WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2105, 28 June 1894, Page 24

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Messrs Moritzson and Hopkin, millers, grain, produce, and commission agents, Manse street, Dunedin, report (wholesale) as fellowß for Week ending June 27, 1894 :—: — Wheat.— The demand for prime quality is good. We can place all offering, but soft and second class sorts are neglected. Prime velvets (specially wanted), we quote 2a lid ; Tuscans and red chaff (if prime), same price. Second class wheat we quote from 2s" 6d to 2s 7d. Chick feed : Good whole is scarce and wanted at from 2s 4d to 2s sd. Oats: The demand is not heavy, no shipping orders being to hand. We quote : Prime milling and best bright plump feed, Is b'd to Is 6Jd ; ordinary feed. Is 4d to Is sd ; seed varieties, Is 7d— net, sacks extra. Barley : The demand is not heavy. We quote : Prime malting, 3s 6d to 3s 8d; pearling, 2a 9d to 3a ; feed, from 2a to 2a 3d. Hops : De% mand not active, 9d to lOd. Ryecorn : No demand. We quote (nominally), 2s 6d k to 2s 9d. Pearl barley, £16. Oatmeal, £8 10s. Flour: Roller, £7 to £7 5a ; stone, £6 10a. Bran, £2 ss. Pollard, £3 10s. Potatoes: Market fully supplied, £2 2s 6d to £2 7s 6d ; kidneys have little inquiry, £2 15s to £3 5s as per quality. Chaff : The demand is good for best quality at £2 12s 6d to £2 17s 6d ; ordinary, 35s to 45a. Clover and ryegrass : Hay (pressed lewt bales), £2 ss. Onions, £11 to £11 10s. Linseed, £10 to £12. Pigs : Prime bacon sizes, 4d; others, 3d to 3fd. Salt butter, 7d to 7id (nominally no demand) ; fresh, fair supply. Eggs : More plentiful, and falling. Bacon : Rolls, 6a to CAd ; sides, 6d to 6Jd ; hams, Bd. Cheese. Factory, 4i}d to sd ; Akaroa, 4d to 4Jd. Honey : Prime extracted, 4d to i\d ; other quality, 3Jd. Ryegrass : Machined, 3s 9d to 4s 3d ; farmers' lots, 2a 3d to 2s 9d. Cocksfoot : Stocks are now very low in the colony. We quote from 4d to 6Jd, f.o.b. Lyttelton. We have now only some 1500 sacks left. Light cocksfoot for surface sowing, lid ; shelled fog, ljd. Kainit, £5. Nitrate of soda, £15. Standard phosphate, £6. We recommend kainit as a special remedy for rust and the grass grub. Pamphlets on application. We can supply a few Bruce potatoes for seed at 10s per cwt, and fluke kidney at £3 per ton!