COMMERCIAL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 18 October 1918, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Waters, Ritchio and Co., Auctioneers, Wool, Grain, Produce and Commission Agents, report whole sale for the week as under.

All quotations are subject to market fluctuations. Wheat —Good dem .'. at Government prices. Oats.—Market brisk. Milling 5s 2d to 5s 3d, bright short feed 5s to 5s Id, medium and inferior 4s 6d to 4s lOd on trucks. Kabbitskins.—Market very unsettled. We quote best winter dots 37d to 41d ; second winter does 30d to 36d; best winter bucks 32d to 34d; second winter bu*s 27d to 31d; outgoing bucks and. does 22d to 26d; springs 19d to 21d; winter blacks 60d to 72d per lb. Hides. —Auction sales are now being held every fortnight. Sheepskins.—Government valuation held fortnightly. x Tallow. fdarkat very quiet. Rough lat 16s to 20s; tallow in tins, 26s to 28s; casks, 30s to 37spercwt. Horsehair.— Market quiet, l4£d to 15£ d per lb. We store and drees all classes of seed and grain. All our machinery is of the latest and most effectivs design, and is operated by practical men of long »xperience. General Produce Report. Butter. —Best salt, Is 4d p<ir lb. Dairy butter in pats, Is 3d. Eggs.—Fresb, Is 3d. ' ■ v . Honey.—9d per lb. Poultry.— Local roosters, to i»a pair; trans, 3s 6d per pair; ducks, 4s per pair. Bacon —Rolls, la 3d; hams Is 4d. Chees*. —IOJd psr lb. Pigs.—ln good demand. Baconeis 9d; heavy weights,, sd; porkers 9d.