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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13812, 28 January 1907, Page 4

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Daily Times Office, Saturday evening. IMPORT MARKET. Following lire the details of the supplies of woolsacks, cornsacks, caetor oil, etc., which tho Aparima brings for all parts of this colony:— n ■ . e "o % S 3 a 2 rt "• a 8 M >> I S S 3 § Castor oil. Port. P O O OO • ' - Half Bis. Bis. Bis. Bis. Cs. Dme. Lytteltou .. 120 3,795 — 45 710 1,549 Wellington 1(50 495 — 2G 200 2,375 Tiraarii .. 170 3,387 - - 60 -_ Nelson .. (iO — — — — 25 Auckland — 230 G5 30 535 850 Oaraaru .. 25 370 — - -t — Dunedin .a — 71M 50 5 7CO 1,600 Bluff ..,.., - 724 - 5 120 200 Picton ... ]5 — — — — — Gigborne .. — 50—8 — — Napier .. 25 220 — 33 — 175 Wanganui .. — 30 — — — 50 Blenheim.. - 75' — — — - Total .. 575 10,190 115 152 2,375 6,824 The Mail Summary published with this issue contains, in addition to a record of recent market movements, complete prices current. — o WOOL SALES. ' Fr««« Association—By Telegraph-Copyright. LONDON, January 23. At tile wool sales the demand was brisk, iind there was keen competition for finest merinos. Prices aro unchanged Tho Akitoo Cup realised 13jd. KAURI GUM. Prwi Asuoeiition—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 25. At tho kauri gum auctions 1574 cases were offered and COO sold. Scraped realised exttoino prices; hnt tho lower grades are unchanged. Fair three-quarter scraped, 117s Cd to 127s Gd.

KXPORT OP DAIRY PRODUCE. (Pir TJmTKD" Priss AssociATioir.) NEW PLYMOUTH, January 26. The Corinna, which will load on Monday, will take 13,501 boxes of butter ami 3M3 cases of cheeso from A'ew Plymouth, valued approximately at £50,000. This will bring the total exports from hero -tliis month, including tho amoun'i still in store, to £106,088. Altogether this month 44,G0G boxes of buttor have been shipped, 4500 remaining in cold store. Tho increase in the value of tho January exiwrts compared ivilih last year areprosents £30,017 on butter and £7748 on cheese. Ineluding shipments from tho Patea- grading works, the total value of the butter and cheeso sent from Taranaki this month is estimated (o reach £152,058. An all-roumt slirinkage is now reported, but tho volume is still well ahead qf that of any previous year,

OAM'ARU GRAIN MARKET. jJFsou Our Owk Correspondent.) OAMaiMJ, January 27, The market is quiet, and millers are only buyers of such lines as may bo suitable for mixing purposes. Ono or two lots liavo changed hands at equivalent lo 3s 2d to 3s 3d, at sidings, less commission. Oats aro in request, ami as much as 2a ii\, delivered iu Oamnrti, has been given for northern lots. Locally there is none- offering, and tlio market is bare. Hay has been procured frem the north at £3 per ton, delivered at Oaniaru. Potatoes aro variously quoted, but prime sorts should bo worth £5 iOs. Harvesting has now become general, and crops, which have beon cut and stool;od, may be seen in every direction. The results aro expected to bo very poor by comparison with recent years, as tho reports of tho Otago Daily Times special reporter have indicated, but a. good many fair crops may still bo looked for. The drying winds have affected oa.ts n good deal, and the grain will be small and the crop generally iight. Tho subject ot iced for tho winter is now tho chief anxiety.

THE IKVEKCARGILL JIARKET. {FaOil OOE OVYN' COEEESPOKDE.ST.) IXVERCARGILL, January 16. There has been good inquiry for oats during tho past week, but stocks at tho Bluff beiii" very lon (it is said that they do not total more than 15.000 sacks altogether) merchants ate not keen to quote. 13 grade oats have boon selling at 2s 4.\d f.0.b., Bluff, and aro now worth h IOJd to Is ll»cl, on trucks, at country stations. The demand is principally from the Xorlh Island, but Sydney merchants have also been inquiring during the week, and it is expected tint there will i>e a- pretty fair inquiry from now on till the new crop couies in. Tho market reports from Australia and the Korlh Island indicate that the crops there aro going to be very sliort. Local merchants expect high prices to rulo for the opening of tho season.

Chaff continues wry firm, »ml a considerable quantity has boon going lo Duncdin during tho week, and much more could have been sold if tho supply had been available. Prices , may still bo quoted at £S 15s, on taste, for good quality.

During the past few (lays several "rubbed out" camples of ryegrass havo been submitted to. local merchant", hut they did not care ki offer fur these samples, preferring to wait till the ssoed is threshed. The market should be fairly opened in 10 days or a fortnight. Tlio seed this year is almost certain to be light, hut judging from Iho samples submitted it should be iairly clean and of a good colour. It is expected that for goutl, clean seed from tho mill as high as 3s will be given. The stock market Eitll remains inactive, and with tho exception of a. few lines of lambs which arc- being cold for "forward" delivery practically no business has been passing during the week.

At the Wsillacctown sale'on Tuesday (hero was a fairly large yarding of store sheep, principally store wethers and lambs. Wethers, two, four, and six-tooth, sold at from 13s Gd down to 8s Cd for culls; and lambe from the back country sold at from 8s Cd down to 3s (id. Fat wethers Eold at last week's prices. Buyers aro scouring the country for lambs both for freezing and to put en to rape to fatten, and several 'lines for the Hatter purpose have changed hands during the week at up to 10s. There, aro still inquiries from the north as to the possibiity of an outlet being found down here for surplus sheep, and 1 understand that next month's tales will see several lines of northern sheep put into tho local market. The recent rains havo helped the ieea very considerably, and it is not expected that there will be such a serious drop hero as lian taken place in Cantcrbuiy. The cattio market is still very dull, and prime beef can l)s quoted at from 21s to 25s per WOlb.

Strong prices are still ruling for all classes of fibre, as there is a. good inquiry irom the London market, for January shipment. There is likely to bo a, serious shortage for January, and merchants are making big efforts to scrape, the necessary " parccis " together. The inquiry for "forward delivery" is hardly as good as it was, but is still .very satisfactory. There is a. good inquiry for " spot ' parcels of tow, but "forward delivery" business is neglected. • The. difficulty experienced by millers in turning out " good fair" has caused a. rather serious shortage in this class of fibre, ami I heir of big prices being-paid for local parcels for this month's shipment.

HIDE SALE. The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association of Now Zealand report huviug field their fulnightly salo of hides at their stores, Crawford and Vogel streets, Duiiedin, on Friday, when they offered a catalogue, of 532 hides and calfskins. Tim bulk o! their catalogue ccusisted of country consignments, which were all m good condition. There was a full attendance of buyers, who competed keenly for every lot, and, although prices realised were a trifle easier than at their last sale, tho catalogue was cleared at satisfactory prices. They quets: Extra, prime heavy ox, 7gct to 7Jd; pnms, 7d to 7}d; medium, Cgct to G.'.d; light, 6i to Gijtl; heavy cow, ejd to CJd; light, Cd to GJd; bull, 4jd to Sid; yearling, M to Cjd; calfskins, BJd to 6Jd,

DUNEDIN , HORSE SALEYARDS. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. (Lid.) report as follows:—Tie number of horses forward on Saturday last was very small, niifl the quality all through was poor. There were a few buyers present requiring good, sound, active shatters, hut as none of our eniries corresponded with the classes in demand very little business was done. Wo found it very difficult indeed to elicit a bid for some of tho aged draughts, and old' and bioken-down limness horses are a drug in the market. There is etillj however, a good inquiry for sound young draught mares, and geldings and strong upstanding Jight harness horses aro readily saleable at prices slightly in favour of buyers. Next Saturday, February 2, wo shall offer, on account of Mr Thomas Bishop (Hillend), his splendid waggon team of eight horses, wiih waggon and harness complete; also, on account of Mr W. S. Wilson, contractor, 10 draught horses, carts, harness, etc. We quote: Superior young draught geldings at from £45 to £52; extra good do (prize-takers), £5G to £60; superior young draught mares, £55 to i'C5; medium draught mare 3 a&a geldings i3O to £40; aged do, £13 to £25; well-matched carriage pairs, £76 to £100; strong spring-Tan horses, £25 to £30; milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, £18 to £25; light hacks, £10 to £15; extra, good hacks and harness horses £20 to £25 j weedy and aged do, £5 to £8.

OTAGO FARMERS' HORSE BAZAAR,

The- Otago Farmers' Co-operativo Association of flew Zealand report:—We held our usual harvest sale of horses at our bazaar on Saturday, when we had n,.,rargo entry of heavy draughts, van horses, spring-carters, express sorts, buggy and hackney horses, totalling 123. Consignments came hom Galloway Hot Goodwood, Waikouaiti, Wnitati, Purakanui Mosgiel, Taieri, Henley, Waihola, Berwick, Balcluthn, Timaru, Peninsula, Dtmtroon, and a few wero locals. Included in tho above were a, few pedigree marcs, which realised fair prices. Ihere was » splendid attendance- of the public, including farmers and torn carriers, but, unfortunately, on account of the dry weather ami bad harvest prospects, coupled with tho soarcity of work in town, bidding was very slow for nil classes except for country consignments. Those soli! fairly well, and, with tho exception of a few, wcie nil disposed of under the hammer at,good values. Tho scarcity of grass and the high cost of feed in town deterred those inclined to speculate from operating. Prices all round wero considerably lower ton those obtaining st our sale of this dato last year, the reasons eiven above no doubt accounting for the reduction in values. On tho whole tho sale was fairly good, and a fair proportion of the entry changed hands, no quote: Working mares and geldings, .-632 to £4-2; ordinary plough mures and geldings eight years and over, £30 to £38; lighter sorts £■22 to £2S; good cliity geldings, sharp workers and staunch, suitable for van work, £30 jo £36; spring-carters, £22 to £28; k«gy geldings, £18 to £25; hackneys, £17 to 22.