WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 1905, 25 May 1888, Page 19

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

lUoiutzson and Hopkin, Millers, Grain, Produce, and Commission Agents, Manse street, Dunedin, report as follows for week ending May 22:WHOLESALE REPORT. Wheat: The market shows no improvement since last report; millers prefer to act cautiously. Best Northern Tuscans and velvets, from 3a 2d to 3s 4d ; Southern samples, 3s to 3s 2d ; medium, neglected, 2s 3d to 2s lOd. Fowls' wheat : Good whole is worth Sis tJd ; broken, 2s to 2s 3d. Barley: Best hrewers' malting, 4s 4d to 4s 6d ; milling, 3s (td to 4s ; feed, 2s fid to 3s. Oats: Values of last week hold goed this also. Best milling lots, Is 9d ; plump bright feed, Isßd to Is B§d; medium and oft-colour, Is 6fdto Is 7jd. Flour : Bsst Timaru roller, £8 10s ; 50's. £9 sa, f.0.b. ; beat Oarnaru stone, £8 103 ; 50's, £9, in DuneJin ; Southern stone and town brands,,, ,£B ; 50's, £8 10s, in Dunedin. Oatmeal : Long too in bulk, £8 10s ; 25"a, £3 10b ; 7's and 14's, £10 10s. Bran : 60s f.o.b. Oamaru and Dunedin ; 55s f.o.b. Timaru. Sharps: 70s f.o.b Oamaru and Dunedin; 65s f.o.b. Timaru. Potatoes: Best Northern, 50s to 52s 6d per ton. Pigs : Well-fed farmers' lots up to 1801b, 3^d to 4d per lb. Chaff : Well-cut clean and heavy, 50s to 55s per ton. Straw chaff : 40s. Carrots : 40s. Turnips : 20s. Black dust : 9d per bag, Straw, oaten and wheaten : 40s per ton. Hay, oaten : 60s per ton. Hay, clover and ryegrass : 60s per ton. Butter : JPritne salt, 7d to 8d (kegs ext ra) ; fresh do etorekeepers' lots, 7£d to Bd. Cheese : Best Akaroa, 3jd ; loaves, 4d ; Brighton, 3|d. Hams and bacon : 8d for former, 6£ to 7U for rolls and flitches. Honey : 3f.l in tins and casks. Grass seeds : We had a few inquirers for ryegrass, farmers' lots, from 2s to 2s 3d : best machine-dressed from 2a lOd to 3s ; cocksfoot, little inquiry, 3£ to 3?d per lb.