A. LORIE AND CO.'S PRICES CURRENT. August 31, 1892.

Otago Witness, Issue 2010, 1 September 1892, Page 22

A. LORIE AND CO.'S PRICES CURRENT. August 31, 1892.

Rabbitskins : All forward sell readily, although prices are a shade lower than last week. Best selected does, 16Jd ; good ordinary lots, with blacks and fawns out, Kid to 16] d; autumns, BJd to lid ; Ruraawtrs, 5d to 7Jd : suckers and halfgrown, 3d to oaT We class all skins before selling. Sheepskins have good inquiry. For a line of prime green skins we realised 5s 3d. Best diy skins (id lb ; medium, 5d to sid ; fallen skins, 4Jd to sd ; dead wool, 4d to sd. Horsehair, Is. Hides' : Ordinary sound country skins, lid to 2d ; extra large and prime up to 3d ; damaged, id to Id. Fat: Best rendered, up to 20s; inferior to medium, 12s to 16s; primest rough, 13s 6d. Potatoes a drug ; our stores are full. For veiy primest we realised up to 32s 6d ; inferior, no inquiry—consequently we do not solicit consignments. Onion-, 65s to 80s. _Chaff : Best, 52s 6d ; inferior, 3'Js to 47s 6d. Bacon pigs continue to sell well. We sold 22 mixed sizes up to 1801b to-day at 4d. Prhe will probably drop with waim weather. Bacon : Best rolls, up to (id. Hams, 7d to 8d ; inferior, no bale. i. heose : Good Akaroa, Gd ; inferior dairy, no sale ; factory; none. Salt butter : Fair inquiry. Best, 9ld tolOd ; medium, 7d to 8d (kegs extra). We can supply new patent boxes lined with parchment paper at Is (sd. We strongly recommend using these packages and.no others. Fresh butter linn at last week's quotations, but will fall. Eggs, id lowor than last week's circular. We can supply patent cases, to hold 24 dozen, at 2s (id. Ky using them their cost is sonn saved in freight, be«iiles thero being less liability of breakage. Poultry in capital demand. Our Friday's sale is' always crowded with buyers, and as nil fowls are classed and penned in small lots they bring full values Cocks brought 3s 9d ,to la 7d ; hens— small 2s (kl to 2s lOd, prime 3s 2d to 3d 7d ; ducks, 4s 8d to 5a Id ; turkeys— cocks Bd, hens &}d to 64 ; geese, 5s to 7s. Fruit: Market ■ fully supplied. We landed 482 cases this week, and quote : Oranges, 6s to 7s ; mandarins, 7s (id ; Sevilles, 8s to !la ; vines, 12s ; I)a>-sion fruit, 6s to 7s ; llobart apples, 7s 6d to 9s ; ocal apples, 1 J I' to 2d. Business during the week has kept us going early and late; and all produce forward,, except potatoes, moves off freely. Furniture,' pianos, and organs have. an increased inquiry, and our recent sales have been numerously attended. On Friday next we sell (by instructions from Moiv. M. Both, of Japan) a very large consignment of Japanese r eurios, which doubtless will attract a number of country buyers. The sale is unreserved. On the morning of tho same day wo hold our weekly salo of poultry and produce. On Saturday afternoon we sell fruit trees, macrocapa, <*nd shrubs, this being the last sale of the season. Karly noxt week wo hold a clearing sale of groceries and shop fittings by in* structious of a storekaaper retiring from business.

FRUIT. AND PRODUCE REPORT. Titos. Paterson and Co., fruit and produce agents, Manse street, report on August 31 :— Fruit.— Market fully supplied with both oranges and apples, and prices for the former arc weaker, .but us a large uivipoi tion of the Sydney fruit arrived in bad order quantities will bo much reduced, and prices should firm. We quote : Sydney oranges, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; smalls, shade lower ; Tahiti, 8s 6d ; lemons, 8s to 10a ; pines, 10s. to 14s; Sovilles, 8s to -9s; cocoanuts, 9a per sack ; peanuts (scarce), 2Jd. Apples : Locally grown, £3 to 6a tid ; llobart F.C. (small), 5s 6d to (is 6d ; large, 7s 6d to Ss 6d ;*S.P.M., 8s to 93*; S.T.P., 7s to Bs'j S.P., 7s to Bs.' Wo landed during the week 408, cases fruit from Sydney, 230 do apples from It&bart, 80 do from Melbourne. Produce.- -Eggs plentiful. Fresh butter in good demand. lOd to Is ; salt, 7d to lOd. Bacon : Roll, 5Jd to 6ld ; flitch, sd. Hams, 7d to Bd. Pigs scarce and waifted, 3Jd to 4d. Cheese : Aknroa, 3d to 4d ; factory, 4?d to 5Jd. Honey,' 4Jd. Beeswax, la Id. Potatoes, 25s to 305. , Carrots, 20a to 22s (id (sacks extra). Onions. niarkot,glutted and very inferior, 2s to 3s. Poultry-has good demand at jull rates, and we can place readily any sent forward. We receive for sale on .commission all descriptions of ;fqrru and dairy produce. RABBITSKIN MARKET. J. H. Kirk and Co., Bond street, report for week ending August 30 as follows :— An unusually large quantity of skins have been offering during the week, and prices, though not appreciably lower, may be quoted a shade easier. Many of the skins lately caught show signs of going off, and for such like lower prices must he taken. Full current value given free of charges. RABBITSKIN MARKET. Messrs A. R. M'Donald and Co., Bond street, report as follows for the week ending August 31 :— A Very large businpss has been done during the week— in fact j;he supplies of good winter skins have only commenced to arrive in bulk, and during the next two months very large, quantities will be dealt with. Owing to the open winter and its short duration, the quality of this season's collections is short of its predecessor ; the supply . also will be an one. Taking all these facts into account, wo cannot see any possibility of higher prices. RABBITSKIN MARKET. Messrs Remshardt and Co. report for the week ending 31st August as follows :— Consignments are still .numerous and bulky, although many, parcels from low country have quite lost their coats. At the public sales on Monday biddings were -less spirited, prices in many instances^ .being barely maintained. This was attributable to several or the buyers not competing, on account of some of' the largo orders lately in the market having been satisfied. We are still in a position t-> deal with' any quantity of skins, for which' we guarantee to return fullest market value, free of all charges. AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL. Sydney, August 31. Wheat: Chick, 3s 4d; New Zealand, unsaleable, 4s 2d ; local . (nominal), 4s lOd $0 4s lid. Flour : New Zealand, L 9 to L9 los. Oats : Feeding, 2s 8d to 23 9d ; milling, 2s lOd ; seed, 2s lOd to 3s. Maize, 3s Bd. Barley, 3s 6d to 3s 8d; English (nominal), 4s to 4s 6d. Bran (dull), lljd; New Zealand^ lid to UJd. Peas: New Zealand, 3s !)d ; Prussian blues, 4s 4d to 4s 6d. Potatoes : New Zealand, L2ss to L 2' 10a ; Circular Heads, L 3 10s. Onions, L 3 ss. Butter scaroe ; good demand dairy, Is 3d to Is 4d : factory. Is 6d to Is 6d. Bacon : New Zealand— old and new 8M ; local, 4d to Gd ; market glutted. Melbourne, August 31. Wheat, 3a lid to 3s llhd ; fair business. Adelaide, August 31. Wheat 4s 3d. Flour: Roller, L 9 17s 6d to LlO 2s 6d. Oats : New Zealand, 3s 4d to 3s 6d. Bran and pollard, lljd^ CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. The following is the Corn Exchange report (per Fred. Dcnham, secretary) for the week ending August 27 :— - . , * Wheat]— Therecentreturnsandcableshaveniade the faces of shippers look gloomy in the extreme, and we do not think the hearts of producers who shipped in the early part of the season on their own account are overflowing with gratitude towards those self-appoihted farmers' advisers who pressed them to adopt that course. Those who acted on ihe advice giveri cannot come out with a less loss than Is per bushel compared with local prices then ruling. Barley : None offering ; none asked for. Oats : A little more inquiry, but no change iv price. Ryegrass : A considerable quantity must be carried over. Potatoes : Derwents still inactive ;, early rose and other fancy sorts wo have over-shipped, and a few small orders difficult to fill at a relatively high price. Cheese wanted. Butter : Keg especially easier. The following arc prices paid to farmers f.o.b. (packages extra, potatoes excepted) :— Wheat : Sound milling, 3s 4d to 3s 6d. Barley : Feed, 2s to 2s 4d. Oats: Milling, 2s;. seed Tartars, 2s. 'Ryegrass: Machine-dressed, 3s 3d. Potatoes ; Dorwents cannot quote ; early rose, 603. Cheese, 4d to 5Jd. Butter : Fresh factory, Is ; keg,' Bd. Pease and beans ; No alteration. •