FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2310, 9 June 1898, Page 27

FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT.

] Messrs Thomas Paterson and Co.. Manae | street, report for the week ending JiueSJ:-— i Fruit. — Good demand for choice locally-grown i fruits and short supply. We quote :— Oranges : I Sydney, 6j to 7s ; Tahiti, 6s 61 to 7s • 6d. Lemons : Italian. ?5s ; Sydney, 6* Gd to 8s ' 6d Bananas: Grtei), 2d ; ripe, 21d. Pears: I Dessert, 3£d to 4£d ; co-jking, 2fd to 3d. Anples: j Cookers, 2d to 'Zld (choice wanted); dessert, 2£d to 3d ; Tajnianiau, 13s 6d Tomatoes : Hothouse, 6d. Grapes, Bdtola. Pineapples, 3s to 4s per dozen. Peanuts, walnuts, figs, dates in stock at market rates. Produce. — Eggs, wanted. Butter (demand weaker)— |resb. 9d to "Is; salt (prime), BJd to i lid. Cheese: Factory, ii< to ; Akaroa and i farmers', 3|d to id. Bacon : Roll, 6£d to fs|il. i Hams: We hava inquiry for supply. Pigs, 4d Beeswax, Is 5d (wanted). 1 Poultry. —Sales every day at top prices. Potatoes. — Kidneys for sped, wanted ; Derwents, £6 to £6 10s ; inferior, £5 12s 6d to £6. Oniops, £9 to £9 10s. Consignments of all <sesciiption3 of farm produce received on commission. Agents for " Moni tank" blight cure; supplied to fruitgrowers and i others. ] SKIN AND HIDE REPORT. Messrs Eehshabdt and Co. (near railway station) repart as follows :— j Supplies are now coming to hand freer, and ; some of the lately-caught skins are well advanced {in quality. P.-ice3 aie very firm, though not i higher, except for an odd lot of especial quality. ' Such a one -viz , selected winters— we paid 15Jd . for, which is the highest price obtained in auction j for greys during the last thv.e -vvveks, whatever some reports assert to tbe coatiary. We have nothing to add to our quotations in last week's report, except that onr price for full winters is now Jd higher than quoted therein. Sheepskins. — Crossbred* are a shade easier, ! while finer sorts aro unchanged. • 'I he demand I for all sorts is good, and steady butiness is j passing. _ I Hides. — Market remains firm, and we are ' securirjg all we can at top values. Fat. — If anything a shads better. We have a. \ gpod outlet for Iboth rough and rendered at outnide prices. - MARKET REPORT. I Messrs Edwabd Thomas and Co., Bond street, ! Dunedin, wool, skin, hair, and hide merchants, ' report :—: — Rabbitskins.— At Monday's sales some 40 odd bales were offered, and were sold at prices equal to late rulings, a few lines of winters only showing ! a slight advance and reaching 15£ d. ! Kbeepskins continue fiym. Hair.— Good clean hair, 15d ; medium, 14d to lod ; inferior, to 14rt. Hideß.— Firm, with haidening tendency; well taken-off butchers' in good demand.