DUNEDIN MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1824, 5 November 1886, Page 19

DUNEDIN MARKETS.

Messrs Anderson and Co., millors, report under date the 3rd inst. :— Oatmeal, £13 per ton Pearl barley. £14 per ton Pollard, £5 per ton Fo"wls'wheat,4s3dperbus Bran, £5 per ton Barley dust, £5 per ton Milling wheat, 4s 6d per Oats, 2s 4d to 2s 6d bus bushel Flour — Sacks, £10 10s per ton ; hundreds. £10 15s ; fifties. £11. FABM AKD DAIBT PBODUCK. Messrs Mercer Bros, report paying for produce during the week ending 3rd inst. : — Hggs, 9d per dozen I Hams, 6d to Td per lb Bacon (roll), 5d per lb Salt butter, 7d per lband I - very plentiful Fresh butter, best brands, lOd per lb Fresh butter, good ordinary (in lib and Jib prints), 5d to 6d per lb. WHOX.KSAKB PBODUCK REPORTS. Mr J. Fleming. Princes street south, reports tinder date the 3rd inst. s — Wheat :Bestmilling,4s7d Chaff (oaten), £4 10 to £4 to 5s per bushel 15s per ton Medium milling, 4s to Bran, £4 10s per ton to 4s 3d per bushel Pollard, £4 15s per ton Fowls' wheat,4sto4s 3d- Flour, £10 to £11 per Oats, milling. 2s 2d to 2s ton 3d per bushel Barleydust. &> lOsperton Feed oats, Is lOd to 2i Bacon (rolled), 6d per lb per bushel Side bacon, 7d per lb Malt barley, 3s to 3s 6d (grain fed) per bushel Oatmeal, £11 10s per ton Feed, 2s 9d to 3s per Cheese 6dperlb bushel ■ Onions, 12s per cwt Pearl barley, £14 per ton Hams, 9d per lb Straw, £2 per ton Oaten Hay, £5 per ton. Oaten straw chaff, £2 10s to £3 per ton. Grass hay, £4 to £4 lo per ton Derwents, £2 to £2 IDs. per ton. Good salt butter, 4d to 6d per lb. Potatoes are offering freely. Mr H. Lamer reports under date the 3rd inst.: — GBEEN GKOCEBIES. Dates 6d and 8d per lb Brazil nuts. Is per lb Lemons, 3b per dozen Walnuts, Is lb New Prunes, 6d per lb New figs, Is per box Hatine Apples, 4d to 6d Cooking Apples, 4d per lb per Tb Oranges. 8 and J 2 for Is Cocoa Nuts.3d each i Passion Fruit, Is 6d doz Pea nuts, 6d per lb | Jar Ginger, Is each POULTRY. Fowls 5s per pair I Ducks, 6s to 7s per pair Geese, 10s to 15s per pair | Turkeys, 8s to 20s each. VEGETABLES. Cabbages, 2d and 3d each Onions, 61b Is Do, per dozen, 2s Carrots and turnips, Is Rhubirb, 2d per lb per dozen. Asparagus Is bunch I Cauliflowers, 6s a dozen Cucumbers, from Is each | - THE COLONIAL TRADE WITH GREAT BRITAIN. The hard times through which the colonies are passing is pretty clearly indicated by the falling off in their trade with the Mother Country. During the first nine months of the present year merchandise to the value of £17,432,300 only was shipped to Australasia, a* compared with £19,132,700 in the corresponding period of last year. This exhibits a falling off of nearly 9 per cent. In the case of Tasmania and Western Australia there was a moderate increase. The exports to South Australia were valued at £1,241,400 against £1,782,700 in 1885. A. decrease of over 30 per cent, represents a very serious reduction in the purchasing power of the people. The colony which occupies the next least favourable position is New Zealand, which took £2,517,700 or a decrease of 13 per cent, for the year. To New South Wales and Queensland the shiprapnts for the nine months, valued at £6,834,500 and £1,661,000 repectively, exhibit a decrease of about 9 per cent., whilst the merchandise shipped to Victoria, valued at £5,127,200, was only 2 per cent, less than was exported in 1885. From a trader's point of view no doubt the diminished trade is satisfactory, because it lessens the excessive competition which unduly large stocks create ; but it nevertheless clearly shows that the people of the colonies cannot afford to buy so much as they purchased in in some of the late prosperous years. — Sydney Morning Herald. NATIONAL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. The following report is to be submitted to shareholders at the annual general meeting of the company on November 17 : — The directors submit their report and balance sheet for the 13th year of the company's op°rationi>. The net premium income amounts to £175,078 17s 4d. being £39,939 0s Id less than the previous year, a reduction chiefly due to a curtailment in foreign business. After making the üburl provision for unearned premiums there is a surplus of ... ... ...£13,892 18 9 To which has to be added balance from .{. ..• »• — 1.989 6 2 £15,882 4 11 Out of which the directors recommend a dividend of 10 per cent for the year £9805 15 0 To provide for estimated loss on mortgages ... 1750 0 0 And to carry forward ... 4326 911 £15,882 4 11 The fullest provision has been made for all known and unadjusted losses in the item of £26,091. The directors having resolved to send out new scrip, comprising both is-ues of shares, all shareholders are requested to present o'd scrip in exchange for new when applying for their dividend. It will be necessary to elect three directors. Messrs J. M. Ritchie, Keith Ramsay, and Edmund Smith retire by rotation and offer themselves for re-election. The retiring auditors. Messrs Reeves and Fenwick, also •ffer themselves for re-election J. M. Ritchie, Chairman.