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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11598, 5 December 1899, Page 4

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Daily Times Office, Monday evening. The amount 'of revenue collected at the custom -.house today on goods cleared for consumption was £2404- 15s lOd. ' The Agent-general cables:—" Butter, 105s; prospects, more favourable. Cheese, 575; market rising." GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS. Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report having held; their weekly auction sale on Mondaj, /when theie was.a: fair attendance of-buyers. . Oats.—During the past week the demand has improved, and all lots of good bright feed ■ coming to hand meet with ready sale. We , Quote:- Prime milling up to Is lOJd; good to best-feed/as 9d tals 10d;- medium* Is 7|d to Is 8-ja (sacks extra). ■_ "Wheat.—The -.market continues dull, and very little..business .is passing, anything but really prime lines of milling being very hard to place, : and even for best lower prices have to be accepted. Prime ■ milling, 2s >6Jd to 2s 8d; medium, nominally, 2s 6d; fowl feed, 2s 3d to 2s 5d (sacks m).r -■•-.:■■■;■ Potatoes.— There is absolutely no demand for old DerwentS, and we would recommend clients not to forward any. •.Chaff.—The.. quantity -.coming forward-.is about equal to requirements, and any but really prime is diiEcult to quit. Prime is worth from _2.10s to £2 15s\; fair to medium. £2 2s 6d to;£2 ss. . ! .- Messrs Donald Reid and Co.. report that prices ruled as under at their auction sale on Monday :— ' 'Oats;— Our 'catalogue was made up of •niedram to.'good feed oats. Most of the lines on offer ymet. with improved competition, and the bulk r 61 the' catalogue was-cleared at prices fully, equal to: late quotations. Good to best feed sold at Is 9d to Is 10d; medium, Is 7d to Is BhA por bushel-(sacks extra). " Wheal.-^-We- Bubmttted" a fair selection of fowl wheat. Good v/holo wheat sold at 2s 3d to 2s sd'; :broken at Is' lOd to Is llid per bushel"(sacks in).' ' Potatoes.—The market is still fully supplied with JDerwenta, ,-iojf,.which there is practically no sale,.tlip.se in good, condition being nominally worth 15s'to 17s' 6d per ton (sacks in). r .. Chaff.—O,ur-».;:<:-.catalogue contained only medium quality, for which there was poor competition Prime quality ii 3 not offering freely, and meets with ready sale at quotations. We quote: Prime oaten sheaf, £2 10s to _2 15s • medium to good, _2 7s to _2 7s 6d per ton (bagsrexfra).'; i. ,- .-....■