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Otago Witness, Issue 2561, 15 April 1903, Page 32

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THE AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

SYDNEY, April 8. Wheat* South Australian milling, nominally, Bs lid; Californian, 5s 3d to 5s 4d; Argentine, ci.f., 4s; chick, prime, 5s 3d to 5s sd. Flour, 512 10s; Manitoban, £12 15s to £13; Washington, £11 to £11 10s ; Californian, £11 15s to £12. Oats : New Zealand and Tasmanian milling,- 3s ; prime feeding, 2s lOd; good,- 2s 8d to 2s 9d; seed Tartarian, prime, 3s 7d to 3s 8d; Algerian, 3s 6d to 3s Bd. Barley: Cape feeding, 4a 3d to 4s 4d; seed, 4s 5d to 4s 7d; malting, 4t-9d to ss. Maize, prime, 4s lid to ss; white, 4t9d. Bran, is Id. Pollard^. Is 4d. Potatoes: Citmlars, £3 6s. Onions: Victorian, £2 15s^to £3. Butter, Is. Cheese, 6Jd to Bd. Bacon, ej<3 to Is. MELBOURNE, April 8. Wheat is quiet; South Australian, 5s 10£ d; Victorian, 5s 6d to 5s 9d. Flour is dull _at £1 , Manitoban, £13 10s. Oats quiet; seed, 3s to £ 6d; New Zealand white 2s 9Jd to 2s lOd; 3ocal Algerian feeding 2s 7d to 2s 10d; Tartarian, 3s to 3s 3d. Barky, 3s 7d to 3s 9d, malting, 4s 3d to 5s sd; Cape, 3s 6d to 4s. Maize, 59 3d. Bran, Is 3d. Pollard, Is 6d. Potatoes ,£2 15s to £3, Onions, £2 5s to 62 10S * ' ADELAIDE, April 8. Wheat is dull at 5s Bd. Flour, steady, £12. Bran, Is 3d. Pollard, 13 7d. STOCK MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH, April 8. - There was a full yarding at Addington Market to-day-20,000 sheep, 550 cattle, and 400 pigs b 3 ing penned. There was a good attend'Srice of buyers, but the sale .was not finished sill after dark, and the last two pens of sheep suffered in consequence. . . Fat Cattle.-194 head yarded, principally light heifers and cows. There was a good dlmand at late rates. Steers fetched £6 17s 6d to £9 10s, heifers £5 15s to £8 15s, cows £o 5s to £9 7s 6d, beef 24s to 27s per 1001b. Fat Sheep.— The yarding included a good proportion of first-quality wethers and ewes £rim« wethers^were keenly competed for and cold readily at recent rates; but? export buyers neglected ewes, and values cased in consecuence. Towards the close of the sale the attendance of buyers was »mall, and as a result * number .of good lines wera passed ™soW. Tke range of prices was: Best freezing -wethers, 17s to 18s 6d; heavy wethers, to 19s lid; 'lighter wethers, 14s to 16* 6d; maiden «wes, 14s 5d to 16s 10d; freezing ewes, 11s to 14s 6d] butchers' ewes, 9s 6d to 16s 7d; extra heavy, to 19s. 6d. , . . , , Fat Lambs.-The 2839 entered included a laree proportion of hardly prime, and for these XT»& was dragging. For all fit for freezing there was good competition, though prices were « shad* easier than at last week's sale, freezers fetched 12s 6d to 14s lOd, tegs to 15s 1A butchers' Us to 13s 6d. Pies.— A good entry, which included a number of first-class quality baconers and porkers. Competition was not particularly _ keen^ and •urices all round were inclined to be irregular. Chokers brought up to £4 7. 6d rjaconw., from 46s totes-equal to from 5d to SJd per r lb. workers from 28s to 45s— equal to 5Jd to ba Ser lb. Stofes were hard to sell prices ranging -from 18s to 80s, and for weaners from 6s to 10s.

WEEKLY LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE 1 REPORT

Wednesday, April 8.

Pat Cattle.— The yards to-day weie overapplied with 151 head, and of these the greater part were steers of inferior quality and half fat cows. In spite of the small quantity of good beef forward competition was dull, and I few lots of Taieri cattle were not even offered. This helped the sale to a certain extent, but we must quote a drop of 15s to 20s per head iill over. Good beef was bought to-day at from Bis to 22s 6d per 1001b. Best bullocks brought £9 5s to £11; medium bullocks, £7 10s \to £9 2s 6d; others, £5 to £7 7s 6d; best cows, £7 to £8 12s 6d ; medium, £4 15b to £6 17s 6d ; others,, £3 2s 6d to £4 12s 6d. Stronach Bros, and Morriß sold: For Mr Jcmes Gow (Invermay), heifers at £6 12s 6d to £6 17s 6d and light bullocks at £6; Mr Thomas Lean <Port Chalmers), cows at .£4 17s bd; Messrs R. Craig, J. Henry,' T. Buckland, and others, cqws and heifers at quotations. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. Void 27 as follows:— For Mr Alexander M'Kenzie (Braeholm), 5 bullocks at up to £10 10a and 1 stag at £5 2s 6d ; Mr W. Kirk (East Taieri), 2 bullocks al £8 17s 6d ; Mr Peter Eaton <Roseneath), 7 bullocks at from £7 10s to £9 ss ; Mr George M'Mullin (Dunedin), 1 bullock at £6 and 1 heifer at £4 12s 6d; Messrs W. B. Anderson (North-East Valley). J. P. Gardiner (Green Island), W. Hegarty (St. Clair), Frank -Black- (Highcliff), and Mrs E. Hooper (Anderson's Bay), 10 head at quotations. The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association. (Limited) yarded 55, and sold : For Mr R. Charter* (Ury Park), 9 bullocks at £11 5s to £7 10s ; Mr W. Lindsay (Allanton), 6 bullocks at ±7 7s 6d to £6 15s, 3 heifers at £5 7s 6d; Mr W. Kirkland (Elm Grove), 4 heifers at £6 to £5 10s; Mr W. Kirk (Mayfield), 5 bullp'-ks; Mr John Kirk (MosgieH, 3 bullocks and 1 heifer; Mr A. Rutherford (Kaikorai), 4 heifers at £5 15s to £i 7s 6"d; Mr P. Sutherland (Otokia), 2 cows it to £4 10s; Messrs Buckland, Townley, Smaiil, Adams, Spears, Miller, and others, 18 tiead at current rates. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) yarded 32 head, sold 8 at quotations, and turned out 24 unsold. D. Reid and Co. (Ltd.) yarded ."3, and sold : For Mr W. G. Scott (Cheetwood), 7 bullocks at £11 tc £7; Mr Walter Blackie (Glasgow Farm), 6 bullocks at £7 7s 6d; Mr John Stevanson (Hen'ey), 6 cows tt £4 IO3; Mr John Kirk (East TaieriK 4 cows at £4 15s; Miss Wilson (East Taieri), 2 cows at £5 10s; Messrs R. Stevenson, Carter Bros., and others, 8 head at market rates. The Farmers' Agency Company yarded 34 and sold : For Messrs Wilson Bros. (Berwick), 2 steers at £5 17s 6d, 3 at £5 10s, 1 at £4 15s, 1 at £4, 2 heifers at £6 7s 6d, 2 at £5 15s. 2 cows at £4 17s 6d ; Mr William Kirk (East .Taieri), 2 bullocks at £R ss, 1 heifer at £5 10s ; Mr William Lindsay <East Taieri), 2 cows at £G 7s 6d ; Mr William Thomson. 2 bullocks at £8 7s 6d, 3 heifers at £6 10s; Mr George Black, 2 heifers at £5 12s 6d, 1 at £4 10s, 2 cows at £3 17s 6d, 3 calves at -£1 18s; Mr William Townley (Highcliff), 1 heifer at £i 10s, 1 cow at £3 17s 6d. Dalgety «nd Co.' (Limited) yarded and sold : For Mrs Mosley (Inchclutha), 7 prime bullocks at £11 2s- 6d to £9 ; Mr William Kirk (East Taieri), S steers at £7 ss, 3 cows at £5 10s; other vendors, 5 at quotations.

Fat Sheep. — For to-day's market there were 2397 penned, being mostly ewes of medium to good quality. The wethers penned included afew small consignments of fairly heavy sheep, and in consequence of the smail supply of these last week competition was keen, and prices showed a decided advance for this deicription. Taking the market all Tound, prices must be quoted Is to Is 3d better. Best wethers brought 17s 6d to 19s; medium wethers, 16s to 17» 3d; others. 12s to 15s 9d; besi. ev,«a, 15s

-to 17s ; medium ewes, 12s 9d to 14s 9d ; others, 10s to 12s 6d. Stronach Bros, and Morris penned and sold: For Mr J. Telfer (Waiwera), good halfbred wethers at 17s, and crossbred ewes at 15s; for a client, crossbred ewes at quotations. Wright, Stephenson and Co. sold 221 as follows:— For Mr John Buckley (Crichton Park), 64 crossbred wethers at from 16s 6d to 18s ; Mr R. Wood (Balfour), 14 crossbred wethers at 16s, and 52 crossbred ewes at from lls to 14s; Mr Richard Mitchell (Portobello), 19 crossbred ewes and wethers at 15s 3d ; Mr John Coutts (Janefield), 36 crossbred ewes at from 9s 6d to lls 6d ; Mr T. P. Beck (Alexandra. South), 41 two-tooth come-back wethers at from 10s to lie, and 15 merino ewes at 7s. The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association (Limited) penned 265, and sold : For Messrs Dowling Bros. (Hyde), 120 ewes at 17s to 9s 6d; Mr James Freeman (Abbotsford), 25 wethers at 19s to 15s 6d, 20 ewes at 15s 6d to 12s 6d; a southern client, 64 wethers and maiden ewes at 17s 9d to 12s 3d ; Mr William Grant (Clareinch), 36 ewes at 13s 6d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) sold: For Mr Richard Mitchell (Portobello), 34 crossbred wethers and ewes at' l4s 3d, and 11 do at 12s 3d. Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) yarded 770. a«.d sold : For Mrs D. M'Donald (Milburn), 15 wethers at 15s; Mr E. Udy (Waipiata), 66 ewes at 12s 9d to 9s 6d; Mr M. Moynihan (Middlemarch), 61 ewes at 12s to 10s 9d ; Mr J. H. Harm (Woodside). 46 wethers and ewes at 16s; Mrs A. Inglis (Milton), 12 ewes at 10s 9d ; Mrs A. Strain (Milburn), 12 ewes at 105,9 d; Mr T. Clouston (Ophir), 68 wethers at 15s 3d to 13s 3d; Mr W. Mitchell , (Momona), 20 wethers and ewes at 15s 9d,to 13s;; Mr J. Mitchell (Moit.c*a), 4 wethers and ewes at 14s 6d ; Mr Alex. Cameron (Mataura), 59 weth«rs at 14s 9d to 13s 6d; Mr Charles Higgins (Mount John), 270 wethers at 15s 3d to lls 3d; Mr R .Mitchell (Portobello), 137 ewes at 10s.^ The Farmers' Agency Company penned 850,. and sold : For Mr Arch. Moffat (Rae's Junction), 66 wethers at 17s 9d, 27 at 16s, 27 at-16s 9d ; Mr W. Jaffray, sen. (Saddle Hill), 97 wethers at 14s, 16 ewes at 10s ; Mr John Hardie (Waiwera Park, Waiwera), 42 ewes at 15s 6d, 19 at 13s 6d ; Mr James Johnston, 35 ewes at 16s 9d, 20 at 15s 6d, 18 at 16s ; Mr D. Clarke (Waipahi), 34 ewes at 14s 9d, 23 at 13s 3d ; Mr William M'Lean (Waiwera South), 39 ewes and wethers at 13s 3d, 25 at 12s 3d; Mr A. Mackie (Outram), 48 ewes at 10s 3d, 31 at 10s, 30 at 9s 9d ; Mr Richard Mitchell (Portobello), 25 ewes at lls 3d, 13 at lls; Mr J. N. Allen (Green Island), 50 ewes at lls 9d, 44 at 10s, 36 at 9s 3d, 41 at 9s; a southern client, 35 ewes at 16s 3d, 30 at 15s 3d. Dalgety and Co. (Limited) yarded 298, and sold : Fox' Mr James Matheson (Lcchend), 55 prime ewes at 16s 3d to 15s 3d ; Mr James Smaill (Inchclutha), 23 crossbred wethers at 17s 6d, 20 do ewes at 16s ; a client, 27 crossbred ewes at 10s 9d; Mr William Hall (Patearoa), 138 halfbred ewes at 12s 6d to 10s 6d ; Mr John Marshall (Hillhead), 62 ewes at lls 9d to 10s.

Fat Lambs. — There were 823 penned, but this number included none exceptionally heavy. The demand was good throughout, and prices ruling to-day were 9d to Is above those last quoted. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold 86 as follows : For Mr John Coutts (Janefield), 33 at from 11s 9d to 13s 3d ; Mr John Hopkins (Heathcote), 44 at from 11s 3d to 13s 3d ; Mr T. P. Beck (Alexandra), 9 at 11s 9d. The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association (Limited) penned 56, and sold : For Mr James Freeman (Abbotsford), 4 at 11s 9d ; Messrs Muir Bros. (Wyllie's Crossing), 40 at 11s 3d to 10s 9d; a client, 12 at 13s 9d to 12s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) sold: For Mr John Kinney (Hyde), 70 at 12s 3d ; Mr W. Hills, 22 at 11s 3d, 13 at 8s 9d to 9s, 23 at 7s. The Farmers' Agency Company yarded and sold 66 at 6s to 10s 6d. Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) yarded 529, and sold: For Mr J. T. Gibson (Otokia), 69 at 12s 9d to 12s 6d; Mr J. M'Crea (Milton), 18 at 12s 6d; Mr D. Matheson (Attadal«), 78 at 12s 9d to 12s; Mrs A. Inglis (Milton), 40 at 13s to lls 6d; Mr C. Matthews (Milburn), 35 at 13s to lls; Mrs A. Strain (Milburn), 3at 10s 6d ; Mr T. Clouston (Ophir), 76 at 13s 3d to 12s 3d; Mr D. M'Corkindalo (Manuka Creek), 28 at 13s ; Mr J. M. Williamson (Tapanui), 63 at 12s 3d to lls 6d; Mrs M'Lean (Ahuriri Flat), 79 at 12s to 9s; Mr J. Mitchell (Momona), 2 at lls; Mr W. Grant (Careinch), 17 at 12s; Messrs Muir Bros. (Wyllie's Crossing), 41 at 10s. Dalgety and Co. (Limited) yarded 173, and cold: For Mr Chas. Paterson (Middlemarch), 72 at 12s 9d to lls; Messrs P. and J. Scott (Ida Valley), 76 at 12s 3d to lls; Mr James Smaill (Inchclutha), 25 at Us 9d.

Pigs.— l 22 of all sorts were penned, and sold as follows:— Suck«rs, 9s to 14s; slips, 15s to 19s;. stores, 24s to 30s; porkers, 359 to 495; baconers, 52s to 675; heavy pigs, to 70s. Stronach Bros, and Morris sold for Mr D. Roy pigs to £2 9s 6d. The Otago Farmers' Cooperative Association (Limited) yarded 14, ana sold foT Mrs Boatwood, Mrs Seymour, and f Mr Rutherford at quotations. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) sold 1 at 40s, 7 at 30s, 2 at 28s 6d, and 3at 265. Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) yarded 59, and sold: For Mr Walter Blackae (Glasgow Farm), 4 at 15s; Mr W. Adams (Otokia), 3 at 645; Mr D. Gray (Henley), I at 50s, 4 at 49s 6d; Mr Robert Fmdlay (Janefield), 1 at'23s 6d; Mi A. Schlonbach (Pine Hill), 2at 51s 6d, 3at 50s Gd ; Mr John Mears (Mosgiel), 6 at 17s to 13s 6d ; Mr James Pearson (Glenledi), 3at 14s. The Farmers' Agency Company sold a draft of b'g pigs at £3 to £3 10s. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold 20 at quotations. ' Calves.— The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association (Limited) yarded 37, and sold : For Mrs Dee, Mrs Wright, Messrs D. Miller, C. Harris, Jensen, T. Goodman, Townley, J. Miller, and James Math-ieson, at 3s to £2 7s 6d. Dairy Cattle.— Among the number yarded to-da\ the/c were sev&Tal very good cows, and tbese met with a ready sale at fu'l market rates. Stronach Bros, and Morris sold. For Mr William Barrowman (Sawyeis' Bay), cows up to £9; Mr E. Winter tSawyers' Bay), cows to £6 10s; Mr Thomas Lean (Port Chalmers), cows and heifers at £6 15s, £6 ss, and £5 ss. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold 19 head as fellows: — For Mr George ll'Mulhn (late of Brighton), 4 heifers (18 months" old) at £6 2s 6d, 2 do »t £4 12s 6d, 5 yearling heifers at £3. and 1 yearling bul! at £4 2s Gd ; Messrs A. Dick (Portobello), David Millet (Sawyers" Bay), Peter Crawford (Green IsSard), Young and Perkins (St. Kilda), 7 head at full rates. The Otago Farmers' Cc-operati -c Association (Limited) yarded 26 head, and sod for Messrs T. Lynn, A. Liddls, F. Buckland. G. Dunn, Thomas Hill, W. Townley. A. fir- .ill, T. Fleming, W. Di c k, and J. Curie, at to £8. Store Cattle.— The yarding wrs representative of all sorts, but competition towards the end of sales was not very keen, and a few lines were turned out unsold. Stronach Bros, and Morris penned 69 head, and sod for Mr Tho^. Lean (Port Chalmers), Mr T. Buck'and (Waitati), Mr Charles Harris (Mount Cargill), Mr R Craig (Pine Hill), Mr J. Henry, and others, steers, heifers, and cows at market rates. The Otago Farmers Co-operative Association (Limited) yarded 14, and sold for Messrs D. Miller, W. "Townley, L. D Robertson, T. Fleming, and others, at current rates. Country Sales. — Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report having held their "fortnightly sa!e at Balclutha on Tuesday, the 7th inst., the date being changed on account of the ordinary sale day falling on Good Friday. As is usual when sales are held on days other than the usual

days the attendance was small, a considerable number not being aware that theTc was any alteration of the date. The class of sheep on the whole that were yarded were not up to the usual standard, and the demand consequently was somewhat slow, although the greater portion chauged hands. Cattle were represented by a small entry, and chiefly composed of two-year-old steers and heifers. The demand for these were fair, and the bulk of the entry changed hands at current rates. They sold sheep and cattle for Mes3rs J. B. M'Neill (Balclutha), W. Keys (Toiro). A. Smith (Warepa), Mrs Wm. Mosly, and Mr W. Smith (Stirling), D. Murray (Warepa), Geo. Johnston (Purekereki), R. F. Smail, Jos. Smaill (Inchclutha), S. W. Moffat (Te Houka), James Laing (Toiro). The Farmers' Agency Company report having held a stock sale at Middlemarch on Tuesday last, the 7th inst., when they yarded 2770 sheep and lambs and 64 head of cattle. The demand waa by no means brisk, but nevertheless the bulk of the yarding ultimately changed hands at a slight reduction on late ruling rates. The following sales were made : — For Mr Thos. Popham, 400 ewes at lls 4d, 300 do at 7s Id, 109 lambs at 8s 6d; Mr Mathieson, 225 lambs at 7s 3d, 164 ewes at 10s sd, 50 do at 8s Id; Mr J. Hayes, 93 cull ewes at 3s 2d ; Mr J. J. Nolan, 186 hill lambs at 6s 6d; Mr J. L. Kerr, 63 lambs at 6s 6d, 37 ewes at 7s ; Mr Hanlon, cull merino owes at 2c; Mr W. Higgins, 52 ti\otooth wethers at lls lid, ewes 9s Id, lambs 8s 2d, cull lambs ss, dairy cows at £6 to £?, two-year-old steers and heifers at £•! 10s to £5, dry cows at £5, yearling steers and heifers at £2 IGb. Taien Stock Fair and Horse Sale.— Donald Reid and Co. report: We held our usual monthly sale at our Taieri saleyords on Tuesday. The day was too wet for harvest operations, consequently theTe was a large turnout of farmers, sever*! being present from the Bruce and Clutha districts. Sheep : " The entry comprised 1834, about equal proportions of wethers and ewes The wethers were nearly all well grown and in fairly good condition, but the ewe 3on the whole were not a very good lot. With the exception of one small line of two, four, and six-tooth ewes, all the rest, were full and bioken- mouthed. Notwithstanding this, there was a splendid sale, and every pen found purchasers. Four and six-tooth wethers sold at 13a 9d to 12s 7d; two, four, and sixtooth ewes, i3s 6d; full and broken-mouthed ewes, 7s 4d to 10s ; Leicester rams, 2gs each ; Romney rams, 2gs; Shropshire rams, lg to IJjsjs. Cattle: 55 penned, mostly yearlings, calves, and dairy cows, which all met a brisk sale. Calves sold at £1 10s to £2; yearlings, £2 10s to £3 5s ; cows, £3 5s to £6 ss.— —The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Limited) report having held their usual fortnightly sale at the Borough yards, Balclutha on Tuesday (altered from Friday on account of holiday). The total entry was a moderate one. Sheep, lambs, and pigs sold fairly at about recent rates, but cattle were rather duller of sale. The usual local tun fair was held on the same day, but sales were difficult to effect even at low prices. We yarded 99 sheep, 13 rams, 18 pigs, and 40 head of cattle, and sold for 14 clients at the following rates : — Ewes at up to lls 6d, rams at up to lg, pigs at 12s 9d to 14s, steers at £4 Is to £6 7s, cows and heifers at £2 to £7.

Sheepskins. — As consignments are not heavy at this season of the year, sales are held only fortnightly in the meantime, and there has been no auction of these since last week's report.

Rabbitskins.— Catalogues are small, and made up of inferior and off-season consignments. Quotations: Winters, 15d to 16Jd; springs, 9£d to lOd; autumns, BJd; summers, 7d to 72d; small and inferior, 4d to SJd per lb. Hides. — At the fortnightly auction on Thursday, 2nd mst., a good selection was submitted, and met with very keen competition at the hands of a full attendance of the trade. Some extreme prices were paid for extra prime heavy ox hides, while all other qualities of hoth ox and cow hides made most satisfactory figures. Extra stout, we!l-flayed ox made 7Jd to 8d per lb ; good heavy do, 6d to 6Jd ; medium do, sid to 51d; light do, 4d to 4|d ; extra prime cow, srl to 52d, medium to good do, 4gd to 4Jd ; light do, 2Jd to 4Jd; yearlings, 5s 8d to 6s 2d each ; calfskins, Is 4d to 4s Id each.

Tallow and Fat.— This market could handle considerably more than the quantity offering, there being very good competition for all consignments reaching the market. Quotations: Good rendered tallow, 21s to 25s per cwt; medium do, 19s to 20s ; inferior do, 16s to 18s ; best caul fat, 17s 6d to 19s ; medium do, 16s to 17s; inferior do, 13s to 15s 6d.

Grain. — Oats- Comparatively little is doing locally. The unfavourable weather of the past week has grealty restricted consignments of the new crop. What few parcels have arrived have met with fair demand at the hands of shippers and consumers. Northern ports in the meantime are getting the best of the trade, as business there is being done at cheaper rates than are offering here, and buyers are, of course, not disposed to purchase here on worse terms than are obtaining in Canterbury. Quotations: Prime rail Hug, Is 9d to Is lOd ; good to best feed, Is 7d to Is B*d; inferior to good, Is 5d to Is 61d per bushel (sacks extra). — Wheat: Very few samples of the new crop have yet arrived. A. little business has been done by country millers privately, but the town trade is only buying to fill immediate requirements, and at figures which are not up to expectations of growers. Quotations : Prime -milling, 4s 2d to 4s 4d ; good do, 4s to 4s id ; whole fowl wheat, 4s to 4s Id; broken and damaged, 3s 6d to 3s lOd per bushel (sacks extra).

Chaff. — There is good demand for prime oaten sheaf of good colour and well cut, which is in short supply. Medium quality is plentiful, and is not inquired for. Quotations: Prime, £3 5s to £3 12s 6d; extra good, to £3 15s, medium, £2 10s to £3 per ton (sacks extra).

Potatoes — This week's sales have not been equal to expectations, in face of bad weather prevailing, and a fair quantity is still offering. Prime kidneys, £3 10s to £3 15s per ton (sacks in).

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DUNEDIN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT,

Messrs A. Moritzson and Co., auctioneers, wool, stock, station, grain, produce, and commission agents, report (wholesale) for the week as under. All quotations are subject to market fluctuations. We would ask farmers when sending samples always to put a price on them, as buyers do not feel inclined to make offers- —

Wheat.— There is now a little business passing in new wheat, but millers are only buying from hand to mouth. We ouote. Best velvet, 4s 2d to 4s 3d ; Tuscan, 4s" 2d to 4s 3d ; red chaff, 4s Id to 4s 2d ; fowl wheat (with good inquiry), 3a 10d to 4s (sacks extra).

Oats. — The market is cry quiet, buyers securing their requirements irom northern ports. Prime milling, Is 9d ; bright short feed, Is 8d • medium and inferior, from Is 6d to Is 7d.

Ryecorn. — None offering.

Barley. — Extra prime samples have inquiry, and we can place a considerable quantity for malting. Lakes, 3s 9d to 4s; other districts, 3s 5d to 3s 8d; feed, 3s 3d to 3s 4d.

Chaff.— Prime quality, £3 10s to £3 15s ; medium, £2 15s to £3 ss; 6traw chaff, £1 17s 6d ; pressed straw, £2 , pressed hay, £3 10s. Ryegras*— Farmers' dressed, Is 9d to 2s j

extra quality, 2s Id to 2s 4d ; machine dressed, 3s to 4s pel buEhel.

Cocksfoot. — Farmers' undressed, 3d to 3Jd per lb; machined, 4Jd to sd.

Linseed.— From £8 to £1C per tojj. as per quality. Chewings' Fescue. — Farmers' dressed, Id to ljd; machined, 3d to 3Jd.

Potatoes.— Market fairly supplied. Prime ere worth £3 5s to £3 10s.

Rabbitskins.— SuckeTS and runners, 3d to 4d ; summers, 6d to BJd ; springs, lid to 124 d.

Sheepskins. — We hold sales every Tuesday. Supplies coming to hand are principally pelts and lambskins, for which there is a good demand. Dry pelts sell from 6d to Is 6d ; green pelts, Is 8d to 2s 6d. Hides. — We hold fortnightly sales, and quote 3Jd to 7d, according to weight and conditiou. We hold auction sales every fortnight.

Horsehair, Is Id to la 2d. Country sales conducted on most reasonable terms. We can supply rabbit and sheep netting, oil cake, farmers' Fairbanks 4001b scales, £5 10s; Crown sheep dip — casks 3s per gallon, drums 3s 6d ; Berger's red and black sheepbranding oil, 4s per gallon; Gibson's cattle brand, 93 for small and 15s for large tins • Newton's patent wool presses, £13 each ; clover, rape, and turnip seeds, all freshly landed. Prices on application.

Our grass seed machinery is up to date, and a crusher and kibbler have been added. We invite all farmers interested in this important industry to come and inspect the machinery any time they are in town.

Storing gTain we are prepared to store, receive, and deliver, insure, with three months' free storage-, at 3d per sack. Our stores are virmin proof and connected with"s.ding. /

FRITTf AND PRODUCE REPORT.

Butter.— Prims salt, from 8d tor lOd. Fresh butter in psts, storekeepers' lots, in good demand. We can place any quantity. j

Eggs. — There is a good inquiry, and all coming forward are easily placed. Cheese. — Factory, Cd to 6id ; dairy, 5Jd to 6d. Honey. — Demand is not very strong. Prices are ruling from 3Jd to 4d for good quality. Beeswax, Is 2d to Is 4d. Onions. — Melbournes are quoted a^ 8s; Canterbury, £7 10s. Bacon.— Rolls, BJd per lb.

Hams, 9d to 10d. Pigs. — Fojt sizes up to 1601b, first-class dairyfeed quality, sd; over thit weight prices range from 3Jd to 4Jd. Butter boxes, with parchment linings, we can supply at 18s per dozen.

Vickery's egg preservative, 20s per case of 8 gallons Poultry..— ln good demand. Roosters, 3s; hens, 23 to 2s 6d ; duek 3, 3s to 3s 6d ; hen turkeys, 5d to 6d ; cock turkeys, 8d to lOd. Wanted for South Africa 1000 pairs hens and roosters in good condition, minimum weight 32 1b, at 2s 8d per pair, railage free on all birds passed by Government grader ; also 4lb duck 3at3s 9d per pair.

Fruit. — We receive consignments by every steamer from Australia, the Islands, and our own colony, and hold sales daily on arrival of consignments.

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Messrs Nimmo and Blair report as follows : — '

Wheat.— Owing to the holidays there is little to report, the market being inactive. Quotations : Prime milling, 4s 2d to 4s 3d ; fowl wheat (whole), 3s lid to 4s Id per bushel (socks extra).

Oats. — The bulk of the business is still being dene at northern ports. Quotations : Prime milling) Is 9d to Is 9£d ; good feed, Is 7d to Is BJd ; inferior and medium, up to Is 6d per bushel (sacks extra).

Chaff. — The market is a iittle easier. Quotations : Prime bright oaten, £3 2s 6d to £3 7s 6d per ton (sacks extra.).

Potatoes. — The market is well supplied, with but » small inquiry. Quotations: Prime quality, £3 to £3 6s per ton (sacks in).

DAIRY PRODUCE REPORT.

Butter.— Salt, 8d to 9d ; fresh cooking, 8d to 9d per lb. Tigs (1201b to 1601b), 5d per lb.

FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT,

Messrs Thomas Paterson and Co., fruit and produce agents, Manse street, report as follows for the week ending April 14, 1903: —

Fruit. — Oranges: Rarotonga six-inch cases, 5s to 6s ; 10-inch, 7s to 10s ; Lemons : Messina, IBs 6d to 22s 6d. Bananas: Melbourne, 12s 6d to 16s 6d; Fiji, 9s to 10s. Apples: Dessert, 53 to 8s; cooking, 2s 6d to ss. Pears: Canterbuiy, 3s 6d. to 5s 6d pel cass; Melbourne, 12s to 14s; local, 3s 6d to 5s per case. Plums: Scarce; leviot, 2Jd to 3Jd. Peaches, 3d io 4d. Tomatoes: Hothouse, 5d to 6d; Christchurch, 2Jd to 3£d. Onions: Melbourne, £6 to £10; Cantarbury, £4 15s to £5 ss.

Poultry.— Heavy consignments arrived last week, and prices eased considerably. Roosters. 3s to 3s 6d per pair ;• hens, 2s to 2s 6d ; ducks, 3s to 3s 6d ; geese, 4s 6d per pair. We receive consignments any day but Saturday.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS

Messrs D. Reid and Co. (Limited) report : We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our &to"fes on Tuesday morning, when we submitted a moderate catalogue to a gocd attendance of buyers, and, under fair competition, the bulk >f the catalogue was cleared at satisfactory prices. Oats.— During the past week practically no business has been passing, and shippers show little inclination to purchase at present quotations, in view of the lower prices ruling at northern ports. Very few oats have come to hand this week, and quotations remain practically unchanged. Quotations: Prime milling, la 9d to Is 9id; good to best feed, Is 7d to Is 8d; inferior a-nd medium, Is 5d to Is 6£d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.— There is little inquiry for prime quality. Owing to uncertainty as to the price of flour, millers are not inclined to operate to aiiy great extent. Fowl wheat, however, is still scarce, and meets with ready sale at late quotations. Quotations: Prime milling, 4s 2d to 4s 4d; medium 4s to 4s Id; whole fowl wheat, 3:> lid to 4s, broken and damaged, 3s 3d to 3s lOd per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — Supplies continue to come forward steadily, and are readily sold at prices on a par with late quotations, Quotatiocs: Best Derwents, £3 5c *o £3 10s; medium to good, £3 to £3 2s 6d; other sorts, £2 15s to £3 per ton (ba.g3 in). Chaff.— Heavier consignments have come forward during the past few days, and prices have receded 5s to 7s 6d per ton in consequence. Very little old chaff is now on hand, but is rather slow of sale, preference being given to p line bright new chaff. Quotations : Prime oaten sheaf, £3 5s to £3 7s 6d ; medium, £2 15s to £3 2.s 6d ; inferior and straw chaff, £2 10s to £2 32s Gd per ton (bags extra).

Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Limited), Dunedin. report having held theii usua 1 weekly sale of gram and produce on Tuesday, when they submitted a representative catalogue to a fair attendance of bu>ers. Bidding v.-as spirited, and prices ruled as under. — Oats. — During the past week there has been a fair demand from shippers, and consignments forward have been placed at fully up to last week's rates. Shippers' requirements, however, were for immediate delivery, and the bulk of their orders are still going to the north. Quotations: Prime milling, Is 9d to Is lOd;

good to oest feed, Is 6d to Is 7id; inferior to good, Is 5d to Is 6d. Wheat. — Samples of this season's wheat are now coming forward more freely, but the quality of the southern wheat, in a good many cases, is not by any means first class. Millers: are operating only from hand to mouth, but all prime samples are sold readily at quotations. Quotations : Prime milling, 4s 2d to 4s 4d; fowl wheat, 4s to 4s Id.

Chaff.— Supplies are now coming in more freely, and consequently prices suffered a drop of from 5s to 7s 6d" per ton. Quotations : Prime oaten sheaf, £3 5s to £3 7s 6d; good, £3 to jE3 2s 6d.

Potatoes. — Fair consignments are coming to hand, and prices this week show a decline of about 5s per ton. Quotations: Prime Derwents, £3 5s to £3 10s; medium, £3 to £3 ss; kidneys, £2 15s to £3. *

INVESTMENT STOCKS,

Sales of shares in the New Zealand Drug Company were made on the Dunedin Stock Exchange on Tuesday at £2 6s 6d.