WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2263, 15 July 1897, Page 31

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Mesßrs Moritzson and Hopkin, Dunedin, report (wholesale) as follows for week ending July 14. All quotations subject to market fluctuations :— Wheat. — Market fairly brisk for prime samples. We quote : Be3t velvet— Oam'aru 4s 4d to 4? 6d south 4s 3d to 4s 4d ; best Tuscan— Oamaru 43 3d to 4s 4d, south 4s 2d to 4* 3d ; red chaff, 4s ! Id to 4s 2d ; fowls' wheat. 3j 3d to 3s 7d. Oats : ] Not many offering. We have sold prime Suther- j lands at 2s 4d to 2s sd, and can place more at same j price. Bright short feed, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; medium and off-colour, 2s to 2s Id. Barley : Feed sorts are quoted 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; milling, 3s to 3s 3d ; malting, from 4s to 4s 6d. Ryecorn, 3s to 3s 3d. Flour : We quote £11. Oatmeal in 25's, £13. Pearl barley, £16. Bran, £3 155. Pollard, £4 10a. Nelson hops are quoted at lOJd to Is. Chaff easier : Prime, £3 17b 6d to £4; medium, £3 5s to £3 10s. Ryegrats : The only demand is . for small, shotty seed. Farmers' dressed, 2s to 2s lOd ; machined, 3s 3d to 4s. Cocksfoot, 3d to 4Jd for farmers' lots, and 4}d to SJd for machined. Linseed (wanted), £10 10s to £11. Pressed straw, 255. Clover hay, £3 ss. Nitrate of soda, £15. Kainit, £5. Basic slag, £5. Glovers, rape, <fee, just landing. We can offer all classes of seeds pure and fresh. Potatoes. — Kidneya (if suitable for seed pur- f poses), £4 to £4 Ws. Derwents : North, £3 10s to ; £3 15s ; south, £3 to £3 ss. Rabbitskins.— We offered a large catalogue on ; Monday, and cleared the lot at satisfactory prices. | Competition was brisk, and prices ruled i very firm. We quote : Prime winters, HJd j to 12} d ; second winters, lOd to lid ; autumns. ■ 7d to 9£d ; summers, 4£d to 6d ; small, Id to 3d ' per lb. J Sheepskins. — We quote : For butchers' green j cross reds, 2s 61 to 3s 6d, extra to 4s 4 dry cross- l breds, 2s 5d to 5s 6d ; dry merinos, 2s 3d to 3s fid ; medium do, Is 6d to 2s ; pelts, 4d to Is 9d. ! Hides, ljd to 3Jd, according to weight and condition. < Tallow: Rough, fat, 93 to lls; rendered, 12s tolss. , Horsehair, Is to Is 3d. We are now prepared to make advances en wool. FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT. Butter : Good salt — Dairy-made, BJd ; extra prime. 9d ; good, 7d. Cheese : Good Akaroa, 4d to 4id ; factory, 4soL Pigs.— For good quality, 1301b to 1701b, 4d. Can jell all sizes at market rates. Poultry received for sale any days but Saturday?. Roosters (young), 2s 9d to 3s ; hens, 2s 6d ; ducks (young), 3s to 3s 6'd. Beeswax, Is to Is 3d tor best. Fruit. — We receive consignments of all kinds of fruit and garden produce, which we sell either by auction or privately, a3 we think best iv the interests of consignors. Tahiti oranges, 8s per case. -.We supply rabbit and sheep netting, and give spseial quotations by the mile. We also supply oil cake. . GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORT^ Messrs William E. Reynolds and Co., Bond street, report for week ending 14th July as follows :— Wheat shows no signs of improving since last week, and the dulness then reported in all linen con'inues. There is very little indication of it lifting off for a few weeks to come. We repeat quotations : Prime velvet, 4s 4d ; southern grown, 4s 3d ; Tuscan, 4s Id to 4s 3d ; red sorts, about 4s ; and fowl feed, from 3s to 3s 7d. Oats : The above remarks apply to this grain also, and there is almost nothing of interest to note, Sellers' and buyers' ideas of value differ considerably, the former sitting firm, in their demands, aud the latter, when asked to bid, endeavouring to do so at considerably lower than. quotations, which we give at 2s 4d to 2s 4Ad for Sutherlands ; prime heavy sparrowbills, 2, 3 d ; really good feed, 2s 2d ; ordinary, 2s to 2s Id. Barley seems the only grain meeting with attention at present, especially prime qualities, very little of which is to be got. We quote prime as high as 4s 6d to 4s 9d ; good sound, up to 4s ; ordinary, 3s 6d ; while feed and milling have advanced in propoition. Potatoes xneet~with a good demand, especially northern grown, which are readily sileable at up ±0 £3 10s per ton ; and prime southern grown up to £3 ss. Chaff, as reported last week, is easily sold if exceptionally prime, while other qualities are difficult to place at considerably less money. We quote : Tip-top quality, up to £4 5s ; good sound quality, £3 103 to £3 15s ; inferior, £2 53 to £3.