COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18850, 1 May 1923, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE REPORTS. Messrs Donald Raid and Co. (Limited) re- — The market is unsteady. "Wo quote; A Cartons, 2s lOd; B Cartons, 2s Bd, ex truck, Dunedin (sacks extra). . , Wheat.—The millers are taking all Unco of "cod-conditioned wheat at 5b Id for Tuscan, 5a 3d for Hunters, and 5s 5d for Velvet, f.0.b., Dunedin; fowl wheat, -Is per bushel <Ba to the flood the ma'rket is bare of supplies, and prices aro firm at £8 10s per ton. ■ . , , ~ Chaff. —Supplies are increasing, but tnc principal demand is for prime chaff. wo fluoto: Prime, £4 15s to £5 ; good to pest feed ft 7s 6d to £1 12s Gd; medium light and discoloured, £2 10s to £i (sacks extra). CHEESE PRICES. The following are prices obtained for cheese on consignment this season from the South Island, through the New Zealand Produce Association, London: White. Coloured, cwt. cwt. Wairaana 127 a 126 s Paparoa 121 a 121 s 6d Durham 125 s 126 s Middlesex 127 s 130 s Matokana • • • • 127 s 129 s Rimutaka 132 s d3ia T nll :p I3ba lUs Kent . Hss H7s 6d Suffolk- Ufo 1496 ' OPUNAKE HARBOUR. BOARD. LOAN OF £50,000, AT 6 PER. CENT. PER ANNUM. Applications for this loan are being received so freely that up to 5 p m last evening over £45,000 had been applied for. leaving only £SOOO now available. The loan lias a'’currency of 10 years, and the interest is paid fr"o of exchange at Dunedin or ‘any other branch of the Bank of New Zealand in the dominion. The. security for the loan is a special rate over the harbour district, which comprises some of the best farming lands in the Ncrth Island. The capital value of the rating area amounts to nearly ono million pound sterling.—Further particulars and debentures oan bo obtained from Harman Reeves, Standard Insurance Buildings, Dunedin. —Advt. Scott Bros. produce merchants and commission agents, agents for the Egg and Poultry Growers’ Association, Dunedin, report; Eggs: Fresh, 2a 2d per dozen;, Circlo stamped, in crates to-day, 2s 3d per dozen. Butter: Dairy pats, Is Gd per lb. Honey: Very quiet. Prime clover bulk, old to 6d per lb; 10lb tins, 5s 6d to 6s each, beeswax; Is Gd per lb. Fat: 20s to 2.1 s per cwt. Poultry; Hens, 2s 2d per pair; ducklings, 5s Gd to 6s Gd per pair; geese, nominally 8s pet pair; turkeys—hens 9d per lb, gobblers lOd per lb. Pigs; Baccners, 7ld per lb; porkers, 7id per lb. Potatoes; Best tables, X 7 10s to £8 per ton. Onions: Canterbury to hand, £8 IBs per ton. Chaff: Prime oaten sheaf, £5 per ton (sacks extra);