RABBITSKIN MARKET.

Otago Witness, Issue 1875, 28 October 1887, Page 19

RABBI TSKIN MARKET.

Messrs Rkmshahdt, M'Donald, and Co. rerorb as follows: —

The speculative demand mentioned in our last continues to cxi:.'. I uring the past week some grand lots of winter greys h»ve sold a f . 17d to 19d; best springs^ lOd to 14d; inferior to medium, fid to lOd blacKsand fawus, 6dio9d. As. the above rates are not warranted by the present s,tate of the London market, and being of opinion that a further shrinkage iv value will be recorded at the sales to take place on the 4th Nqvember, we c.-vi confidently recommend hplders to accept the piesei\t opportunity to place their skins.

To Our Country Correspondents.— As there will he very little business doing in' rabbits'fciris for some months to come, we intend discontinuing our report for the meantime, and in (Joing bo tender our thanks for the ,'ib.le suppqrt yon have accorded us iv the past, and hope to do a still larger business with your goodselves during the season of 1888.— We are, yours faithfully, Remshabdt, M'Donald, and Co.

INTERCOLONIAL MARKET REPORTS.

Sydney, October 15 — Flour: Opprations much restiictPd. Adelaide, town brands, £9 10s 10 £0 15s per tou ; South Australian, country. £9 to £9 5s ; New South Wales, £8 15s and to £10 ; Victorian, £3 15» to £3 ; roller and special brands, £9 10s to £10 10s. Wheat: Good selling lines are still inactive at 3s 9d to 3s lOd per bushel ; chickfeed, steady at :-s 6d to 2s 9d. Oats : Fair supplies forward, entirely from New Zealand. Bright heavy r eed is steady at 2s Id to 2s 2d ; 6eed, 2s 3d ; other descriptions dull, at Is lid. Barley: Cape seed is nominally 'worth 3s to 3s Id. Bran and pollard, 7£d to 3d per bushel. Chaff: Be&t Adelaide*, and Victorian lines £4 153 to £3' 'per ton; infcryir,. fr°iu £3Potatoes' : Hber&t* s\fppl}& M «nd' values weaker, Circular Head dnl| at £2 IQs to £2 log per ton ; New Zealand, £? to £2 ss. Mutter ; Market unohnnped. Best Illawarra, in keg, 6d to 7d per lb ; roll, 7d ; factory made, 7d to 9d. Cheese : Ordinary colonial

sorts dull at 2d to 4d per 1b ; loaf cheese, sd ; New Zealand to 6d. Bacon : In fair inquiry, at for handcured Southern, 6fd to 7£d per lb ; machine-cured, 5d to 6d; colonial hams, 6d to 8d; New Zealand bacon, 7d to 8d ; New Zealand hams, lOd to lid per lb. Melbourne, October 15.— Flour : Little doing in the breadstuffs market, although flour is in rather better demand. Holler is in mostrequest, at up to £10 per ton; stone-made, from £7 10s to £8. Wheat: There is little demand for export, therefore millers are the principal buyers. Privately 3500 bags have been cleared at 3s 5d to 3s s£d per bußhel, while for a line of 3000 bags 3s od was accepted. Oats : Large supplies from New Zealand have depressed the market ; 3500 bags were disposed of in one line at 2s 9d to 2s lOd (for best Bamples). Barley : English malting is in fair demand at up to 6s per bushel for prime, while Cape sells at 3s. Maize is in better inquiry at up to 3s 7d per bushel. Bran is dull at 9d per bushel ; and pollard, in trade lots, 8d to Bjd. Butter is in profuse supply. Exporters have commenced potting, and it is understood that one of the shipping companies with freezing chambers have in contemplation a marked reduction in the rates of freight compared with what has been hitherto charged. I'reßh butter, from select dairies, 7(1 to 8d per lb; medium do, 3d to sd; new potted, 5d to 6d, and in demand. Cheese : In largo supply. Prime is worth 5d to G£d per lb ; good old cheese, 5d to Od ; other kind 9, 3d to 4d. Hams: Town cured, 9d; country cured, 6d to 7d per lb. Bacon : Town cured, Sd ; country cured, 5d to (3d per lb. AuEiiAIPK, October 15 —Flour is very dull of sale. Ordinary brands, X'S per ton ; best brands, X'B 10s ; roller-made, £d. Wheat: Nothing whatever doing in shipping parcolG, and tlie there are still large stocks on hand, a considerable proportion of which must be carried over till priceß recede to English limits. Quotations: Farmers' lots, 3s oil to 3s tkl, at Port Adelaide ; at outports, 3s ■Id. Outs, L J s lOd to '2b lid per bushel. Barley. Malting 5s 3d to 5a 6d ; Cape barley, 3s (3d per bushel. Bran. 6d ; pollard 7d per bushel. Potatoes : Circular Head, £3 10s to £3 15s per ton. JBntter, fresh in plentiful supply, and prices lower ; dairy lots sell at 7j-d to 8d per lb ; store lines, 6sd to 7d ; new potted (iv kegs), 7|d to 8d ; old potted, 4d to s;d. Cheese, 7d to B£d per lb ior best large ; lower grades, s£d to 6M. Factory bacon, 8d to 83d ; farm-cured, 6^d to 7jd per lb. In charters there is Is nothing doing, but sales of new wheat for December-January shipment have teen made at 32s 3d per quarter'to the United Kingdom. Bhlsuaxe, October 15.— Flour, £11 to £12 per ton ; ohick wheat, -Is 3d to 4s tid per bushel; oats, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; barley, -Is 6d to 4s Od ; maize, in good demand at 4b 7d to 43 9d per bushel ; bran, £5 10s to £5 15s ppr ton ; pollatd, £5 15s to £6 ; oaten chaff (imported), £7 10s to £8 per tou ; potatoes, really prime, in my good demand at £ I per ton for lochl grown; butter, Od to Is 'Ml per lb ; cheese— Now Zealand, 8d to B|d per lb ; Victorian, <Jd to lOd.