DUNEDIN MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2505, 26 March 1902, Page 17

DUNEDIN MARKETS.

WHOLESALE PRODUCE REPORTS. Mr J. Fleming, Princes street south, reports under date ihe 25th inst. :— Wh*at per bushel. per ton Beat milling .. W> Barley dust ... 80/0 Medium <io . X/i Oaten hay MJ.'O Fowls' ... 2/9-32 , Oatmeal, in 25' < £6')/0 Milling oats . 2/i ' Oaten chaff .TVO-fSO Feed oats . 2/3J i Ryegrass hay 35/0- 65/J Malt barley ?/0-3/6 , Straw 20/0 Feed bailey 2/o—2/6 ' Pearl barley . 220/0 Cape bailey ... 3/0 Omona ... 6/-r\vt Maize . ... 3/3 , per lb per ton. Rolled bacon ... 7i-l Hour, in SOO's ... J(55/O Side bacon ... 7id Flour, in 50's ... 3J5/0 | Smoked hams ... 8J Pollard £5/0 i Cheese ... 51 Bran ... 75/0 ] (iood *-alt butter, 6d to ' Bd, according to quality Potatoes—Northern new kidneys are coming to hand. Sales, 58s to 55s per ton. The market is bare of good Dei-went potatoes and chaff. lARM AND DAIRY PRODUCK. Messrs Irvine and Stevenson, George street, report paying for produce during the week ending the 25'h inst. as follows :— Bacon 0oil), Bid p. lb Fresh butter, lOd to Hani, 7Jdp. lb lid per lb Fresh eggs, la 3d drz • Salt butter. 9d Fresli butter, good ordinary (in lib and Ub pruiU), 8d to 9d per lb. Pigs, 1201b to J7olb, 4.1 per lb. Ducks, 3s to 5s pair. Geese, 4s to Bs. i urkeys, 4Aii per lb. Fowls: 2s to 2s fc'd. IMPORTERS OF WOOL FROM AUSTRALASIA. We have already given the leading names of importers into London of New Zealand wco.!-. The following are the principal Australasian wool importers into London for the 12 montln ending 31st December, 1901 — Bul?s Dalgoty and Co. (Limited) 113,361 A M.L. and F. Company (Limited) 99,345 Union Bank of Australia (Limited) 75,760 N.Z.L and M.A. Company (Limited) 7-2,993 Sanderson, Murray, and Co 70,QV) Bank of Xew South Wales G4,7J2 Commercial Banking Company of Sydney (Limited) 43,081 Bank of New Zealand .. „ .. .. 42,50<"> Bank of Australasia 39,010 OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND WOOL SALES. Messrs Dalgcty and Co write to point out that the figures supplied to us and published m our summary ie<uie on the 11th inst. showing the number oi bales of wool offered and tod in Otago and Southland were not accurate co far as they were concerned. " Our sali")," th*y write, " are published as being 50Go bales, while we have in this centre a'one sold 6917 biles during the past year, which place? us at the head of the Oti"o" wool sellers , while the company's sa'es m Xew Zealand for thr past year amount to K,U6O bnl-<s ard sales in the colome* for the same period amount to o\ui 110,000 bales." Referring to (he letter from Messrs Dalgrty and Co (Limited) quoted in our issue of yesterund Co (Ltd.) quoted above, the compilers of the "List of uools submitted to public competition for die season 1901-2" write to us upholding the conectness of their figures The totals offered by the Dunedin brokers, as contained in the list, wore obtained from Messrs DjJgety ami Co thenibehev <-Q that if there i" any error it must be on thc-ir part. A portion of th.p dicoepancy may be accounted for on th" .supposition that Messrs Dalgety and Co. i,Linntc 1) have included in the figures published abo\p pomp 3500 bales of Austiaha.i wool ex the ship Strathgryffe, sold by them last April, while the list lefera to New Zealand wools sold &4S season.

ASHBURTON RAM FAIR. ASHBURTON, March 21. The ram and ewe fair at Tinwald clashed with the Timaru fixtiue, although the date was fixed nrst here. Three hundred rams and 13,000 ewes were entered, but few cheep were sold by auction, hue many privately afterwards. The prices were — English Leicesters, 3Jgs to ogs ; Boiders, IJgs to 3Jgs , Lincolns, to ligs, and Shropslnres, 3igs to 7gs. Of the ewes, a gcod line of 800 two and four-tooth brought 14s 9d ; crossbreds, 12s 6d ; halfbrcd (mixed ages), 11s Id to 11s 6d. MELBOURNE PRODUCE MARKET. The National Mortgage and Agency Company's Melbourne manager, reporting u..der date March 12, snys • — The past month has been noted for high prices rather than volume of business. All lines of produce, thou.h duung this tinia fluctuating slightly, closa firm and advanced. The shortness of yiel Is is intensified by the continued dry ness of the season, for in ninny parts of the country, utiless rain falls very shortly, the settlers will have to leave their farms. Needless to tsy, farming operations are therefore practically at a standstill. Exports have been fairly heavy, especially in wheat and oats, the former entirely under early contracts and the latter chiefly so, in both cases, unfortunately showing a loss. Fe:?d oats, owing to the drought, and milling, owing to scarcity, are inquired for • shipping demand is not so keen.. Both Ta?jnaniaii's and New Zealand's (the latter, of course, old crop) are firmly held. For the new crop New Zealand, which will probably be late, an easier tendency is shown. Hides. — Messrs Goklsbrough, ilort. and Co. report under date 6th inst- — With larger supplies forward, the market showed a tendency to east for medium weights, but picked stouts (of which there are but few) continue in good lequest. For New Zealands of this description we auctioned to-day a few which realised fiom lOd to lid per lb, the latter late being top price for this week's market. ' SALE OF CLYDESDALE MARES FOR THE NORTH ISLAND. Messrs "Wright, Stephenson, anr! Co. report having sold privately on account ef Mr Samuel Young, of West Taieri, two very fine three-year-old Clydesdale fillies to a Hav/kp's Bay client at a high figure. The fillies are of exceptionally gpod breeding, the one a light bay by the Ury Park stud hoise Lord Lyou out of a Nimmo's Prince mare, g dam by Sir George Grey (imp.). This filly carried off first prise in the two-year-old class at the Taieri show of 1900, and at the same place she was awarded thud .ii the three-vear-oid class m 1901. The other fil'y is a dark boy, hy Clydebaiik (imp.), now ihe proueviy of Mr Douglas Maclean, of Maiaikakaho, Hawke's Bay. Her dam was a Pride of Scotland (imp.) mare, g dam by the late James Shand's stud horse Taieri Tom, by Sir Colin (imp.); g g dam by Bia'r's Champion (imp.). This filly was placed fourth in the thiee-year-Qid cla«s at the Tpien show m 1901 l.i a very large and strong ung of Clydesdale fiihes. "., COUNTRY SALES. Mcssi-s Stronach Bros, and Morris report a3 follows" — We he'd a very successful stock sale at Matdura on Thursday laH on account of the Bushy Paik, Waiarikiki, and otiit-r estate?, tho entry comprising 1150 sheep and a few cattle. There was a £,ood attendance of buyers, and all offerings were keenly competed for. Two tooth wethers fold at S3 10J, fullmouth ewes to 9s 6d, lambs to Ba, and aged ewes 6s 4d ; while good bullocks made £ 7 10s and heifers £4 5s to £5 10s. Messrs Stronach Bros, and Morns leporc having, held a clearing sale at Sejiohfl en Monday last on account of Mr William Lcckie. Owing to the very wet day, not many buyers attended, but those who came were evidently intent on business, and a very gocd sale resulted. Although no fancy pricc3 were reah?ed for tho cows, the average was very gcod ; while young cattle, horses, implements, etc., sod at full rates. Cow 3 =o!d at up to £7 15s, calves at to £1 13s 6d, spring-cart £9 10-, spring-cait ruaics (aged) £9, and bacon r^oS £1 IG3. MONTHLY S>LE AT WAIKOUAITI. Messrs Stronach Bros, and Morris report as follows —We held our usual monthly sale at Waikouaiti on Thursday, when there was a good yarding of sheep, although the entry of cattle was below the ordinary. Our entry consisted of 507 sheep, 15 head of cattle, and one small lot of pigs, every lot being eo'd under the hammer at pnceß fully equal to those ruling lately. We sold for the following vendors —Messrs J. Galbraith, J. Hallani, J. Fergusson, W. Maxwell, a.nd the trustees of the late B. Bray (Waikouaiti, J. T. Bell and P. White (Merton), and J. Mmr (Kantane), crossbred ewes at to 10s Id, lambs to 6s 9d, heifers to £\ ss, fat cow-, £6, and young cattle £1 5s to £2 10s, CENTRAL OTAGO STOCK SALES. Messis Donald Reid and Co- (Limited) report having held a sale at thpir Hyde yards 011 Saturday, the 22nd inst., when they hubni'tted an entry of 3801 sheep and S cattle. The yarding of sheep was mad" up mostly o? tv/o and fourtooth wethers and eweo, sound-mouthed crossbred ewet, and ciossbrrd laenbd. None of the wethers were ir> forward conditioi, but on the whole they were a fairly good lot The same buyers as were present at Waipiata were in attendance, besides a large, gathering of settleis from Middleniiuch, Macraes, Moonlight, and the .■unrounding districts. Bidding was blow, bu ( the pi ices realised were slightly higher than tbosc obtaining 'cither at Rough Ridge or Waiputa, and out of the total entry only 0:1 c small pen of 41 sheep wa^ turned out unsold CroFsbred cwe=, two and four-tooth, sold at 9s 2d , cio-sbred ewea, sound-mouthed, sold at 7s 7d to Ps 7d , crossbred wethers, two and four-tooth, sold at 8s 7d to 9s, crossbred wethers, twotooth (pmall), <-old at 6s 8d to Bs, crossbred lambs sold at To 2d to 7s lOd . crossbred ewes, failing mouths, =o!d at 1-i Pd to ss, merino ewes, failing mouths, sold at Is to Is Id The follown.g «ales were made — For Mes^is Matheson and Sons, (Hal t.'ield), 460 lull-mouth crossbred ewes at 8s 7d, 644 two-tooth crossbred wethers at 8s 7d ; Messrs 3. and R. Matheson (Taieri Lake i-tation), 503 crossbred lambs at 7s lOd, 199 full-n:outh crossbred ewes at 7s" 7d; trustees of the late John Bruhns (Hyde), 250 two and four-tooth crossbred ewes at 9s 2d , Mr George CJark (Moonlight), 322 two-tooth crosibred wethers at 8s 4d , Mr A. Rollins (Moonlight), 30 broken-mouthed merino ewes at Is Id , trustees of the late N. Sinclair (Hyde), 100 tvo and four-tooth crossbred wethers at 8s BH, Mr A Teviotdale (Hvdo), 84 t«o-tooth crossbred wethers at 8s 2d ; Mr Alexander Trotter (Hyde), 56 crossbred lambs at 7s 2d, 66 two-tooth cros a brcd wffhers at 9s, 75 brokenmouthed mennp owes at Is Id , Mr T R. Connolly (Hyde), 147 broken-mouthed ciossbred ewes at Is hd, 179 broken-mouthed merino e-.ves at Is Id , Mr W. Currie (Hydp), 98 two-tooth crossbred ewes at 9s , 'Mr D. Flynn (Macraes), 38 full-mouthed crossbred ewes at ss , Mr D. Hanlan. (Moonlight), 100 two-tooth t rossbrcd wethers and ewes (small), at 6s Pel ; Mr W. Hefferman (Moonlight), 100 two-tooth cro&sbrrd wethers at 9s, Mr T. Ramsay (Hyde;, 47 fullmouth menno ewes at Is, MY J Haitstouge (Macraes), 8 stoer« and heifer^ at £5 11s Rough Ridge —The Otago Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association (Limited) penned 517 hheep, [ 728 lambs, and, 3 horsey and, sold: For Mr

Robert M'lntoah (Ida Valley), 403 merino ewes »t 2s 9d; Thomas Wil&on (Yankee Flat), 328 iambs at 6s lOd; and passed out unsold for air R. M'lntosh, 205 iamb?, 106 wethers, and 0 horses, and on account of Mr Geo. Lindsay 4 horse. * "Waipiata.—The Otago Farmer.-*' C!o-operative 'Association (Limited) penned 819 sheep, 617 uamb3. and 4 cattle, and sold- For Mr J. Spedderi (Ginimerburn), 140 ewes at 4s 6d. Mr Jas. 'M'Namara (Kyeburn), 288 ev.e3 and wethers at 8a to 7s 4d; Mr John Gleun (Eweburn), 107 aneriiio ewes at Is 3d, 51 "iambs at 7s 9d; Mr E. Dow (Ranfurly), 26 lambs at 9s 6d; Mr W. 'Gleim (Eweburn), 76 ev.-es at 2s 9d; Mr Peter (M'Erleane (Ginimerbum), 200 lambs at 4s lid; Mr Thomas Stephens (ftaseby), 4 heifers to £3 7s 6d; on account of Mr J. M'Xaniara turned jout unsold 240 ewes and 310 lambs.