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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10239, 31 August 1909, Page 1

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HOME MARKETS. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) Received August 31, at 9.15 a.lll London,, Alic.ll.-t 30-

Silver, 23|d L'ii" wheat and th-ur afloat ior the United Kingdom is 2,035,00(1 qviirfci.'is. and for the Continent 1.24-5.000 quarters Atlantic shipments amount to 228,000 and the total shipments to Europe- for th'j wee;-, were 375,000 quarters.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORT. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows We held our- usual weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our to-day, when we offered a large catalogue to a full attendance of buyers. Wo cleared most of our catalogue under good competition at auction and privately at prices as under: Oats. —The market is lifeless, 110 oxje'rating for shipment to. any extent going on. Vessels loading last week cleared the stores of a good quantity, but did not affect- the prices, as mostly all had been bought previously. We quote: Prime milling Gartons, Is 7-Ul to Is BJ-d; Sparrowbills, Is 7d to Is 8d; good to best" feed, Is 6.'-d to Is 7d; inferior to medium, Is 4d to Is 5-Jd per bushel (saicks extra). Wheat-. —Tlio market remains in the same position, buyers being not disposed to come up to holders' ideas and holding fair.stocks are content to await developments. We quote: Prime milling, 4s 5d to 4s 6d; choice, velvet, to. 4s 7d ; medium to good,'4:s 2d to 4s 4d; best • whole fowl wheat, 3s lOd to 3s lid; inferior and smutted, 2s (id to 3s 4d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. —T to majority of the* potatoes offering are not in good condition, and do not meet with ready sale. Sound freshly picked Uo-to-dates are iiv request." We quote: Extra prime, £3. 10s, to £3 12s 6d; choice, up to £3 15s; medium to good, £2 10s to £3. Chaff. —Heavy bright oaten sheaf well cut meets with ready sale, but medium arid inferior is in over-supply.' We quote : Best oaten, £2 12s 6d to £2 17s 6d; medium to good, £2 5s to £2 10s; inferior and discolored, 35s to 40s. Straw. —We quote: Oaten, 25s to 27s 6d per ton ; wheaten, 25s to 27s 6d per ton, pressed, ex truck.