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North Otago Times, 19 September 1905, Page 2

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THE HOME MARKKTS. Dy Electric Te!egraph-Cppyr|ght.. Per Press Association.

Received Sept, 18, at 7.10 a.m. London, Sept, 13. Popper-Spot, £OB 15s to £M: thr.w months, £6B 12s fid to £OB 17s Od, Lead, £l3 Ws Od. Silver, 2s 4- 11-lOd per ounce. Tin plates, 12s 4Jd to 13s 4Jd. Angle steel, £6' 2s fid j tramralls, ■ '£s 28 Od. Cemeiri|sß Sd and '4b Od) ' New Zealand hemp, firm. .OcTobef-lle-cembcr sliipmonts, £2915s to £3O. Llnscod oil, ISJd. Wool—The Antwerp sales closed animated. Six thousand one hundred and six-ty-live bales ol River Plato were offered anjl 3515 sold. ' MMls-Mr trade, especially Bydncys. Prices are firm. Hides-Periodical sales, but iiusin:sj smalb Prices are unchanged. Leather-Firm. First dressing • sides. 15s. Basils, dc a rcr; first Wellingtons, 12jd to I4|d. " New Zealand frozen meat-Sheep: Canterbury light 4Jd, medium 4d, ; . heavy 3J(1; Hunedin and Southland,. unchanged; North Island, 3Jd to 4d. Lamb: Pnnterbury light sld. heavy 41(1. Beef! Ox fores, 2Jd; ox hinds, unchanged, River Plato sheep : Heavy, ,3id ;. light, 3 il-16d."Beef: Foresaid; hinds, uncrianged.

■ HOME MARKETS. ' By Telegraph. •■■ Wellington, Sop)-. IS. TKo Department of Industries and Gom< meree has received the following- Pablo from the High Commissioner,' dated Lordonn' 36th Inst >. '•' The- mutton Mirket is weak, and there is an inclination, to force sales. Tho avorage prfco to-day for Canterbury mutton is did per lb; for North Island mutton, 3Jd per lb (lluht weights),'and S|d and B|d rw lb respectively'.(heavy weights)-. The-lamb' ' market is-- still 'weak owing'to the.'Poor demand, and-stocks are' accumulating;; The average price to-day for Sjfew, Zealand lamb, aiid for brand? other than Santei'■'lirjf ijtl ■ ■>r'to I*9 twl market Is >

tfiiet, and ther'i) is jib dmngd'to prlds Supplies ofpltlvor Plato beef aiu, heavy Suppllm of chilled fowls ,B]il, foics iljd 'Jho butter maikot fs stoutly, lint without animation, and tbeio Is loss demand Pi ires i DnnMi 120s, Canadian 107s, Atisliallan 110 i 'Jho chctiio mailx't U slightly weakui, with loss dunand Canadian is quoted nt 53s 'lbeie is a bet tei demand foi hemp 'lho maikel is sleadj, a'Kl holiem aro Dim 'the pike of New Zealand lump, "good fait Viil lington" gr»do, on spot to Jay Is W'l, Ottobbr-D'eci'inber shipments, £3O. 'I he piice of Manila hemp " f tt lr uinent" giude on spot tovlav, per ton, h £39 Tlie cocksfoot market is quiet but firm. The a\einge pilco today for blight cldn New Zealand cocksiool scoJ, weighing 17 Its per bushel; on'spot, is 535. per ctyt. Current Bradford • quotations for tops are: - -thirty-sixes '-'(low J cros3lirnls) Is4d; 'lo's (low crosubrcd'sj, Is 4|d ; 4-I's (medium crossbwls), Is ,(!tl; SO's 11-.alF-lircds), Is BJd ■ 50's (quarlorbretls), 1? IOJ-d ; OO's dmerinoii), 2s 2d. DUNEDIN GRAIN AND PftOUUOH MAP.KET.

Messrs ' DonaW Reid and Co, Ltd, report: We hold our weekly auction' sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. Wo .submitted ft full catalogue, most of which found favor with lho buyers present, nearly every lot being cleared at satisfactory prices, ( Values railed as under: .Oats.-Siiiall supplies are coming forward, and only limited quantities n re offering ex store, Theso are bnioly snffllelent to supply the loc a l demand, and' a few export orilers' fnom ohlppers. All sorts aro salenfblout quotations. Primo milling arc worth Is IOJd to Is lltl, ood to 'best feed Is 9}tl to Is WW, Inferior to medium Is 7d to Is fyl ;w ushel (sacks.extra),. ,

Whoat.-Prlnio milling line 9 ltavo more attention. Tuscan being in most favor, Medium quality is not in request, except ns fowl wheat, and owing to the scarcity of-'.the latter these classes realise at present' practically the snuio prico. We quote,': Frluio wilting.3sld to 3s 2d, choice ■Tuscan to 3s 3d, good do, 3s, whole fowl wheat 2s lOd to 2s lljd, 'broken iir.nl ilatnngcd 2s fW to 2s 9d per bushel (sacks extra). • . Potatoes.-There has been a falling ofl in local sales, a«d although consignments are not coming forward so. freely,. values have suffered a slight decline. At today's,salos good Derwents sold at £lO IDs to £ll i prime aro probably worth 5s to 7s Gd per ton more ; best white spits £lO to £lO,. 10s, medium £9 to £9 lfjs, small and inferior £fl 10s to £8 per ton (sacks in);

Chaff—Fair' supplies- of good oaten slioaf were forward at to-day's sale, and realiso/l prices on a par. with lato rates. Medium nnd discolored, lines aro not. in request. Wo quoto: Best oaten sheaf £3 os to £3 Ms, .niodiimrto good £2 1.5s t 0 £3 2s (id, inferior, light annl discolored £2 5s to £2 lfls Gd Per lon (nags extra). Straw.-We offered soveral trucks ol oaten and' wheaten. ,These sold at 35s for oaten and 32s M per ton for wheat (pressed).

Turnips.—Supplies hovo now slackened, and tho few coming fonran.d find buyers at 14s to 15s per ton ('loose) ex truck,