DUNEDIN MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2250, 15 April 1897, Page 14

DUNEDIN MARKETS.

WIIOI.IWALi: I'RODUCK JIEPOHTS. Mr ,T. Fleming, Princes street south, reports under date the V,hh inst. :— "Whpßt per bushel. ■ • per tonUc'st milling ... 4/0 I Oafeu hay ... 60/" Mcilium do 3/6"— 3/8 I Oatmeal, in 25's 210/0 Fowls' 3/3—3/5 ! Oaten chaff 55/0—65/0 Milling oats 1/IL— 2/1 | ltycgrnss hay ... 55/0 Food oats J/S— l/J) | Straw 27/6 Malt barley 3/:5-3/(> ' Pearl barley ...240/0 Keed bailey 2/o—2/3 1 per cwfc. (Jape barley... 3/0 . Onions 6/0 Maize 3/3— 3/ C I per lb. per ton. ' Uolled bacon ... 0/B Plour, in 200's ... 230/0 ' Side bacon ... 0/7 Flour, in 50's ... 2-10/0 ! Smoked hams ... 0/8 Pollard ... ... 70/0 , Cheese ... Ofib—Q/ft P'l-itu r>s/0 ! liood salt butter, Barley dust ... 70/0 ' BJd to 7d per lb, ! according to quality. Potatoes, £2 15s to £.? 5s per ton. Good fresh potatoes wanted. Oats have advanced 2d per bushel on advice from Sydney. ruui and dairy PRonucE. Messrs Irvine and Stevenson, George street, report paying for produc during the week endingthe 13th in^t. an follows :—: — B yon =?( roll), (id p. lb [ Fresh butter, lOd p.lb Ham, 7*d p. lb Salt butter, (id p. lb Fresh egg>, l.s 3d doz Fresh butte.r, good ordinary (iv lib aud ill* prints), f'Jd to 9d p. lb. THE MKAT MARKET. Napier, April 8. Ihe Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company cabled to Metf-r.- Nelson Biw. to-day :— "Owintj to moderate shipments from Australia prices hive hardened materially, especially for North Island mutton. To-day's quotations a>-c :'— C-st Canterbury, ."]Jd ; best Duneriin imd North Idand. 3d." GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKKT. Messrs Donald Knm and Co. report that prices rul«rl as under at their auction .=ulo on Monday :— Oals.— A keen demard exists for all sorts, and all otfered cm Monday were speedily quitted. Sutherliinds are tcarri*. and can be placid at a decided advance (in Lite rates. We sold good feed spariowbills at 2-; to 2s Id ; medium, Is lid to Is UJd ixt bushel (sacks extra). "Wheit. — The mnrkat for milling is quiet at ribiut into rates. We offered fowl wheat, which sold at 3-. 4d psr bushel ( c acka in). Potatoes.— A intricate Minply camo to hand, and \ allies nilei a shade higher. We sold best Derwents lit JC'i to £'.i Es per ton (sacks, in). Chaff — We offered about (10 tons prime quality old iuid**»e.w chait. In view of the quantity •forward piic 5 ! suffered to the extent of about; Ts per ton. We f-old l^st oaten sheaf at 62s 6d to 67k ; medium to gco , 55s to 603 per ton (bags extra). The Mutual Agency Company of New Zealand (Limited) report that prices ruled asunder at their weekly auction on Monday :— Oats. — W« offered a moderate catalogue on Monday. The attendance of the trade was good, and under kean bidding we cleared alliots at — for S.OOI seed, Is 10td to 2s ; medium and inferior. Is 9i to Is lOd. I'rime milling lots are worth more monsy. Wheat.— A few lots of fowls' feed sold at 3s 5i to3s7d. Millers are not co anxious to do business unless for extra prime samples. Barley. — One small lot of discoloured sold at 2s (id. Potatr.es —We had none at auction, but during the week wo sold at up to £3 ss. Chnff.— Under good compel ition we sold prime at £3 7s fid ; good, £3 3s 6d. Market ib only fairly well supplied, and prime chaff is readily sold atfull rates.