COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11199, 23 August 1898, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

Daily Times Office, Monday evening. The amount of revenue received at the custom house to-day on goods cleared for consumption was £3887 9s lid.

COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, August 21. ' Frozen mutton: Crossbred wethers, maiden ; ewes—Canterbury, 3gd; Dunedin, Southland, and North Island unchanged. Lamb is not quoted. River Plate crossbred or merino wethers, heavy and light, 2Jd. GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS. Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report that prices ruled as under at their auction sale en Monday: — Oats. —For the lines on offer there was littlo demand from the buyers present, and the bulk was passed in. A fair demand exists for shipping' lines, and all on offer were afterwards cleared privately, at—For good to best feed, 2s Id to 2s ljd; medium, Is lid to 2s per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. —No move to report in" the market for milling wheat. Fowl wheat sells at—For good whole wheat, 3s to 3s 3d; medium, 2s 6d to 2s lOd per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes. — All on offer met good competition and were cleared at £7 per ton, being an advance of about 5s per ton on last week's rates. . . Chaff.—The market is still well supplied, and anything but prime quality is difficult to place.- We sold best oaten sheaf at £3 7s 6d to £3 10s; one truck extra heavy, to £3 12s; medium, £2 17s 6d to £3 23 6d per ton (bags extra). Messrs Dalgety and Cc (Limited) report having held their usual weekly auction sale, when there was a fair attendance of buyers. Oats.—We offered a small catalogue of inferior to good feed, and sold most of the lines at the following prices: —Good to best feed, 2s Id to 2s ljd; fair to medium, Is lid to 2s OJd; inferior, Is 6S to Is lOd. "Wheat.—Several lines of fowl wheat were submitted, and brought.from 3s to 3s Id. Potatoes.—There has been a better inquiry during the last week, and several lines were sold at auction at up to £7. Chaff. —The market is still over-supplied with light and inferior qualities, which has a tendency to teep the price of good down. We quote prime, £3. 7s 6d to £3 10s; fair to medium, £3 to £3 6s; light and inferior, £2 12s 6d to £2 17s 6d.