WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2436, 21 November 1900, Page 34

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Messrs A. Moritzson and Co. report fot week ending November 20 : — , Wheat. — The demand is not so brisk as it I was, buyers in the meantime holding off the i market. We quote: Best vevet, 24 6d to 2» 7d; medium, 2s 3d to 2s sd; best Tuscan, 2s 6d to 2s 7d ; medium, 2% 3d to 2s sd ; fowl wheat Is lid to 2s lid. Oats : There has been; a good demand during the week, and, in anticipation of a large order for South Africa, prices have advanced quite Id per busheKduring -the week. We quote: Best feed, Is s£d to Is 6d i, medium' and inferior, ~J.s 2d to Is sd; Sutherlands, Is 6d to Is 6|d per bushel. Bar* ley : There is ' little business passing. Feed sorts are quoted at Is 3d to 19 6d; milling, Is 6d to Is lOd; prime malting, 2s 3d tc 2s 6d; Lakes, 2s 6d to 3s for primest samples, -but ' medium . qualities are only saleable at lqw prices. Ryecorn, is readily placed from 2s 3d*to 2s 4d. .Maize, 3s per bushel. Prussian blue, peas, 4s 6d per bushel* Scotch and English" tares, 5s "6d per bushel. Flour: -W"e quote £6 103. Oatmeal in 25% £9 fbjs.-'-T Pearl barley, £10 10s. Bran, £3 lOss" Pollard, £4. Nelson hops are quoted at do lid (f.0.b.). Chaff: Prime quality is wanted from JE2 10s to £2 12s 6d; extra heavy, £2 15s; medium, £2 to £2 7s 6d.' Ryegrassrj Buyers, £2 5s to £2 12s 6d. Ryegrass : Buyers* 1 ideas of values are: For farmers?dressed, Is 2d to Is sd; extra, to Is 9d;J machined, 2s to 2s 3d; extra, 2s 6d to 3s per* bushel. We have a good inquiry. Cocksfoot, 2id ts> 3d for fanners' lots* and aid ta-4d for

machined. Linseed, JEIO to £12. Pressed j Btraw,,27s 6d. Clover -hay, £8 to £3 ss. Nitrate of soSa, £Is. 'Clovers, rape, etc., all 'fresh. tßotatpes. — Prime, fresh picked Oamaxus are •worth 4Qs per ton. fHides, . 3£d to 4Jd, according to weight and condition. .Tallow.~Rough.fat, 11s 6d to 12s 6d; rendered, 15s to 18s. ■JHorsehair, Is 2d to Is 4d. J 'Sheepskins.— Orossbreds,"2s 3d to 4s; extra, to 4s 6d.- Pelts, '6d. to Is. 'We held otir usual sale of skins on Tuesday, when there was a fair demand. 'Eabbitskins. — Only small quantities are now coming forward,' Competition, however, is keen. Summer, iram 6d to 8d ; small, 3d >to sd ; autumns, 9d to lid ; early .winters, 11-Jd to 14d ; •winters, 14d to 16d ; selected, 16* d .to 17d per lb. We have now'erected a complete clover-clean-ing p_la"nt, , all our other machinery ,up-to- - date as the sfinest'plant in the Southern phere. Farmers. are .invited to: inspect. Please consignto our siding. We are agents for Newton's .patent wool press, ■which we tiffer.at -£1B each; can be inspected i in oiir store. Gibson's cattle brand, 9s for ..small and. 15s for large tins. v •■FRUIT .ANn TBODIJCE EXPORT. 'Eggs: — Vickery's preservative, - 22s -6d per case. "Order must be accompanied 'by paynient. "Butter preservitas, Is 6d per lb. 'Salt butter: We have" now our butter contract working for export to England. Circulars and other particulars \on application. First grade, 8d; second -do, 7d; third, do, fid, both r for milled and 'dairy 'butter. Pigs.— Sizes up to 1601b at 2gd to 3d, over that •weight, 2d r to2id. Hams, 6Jd to 7-ld; rolls, 5Jd to 6d ; - flitches, "s|d to t6d ; middfes, 6d ; very slow sale. > Cheese : Factory, "s|d. Honey, '4d; v small tins, 4§d. Beeswax, ls'3d to Is 4d. Walnuts, 5d to 6d. _ 'Rdosters, 4s; hens, ,3s to 3s 6d,; ducks, 4s to 4a 6d; geese, 5s tc 5s 6d. Turkeys: Gocks, i rom 6d to 7d ; heps, od. These quotations are for "prime quality. Butter cases, 17s per dozen, net 'on trucks Dunedin." Onions, 20s per cwt. ' We are» , landing Hobart apples, 'Sydney ioranges, Inland pines and bananas. !We have been^ appointed agents for the Teviot Fruitgrowers' Association.