THE CENTRAL PRODUCE MART (LTD.).

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15821, 21 July 1913, Page 4

THE CENTRAL PRODUCE MART (LTD.).

Reilly, Gill, and Co., proprietors, report for tlio week ending Saturday, the 19th :r.st. :-- Consignments of fruit have boon in full supply. Butter and eggs have met a splendid demand. Tigs are wanted. Oat sheaf eliaff is in request. At our weekly sale on Wednesday poultry realised high prices. Opossum and robbitskins, hides, fat, horsehair, etc., also realised good values. Fruit and forest stud birds for utility purposes, spray pumps, spray oils, kurania, and incubators are in demand, and quite a number of salts have been affected during the week at the following priees :— Uarotongan oranges and bananas: Our wireless message, received on Monday, gives a total for Duncdiu of 1862 caees, of which 1197 cases are consigned to our care. Wo expect 13s per rase for bananas, and 9s per ease for oranges. The following are the actual prices secured by us for our consignors: Lemons, 12s 6d. Apples: Hobart scarlets, lis, 12s, 12s 6d; stunners, 9s 6d, 10s; French crabs, Ds; Stones, 8s 6d; local apples—Dessert, to 3id; cooking, 2d to 2Jd; inferior, 8s to 10s per cwt. Pears: llobarts —prime, 9s per half case; others, from 6s 6d to 8s per caso; local desserts. 2d. 2jd 2Jd, and 3d; cooking, 2d, 2Jd, and 2j(d per lb; inferior, over-ripe pcare, 3s 6d per ease. Poorman oranges, 9a fid and 10s for dumps. Mandarines, 13s 6d to 15s 3d. Passions, Ik Pines, 10s 64 to 12s. 6d.

Meloti6, 5s 6d.. Honey: 51b tins, 2s; 5611) to .601b tins, 3act to 4d per lb, according to quality; sections—prime, 6s 6d per dozen; pats—£lb, 5s per dozen. Marrows: Wanted. Cabbages, Is, Is 6d, 2s 3d, 2s 6d per sack. Cauliflowers, ss, 4s, 5s 6d, 6s, and 7s per sack. Onions, &, 8s 6d, 9s per cwt. Potatoes: £4- to £4 5s per tori' (ex truck); small lines, 5s per cwt. Oat sheaf chaff: Prime oat shoaf chaff, £4 5s to £4 10s; medium, £3 17s 6d (ex trucks' side). Fowl wheat, 3s 2d, 3s W, 3s sd, 3a 6d, '2s 8d per bushel. Butter: Farmers' pats, lid, lljd per lb; separator, lljd and Is per lb; milled, lid per lb; bulk, 11-Jd. Cheese: Factory, 6d, 6id, did per lb. F.sgs, Is 4d to Is 5d per dozen. Bacon: Prime rolls, per lb. Tea: Finest Broken Orange Pekoe Tips— 51b and IMb chests, Is 2d; 251b chests, la Id per lb. Nuts: Peanute, 2Jd; walnutsinferior, 3Jd; Rood Akaroas, fid per lb. Prunes. 3|d to 3gd per lb. Poultry: Hens, Is 9d, Is Md, 2s, 2s 2d, 2s 4d. 2s 6d, 2s 8d each; pullets, 3s 9d, 4s 3d each; cockerels, Is 3d, Is 6d, Is 9d. Is lid, 2s, 2s Id, 2s 2d, 2s 3d, 2s 4d, 2s sd, 2s 6d each; stud cockerels, 7s 6d, 20s, 21s. 255. 30s, 425, and 65s each; ducks, 2s 3d, 2s 9d, 3s, 3s 3d, 3s 9d, and 4s each; turkey goblors, 9j.d; turkey hens, 7dper lb. Cockleslicll grits, 5s 6d per cwt. Chocolates: The. best English, 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d, and 8d lines of iwt-milks. Pigs: Baconers, 6|d :ier lb; porkers, 6d; heavyweights, 6d per lb. Kurania: The Black Spot and Apple Scab Eradicator. Now i 6 the time to apply. Write for particulars. Opossum skins: Rome very poor_ quality skins came forward; in all we received 333. Two skins realised Id each, 24 do 2d, 14 do 9d, 9 do Is lOd, 2 do 2s, 2 do 2s 6d, 7 do 2s 3d, 2 do 3s 9d, 38 do 4s 6d, 14 do 4s 7d, 6 do 4s 9d, 13 do ss, 37 do 5s 3d, 41 do 53 6d. 69 do 5a 7d. 22 do 6s Id, 6 do 6s sd, 25 do 6s lid. Rabbit and hareskins: Rabbitskiris, 15? d. 21-R 22R 22' d; liareskins, 18d. Sheep skins, 6W 7jd; ono particularly nice line. 9M. Calfskins, 7Jd, Bd. 8R ty. Sid. B|d. Yearling skins, 7-jd. Cow hides, 72-d, 7?d. Ox' tides, Bd. Fat: One line at 21k. one line at 15s, nnd one line at 23s 9d. We strongly recommend early consignments of bacon, pigs, butter, and eggs. REILLY, GILL. AND CO.. Auctioneers and Commission Agents, Moray place, Dunedin.