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North Otago Times, 15 January 1906, Page 2

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OAMARU MARKET REPORT.North Otago Times Office, ■; Saturday alteuiotm. There is little doing in the • loual wheat market', (or though there is a tair cn> quiry arc not prepared.; to. pay the prices : asked having 'logard lo the state oJtiwrmarkct in Australia and; the; price quoted there for flour. The wheat market' is if anything a little cisier, Til"*can and velvet liavilg been sold at 3s Gd at', country stations, lsss commission, though in one .ease 3s 8d (.n.b., was . f ob- * tained for velvet of prime cuaiity. Rodchad appears to ; be pretty plentiful, andIsijtootcd at 3s'3d to 3s 4(f, at country; : stations,' 1 less commission There is a good enquiry ioi fowl wheat, hut.vorv,; little is ' Sales have taWu place at 3s Id and 3s lid t.o.b, for whole wheat, and 2s 8d washed- for. one lot., of broken. Oats ai o somewhat weaker. though : ; thcre is very little business .do>. ing. Small' parcels of Gaitons ar.d Nanjfeh were sold for the North Hand at 2s Id to 2s Ud 1.0.b. A small paicel of feed barley was quitted at "3s 8d at a country - siding. There-is iip local'demand for 1)0: fcatocs but one or two. coiisigiimenls ■ to Duii«lln rpaliscd as much as . l H(i:and |!8 10s, 1 ' less' commission m Duiicdui. -The. market has since weakened.■ ■; v i, ;

We quote for produce, net, at sidings,. sacks extra, ..except where othenvto stated :, . • Wheat.—Prime Tuscan aiKl velvet, 3s 5d lo 3s. Cd ;-"good 3s 41d to.3ssd,j redchalf 3s 3d to 3s 4d.. Fowl wheat, 3s Id.to 3s 2d, 1.0.b., extra good samples one penny more,.-. Oats.-l'rime .Cartons, ,1a IOJd to Is lijd; prime Danish, Is 10(1 to Is lid Barley.—Prime malting, Us Dd; to 4» i medium to good, 2s 9d to 3i 3d; feedi 2s to 2s Bd, less commission, f.o.b. i Potatoes.—Kidneys, £l3 to £l4. (sacks ill). Flour.—Sacks, £9. . Oatmeal, £l2, Bran. £4, . ; Pollard (scarce), £5. Butter, dairy, 7d; factory, ltjd, ; ~