WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2318, 4 August 1898, Page 27

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Messrs Moiutzson and Hopkin report for week ending August 3 : —

Wheat. —There is absolutely no business passing. Millers, being anxious to reduce their stocks, are holding off the market in the meantime. The demand for fowl feed has also fallen aw.-y. We quote: Bast velvet, 43 7d to 4s 8d best Tuscan, 4s 8d to 4s 7d ; fowis' wheat, 3s 3d lo 3s 7d. Of Is: The maj-kct shows a little nioie activity. Stocks in groweis' hands in Dunedin are light, and we expect to see a better demand set in befoie long; prices during the week show no alteration. We quote: Best feed, 2s 2d to 2s 3d per bushel; Sutheilauds, 2s Gd. Barley: Feed sorts are quoted at 2s 3d to 2s Gd; milling, 3s 3d to 4s; milling, 4s Gd to 5s 2d. ltyccocn, 3s 3d lo 3s 9d. Flour: We quote £12. Oatmeal in 25's, £13. Pearl barley, £21 10s. Bran, £3. Pollard, £4. Nelson hops are quoted at Is 3d. Chaff: Prime, £3 32s 6d to £3 15s; medium, £3 ss. Ryegras3 : The demand is keen for all descriptions, especially small, shotty seed. We have largo oideis lo fill, and ran plnce any quantity. Farmers' dressed, 2s to 3s 2d; machined, 3s Gd to 4s Gd. Cocksfoot, 3d to 3£d for f aimers' lots, and 4Jd to oid for machined. Linseed (wanted), £12 to £13. Pressed straw, 25s to 27s Gd. Clover hay. £4. Nitrate of soda, £15. Basic slag, £5. Clovers, rape, &c, just landing. We can offer all classes of seeds pure and fresh. Maize, 3s 6d per bushel , Piua°i£»n blue p->a<>, 5s Gd per bushel.

Seed Wheat. — We have some fine samples of velvet, Tuscan, &c, and shall be pleased to forward samples on application.

Potatoes.— The demand is active, and prices remain firm. We quote: Derwents, £7 5s to £7 10s.

Hides, lid to 4d, according to weight and condition.

Tallow: Rough fat, 9s to lls; rendered, 10s Gd to 15r, according to quality.

Horsehair, Is to Is 3d,

Ribbitskins. — The demand continues keen. We quote: Incomings, 13d lo 15d; winters, 16d to 19d; selected does a shade more; autumns, 8d to lid; summers, Gd to 9d; suckers and runners, 2d to 5d per lb; best blacks, 18d to 19d. We sell by auction every Monday.

Sheepskins. — The demand is very keen, and prices remain firm. We quote. Dry crossbreds, 2s 6d to 5s 9d, inferior, Is 3d to 2s 4d; dry pelts, 'Id to Is 3d; diy merinos, 2s 3d to ss; inferior, Is to 2s ; green crossbreds, 3s to 3s 9d ; extra, to 4s 3d; green lambskins, 2s 8d to 3s 4d each. We undertake counfa-y dealing sales. J'UIUIT AND TEODUCE BEPORT.

Butter. — Prime- salt: Veiy little business dcing , woith 75d to 8d per lb. ■ Cheese. — Factory, 4Jd.

Pigs. — For good quality, 4d. Poultry received for sale any day. Roosters (young), 3s Gd; hens, 2s Gd; ducks (young), Is to 4s 3d, according to quality. Fruit. — Wo receive consignments of all kinds of fruit and garden produce, which we sell either by auction or privately, as we think best in the interest of consignors. Apples. Dessert, 3d, f-ooking, 2Jd. Bananas, 2d to 'Z\d pel lb.

GHAIiSJ AND PRODUCE REPORT

Messrs Wm. IS Reynolds and Co., Bond ■^tieet, leport loi weeli ending August 3 as 10lJows- —

Wheat —Tli ore js nothing de&ii to report in th-s line, inquiry loj same being veiy sl.tck, and supplies plentiful We quote piime velvet, 4s 9d , Tuscan, 4s 8d , red torts, 4s 4d to 4s Gd ; whole fowl wheat fiom Js to 3s 3d, and broken from 2s 8d to 2s lOd.

Oats —There has been a little bettei inquiry for tins of late, and very few decent-sized lines offering. We quote best feed spairowbills from 2s l\d to 2s 2d, medium to gooJ, 2, to 2s Id.

Potatoes. — There h.'s not been a great quantity of these coming forward, and all oliering are readily placed at from £7 2s Gd to £7 10s, according to quality.

' Chaff — A fairly active competition for this lias taken pioce during the last few days, especially lor prime quality, winch is very scarce, an 1 i& saleable <it up to £■) Jus , medium to good, £3 5s to £3 10s.

Seeds --We beg to lcnnnd our many customois that we have j huije ato^k of all classes ol herd oats, grass seeds, ,md clovers, colonial ami imported, and bhall be jji >d to bo jl.j 1 . ocders at lowest ruling pi ices.

SKIN AND HIDE REPORT.

Mcssis Remshakdt and Co. (near railway station) repoit as follows: —

Rabbi^kins.— The demand continues excellent, but puces lemain unchanged; 'ndeed, some grades were lather ea«ior in Monday's sale. However, in auction sales prices are often very irreeular. depending, as they frequently cUv, o»

the humour buyers are in. Consequently it happens at times tlut wo obtain a lot et from {d to 3d per lb below our valuation, or, in ether words, below the price- we t-h'i.tltl nave i aid to a private cu=-. to »■>'■>)-. hhji'ivi? ;.ie looking forward to next Fji.d,'y'« c<\Js i,\ i.oucton, vhich thc-y expect will shoiv tho f..lv,i^o they have been discounting in their lccpnt pui chases. Meanwhile oidmaiy mixed winters aio still worth 16d to 17\d; pelecled, ISd lo I8*d; extra choice thiii-pelted, lOd to 20d; other soits m proportion. Sheepskins. — No chnnge in prices, but market firm, with upward tendency for fine sorts. Hides. — We are still doing the bull; of the shipping trade, and our weekly turn-o\sr is stcod:ly growing in sj.Uc of iill.»;e l'.»;l.»;l '.»;: i i.ii i d ivj i i-i-tion from local tanner-, who, lio\.^\'i, ■ aaj.^s beat our puces.

Fat — We have oraj^ fu.- n>dyh and lend- >-.cI, and are piopaied lo pay up to 12b and 15b icapectively lor suitable parcels.