Dunedin Produce Market.

Otago Witness, Issue 1645, 2 June 1883, Page 14

Dunedin Produce Market.

J. H. KjwtouE, grain and produce broker, reports under date 30th May as follows : —

Flour— There is no change in prices to report. Town flour in tacka sells at £10 XOs : 1001b bags, £10 15s; and Bo'B,£ll. Country flour rather less than these prices. Oatmeal — Tho quotations of last week are atlH the 11 1?, c ?a5 u " od •' £X 2 P or ton » aud country brands

Wheat—fhore is a fair demand for samples of prime milling, tho kinds moat inquired for being Tvs can and white velvet, and for such prices remain at last week's quotations- viz., 484 8 Yd to 4- 3d : other descriptions. 4s to 4s Id. Fowl tied is iv fair demand at 2s bd to S- 3d, a.' cording- I<> qudiCy Oats.- There i- a den a>id for Red samples of good colour, a d bhort oars are preferred, the prico for which is from 1- Od to la 10.1 P £ i u ,e milling would command Is io£d ; discoloured samplus are very hard to place. Barley.- Good malting samples are readily placed, but there are very f u w good malting lots coming to hand. J cpofca i& 9d to 63 for priuio malting, lvi

4s 6d for medium q talltyj milling, 3a 8d to Js; feud simple-i almost un-a'cabU-. Pot»t es — Thorn irket at present is irlutted, and very loW prices are b injr accej ted My s«les duri g the we k have been at £2 s<, except for an 1 xcoj - tion «lly g»od lot, whi.;h fetched &i 10s. The demand is i-till limhi d to local rtquireinen»s. Butter is in active demand, and p imo quality in kegs is saleable at Is perlb; ordinary qualify, lid. My i-alca during the vveuk have been at 1 Jd and la per lb. Chaff.— Good oat-sheaf chaff is in grod demand at from £4 to £4 2s (id. I nave sold during the week sev' ra< lines at £4. Grass feed. — Ihero is very little demand, but machine-dressed samples of ryegraas would fe*ch 4a pa- bnahol, and cockdfoot from 4d to 4Jd pnr lb Babbitskins. — Winter skins are now beginning to arrive, and command from 13d to 14d per lb ; summer skini, lOd to Is. Hides are in vory fair demand at 4d to 4^ per lb for heavy » el-trimmed hides, and Sd to 3^d per lb for lisrht and inferior. Tallow continues in active demand ixt 30a to 3<?» per cwt lor well-rendered lots, and 22s to 243 for rough fat.