WEEKLY MARKET REPORT,

Otago Witness, Issue 2437, 28 November 1900, Page 34

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT,

Messrs A. Moritzson and Co. report for 1 week ending November 27: — Wheat. — The demand is not so brisk as it was, buyers in the meantime holding off the market. We quote: Best velvet, 2s 6d to 2s 7d; medium, 2s 3d to 2s sd ; best Tuscan, 2s 6a to 2s 7dj medium, 2s 3d to 2a sdj fowl.

wheat is readily placed from Is lid to 2s lid. Oats: There ha 3 been a good demand during the week at quotations. We quote : /Best feed, Is 5Jd to Is 6d; medium, anfl inferior, la •2d to- -Is sd ; Sutherlands, Is 6d to Is 6Jd per bushel. Barley: There is little business passing. . Peed sorts are • quoted at Is 3d to 'Is 6d; milling, Is 6& to Is lOd; prime malting, 2s 3d to 2s 6d; Lakes, 2a 6d to 3s for prlmest samples, but medium qualities are -only saleable at low prices. Ryecorn, is xeadily placed from 2s 3d to 2s 4d. Maize, 3s per ibushel. Prussian blue peasj 4s 6d per bushel. Scotch and JEnglisk tares. 5s 6d per bushel, j 3^lour : We quote ;E6 10a. Oatmeal in 25' s ; £9 10s. • Pearl barley, £10 10s. Bran, £3 10s: Pollard, £4,.- Nelson hops are quoted at lOd to 1-ia (f.o.b-.). Chaff: Piirne quality is panted from £2 10s to JE2 12"s 6d; extra heavy, i£2 15s; medium, £2. to £2 7s 6cl. 'Ryegrass : ' ißiiyers, £2 Ss to £2 12s 6d. ' Ryegrass : Buyers' ideas ]of y allies areV For f aimer a' Is" 23 to Is sd; extra, to Is 9d; machined, T 2s td"2s-3d; extta, 2s 6d to Ss- per bushel. We 'have' a.',"good' inquiry. Cocksfoot, 2|d to -3d for farmers' lots, and 3£d'tb 4d fe machined. Linseed, to £12. Pressed straw, 27* 6d. Clover Hny, £3 to £3 ss. Nitrate of soda, £15. Clovers, rape, etc., all fresh. Potatoes.— Prime; fresh picked. Oamarus are •worth 40s to 45s per ton. Hides, 3Jd to 4Jd, according to weight and condition." Tallow. — Rough fat, 11s 63. to 12s 6d; rendered, 15s to 18s. ■ , - Horsehair, Is 2d to Is 4d. Sheepskins. — Crossbreds, 2s 3d to 4s ; extra, to 4s Gel. Pelts, 6d to Is. \\ 7 e held our usual sale of skins on Tuesday, when there was a fair demand. Rabbitskins. — Only small quantities are now coming forward. Competition, however, is ■keen. Summer, from Gd to 8d ; small, 3d to'sd ; •aujSumns, '9d to lid ; early winters, ll|d to 14d ; •winters, 14cl to l6d; selected, 16U1 to 17d laer lb. We have now erected a complete clover-clean-ing plant, and all our other machinery up-to-date is the finest plant in the Southern Hemisphere. Farmers are invited to inspect. Please consign to our siding. ."We are sigsnts for Newton's patent wool press, ■which we offer at £13 each ; can b 2 inspected in our store. G-ibson's cattle brand, 9s for small and 15j for large tins. EBUn AND PBODUCE REPORT. Eggs. — Vickery's preservative, 22s 6d per case. Order must be accompanied by payment. Butter preservitas, Is 6d per lb. Salt butter : .We have tiow our butter contract working for export to England. Circulars and other .particulars on application. First grade, 8d; second do, 7d ; third do, Bd, both for milled and "dairy butter. Pigs.— Better ineruiry. Sizes up to IGOlb 3d, •over that weight, 2d to 2!d. Hams, Gid to 7-ld ; rolls, s|d to 6d ; flitches, s}d to 6d ; middles, €d; very slow sale. Cheese : Factory, s|d ; Akaroa, s\&. Honey, 4d ; small tins, 44d. Beeswax, Is 3d to Is 4d. Walnuts, 5d to 6d. Boosters, 4s; hens, 3s to 3s 6d;. ducks, 4s to 4s 6d; geese, 5s to ss" 6d. Turkeys: Cocks, from 6d to- 7d ; hens, sd. 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 oranges/Island pines and bananas. . We have been appointed agents for flic Teviot Pruitgrqwers' Association. .