DUNEDIN WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. Witness Office, Thursday Evening.

Otago Witness, Issue 865, 27 June 1868, Page 10

DUNEDIN WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. Witness Office, Thursday Evening.

In the prodnca market no noticeable -changes have occurred, quotations remaining nearly as last given. A fair business has "been done through the week, although, for Sip-country trade, owing to the state of the xoads, very little has been going forward. 3?lour has been brisker, and closes firmer at Xil9 10s. Wheat 3 are correspondingly firm, at 7s 9d to Bs. Some moderate transactions "being reported, the prospects for both these articles depend very much upon next Australian advices. Bran in full supply, and quoted at the mills at Is. Good samples of barley, fit for malting, command 4s 3d to •4s 6d, but second rate parcels are not readily placed. Oafcs show no improvement ; 2s 6d delivered in town is with difficulty obtained for lots of any magnitude, and the prospect of an outside demand seems as far off as ever. In imported produce little has been doing. Maize is low in stock, and little inquired for. Potatoes have come to hand in quantity, and sre likely to be offered by auction on the ' Wharf during the next few days, till when i the precise value is doubtful. ! Provincial flour, £19 to £19 10s ; in small bags, 10s extra. Rice, Patna, undressed, £31 ; dressed, £34 . to £37 per ton. Tea, duty paid, common, Is 9d ; good j -medium, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; superior kinds, j 2s 9d to 3s 3 , boxes, 32s to 36s ; orange pekoe, 2s 9d to 3s 3d. Sugar, duty paid— Whites, £50 to £56 ; j grey cryptals £46 to £49 j yellow do, £45 j to £47 ; yellow counter, £42 to £44 ; com- j jnon yellows, £38 to £40. j Spirits (in bond) : Brandies, Martell's or ; Hennessy's, 8a 9d per gallon; second brands, tis 6d to 7s ; Martell's, in case, 32s ; Henaessy's, do, 335. Whisky, Scotch, 6s yer gallon, ; Irish, 7s ; Stewart's do. in •case, lls. Rum, 5s to 53 3d. Geneva, JDKZ per case, 21s. Old Tom, per case. 17s 6d. Ale (in bulk) duty paid, £9 ,10s to £10 ; In bottle, Tennant's, 12s 6d ; Jeffreys, Yovogers, or Bass's, 12s ; other brands, 6d. less. Porter, duty paid— Guinness's, Blood's,

and Machin's, in glass, 12s; Byasa's, lli ; Victoria Siiores,- •' 9a 7 ' 6d; other brands, -unsaleable. s j ■■ Aromatic tobacco may be quoted at 2s to 3s ; dark, at Is 6d to 2s ; tens, at Is 6d'to 2s 3d ; Barret's twist, 2s 9d, in bond. Soap: Liverpool, 30s; Colonial or Provincial, 30 . ,

Candlos— -Full weights, Is Id to Is 2d; light weights, unsaleable. Kerosene, 3s per gallon, duty paid. Groceries — Salmon, lib tins, 17s 3d; oysters, 9s ; lob«*ters, 8s ; sardines, halves, lls 6d ; quarters, 6s ; salad oil, pints, 14s, half -pints, 83 9d ; pickles, 12s to 13s ; bottled fruits, 17s : vinegar, bulk, 2s 6d ; botbled, 10a 6d ; mustard, 71b. tins, l<Hd:ilb. do, 7s9d. Fruits — Dried apples, 7£d ; currants, 4fd ; raisins, Eleme, and Cape, 7&d ; Muscatels, scarce, lOd to Is. Confectionary — Keilor's and Wotherspoon's 104 dto Is ; Provincial, S^d. Barley, £27.