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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11715, 24 April 1900, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

Daily Times Office, Monday evening. The amount of revenue collected at tha custom house to-day on goods cleared for conjunction was £1293 19&

GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS. T

Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report having held their usual weekly auction saie on Monday, when the attendance of buyers was fairly good.

Oats.—We offered a small catalogue •of medium to good oats, but owing to want of competition had to pass in the .most of the lots. We quote: Milling (Sutherlands), Is IOJd to ls llcl; good to best-feed, only saleable in small lots at from ls 8d to Is 9d; fair to medium, ls 7.Jd to ls Sd (sacks extra). Wheat.—Prime milling still 'meet,s with a steady demand at late rates, which are: Prime velvet and Tuscan, 2s 5d to 2s G.d;'red sorts, 2s ad; medium and second class, 2s 2d to 2s 3d; fowl-feed—good whole, 2s; -broken and inferior, ls Od to Is lOd (sacks iv). Potatoes.—Tho market at presont is overstocked, ar.d sales aro difficult to effect at a reduction on last week's rates. Prime Derwents, 37s Gd to £2.

Chaff.—Supplies to hand this morning aro very heavy, and prices have in consequence cased. Prime brings from £2 15s to £3; good, £2 12s Gd; medium and inferior, £2 2s Gd to £2 10s.

Messrs Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) report that prices ruled as follows at their auction sale On Monday: —

Oats.- Only . a small catalogue, oi medium feed oats ottered. There was a small attendance ot buyers, and, as competition was weak, most of the lots on efter were passed in. We quote: Prime milling, IslOd'lo'ls lld; good to best feed, Is Sd to ls Od; medium and inferior, ls 7cl to ls 8d per-bushel-(sacks extra). Wheat.—Prime milling samples of all sorts are in good request, and sought after at late values; if anything, prices are hardening a. little. Medium and fowl.wheat.are in slightly better demand at values fully up to those lately ruling. We quote: Prime milling,' 23 Sel to 2s GJd; medium, 2s 2d to 2s 4d; whole iowl wheat, ls lld to 2s; -broken;-etc.;-Is-Pa to Is lOd per bushel (sacks, in),. Potatoes.—The market is fully supplied, and prices have declined from Os to 7s Gd per ton on late values. We qiio'e:" Best'Derwents, 37s Gd tc £2; others, 32s 6d to S3s per ton (sacks in). Chaff.—The market, is..fully, .supplied, and only prime chaff inquired for, medium and light not being so keenly sought after. Prime oaten sheaf sold at up to £3; good, £2 12c Gd to £2 17s Gd: medium,--light.-and-discoloured lots, £2 to £2 10s "per to.i (sacks extra). Messrs A. Moritsson and Co. report having held their usual weekly'safe'of grain and produce on Monday morning. 'There was.a fair attendance of buyers, but - competition was dull. Oat3.—ln tho absence of any outside demand the market remains quiet. .Best feed are wor.th 13 9d; medium and inferior, ls 3d to ls Sd; milling, ls lOd to ls.Ud per. bushel. Wheat.—All lines of prime milling are readily placed from 2s 5d to 2s 6idi other sorts, howver; have uo attention; fowl wheat, Is 16d to 2s per bushel. ' Potatoes.—Supplier, coming forward have been heavy, which has caused the market to give way. To-day best .Derwents sold from £2 to £2 ss; medium, £1 15s to £1 17s Gd per ton. Chaff.—A considerable quantity being offered, prices have receded quite 5s per ton. We sold beat oitt.cn from .-£2 12s 6cl to £2 17s Gd; medium, £2 to £2 10s per ton. '