COMMERCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 165, 10 July 1918, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

DUNEDIN FRUIT 1 AND T>RODUS« MARKETS.

'i Messrs "Bray Bros'ifof Dunedin) Ltd. report as follows for the week ending July 6th, 1918, on the Dunedin Fruit and iProdude market:—-

Fruit.—Large consignments of dessert and cooking, apples have arrived during the) past, week and values are easier compared with those ruling last week.

Onions. —The onion market has firmed and. has advanced about £2 per ton during the past few days. Values in Canterbury are very high, and with Melbourne onions quoted at £ls per ton, which means they would cost in tOie vicinity of £l9 10s landed'at Dunedin, there nrust 'be a further rise in values.

: . -Potatoes. —The market shows an upwand',..tendency and good' prime lines are- -readily placed at quotations. Medium and inferior lines are not meeting with a ready sale. _ Chaff.—Very firm. The bulk of the line's coming forward are light or discoloured, and prime lines are readily picked up. Oats.—All lines are in short plyPoultry is in short supply and good tabjle. "birds are demanding 'fixcellerit prices'.

. Eggs.—Stamped and guaranteed eggs are firm at quotations. ' The following prices, were' realised during the week. Wheat: Fowl 6». 6d per bushel. Oats, feed gartons 4s 7d per bushel. •Chaff, prime oaten sheaf £7 to £7 10s ; medium £6 5s per ton. Fat 23s per cwt. Beeswax 2s per lb. Maize 7s 3d, per bushel. Clover, hay £5 15s per ton. Hitchon's -bacon : Is 3d per lb.«- ■ Cheese, mild and matured 10jd per lb.

lEggs, stamped Is lOd ■ per doz : presrtrved ■'ls ■ 6£d per doz. Butter, creamery bulk Is sgd per l'b j creamery pate Is 6d; dairy and..' separator Is 3d per lb.; : milled Is 2d; to Is 4d per' lb. .'•'"■■■ Honey, sections Kk peT doz; . bulk white clover 9-£ d per lb. Apples: Jonathans 6s' to 8s 6d. .peacase ; cookers 8s per case; Delicious 10s to 13s per case; Lord Wolsleys 8s 6d per case. Pears, dessert Cloes 4£d per 'lb. Liiiions, Adelaide, 17s 6d per case; American £2 5s to £2 10s. 'Oranges, Poor/nan 16s per case; Raratonga 15s per case. Bananas, ripe 22s 6d per case; Raratonga to 15s : per ca.se. Pines 17s 5d per case. Passian.i 18s psi- case. Tomatoes", local Is 4d per lb. Walnuts lOd to Is per lb. Grapes 2s 9d per lb. Melons 20s per cwt. Pumpkins 6s to 8s per cwt.

'Onions, good dry Canterbury's £l* to £l2 per ton. Pickling onions, 2d per lb. Potatoes, prime 'local £9, 10s per

ton. Cauliflowers, iirs,ts 8s 6d per doz. Ca-bbages 3s 6d pen 1 doz. Marrows 6s to 7s. market firmer. .-Poultry-.: Hens 4s per pair; cockerels 6s 6d to 7s -per pair; ducks 7s 6d pair; turkey gobblers" lid per lb live weight, turkey hens B£d per lb livfi weight. Pigs, best baconers B£d per l'b;• over* weights 6d per lb ;■ porkers Bfd pw lb. '■.•'..'

STOCK MARKET. Dalgety and Co., Ltd. report having held their monthly- stock sale at Murchison oh the sth'insfci', when tne v yarding of all stock .was light; ; All stock-sold readilv"-at good prices. Quotations:—2-th Wethers 23s 9d to 255; Fat sheep 32s &i. Caittle:—lß month Heifers in calf £6; 18 month steers £7 2s 6d; cows in calf £5 10, £7 7s 6d !; £7 17s 6d, .£8 10s. £8 1&, £9 10s, £lO 12s 6d; b\ul £6 12s 6d; fat and forward bullocks £1.3 7s 6d.