WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2288, 6 January 1898, Page 27

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Measly Mori'IZSON and Jlopkin, Dunedin, leport (wliole.-alel as follows for week ending ■Lumaiy 5. All quotations subject to maiket fluctuations :—: — Wheat.— The demand is not very active owing to ihe local mills being well stocked. We have inquines for prime velvet, and can place same at quotations. We quote : Best velvet — Oainaru 4-j 7d, south 4s 41 to 4s 51 ; best Tuscan- Chmaru 4s 6d to 4s 7d, south 4s 3d ; red chaft, 4s M; fowls' wheat, ?,i 3d to 3s 7d. Oafa : Tha maiket is brisk, but pr.ee? are withoat altaration. We quote : Be^t feed Is lid to 2s ; medium, Is lOd to Js l(Hd per bushel ; Sutherland I},1 }, 2 ! . -Barley : Feed soits aie quoted at 2-s 3d to 2s 61; milling, 3s to 3s 31; malting, from 4s to 4s Si. Ityecoin, 'Hi IM. Flour: We quote £12 Oatmeal in 25'«, £11 TOs Pearl barley, £16 Bran, £3. Pollard, £3 15s. Nelson hops are quoted at ](F.d to Is. Chaff : Prim?, 85? ; good, 75s to B<K Rjegiass: The demand i-> for small, shotty seed. Fanners' droised, 2s to 2< lOd ; machined, 3s 3d to 4s. Cocksfoot, £Jd to 3i<i for farmers' lot 1 -, and -J^d to 5Jd for machiueJ. Linseed (waiited), £10 10s to £11. Pres-ed Ft^xw, 21-j. OloV'-r b«\y, X' 3 Cs. Nitrate of aod.i, £15 Ivainit, £5. Basic &!ag, £5. Clovers, rape, &p., juot landing. We can offer all classes of s- e'i& pure and fresh. Potatoes.— New kidney, 8s to 8s 6d per cwt. Hides, IJd to 3Jd, according to weight and condition. Tjllow : Rough fat, 9s to Us ; rendered, 12a to 15 5 . Ilui-sehair. Is to Is 3d. Wool.— Our text sole takes place on Jauuaiy 10. Asl wo '1 for this sale mus-t reach our stores not later thau Januaiy (j. We undertake country clearing .sales. Fnurr and rnonucK report. Butter : Piime salt, 61 to fiid ; medium, 3d to 4J. Butter esses, with parchments, 18s per .dozen. -' Choose : Good Akaioa, 41 ; factory, 4Jrl to -IJJ. Pi(f^. — For good quality, 3H. Poultiy received for tale rvny day. Roosters (young), 4s ; hens, 2s to 2< 3d ; ducks (young), 4s to si. Beeswax (wanted), Is to 1* 3d for prime quality. Fruit.— 'We receive consignments of all kinds of fruit and, garden produce, which we sell either by auction or xjrivately, as we think best in the interests of consignors. Strawberries, Sil for Pi'.xtofi's'; ebonies," fid to 7d ; Sydney oranges, IPs plums, 4d 1o -fid; apvirots, 51 to (id; piue a , 6j 6J ptr dozen ; bananas, <2i to 2id \>st lb. Vv'e suxjply ltilibit au<l sheep netting, and give sp chl quot.itiong by the mile. We also supply oil cake. ■