WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Otago Witness, 5 December 1900, Page 34

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Messrs A. Moritzson and Co. report for week ending December 4: —

Wheat. — The demand ia not so brisk as it was, buyers in the meantime holding off tha market. We quote: Best velvet, 2s 6d_ to 2s 7d; medium, 23 3d to 2s sd; best Tuscan, 2a' 6d to 2s 7d; medium, 2s 3d to 2s sd; fowj wheat is readily placed from Is lid to 2s Id. Oats: There has been a goocl demand during the week at quotations. Wo quote: Best feed, Is 6d; medium, and inferior, Is 2d to 13 sd; Sutherlands, Is 6d to 1b 6£d per bushel. Barley: There is little business passing. Feed sorts are quoted at la 3d to _ la 6d ; milling, Is .6d to Is lOd ; prime malting,. 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; Lakes, 2s 6d to 3s for primest samples, but medium qualities are only saleable at low 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: We quote £6 10s. Oatmeal in" 25's, £9 10s. Pearl barley, £1.0 10s. Bran, £9 103. Pollaad, £4. Nelson hops ara quoted a€ lOd to lid (f.0.b,). Chaff: Prime quality i» wanted from £2 10s to £2 12s 6d; extra heavy, £2 15s; medium, £2 to £2 7s 6d. Ryegrass:' Buyers, £2 5s to £2 12s 6d. Ryegrass : Buyers' ideas of values are: For farmers* dressed, la 2d to Is sd; extra, to Is 9d;' machined, 2s to 2s 3d; extra, 2s 6d to 3s pep bushel. We have a good inquiry. Cocksfoot, 2Jd to 3d for farmers' lots, and 3Jd to 4d for machined. Linseed, £10 to £12. Pressed straw, ;£7s 6d. Clover hay, £3 to £3 ss. Nitrate of soda, £15. Clovers, rape, etc., all fresh. Potatoes. — Prime, fresh picked Oamarus are worth 60s to 65s per ton. Hides, 3|d to 4Jd, according to weight and condition. Tallow.— Rough fat, lls 6d to 12s 6d; rendered, 15s to 18s. ) Horsehair, Is 2d to Is 4d. Sheepskins.— Crossbreds, 2s 3d to 4s; extra, 1 to 4s 6d. Pelts, 6d to 13. TVe held our usual sale of skins on Tuesday, when there was a fair demand. Rabbitskins. — Onty small quantities are now coming forward. Competition, however, ia keen. Summer, from 6d to 8d ; srnaJl, 3d to sd;, autumns, 9d to lid; early winters, ll£d to 14d;' winters, Ud to 16d; selected, 16Jd to 17d per Ib. W« 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 arc invited to inspect. Please ■ consign to our siding. We are agsnts for Newton's patent wool pseasfc

TrhTch we offer at £13 each; can be inspected .in our store. Gibson's. cattle brand, 9s for small and 15s for large tins. ' FRUIT A.TTD pBODTTCE 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 now our butter contract working for, export to England. Circulars and other particulars on application. First grade, 8d; second do, 7d; third do, 6d, both for milled and dairy butter. Pigs.— Wanted.- Sizes up to 1601b 3d to 3|d, over that weight, 2d to 2|d. Hams, 6Jd to 7ftd ; lolls, 5Jd to 6d; -flitches/ oid to 6d; middles, €d; very slow sale. Cheese: Factory, s|d^ Akaroa, s£d. - Honey, 4d; small tins, 4Jd. Beeswax, Is 3d to Is 4d. Walnuts, 5d to 6d. ' Roosters, 4s ; hens, 3s to 3a 6d ; ducks, 4s to 4s 6d; geese,. 5s to 5s 6d. Turkeys: Cocks, from 6d to 7d; hens, sd. These quotations are for prime quality. > Butter cases, 17s per dozen, net on trucks* Ihmedm. • • Onions, 20s per cwt. We have been, appointed agents for the Tevioi Fruitgrowers' Association.

is carried on, but not ao^ extensively as might ] be expected, although a. local dairy factory affords the usual facilities. A" fiourrnill driven by water power grinds the corn, and supplies local demands in that commodity. Few if any Southland towns or townships can boast of such pleasant looking buildings and cosy residences as. Tapanui can, and it appears to be the first precept of the people to be well and snugly housed. Several dwellings, especially those of Mrs Bellamy, " Bleak House," in particular, would compare favourably with any in the colony's larger centres. Even the cemetery is a striking example of care and attention, and reflects credit on the body responsible for its maintenance and control, j Church buildings are to be found at every corner, by the joint aid of whose flocks all strong, fermented, and spirituous liquors have beer> banished from the reach and mind of the good folks of Tapanui. This is a' prohibition , district ; but' it is' not ■within my province to j make comment on the effectiveness or otherwise I of liquor legislation on this section of the Bri- j tish public. Formerly three notels existed, the buildings being at present tenanted by Messrs ; M'Canxi and O'DowdJ and Mrs Marshall, who : vend soft refreshments and use the premises j as boarding houses, Mrs Marshall also cany- j ing on a diapery establishment under the same j roof. ■ Law and order is maintained by Constable Matheson, who" 'also acts 'In the capacity of clerTt ox the court."* The resident justices are Messrs W. Quin, E. A. Rodger, and J. T. Burrell. Substantial court buildings .grace the main street with their legal aspect, and pre- j sent a lively appearance on court days when ] the stipendiary magistrate, Mr H. A. Stratford, i presides. ....*.. j