WHOLESALE PRICES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1506, 25 September 1880, Page 15

WHOLESALE PRICES.

DRIED FRUITS. Currants, 6d; Sultanas 7d | Elemes, 8d ; Musctls, Is 4d ALES. M'Ewan's, 12s | Tennent'sorYounger's,l2a porter (duty paid). Blood's, lls 9d I Pig brand, 12s 6d Guiness's, 12s 6d | tea (duty paid). Common, Is lOd to Is lid Boxes, 20s to 30s Good med'm, 2s 3d to 2s 4d Orange pekoe, 2s Superior kinds 2s 9d to 3s 3d Gunpowder, 2s 6d to 3s sugar (duty paid). Fine whites, £45 to £48 Rations, £40 to £42 Grey crystals, £44 to £46 Victorian whites, £44 to Yellow do, £45 to £46 £47 Second yellow, £43 to £44 Crushed loaf — Am'n— s4s RICE. Patna rice, £27 ; dressed rice, £29 per ton. BRANDY. Associated V'd, 8s 6d to 25s Do. in case, 41s Hennessy's 12s 6d per gal Bisquit's, 8s Cd and 24s Marten's, 12s 6d per gal. WIII3KY, Dun ville's, 17s and 18s Glenury, 6s Cd Glenlevet, 9s Scotch and Irish, 5s to 7s Kob Roy, in case, 19s Longjohn's, in case, 18s6d Old Highland, 10s Hazelburn whisky, b'k, Cs M'Gregor's Balmenach M'Gregor'a Fine Old Whisky, 6s 6d Highland whisky, 8s 6d. Lome, bulk, 6s 6d RUM. In bulk, 4s 6d to s6d | GEVEVA. JDKZ, per case, 16s Old Tom, per case, BurSwain's Boord's, 13s nett's, 14s Key, 15s KEROSENE. Noonday, 2s"4d I Calcium Light, 2s 4d Brilliant, 2s " | THE MARKETS GROCERIES Retail prices only :—: — Fresh butter, Is to Is4d Bread, over the counter, per pound " 5d ; do, delivered, 5Jd Salt, Is per pound Oatmeal, 251bs, 3s Fresh eggs, lOd per doz. Driedapples, 6dtoßdper lb Bacon, Is per pound Jam, lib tin, 8d to 9d Ham, Is to Is 2d American Salmon lOd to Is Cheese, 8d to lOd Potatoes, 28 pounds Is ; Milk, 4d to 5d per quart 4s per cwt Honey, 8d per pound MEAT. The City Company reports under date the 22nd instant : — Roasting beef, 3d to 6d Mutton, 2d to 4d per pound Pork, 6d to 8d Steaks, 5d to 8d Veal, 4d to 7d Boiling, 2d to 3d Lamb, 2s to 3s 6d To hotels and boarding-houses the charge all round is 4d to sd. GREEN GROCERIES. Mr E. Landorf reports under date the 22nd instant : — Apples — eating, 3d, 4d, and Oranges, 6, 8, and 12 for Is 6d per pound Lemons, 2s to 4s per doz Apples — baking, 4d Pine apples, ls to 2s each Bananas, 2s per doz Passion Fruit Is 6d per doz Mandarin oranges, 8 to Cocoanuts, 6s to 9s doz 12 for la VEGETABLES. Cabbages, 3d each Potatoes, 161b to 281bs Is Do per dozen. 2s Cauliflowers, 4d to Bd each Carrots and Turnips, Is Onions, 61bs and lOlbs Is per dozen POULTRY. Fowls, 5s to 6s 6d per pair Ducks, 8s and 9s per j air Geese, 10s to 18s per pair Turkeys, 8s to 20s each FISU. Mr Melville report? under date the 22nd instant :—: — Flounders, 2a to 6s p» r doz Blue cod, 6d to la 3d each Mullet, 2s per doz Soles, 6s to 10s per doz Crayfish, from 3s per doz Oysters, Is per doz. in the Red Cod, 6d to 9d each shell Lingtish, 4d to 6d per lb | SEEDS Messrs Nimmo and Blair report under date the 15th inst : — The demand for clovers, and indeed for seeds of all descriptions is quite unprecedented, and prices keep advancing as one and another are being cleared out. White clover is now in demand at 135s per cwt., and is expected to reach a higher figure. WHOLESALE PRODUCE REPORTS. Mr J. Fleming, Princes street south, reports, under date the 22nd inst:— Good Sample Mill. Wheat, Straw, £2 per ton 4s 4d to 4s 7d per bshl. Bran, £3 10s per ton Fowls' Wheat, 2s 6d to 33 Pollard, £4 10s per ton Feed oats, per bushl, to la Flour, £10 10s to £11 per 6d, Milling, Is 7d to Is ton 8d Oatmeal, £9 10s per ton Malt Barley, 2s 9d_to 3s 3c! Pearl Barley, £18 per ton per bushel Onions, 8s per cwt Feed,ls9dto2s6dperbshl. Cheese, 4d to 5d per lb Potatoes, £2 5s Bacon, rolled, 8d per lb Grass Hay, £2 10s per ton Hams, 9£d per lb Oaten Hay, £3 Sides Bacon, 7id to Bidper Medium Wheat 3s 9d to 4s lb (grain fed). per bushel Chaff, £2 15s per ton Messrs Anderson and Co., millers, report, under date the 22nd instant — Oatmeal, £9 10s per ton Pearl Barley, £18 per to n Pollard, £4 per ton Fowls' wheat, 3s per bshl Bran, £2 15s per ton Oata, la 6d to Is 9d per Barley Dust, £2 10s per ton bushel. Flour— Sacks, £10 10s per ton ; hundreds, £10 15s ; fifties, £11, HRISTCIIURCH. The grain market during the week has been quiet, and sales have not been numerous in most of the lines. Wheat transactions have been few, and at recent rates. There is a slight lull in the market, though prices are in no way effected. First-class milling is quoted at 4s Id to 4s 2d, and fair quality 3s lOd to 4s. Oats : The inquiry for milling samples is a shade easier, in the face of the most recent bnglish telegraphic advices Samples answering to this description find buyers at Is 7d to la Bd. The latter figure, however, may be looked upon as the top price at this moment, and it is only obtainable for oats of good bright quality. Barley: The market is without alteration, and little business can be reported. Flour : Millers report a good demand at late rates. Grass seed has been selling more freely, though prices are unaltered. Ryegrass, 2s 6d to 2s 7d for best lots, and inferior ranges from 2s upwa ds. The season is now getting late, and buyers are less anxiou3 to purChase. The stock market was fully supplied this week, and biddings were not very brisk. Sheep : Prime lots of crossbreds realised 21s 6d ; good ditto, 16s 6d ; prime merinos, 12s 6d to 13a 6d ; light weights, 10s 6d. We quote mutton at 2§d per lb. No quotation can be given for stores, which are, however, in keen inquiry. Cattle : Good beef cattle were in extra laTge supply. Prime bullocks sold up to £13 17s 6d ; medium do, from £9 to £10 103. We quote beef at 22s per 1001b Stores sold freely, and yearlings reached £3 ; two-year-olds, £4 10s to £5 ss ; and three-year-olds, up to £6 10s! Pigs sold at prices ranging up to £3 103. ♦ Messrs Street and Morris report for the week end- 1 ing 18th September as follows :— ' Bank of New Zealand, £21 ; Colonial Bank of ' New Zealand, 475 ; National Bank of New Zealand, 625 ; National Insurance Company, 295 ; Standard Insurance Company, 12s ; Union Insurance Company 19s 6d to 20s ; Union Steam Ship Company, 190s • 1 Keep-it-Dark Quartz-mining Company, 13s 6d • Cromwell Quartz-mining Company, 345 ; Tipperary 1 Quartz-mining Company, £24 ; Mosgiel Woollen Factory Company, 70s; National Mortgage and Agency Company, 275. Money secured on freehold securities at 7 and 8 per cent, per annum. Messrs J. akd W. Gage report for the week ending 18th September as follows : — Welcome Quartz-mining Company (Reefton), £2 15s; Keep-it-Dark Quartz-mining Company (Reefton), 13a 6d ; United Alpine Quartz-mining Company (do), £1 ss, £i 10s, and £1 15s ; Tipperary Quartz-mining Company, £25 ; Cromwell Quartz-mining Company, £1 15 S ; Gladstone Quartz-mining Company, 13s 6d ; Premier Quartz-mining Company, 4s 6d; Homeward-Bound Quartz-mining Company, 7s. Mr Donald Stronacii (on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited), reports for the week ending 22nd September as follows :—: — Fat Cattle.— Only 102 head were forward to-day at Burnside, for which there was a fair demand, at somewhat over last week's prices. Bullocks fetched from £6 7s 6d to £13 2s 6d per head, and cows from £6 2s 6d to £9. We sold on account of Mr William Shand 20 head of bullock 9, at £6 7s 6d to £9 2s 6d, and cows at £6 2s 6d to £7 per head. Quotation for prime beef, 26sto27s6dperlOQlb. ' Fat Sheep.— The market was well supplied with

2435 head, 1895 of which were crossbreds and 540 merinos. For the former 13s to 17s 6"d per head was obtained, and for the latter lls to lls 3d— or about equal to last week's values. We sold on account of Mr J. G. Grey 155 head of crossbreds, at 10s 6d to 17s 6d ; and on account of Messrs Fraser and M'Lean, 155 merinos, at lls per head. We quote prime mutton 2sd to 3d per lb.

Fat Lambs.— Ninety-four were sold, at from 6s to 10s 9d. We disposed of a small draft, on account of Mr J. G. Grey, at 10s per head. Fat Pigs.— Sixty-seven were cleared, at from 14s to 59s each.

Wool.— The improvement already reported in the tone of the London wool auctions appears to be well maintained. There is a fair local demand at good prices. On Monday we sold a few small lots of scoured combing at from 151 dto 18d, and of greasy crossbred at 9d to 9}d per lb. Sheepskins.— We offered a large catalogue on Monday at our weekly sale. Competition was scarcely up to that of the previous week, and in consequence prices were not well supported. Butchers' crossbred skins realised from 2s 9d to 5s Sd, and merinos 3s 4d to 4s Sd each ; station skins sold up to 4s 7d. Hides remain unchanged from last week's prices, at \vhich the demand is good. Tallow.— Well-rendered tallow may be quoted up to 27s per cwt., and rough fat up to 17s, at which we have cleared all parcels offering. Grain. — Wheat : Not much is doing, millers being pretty well supplied, and, with the decline in the Home markets and large stocks in Austialia, anticipating a decline, are indisposed to purchase. We quote 4s 6d for prime milling, 3s 6d to 4s for medium. Oats : There is some inquiry, but as holders appear unwilling to relax their limits, very little business has transpired. We quote Is Sd for prime milling, and Is 5d to Is 7d for feed. Barley : There is nothing fresh to report. At our quotation of 0s 6d for prime malting there are buyers, but there is very little of such quality in the market. Medium is difficult to place, even at our last week's quotations of 2s 8d to 3s 3d.

Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report for the week ending 22nd September as follows :—

Fat Cattle.— The number forward to-day (102 head), although small, proved quite equal to the requirements of the trade, most of the butchers having large stocks on hand from last week's market. Prices consequently showed no improvement on last week's quotations. We sold, on account of Messrs W. Gellibrand and Co. (Cottesbrook), 30 bullocks and heifers, at from £S 5s to £11 12s 6d for former, and from £6 2s 6d to £9 for latter ; on account of Mr Geo. Cockerill and others, 12 bullocks and cows, at up to £11 for the former, and up to £6 for the latter. We quote prime beef at 25s per 1001b. On Friday, 24th inst. , at Totara, near Oamaru, in conjunction with Maclean and Co.,we shall offer for sale on account of the N. Z. and A Land Company 150 very prime polled Angus and shorthorn bullocks and cows (see advt.) Fat Sheep. — The market was fully supplied to-day, 2435 baing penned, consisting of 1895 crossbreds and 540 merinos, from fair to good quality. Bidding was not very brisk. AH, however, with the exception of one or two lots in second hands which were turned out, found purchasers at slightly under last week's quotations. We sold 1282 crossbreds as follows :— On account of James Smith, Esq., (Greenfield), 482 crossbreds (small), at 13s ; on account of Mr William Dallas, 33 crossbreds at 16s 6d ; on account of Mr William Patrick, 262 crossbreds, at from 13s to 15s 6d ; on account of Mr James Gall, 505 crossbreds, at from 13s to 14s 6d each. We quote prime mutton at 2|d per lb. At Totara, on Friday, 24th inst., in conjunction with Maclean and Co., we shall sell 1000 prime crossbred wethers in lots to suit purchasers. Fat Calves.— Only a few penned. We sold eight at from lls to 18s each.

Fat Lambs. — Ninety-four penned. We sold 6S as follows :— On account of Mr William Puddy (Waikouaiti), 38 at 10s 9d ; and on account of Mr J Finch (Waihola), 30 at 9s. Fat Pigs.— Sixty-seven bacon and porker pigs came forward, which we sold on account of Messrs J. Irvine and E. Lee at from 27s to 59s each.

Store Cattle.— We have one or two lots for sale, but at present have no transactions to report. Store Sheep. — We have no sales to report. Station Properties.— On Monday, the 20th instant, we offered by auction at our wool stores Messrs Smith and Pogson's interest in the lease of Barewood Station expiring 31st December next, with all the sheep depasturing thereon, numbering about 17,600 of mixed sexes, in wool. There was a very large atteudance of buyers and others interested in pastoral pursuits, but biddings were slow, and the price offered not reaching the owners' estimate of value, the property had to be withdrawn. Subsequently, however, we sold it privately, at the rate of 12s 3d per head for the sheep, the buyers being the New Zealand Agricultural Company (Limited). We also offered the freehold on the station, consisting of about 103 acres, with improvements erected thereon, but had to pas 3it in. Country Sales.— On Saturday, 25th inst., at Mackay's yards, near Oamaru, we shall offer for sale, on account of Edward Menlove, Esq. (Windsor Park), 50 well-bred cows, in calf to pure shorthorn bulls. Pure-bred Stock.— We beg to report having sold, on account of the New Zealand and Australian Land Co. (Clydevale Estate), to Messrs Murray, Roberts, and Co. (Gladbrook Estate), the pure shorthorn bull Good Templar, bred by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, sire Mayor of Windsor (31897), &c, dam Marion by Vanguard (23115), &c. ; also, 20 pure shorthorn heifers, two years old, by Hercules (imp.), bred by Mr Aylmer, Weat Dereham Abbey, Norfolk, out of Butterfly cows ; also, on account of same vendors, to Mr Watson Shennan, of Conical Hills,6o three-quarter-bred shorthorn heifers, two years old, by Good Templar (imported), and Butterfly bulls, all at satisfactory prices.

Horses. — Heavy draughts and upstanding light-har-ness horses are in limited demand. On Saturday last a considerable number came forward for our sale, a fair proportion of which changed hands at quotations. We quote first-class draughts at from £35 to £45 ; medium, £20 to £30 ; good hacks and light-harness horses, £17 to £25; light and inferior, £3 to £8. Sheepskins.— Our weekly sale took place on Monday last. There was a good attendance of the trade, and fair competition for each lot offered. Prices, however, were scarcely equal to last week's quotations. We catalogued about 1600 skins, which sold as follows :— Butchers' crossbreds fetched from 4s 8d to 5s 7d • merinos, from 4s 5d to ss ; station skins, from Is 4d to 3s lid.

Hides are at present in active demand, and recent quotations are well sustained. During the week we have placed 170 at 3Jd for wet-salted, and 20a for butchers' green hides.

Tallow. — We did not offer any this week. Grain. — Wheat : Prime samples are in demand, and are saleable at from 4s 6d to 4s Sd per bushel; ordinary, 4s 2d to 4s 5d ; fowl's wheat, 2s 6d to 3d. Oats are in limited request. We quote prime milling at Is Sd per bushel, good feed Is 7d. Barley, dull of sale. We quote prime malting at 3s to 3s 3d per bushel ordinary, 2s 6d to 2s 9d.

Messrs Maclean and Co. report for the week ending 22nd September as follows : —

Fat Cattle.— A small supply of 102 head came forward for this day's market, the quality of which was principally good to prime, 20 being stores. The demand was fairly good, but owing to the trade having stocks on hand from last week's full market, prices, on the whole, showed only a slight improvement on late quotations. Bullocks brought from £8 17s 6d to £13 2s 6d ; cows, £5 15s to £7 17s 6d. We quote prime beef from 25s to 27s 6d ; medium 22s 6d. '

Fat Sheep —An ordinary supply of 2435 was penned, comprising 1895 crossbreds and 540 merino wethers, the greater portion of which were cleared at— for the former, 13s to 17a 6d, and for the latter, 93 9d to lls 3d. We quote prime mutton at fully 2|d. Fat Lambs.— Ninety-four were penned, and sold at from 6s to 10s 9d.

Fat Pigs.— Sixty-seven came forward, and all sold at from 14s to £2 19a.

Country Sales.— We would direct attention to the important sale of fat stock at Totara Station on Friday, the 24th inst.; also to our clearing sale at Tokomairiro on Tuesday, the 28th inst., on account of Mr Murdoch M'Lennan, when we shall offer a number of draught mares and geldings, sheep, dairy stock, farm implements, &c, &c; also, at Balclutha Yards on the Ist October, 70 head store cattle. (For particulars see advertisements.)

Horses.— We held our weekly sale on Saturday last, when a large number came forward, consisting of draught, light-harness, and hackney horses, together with the well-known draught colt Prince Imperial. Most of them were sold, at— for draught mares and foldings £30 to £45 ; good hacks and light-harness, £15 to £2C • inferior, £5 to £10. The draught colt Prince Imperial was passed in, and is now for private sale. Wool.— Advices from the Home market continue favourable, and confirm the active demand recently reported for all descriptions. The following is the latest cablegram :— " London, 18th September, 1880. At the wool sales to-day 9700 bales were offered, making a total of 238,500 catalogued since the opening. The tone of the sale continues good." Sheepskins.— On Monday last we held our weekly ale, when we submitted a moderate catalogue, There

was a large attendance of the trade, and goodskinS brought high prices. Butchers' crossbred! brought S^ntrinos^s 01 ' "**"*' «* 43 t0 5S lOd d Hides continue in demand at prices recently quoted in^t^e e poir nd " StUl aCUVe ' - Ch^ e Grain— Wheat : The market has been somewhat dull during the week, in consequence of buyers still resisting the price demanded by growers, viz 4s 9d for prime milling Ordinary descriptions are saleable at from 3s 6d to 4s ; fowl feed, 2s 6cl to 3s. Oats have been inquired for during the week, without any advance vi price taking place. Growers are looking forward to an improvement shortly. Good milling are saleable at Is 8d to Is 9d ; feed, Is 6d to la 7d Barley: Unless for really prime samples there is little demand.

Messrs Doxald Reid and Co. report for week ending 22nd September as follows : —

Fat Cattle.— One hundred and two came forward nearly the whole of which were prime quality! Although this was a small supply, prices show no advance. Bullocks sold at £6 17s 6d to £13 2s 6d cows to £8 15s— or equal to 25s per 1001b for prime 20s medium quality. We sold 41 head as follows :— On account of Alex. M'Nab, Esq., 8 bullocks, averaging £11 12s 6d ; on account of Messrs R. and W. Hewitson, 8 heifers, £6 17s 6d to £8 ss ; on account of W. Morton, Esq., 18 bullocks, at £5 12s 6d to £9; on account of J. Moore and others, S head, at £7 to £8 2s 6d ; and placed 35 head privately. Fat Calves.— Nine yarded, and sold up to 34a each.

Fat Sheep were in full supply, 2435 being penned. Of these 540 were good to prime merinos. All sorts show a reduction. A few pens were turned out unsold. Cross-breds brought 13s 3d to 16s 6d : merino wethers, 10s 9d to 12s. We sold on account of Alex. M'Nab, Esq. (Knapdale), 140 prime merino wethers at 11s 3d; on account of James Gall, Esq., 329 crossbred ewes at 15a, 37 merino wethers at 12s ; on account of Messrs Lees and Murray, 275 merino wethers, 10s 7d We quote prime mutton 2£d to 2£d per lb. Fat Lambs.— Ninety-four penned, including some good, the balance inferior. They were all sold at— best, 10s to lls 9d; good, 8s 3d to 93 9d; others, 5s 6d to 7b 3d.

Store Stock.— No transactions.

Sheepskins.— There was a good attendance at our sales on Monday, when we offered a fair catalogue. Prices remain at about last week's quotations. The demand for merinos was scarcely so strong, and heavy crossbreds advanced Id on last week's rates. Butchers' green crossbreds brought 5s 8d to 6s 3d : dry do, Is 8d to 5s 2d ; green merino, 2s lid to ss ; dry do, 2s 6d to 4s Id ; pelts, lOd to Is ; skins in bales, 6d per lb. Hides are steady at late quotations. We disposed of 130 at 3|d per lb ; green hides, 20s each. Tallow.— Demand keeps good. All forward has been cleared at— prime mutton 27s 6d, mixed 24s to 255, rough fat 17s to 18s per cwt. Grain.— Wheat has been in better demand during the week, and prime samples could be placed at say, 4s 6d per bushel. Holders do not, however, seem anxious to quit, and but little business has transpired. Oats are coming forward more freely. Wo have sold several small parcels at a slight reduction on. prices lately ruling. Barley is without any quotable •hango. Perennial ryegrass seed is selling slowly at auota« tions. Potatoes.— Plentiful supply, but no demand. We quote wheat— prime milling, 4s 3d to 4s 6dj medium, 3s lOd to 4s 4d ; inferior and fowl's feed, 2a lOd to 3s 7d. Oats— milling, Is 7id to Is B Jd ; feed, la 6d to Is 7£d. Barley, nominal. Perennial ryegrass seed, 3s to 3s 9d ; potatoes, £2 to X/& 7s 6d.