DUNEDIN MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2565, 13 May 1903, Page 19

DUNEDIN MARKETS.

WHOLESALK PRODUCE REPORTS. Mr J. •Fleming, Princes street south, reports under cat* the 12th inst :—

Tutatoes: £3 5a to £3103. Good Dement potatoes aie wanted. FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCK Messrs Irvine and StevenßOD, George street, report paying for produce during the weekending the 12th in-t. as follows :— Bacon (roll). 9d p. lb F>esh butter, 9d to Ham, 9d p. lb )ld per lb Fresh eggs, Is 9d dcz Salt butter ; not buying Fresh butter, good ordinary (in lib «nd ill) prints), 7d to 9d per lb. Pigs, 1301b to 1701b, 54 per lb. Tucks, Geese, Turkeys, Fowh : Not buyiDg. EXPORT OF PRODUCE. £Peb United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 8. The value of the chief items of produce exported from the colony for the month of April was: Butter, £36,741; cheese, £21,804; frozen .beef, £12,801; frozen mutton, £100,977; frozen lamb, £118,923;—t0ta1, £291,246. The figures for corresponding month of 1902 were: Butter, £98,810; cheese, £28,965; frozen beef, £35,542; frozen mutton, £137,914; frozen lamb, £1GO,117; total.. £403,348. Decrease, £148,102. It is explained that the large decrease in the shipment of butter is due to the glut in prices and that butter is being stored in the hopes of a better market. With reference to the decrease in frozen meat, the explanation is that some heavy shipments may have just been included in the lists for April, 1902, which have not been the case this year; but, in any case, there ha 3 not been an appreciable decrease in the export of meat so far as the department knows. ADVICES FROM THE AGENT-GENERAL. WELLINGTON, May 11. The Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cable from the Agentgeneral, London, dated 10th ir.st.:—" Importations of River Plate frozen meat and butter into the United Kingdom during last month (April) were:—Mutton : 66,053 carcases landed at London; 208,452 at Liverpool; and 14,856 at Hull and Newcastle. Lamb: 3362 carcases landed at London; 17,000 at Liverpool; and 3652 at Hull and Newcastle. Butter: 9489cwt landed at Liverpool an#London." The department has received the following cablegram, dated London, 9th inst: —" The trade for all classes of mutton has been very s'.ow, and prices are barely maintained. The average price to-day for Canterbury mutton is 4Jd; Dunedin, Southland, and W.M.E. Co., 4d; other North Island mutton, 3Jd; River Plate, 3jia\ The lamb market is weak. The average price to-day for Canterbury lamb is 4gd; for brands other than Canterbury, 4id; Biver Plate, 4Jd. The beef market is quiet at •former prices. The butter market is dull at 99s per cwt; Danish, 101s per cwt; Argentine, .Sis per cwt. The cheese market is falling, and quotations are 66s per cwt. The hemp market ds firm at former prices. There ss a disposition "Jo sell distant hemp. October-December shipments have been sold at £29.. The stock is 513 lon's, as against 342 tons last year. The cocksfoot seed market is quiet. The average price Jor bright, clean New Zealand cocKsfoot seed •weighing 17lb per bushel, on the spot, is 50s (per cwt. The wool market is active, and advancing."

GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS. Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report having held their usual sale of grain and produce %t their stores on Mondaj, -when, they sub-

mitted a fairly representative catalogue to a good attendance of buyers, the bulk of which was cleared at satisfactory prices. Prices ruled as under: — Wheat. — The demand for prime milling lines still continues good, although millers are not anxious to speculate- on a large scale, being content to buy only for immediate needs. Medium quality is not asked for, and only finds a sale as fowl wheat,- which commands a good sale at quotations : Prime milling, 4s to 4s 2d;. medium to good, 3s lOd to 3s lid; beet wholo fowl feed, 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; broken and damaged, 3s 3d to 3s 5d (sack 6 extra). Oats. — The southern samples show no improvement in quality, and shippers experience difficulty in keeping up the standard of the shipments made by them from northern ports. For milling and seed lines there is a good demand, and B grade finds a reedy sale, but oats out of condition are not sought after: — Prime milling, Is 9d to Is lOd; good to best feed, Is 8d to Is 9d ; medium and inferior, Is Gd to Is 7d (sacks extra). Chaff.— Heavy consignments have coma forward during the week, and prices to-day show a decline of from 5a to 7s 6d per ton. For prime oaten sheaf there is a fair demand, while inferior and damaged is hard to quit. Prime oatan sheaf, £3 5s to £3 10s; medium, £3 to £3 2s 6d; inferior, £2 10s to £2 15s (sacks extra). Potatoes.— The supply is equal to the demand, ar,d late rates arc maintained. Derwents, £3 os to £3 10s; kidneys and other sorts, £3 to £3 2s 6d (bags in). Messrs Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) roport:— We held our weekly auction sale of grsin and produce at our stores on Monday, when we submitted a large catalogue to a fair attendance of buyers. Prices ruled as under: — Oats. — The demand is chiefly for .good bright feed ]ine9, and all oats of this class coming forward have ready sale at quotations. Prime milling also have some attention, and in this connection Sutherland? are inquired for, but only small lo*3 are offering. Medium feed is also in fair demand, provided the condition is sound, but inferior sorts have little attention. Quotations: Prime milling. Is 9d to Is lOd ; good to best iced, 1b 8d to Is 9d : ineflium and inferior, Is 6d to Is 7Jd per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — In -milling quality sales are almost confined to lots of choice northern wheat. Anything below prime quality is extremely diffi- ! cult to quit, and lota that generally come into the list of medium milling lines are only saleable as fowl wheat. Oif the last sort there is a considerable quantity offering, but -with a fair export demand stocks have not accumulated to any extent. Quotations: Prime milling, 4s to 4s Id; medium, 3s 9d to 3s lid; whole fowl wheat, 3s 6d to 3b Sd ; broken and damaged, 3s to 3s 5d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — There are still fair stocks on liano" locally, and sales are difficult to effect at last week's prices. Quotations: Best Derwents, £3 5s to £3 ifls; medium ?nd other sorts, £2 15s to £3 2s Gd per ton (sacks in). Chaff —The market i 3 heavily supplied, and in order to make sales lower values have to be accepted. Prices for choice lots have not Buffered to the same extent as medium quality, which jb in over-snrm'y, ?nd unless thoroughly sound is v*>rv difficult, to qu ; t. Quotations: Best oaten sheaf, £-3 5s to £3 10s ; good do, £'. to £3 2s 6d; m?diu:n. £2 10s to £2 17s Gd ; inferior and straw c!i-ff, £2 to £2 10s per ton (bags extra).