WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2241, 11 February 1897, Page 26

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Messrs Jlo.'tuzso.v and Hopki.v, Dttnedin, ipporfc (wholesale) iis follows for week ending February 3. All quotations aiibjcct to marked fluctuations :— Wo would ask farmers when sending samples always to put a pi ice on them, tis buyers do not feel inclined to make oft'eis. Wheat.— Market f*uly brisk. We quote : Besfc velvet, 49 fJd ; best "luscan, 4s 4it to 4? 6d ; red chart", 4s 2'l to 4s 4d ; fowls' wheat, 3< t.'d to 4s. Oats in s;ood demand : Prime milling, 2s ; bright short feed. Is lid to Is lljd, with good inquiry. Barley : Feed sorts are quoted 2t 2d to 2s 4<l ; malting, from 3s | (id to 3-3 !)d. Ityecoru, 2b f)d. Flour : We quote I £12. Oatmeal in 2os, £10 10s. Pearl barley, £12. I Br.in, £2 155. Pollard, £4 Nelson hops are quoted utlOVd. Uhaft' : Good quality, well-cut oaten sheaf, £2 lO.s to £2 12s fid ; mudium (very little iuquiry), !£2 2* (id to £2 7s<il ttyegr.m : Theie is now a i good de\l of the new season's ciop otforiug. The only demand, however, is for small ahotty heed, other descriptions buiug at present only suloablo at very lovr prices, which owners :i'-e not inclined to accept in tlitf menntuiie. Dining tbo weuk wo have placed a large quantity ut from 0s to 3i Id por j ; bushel (sacks extrn) : for farniort' ilu'tw), -i to »tt i lOd ; machined, ISi *t.i to 4-i — a Kit.'d innulry for I small soed. Oork->fout, '.\A U> -1 6»l for lurmor.V [ lot-., and ijd to fill tor m ichiuod. I'rmitiril ntuiw, ; (id < Jlovnr Imy, £':- l~s <i Ito £2 Isi NitruUt ' otsndu, £15 Kutnit, £,">. Uinlii 'ila*;. i.Ti. (Mover:', j. l.ipe, Ac, jiiit I.muWii£. Wo oiiu otU«v tvll i"liv^t»r>t* j of steds pure nnd fio.si). I Potatoes. Kulneyi urci »v dcimuid uud .soil j readily at £5 lU.« 1o £11; Drrwonls, £T> per ton. R+bbitskins.— Wn olltirud v good fntaloxun on Monday, and cleared thu lot at Utn rAtan. Wo ; quote: Prime winters, 10d to lU-1 ; .spring, tkl j i to 81 ; summer, 3I to fijd pur lb. Sheepskins. — We (jnote : Hutclicis' p-lla, (i I \o Is 3d ; dry rrossbred*, -slid to "v (i 1 ; merino, given. Is b"cl to 4i 2d ; dry murinai, -s 'M to 3) (51; i medium do, Is b'd to 2s. Hides, Jjd to oid, accordiug to woight and condition. Tallow : Rough fat, 10s to 12a (id ; rendered, 13s to 10j. Horsehair, Is to la 3d. Wool.— Nothing fresh to report; since tho laßt sa^. We hold our next s.ile on the 25th inst. I'ltUIT AND l'RODl'f'i: KKI'ORT. | Butter : Prime salt, 6d to Oid per lb. All caßes must boar the Government brand*

Cheese : Good Akaroa, 3Jd to 4d ; factory, 4d tft 4Jd Pig 3, 3id to 3Jd for good quality. Poultry received for sale any days hut Saturdays. Roosters (youug), 3s Gd to 3s 9d ; hens, 2a 9d ; ducks (young), 3s 6d to 4». Beeswax Is 3d, according to quality. Fruit. — We receive consignments of all kinds of fruit and garden produce, whick wo sell either by suction or privately, as we think best in the interests of consignors. Italian lemons, 22s 6d per case of 300.