COMMERCIAL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue LX, 21 November 1913, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

Dunedin Weeidy Market repor

a Messrs. Waters, Ritchie and Co auctioneers, wool, grain and produce s nd commission agents, .report whole tale for the week ae under. All quoaations are subject to market uctuations— Wheat.—Market quiet. Best velvet and Tuscan, 3s lOd to 4s Id; medium, 3s 7d to 3s 8d; fowl wheat, 3s to 3s 6d. Sacks extra. , Oats.—Market quiet. Milling, 2s 3d; bright, short: 2s Od to 2s Id; medium and inferior, Is 9d to Is lid. Barley.—Market very quiet; little business passing. Rabbitskins.—Good demand at last reduced prices. Suckers and runners,4d to 6d; summers, 8d to lO.d ; 'autumns 14dtol6d, incoming 17d to 18d; early winters 18d to 19d; outgoing. 16d to 18d; springs, 13d to 156 ; winters, 20d to 23d; selected to3od; winter blacks, 30d to 40d. Sheepskins.—Sales fortnightly. The demand is jgood at late ratiss. Pelts, Is to'2s Od; crossbreds, 3s to 9s; extra 9s 3d to 10s. Hides.—We hold fortnightly sales. Prime ox, 9£d to 9|d; heavy do,. 8d to B§d; medium, 7£d t» 8d; light 7Jd to 7fd; damaged,' s |d to 6Jd; calfskins,4s to 5s 6d; yearlings, 6s 6d to 10s; horse hides, 8s to 14s each! ' Tallow. —Rough fat, 16s to 19s; tallow in tins 21s to 22s 6d; casks 26 s to 7s per cwt. Horsehair.—l7d to 19d per lb. ; We store and dress all classes of seed and grain. All our, machinery is of the latest and most effective design, and is operated by practical men dof loner experience. General Produce Report. Butter.—Best salt, bd per lb; Dairy butter,,in pats, 7£d. Eggs.—Fresh, Hid; stamped, Is Cd.' Honey —3fd per - Bacon. —Rolls, lOJd; hams, Is.

Cheese 6|d per lb. Pigs.—ln good demand. Baconers, 6d; porkers, 6d: heavy weights 2%d to 3d

Poultry. —Local, roosters, 5s to 5s tid pair; hens, 4s 6d per pair; ducklings,4s to 4s 6d per pair.