WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11402, 20 April 1899, Page 3

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Messrs Moritzsou and Hopkin report for week ending April 19: — ' '

Wheat.—There is a fair demand for prime samples, but other descriptions are hard to place. Fowl feed is readily placed at quotations. We quote: Best velvet,-2s 4d to 2s Gd; best Tuscan, 2s 3d to 2s 4d; fowl wheat, la lid to 2s. Oats: Arrivals have not been heavy, and all coming forward have met with a ready sale at quotations. We quote: Best feed, Is 3Jd; medium and inferior, Is Id to Is 3d per bushel; Sutherland's, Is sd. Barley: Feed sorts are quoted at Is Gd-to Is 9d ; milling, Is 10d' to 2s; prime malting, 2s 9d to 3s 4d; medium, 2s 4d to 2s Bd. Kyeconi, 3s. Flour: We quote £7. Oatmeal in 25's, £8. Pearl barley, £12. Bran, £2 10s. Pollard, £3 10s. Nelson hops are quoted at 7d to lid (f.o.b:). Chaff: Scarce. Prime, £2 15s; medium, £2 5s to £2 12s 6d. Ryegrass: Few sales are being made here, farmers being inclined, to hold in the meantime, to see if prices will improve. Buyers' ideas of. values are from Is 3d to Is 7d for ordinary farmers' dressed seed, and up to 2s for .exceptionally good samples. We quote: Farmers' dressed, Is 3d to Is 9d; machined. 2s 6d to 3s. Cocksfoot, 2Jd to 3kl for farmers* lots, and 4Jd to 5d for.machined. Linseed (wanted), £12. Pressed straw, 255. glover hay, £3 to £3 10s. Nitrate of soda, £15. Clovers, rape, etc., all fresh. We.can offer all classes of seeds pure and fresh Potatoes.—Arrivals have been hefrvy and prices arc easier. ' Kidneys, 27s 6d to 30s; Dorwonts, 37s Gd to 42s Gd. Hides, lid to 4Jd, according to weight and condition. We have a special inquiry, and can guarantee top prices. .- Tallow: Rough fat, 9s. to lls; rendered, 10s 6d to 15s, -according to.quality. Horsehair, Is 2d. Sheepskins.—We offered a large catalogue at our usual sale on Tuesday. Competition was very active and prices showed an advance all round. Fine-woolled skins were in special request and brought extreme prices. We sell by auction every Tuesday. Rabbitskins.—No sales were held this week, but prices remain firm at late quotations. We undertake country, clearing sales. FRUIT AND rEODtJCE HEPOHT. Butter cases with parchment, ISs per dozen. Butter.-^Prime dairy, 8d per lb; milled, 7id to 8d for choice. Please note consignors of butter must consign to us, Dunedin, not Port Chalmers. Home shipments now stopped. Cheese: Factory, 4»d; good Aksioa, -id. Pigs.—For good quality, to 4ld.- I Poultry received fur sale any "day. Roosters, I 2s 9d to 3s; hens, 2s; ducks, 3s to 4s per pair. These quotations are for prime quality. ! We hold auction sales of grain and vroduce ! every Monday, and fruit daily. ' * j ~ '~~ i FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT. Messrs Thomas Patorson and- Co. report April 19:— ■■-'(.. . Fruit.—Market still fairly supplied with good fruit. Choice fruit is wanted. ' Plums, 2d to 2?, d per lb for good to prime.- Tomatoes: Firmer, IJd to 2Jd; hothouse, 4d. Apples: Cooking, ljd to 2d; inferior, 23 to 83 per*case; dessert, 2d to 2Jd. Pears: Best sorts, 2d to 3d; cookers, lid to 2d; inferior, almost unsaleable. Quinces, lid to ISd.-Pie melons, £3 10s to £4 10s per ton. Grapes, 6tl to 9d. OrangesGood supplies, 6s Gd to 7s 6d. Bananas: Market bare; 2j|d. Peaches, 2d to 3.', d. Lemons: Italian, 22s 6d. . " Produce.—Fresh butter (in good demand), 7d to 8d; prime salt (wanted), 7?, dto B^d; factory, 9Jd. Eggs barely supplied. ■ Bacon: Roll, 7scl to 7Jd. Hams, S3. Pi K s, 4*cl. Cheese: Factory, 4?. d; farmers', 3}d to 4d. Onions, £4. Potatoes: Kidneys, 27s Cd to 25s per ton: Derwents, 37s Gd to 455. Poultry.—Hens. 2s to 2s Gd; roosters, 2s 9d to 3s Gd; ducks, 3s to 4s. Turkeys: Hens, 6d ; cocks, Sd to 3d. We receive any day for sale,. end can place immediately on arrival.