WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2295, 24 February 1898, Page 27

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Messrs Mojiitzson ixd Hopkin import for j ■week endins February 23 :— ' j -Wheat.- The demand istsotveiy active owing to Ihe local mills being well stocked, and buyeis are holding off to tee bow the inaiket opens for the new season's rrop. We have inquiries for prime velvety and can place smw at quotations. We quote, nominally : Best velvet — Oamaru43 7d, f.outh 4s 4d ; best Tuscan— Oamaru j 4s 6d, south 4s 3d ; red chaff, 4s ?A ; fowls' wheat, I 3s 3d to 3s 7d. -Oat^ : The inai ket is hardly so brisk,- but prices are without alteration. We quote: Be^fc feed, 2s to 2s Id; medium, Is lid to Is HJd per bnf-hel ; Sutherlauds, 2s 3d. Bailey : Feed Forts are quoted at 2s 3d to 2s C i ; milling, ,'L-t to 3s 3d ; malting, from 4s to 4s Bd. jKydcorn, '.U 3d. Flour j "We quote jSll. Oatmeal in 25's. £11, 10s. Pearl barley, £16 Bran, j£3. Pollard, £.1 15s. Nelson hops are quoted at 10M to 3s. Chaff : Maiket overstocked at present, and pi ices have declined 10s per ton. Prime, £3 10s to £'i 12& 6d ; medium, .£3 to £3 7s 6d. lt\ esi a<- : The demand i-. good for small, sho ,ty beed. We have large orders to fill, and can place any quantity. Faimers' dressed. '2s to 2< 101 ; machined, 3s 3d to 4-. <'oekefoot, 2£d to 3id for farmers' lots, and iU\ to s',d tor snachined. Linseed (wautec), £\f) iOd to £11. Pre&bed straw, 255. Olovt-r hay, £'A ss._ Nitrate of soda, £15 Ba=ic slag, £5 Clovers, rap", &c, gust landing: We can crfer all classes of seeds pure aud fresh. j Potatoes. — Prices are muob easier. We quote tießt sorts, £4 to £i 10s per ton. Hides, lid to S^d, according to weight arid condition. Tallow : Rough fat, 9s to lls ; rendered, 12s to 15s. Horsehair, Is to Is 3d. Wool. — The last sale of the Feason will be hel/1 ■on the 24th inst. We expect to see brisk competition. , j Babbit°kins. — The market here is very firm, and prices show an advance. We cell by auction every Monday. Sheepskins. — We held our usual weekly sale on Tuesday, ,when we offered a large catalogue. Competition was brisk and prices ruled veiy iL . m. Dry crossbreds brought from 2s 6d to 5s !M ; inferior, Is 3d to 2s 4d ; dry pelts, Id to 9-\ ; dry merinos, 2s 3d to 5s ; inferior. Is to 2s ; cieeii pelts, iSd to Is 9d ; green lambskins, 9d to Is 9d each. Wu undertake country clearing sales. ! ynniT ixn pnoDuri: report. - Buttpr : Pnine salt, to fijjd ; medium, 3d to 4d. Butter cases, with parchments, lSb per dozen. Cheese : C4ood Akaroa, 3JI ; factory, 4d to 4£L Pigs. — For good quality, 3KI to 3^d. Poultry received for sale any day. Roosters <young), 3s to 3s 6"d : liens, 2s io 2s 3c'.; ducks t(young), 3s to 4s, according to quality. Beeswax X wanted), L- to Is 4 i tor prime quality. Fruit. — We leceive fon'igmuents of 8,11 kinds of ■fruit and garden produce, which we bell either by auction or priv?tely, as we think bes>c in the interests of oonsiguors. Plums, l£d to 2d ; ppncote, 211 to 4d ; p.-schc, 2kl to 5d ; tomaloe*, 3d -to 5d per lb ; bananas, 2d to 2}d po-r lb. We beg to give our numerous frirnds notice that we bave now erected s-eed-eleaiang machinery to cnaHs us to treat 600 bP.cks jn 24 liours, also that Mes&ra Andrews amJ Beaven have written us that, our cocksfoot machine burnt at their late fire at Christchurch is now well on to •completion, and will be erected in ten days. We liave also erected a new ryegiass plant to cope ■with the work. We have inquiry for 10,000 sacks lyegrass, and would ask faimeis to forwaid samples, and consign all seed to our private sid- ] ing. 1