THE MARKETS GROCERURS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1555, 27 August 1881, Page 15

THE MARKETS GROCERURS.

Retail prices only :— s: w was* &J6dto 8d t American »Jmonlod to la Milk, 4d to 5d per quart Potatoes, 281bs la BRBBM GROOBIUBB. MrH. Lamer reports under date the 24th mst '.■— Annies— eating, 3d, 4d, and Oranges, 8 and 12,1s Pears, 6d to 8d per lb Pine Apples, Is each Cooking Pears, 3d and 4d per pound VKGBTABLKS. Cabbaires, 2d and 3d each New Pea-nuts, 6d per lb Do per dozen, 2s Potatoes, 161b to 28lbs Is Carrots and Turnips, Is Cauliflowers, 3d to 6d each per dozen Onions, 41b Is . POULTRY. Fowls, 5s to 5s 6d per pair Ducks, 6s to 8s per pair Geese 10a to 18s per pair I Turkeys, 8s to- 20s each. i, FISH. Mr Melville reports under date the 24th inst :— Flounders, 2s to 6s prdoz Frost • fish, from 5s to Mullet, 2s per doz ' Blue cod, 6d to Is 3d each Crayfish, from 3s per doz 8s each Red Cod 6d to Bd each Soles, 6s to 10s per doz LuTgfish 4d to 6d per lb Groper, 3d to 4d per lb MEAT. The City Company report under date the 24th Routing beef, 73d to6d Mutton ljd to 4d per pound £° i V? +„ «,i •jfoaij-a 4d to d Veal, 4d to 6d S 4 ud to 3d Lamb, 2s to 3s 6d To hotels and boarding-houses the charge all round 4d to sd. VHOIiBBAIiB PRODUCE RErORTS. Mr J. Fleming, Princes street south, reports, under tt'ifctsrto 4s I Oaten Hay, £3 15s per Medium Milt 4s to 4s 3d Potatoes, £2 15s to £3 per Fotf Whett, 2s Od to 3s Straw, £2 per ton (according to quality). Chaff (oaten) £3 103 per Mi W Oats, 2s 2d per per ton + Seed oats 2s 2d to 2s 4d Pollard, £5 10s per ton S6 per bShel Flour, £11 to £11 10s per Feed oats, 28 to 2s Id ton ™>r bushel ' Onions, 18s per cwt Malt Barley, 2s 6d to 3s Barleydust,£4 lOsper ton per-bushel . Bacon, rolled, 7d per lb Fe^, hlslodto2sperh lslodto2sper H^-dPgg SSZSSkge" GSUlOsperton. Sides Bacon, 7d .per lb I Thlre n is fe a d nad'vance of 3d per bushel in wheat. Flour is firm at £11 per ton. Messrs Anderson and Do., millers, report under date Oatoeal.^nTos per ton Pearl Barley, £15 per ton Pollard, £5 10s per ton Fowls' wheat, 3s per bsh . Bran, £4 10s per ton Oats, 2s to 2s 2d per bsh . Barley Dust, £4 perton Milling Wheat, 4s porbshl. Flour— Sacks, £10 per ton; hundreds, £10 sb; fifties, £10 10s.

PROPERTY SALE.

Messrs, Cohnbli. and Moodik report the sale by auction at Palmerston, held by them on Saturday, of thf farm of Mr James Morrison, of Coal Creek, Waihemo beiDg sections 1 of 35, block IV, and 1 of 8 and 2 of 8 block 111, Moeraki district, containing an area of 97 acres 2 roods, for the sum of £14 10s per acre, to Mr James Miller.

Messrs Maclandress, Hepburn, and Co. sold by auction yesterday, at their rooms, Manse street, four sections in Waverley street, South Dunedio, together with three-roomed cottages erected thereon, to Mr Simon Millington, for £360. The property in Cumberland street was passed in at £2450.

THE SHARE MARKET.

Messrs Whitelaw and Co. report Shares for tho week ending 20th August, 1881 :— Sellers : Insurance-Col-onial 12s 6d ; National, 32s 6d ; New Zealand, 80s ; South British, 61s 6d ; standard, 15s ; Union, 235. Banks—Colonial 46s 6d ; National, 775 ; New Zealand, £24. Miscel-lanoous-Kaitangata Railway and Coal Co., £11 10s ; Moßgiel Woollen Factory Co., 80s ; new issue, 17s 6d ; National Mortgage and Agency Co., 30s ; New Zealand Drug Co., 22s 6d (ex div.) ; Now Zealand Shipping Co , 110s ; Union Steam Ship Co., £11 10s; Walton Park Coal Co., Ils6d. Buyers: InsuranceColonial 12s ; National, 325 ; New Zealand, 79d ; South British, 60s 6d ; Standard, 14s Gd ; Union, 22s Rd Ban ks— Colonial, 44s 6d ; National, 765 ; New Zealand £23 158. Miecellaneous-Kaitangata Kail way and Coal Co., £11; Mosgiel Woollen Factory Co., 795; new issue, 17s; National Mortgage and Agency Co., »9i- New Zualand Drug Co., 22s (ex div.); NewZeafand Shißmnsc Co., 107s 6d (ex div.); Union Steam SWdCo £115s ; Walton Park Coal Co., 10s 9d. Money secured on freehold property. 7 per cent, per annum.

MINING NOTES.

Mr J. F. Watson reports for the week ending August 24th :— Eeefton.— The Welcome Company's return for the week was 806oz of amalgam from 90 tons of stone. The Golden Treasure Company's yield was 103oz of amalgam from 45 tons of stone. The stopes now worked show a thickness of reef from 4 to 10 feet, with every indication of a continuance of good stone. The yield fr >ni the United Alpine Company was 2500z0f amaUim'from 183 tons, of stone, from the topplates. The battery being completed, larger returns may now be expected. The .Just in Time Coinnanv's juospects Jiave much impioved, the stone now cunim? to ijrass showing good uuld ; crushing will short lv commence. The Fiery Cross Company have coiumenct A crushing, the quartz being put through giving every appearance of a good return,

BendiffO Gully.-Some of the old hands having resumed work, it is to be hoped that the differences are now arranged. Welcome, 85s ; Golden Treasure, 6s 9d ; Keep-it-Dark, 15s 6d ; United Alpine, 355 ; JusMn-Tnno, 6s ; Oriental, fis ; Fiery Cross, 4s 9d; Cromwell, 40s; Homeward-Bounii, Bs.