DUNEDIN MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2651, 4 January 1905, Page 22

DUNEDIN MARKETS.

Beat Oatnaru Derwenfi potatoes. £i to £4JOi perron. Lccal nsw kidneys l*d p rib. Ojmaru kidaey potatoes 10s per cwt. Market bar<j of good oaten chaff. FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCE Messrs It vine and Steveusou, George street, report paying for produce during the weekending the 31st inst. as follows :—: — Bacon (roll), 8d p. lb Fresh buiter, Sd to Ham, 9d p. lb 10 Jd per lb Fresh eggs, lOd dcz Salt butter ; not buying Fresh butter, good ordinary fin lib snd Alb prints), 6d toSd perlb. Pjgs o3olb to 1601b), not buj ing.

THE MEAT MARKET. jN'APIER, December 29. The Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company have received the following cable from their London office:— Beef hinds declined id perlb. Quotations: Mutton— Canterbury 4id^ Napier, Wellington, and iNbrth Island, 4|d. Beef — Hindquarters, 3|d; fores, 3|d. <JRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET.. •Messrs Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) report: — We held -our -weekly auction- sale of grain and produce at 1 our stores on Wednesday. There was a small attendance of buyers, and ■ only a-few of 'the lots 'offered 'were "quitted, the balance being passed' in. Values ruled as Tinder: — > .-,.'._ t' . ' Oats.— There is good demand, for, prime'milling A .grade, and fajr inquiry for B grade lines. Local stocks are not large, and most shipping orders are being supplied "direct from country stations. We quote: Prime milling, Is 7d to Is Sd; good to best feed, Is sftd to Is 6£d; medium, Is 4d to Is 5d per bushel, , sacks extra. Wheat. — No business of any importance has been passing in milling quality. Stocks are jaot great, but millers have a fair quantity of flour on hand, and are at present holding off the market. Fowl wheat isl^ri£«fjyialler compass, and has fair demand b : o-£lf^^6^y and for export. We quote: Prime milling, 3s 6d, to 3s Sd; medium, 3s 2d to 3s sd; whole fowl wheat, 3s to 3s Id ; broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 2s lOd per bushel, sacks extra. Potatoes. — Small consignments of old Derwents have been coming forward, and these find sale at £3 10s to £i 103 per ton, sacks in. Chaff. — Prime oaten sheaf is in good demand. Limited supplies are arriving, and these are readily quitted at late values. Medium x and discoloured lofs are not in request. "We quote : Best oaten sheaf, £3 17s 6d to- £4 2s 6d ; extra bright and 1 heavy, to JE4 ss ; medium -to good, JE3 10s to £3 15s per ton, bags extra.

IDUCK IIEPORTS j Mr J. Fleming, Prim underrate the 31st ins; Wheat pet bused. Best milling ", 3/H Medium do _, 3/1 . Fowls' ... ,2/11—3/1 Milling oats 1/7 * Feed oats 3/4— )/*? Malt barley ... 3/3 Feed barley ... 2/2 Cape barley ... 3/0 llaize ... 3/o—3/6 per ton. I'lour, in 200's ... 200/(> Flour, in 50's „. 2.0/<) Pollard 80/0 I Bran 65/0 :es street south, reports j per ton Barley dust ... 7(7 > I Oatmeal, in 25's 18U/H chaff 70/— BO/0 i Ryegrass hay 50/o—6o/0 j Straw 35/0 ! Pearl bai-le^, ... 260/0 ! Onions 13/0 owe. ] per 11). ! Rolled bacon ... 7J-- ■ Side bacon ... Si Smoked hams ... -Si Cheese ... .. 5d Good salt butter, 7d to 8.1. according to quality