DUNEDIN WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

Otago Witness, Issue 1630, 26 August 1871, Page 12

DUNEDIN WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

Provincial flour, £14 10s ; bran, 703 ; oatmeal, £14 to £14 10s per ton; barley, fine malting samples, 3s 9d to 4s ; oats, 2s 2d to 2s 3d ; wheat, 5s 3d to 5s 6d ; pearl barley, £20 ; chaff, SOs ; potatoes, 60s. Sugar, duty paid — Fine whites, £50 to £54 ; grey crystals, £49 to £51 ; yellow do, £47 to £50 ; yellow counter, £46 to £47 ; ration, £34. Victorian whites, £54 to £56. Tea, duty paid — Common, Is 9d ; good medium, 2s 3d to 2,3 Gd ; superior kinds, 2s 9d to 3s 3d ; boxes, 27s to 355 ; orange pekoe, 2s 9d to 3s 3d. Kerosene, 3s, duty paid. Sardines— qrs, 8s to 8s 6d ; halves, 12s 6d to 13s Dried Fruits — Currants, scarce, 6£d to 7d ; Sultana raisins, 8i to 9d ; Elemes, 6d. Spirits, in bond — Brandies, Martell's or Hennessy's, 9s per gallon, case 35s ; Otard's 8s ; other brands, 7s 6d to 8s ; Martell's, in case, 335 ; Hennessy's do, 345. Whisky, Scotch and Irish, 5s to 7s ; Stewart's do, in case, 13s 1 6d. Rum, 4s 9d to ss. Geneva, JDKZ, per case, 14s to 14s 6d. Old Tom, per case, 15s 6d. Porter (scarce), duty paid — Blood's, 12s Gd ; Byass's, 12s ; Arrof s, none ; Guinness's, 12s 6cl. Ales — Tennent's, none ; other brands, from 10s 6d to lls ; Devenish's, 12s 6d, all very scarce, and scarcely to be had at quotations.

Mr Archibald Mom, Manse street, reports the following as the latest quotations :—: — Flour— £l4 to £14 10s per ton. Oatmeal — £14 10s per ton. Pearl Barley— £2o per ton. Bran — £3 10s per ton. Pollard— £4 10s to £5 per ton.

Chaff— £4 per ton. Hay — £4 5a per ton, Potatoes — £3 per ton. Carrots— £2 10s per ton. Turnips— £2 10s per ton, Wheat— ss Gd to 5s 9d per bushel, Barley— 2s 9d to 3s 3d per bushel, Oats — 2s 2d to 2s 5d per bushel, Butter— lOd to Is 3d per lb, Cheese — Gd to 8d per lb. Bacon and hams — 9d per lb,

Messrs Weight, Stephensojt, and Co. re. port : — Fat Cattle. — 54 head of prime to middling quality were yarded, which we sold at from £4 17s (3d to £11 10s per head, equal to 25s per lOOlbs for prime quality ; and 18s to 20s for middling ditto. Fat Sheep. — About 1300 were penned, a number rathpr beyond the requirements of the trade, but as the greater part of them , were prime quality, they brought full rates. We sold 350 ewes, middling quality, at 6s 6d ; anil 370 crawlers at 3s 6d. We also sold privately 500 merino wethers at 3d per lb. Other sales consisted of 200 half-breds, prime quality, at 18s Gd ; merino do, 11s to 13s 3d. "We quote prime quality half-breds, 3£d per lb ; do merinos, 3d. Store Cattle and Store Sheep. — No trans- j actions. I Horses. — Our yards continue glutted with light and inferior stock, which are very difficult of sale, Good heavy draught mares and upstanding saddle and light harness horses are in demand, We quote hrst-class draughts, £40 to £50 ; midcding ditto, £25 to £30 ; good hacks and light harness horses, £15 to £25 ; middling do, £10 to £12 ; light and inferior, £3 to £6, Grain,— Wheat, no really good samples are offering, and quotations are unaltered, For oats there is a slight demand at low rates. Barley continues neglected.

Messrs Driver, Stewart, and Co,, report :—: — Fat Stock Market,— Sheep : 1200 were yarded, and all taken by the trade— say 340 inferior ewes at 3s 6d, 360 do. fair quality at 6s 6d, 360 good quality merino wethers at lls to lls 6d, and 140 half-breds at 15s. We quote prime merino wethers at 2|d to 3d per lb ; do half-bred at 3£d to 3id per lb. Cattle : 50 head of ordinary to good quality were yarded, and brought £4 17s 6d to £11 10s. We quote prime beef at 22s to 23s per lOOlbs. We have sold several lots of both cattle and sheep for forward delivery, at full rates. Store Sheep. — All descriptions are enquired for, but we have not heard of any changing hands. The numbers offering are limited to a few thousand store wethers, which are held for 6s each. Store Cattle. — No transactions. Wool. — We are still without our advices via Suez, which, with later dates via San Francisco, are not now expected hefore Tuesday evening. Telegrams by the latter route | confirm the advance formerly quoted at the June-July sales, and generally report favourably of the conditions and prospects of the home trade, and the demand on Continental and American account. We note that orders 1 of considerable extent from the latter market I are being executed in Sydney for transmission by steamer and rail. In the local market there is a fair demand for scoured sorts, a few lots of which we have placed at Is 3kl to Is oid. Flax. — There is literally no enquiry for this staple at present. Advices from the home market are somewhat disappointing, there being little or no improvement in values. A small quantity, shipped to San Francisco, has realised but from £22 to £24 per ton. We would commend to the flax-dressers of the province a pamphlet recently published by the Canterbury Flax Association, more especially those portions of it having reference to the admixture of this fibre with manilla. From personal observation of many samples of reputed pure manilla rope offered in this market, we can corroborate the assertion that a very large proportion of the socalled pure manilla imported is adulterated 7-1 with flax. Hence we submit it is high time that combined action were taken by those connected with this industry throughout the colony, to protect their interests, and secure for their staple that position to which without doubt it is entitled.

The following is Messrs M'Landress, Hepburn, and Co.'s Monthly Flax Circular, dated London, June 29th :—: — We have but a very moderate business to report for the past month in New Zealand flax, only limited supplies having been placed on the market, consisting chiefly of second-hand parcels, for the most part of poor quality and old import. Holders have been very firm, and demanded extreme prices for fair and good parcels, which continue scarce, and even for inferior descriptions they have been able to obtain stiffer rates. By private contract barely 800 bales have changed hands, and only 550 bales, out of 1831 bales brought to auction, sold at the hammer, prices required being too high or the quality undesirable. 108 bales of tow all sold at £12 10s to £13 per ton, and the flax realised £15 5s to £16 for ordinary fully half-dressed, £21 5s to £24 for threefourths dressed, £20 for fully three -fourths cleaned but harsh fibre and bad colour, £25 15s to £27 15s for fully three-fourths dressed and fair quality, and £30 per ton for fairly dressed and good colour. The official statistics of stocks, &c, will not be published till to-morrow or Saturday, when we anticipate the returns will again show a good

delivery and a diminution of the dtock, ~ which is now mostly in second hands, anil comprises very few parcels of good quality. The market for Manilla hemp is quiet, but there has recently been a better demand for fair and good qualities, which are mojre readily saleable, The present quotation for fair roping is £45 to £45 10s per ton.