prime red skin Warmmbool potatoes for seed from Victoria next week, which we can supply at £4 Ids per ton. These would make a splendid change. Fruit—We re< eive consignments by every steamer from Australia, r.he Islands, and our "own colony, and hold sales daily on arrival of consignments