WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2355, 13 April 1899, Page 30

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Messrs Moritzoon and Hopkin report for weak ending April 12: — Wheat.—There is a fair demand for prime i samples, but other descriptions are hard to ; place. Fowl feed is readily placed at quotai tions. Wo quote: Best velvet, 2s 4d to 2a 6d; ! best Tuscan, 2s 3d to 2a 4d; fowl wheat, Is lid | to 2s. Oats: Samples are now offering freely ! from the south, with tho result that prices ' have given way. We quota: Best feed, la , 3id; medium and inferior, la Id to ; Is 3d per bushel; Sutherlands, Is sd. Barley: ! Feed sorts are quoted at Is 6d to Is 3d ; milling, Is lOd to 2s; prime malting, 2s 9d to 3s 4d; medium, 2s <td to 2s Bd. Ryecorn, 3s. Flour: We quote £7. Oatmeal in 25's, £8. Pearl barloy, 312. Bran, £2 10s. Pollard, £3 10s. Nelson hoos are quoted at 7d to lid (f.0.b.). Chaff: Scarce, Prime, ,£2 15s; medium, £2 5s to £2 12s 6d. Ryegrass: Few salos arc being nad» here, farmers being inclined to hold in the meantime, to see- if prices will improve. Buyers' ideas of values are from Is 3d to Is 7d for ordinary farmers' dressed seed, and up to 2s for exceptionally good samples. We quote: I Farmers' dressed, Is 3d to Is 9d; machined. ! 2s 6d to 3s. Cocksfoot, 2Jd to 3Jd for farmed I lots, and 4Jd to 5d for machined. Linseed ktwarjted), £12. Pressed straw, 255. Clover | hay, £3 to £3 103. Nitrate of soda, £15. Clovers, j rape, etc., all fresh. We can offer all olassos of j seeds pure and fresh \ I Potatoes.—Arrivals have been N brisk and prices aro easier, and tho demand is- good' for prime lots. Kidneys, 27s 6d to 3551; Derwents, 40b to 47s 6d. Hides, lid to 4d, according to weight and condition. We hnve a special inquiry, and can guarantee top prices. Tallow: Rough fat, S>s to 11s; rendered, 10s | 6d to 15b, according to quality. -» Horsehair, Is Od. Sheepskins.—All descriptions of fine-wool skins havo brisk competition; coarse sorts h»v» loss attention. We sell by aiiotion every Tuesday. t?abbitnkins. —Wo offered a, good cataioguo at our sal» on Monday. Owing to a new buyer being in the market competition was particularly keen, and prices showed an advance of 3d to 4d per lb, and in some cases more, over la3t woel^a quotations. We undertaho country clearing sales. I'ntllT AND PRODUCE REPORT. Butter cases with parchment, 18s per dozen. Butter.—Prime dairy, 8d per lb; milled, 7Jd to Sd for choico. Please note consignors of butter must consign to us, Dunedin, not Port ; Chalmers. Homo shipments now stopped. Cheese: Factory, <i\d; good Akaroa, 4d. Pigs.—For good quality, to 4Jd. Poultry received for salt* any day. Roosters, 2s to 3s; hens, Is to 2s; ducks, 3s to 4s per pair. These quotations are for primo quality. Wo hold auction sales of grain and produce overy Monday, -and fruit daily.