COMMERCIAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10672, 23 January 1911, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

DUNEDIN MARKETS. By Telegraph. (Special to the Oamaru Mail.) ..;'... ' • Dunedin, January 23. Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report as follows — Oats—Prime milling, 2s 2£d to 2s 3d; good to best, 2s Id to 2s 3d; medium, Is lid to 2s. Wheat—-Prime milling,' 3s Gd to 3s 9d; medium milling and best whole fowl wheat, 3s 5d to 3s 7d' : ; medium fowl wheat 2s lOd to 3s 4d; broken and damaged, 2s 3d to 2s 9d. Potatoes —Prime 'ripe', £6 10s to £7 10s; medium to good, £5 to £6 ss; unripe and inferior, £4 to £4 15s. Chaff.—Prime paten, £4 10s to £4 12s 6d; choice, to £4 15s; medium to good, £4 to £4 7s Gd; inferior and discolored, £3 5s to £3 15s. Straw—-Wheaten,' 30s to 32s 6d; Oaten, 37s 6d to 40s.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.

(Per Pueks Association.) Wellington, January. 23. Following is the High- Commissioner's market; : ,report dated. 21st January. (Quotations, • unless.'. otherwise: specified, are average market prices on spot.) The mutton market is' steady and stocks of New Zealand are small-, but high prices are restricting business in the market.. The supply - 61' : Australian .and- River Plate meets the demand, .and they are selling freely. Canterbury, cannot be quoted; North Island, 4sd; Australian,! 3id;: River Plate, 3_d. Lamb.—There is a dull sale for all lamb, -arid *' le market has declined. Canterbury, s|d; other than Canterbury,, 5Jd; The beef market is : firm, as the stock on hand is small, with good inquiry, especially for fores; .New Zealand, Jiinds, .3Jcl;,.fores, 3d. .'- T-ne"Uutter' market is firm, with more inquiry at higher prices. About the beginning of this week the market closed rather ... quiet; choicest New Zealand, 110s, occasionally d Ills; Australian, 105s; Danish, 116s; Siberian, 1035'.., Thev'Arawa's shipment arrived in "good condition. . .'The cheese market is firmer. The Arawa's. shipment arrived' in good condition, and met with a brisk demand'. Colored 59s'; white, 57s 6d. ' Woolr—The. market is . stronger. The cocksfoot seed market is quiet but firm. NeV crop,' weigliing 191bs per bushel, was offered at 80s per cwt, and had no buyers. Eggs—Gold-stored Italian, 10s Cd to 12s per 120;. Austrian, Bs.3d to 10s,Danish, lis 9d,to 13s 6d. '.. ;