GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORT.

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

GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORT.

Messrs William IS. Reynolds and Co , Bond street, repovt for the week ending sth January as fol'ows :— ' j Wheat : We have iio change to repoit, except that the' market" keeps fhm, at the same time that not much i; offering, and therefore the business is not very larg*. We repeat last week's quotations, viz. — 4j 7 ! for prime velvet 4-i 4d to 4s 6d for Tuscan, 3s 7d to 3.s Sd for fowl fead. Oats : All offering met with a good demand, and cou-rqueii'ly priced remain fi i m, though expoit business 43 somewhat r-sliictel fiom Dunedin owing to 15'icts being low-r«t*ha Bl'iir. It is veiy diAi:ult tj i^redicl-, (specially so boon after tlie holidays, whetl.er present prices are g'»in<; to be n-aintaincl for &otne time or not, and we content ours-slve3, th refore, with giving to clay's value.", which are : For Sutherland.", up to 2s Id ; brsfc sparrowbills, up, to l 2s ; good tound feed, Is IOJ'I to Is Hid ; or Unary, Is 9<T to Is Ch.iflr Has bsen coming in very sparingly lately, and in consequence piices have gona up very much inceel, and to day we can quote: Prime, from £3 37s 61 lo £1 2-j 6 1 ; and ordinary lo good, fiom £3 5-. to £3 Jss, according to quiiity, but it i^ not likely that thepj piices-will be long maintained. Potatoes : These have not bepn airiving any too freely lately, and fresh dug Peninsulas a % e sale able to-day at Ss ; Ov.nianis, 6s Gil to 7s ; but v-.ry few f.o far haye come forward in good condition. As Eo<n as anivals increase prices must of ntcessitv ease. Wool. — There is no change of note to remark upon since last s.?lc held heie, as cables fiom London seem to show the market about the game lciel The second fcpl;of the seiie-i will be held here on Mnulay next, 10th iuat., and we are hop-fiil of 'teeiiig prices quite equal (if not all ro'uud a little better) to those of the first fale. C^t^logues close for the sale on Ihe 7th (Fiiday next),' and all --vool must be iv store in Dunedia by this date.