DUNEDIN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2672, 31 May 1905, Page 36

DUNEDIN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Meiin A. Moritzson and Co., auctioneers, wool, stock, station, grain, produce, and commission agents, report (wholesale) for the week as under. All quotations »re 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. — Unchanged. Best price obtainable fox prime veivet /T»nd Tuscan, 3s; red sorts, 2s lOd; fowl wheat, 2s 9d. Oatd. — Unchanged. Market firm at last week's prices. Fair demand for good quality, but not many offering. Milling, Is 9d ; 3 grade, Is Bd. Barley.- -Prime malting wanted. Chaff. — Market glutted. Prime oaten sheaf chaff, £2 15s to £3 ss; medium hard to quit at £2 to £2 10s per ton (sacks extra) ; oaten, £1 15s; wheaten, £l 7s 6d to £1 10s per ton. Ryegrass. — Fair demand. We have sold at:l Farmera' dressed, light seed, Is 9d to 2s 3d; heavy-weights, 2s 9d to 3s 3d ; machine dressed, 3s 6d to ss; hght seed, Is 9d to 2s 3d; heavy seed, 2s 3d to 3s. Cot-ksfoot. — Farmers' dressed. 3d to 3Jd; machined. 5d to 6d. Linseed. — Scarce; nominal value, £12 to £13, wanted. Chewings's Fescue. — Demand for this seed is brisk, and price has gone up to 2d per Mb. Potatoes. — Market fairly well supplied, white eorts selling at £5 to £6; Derwents, good ripe samples, selling at £4 10s to .£5; medium and unripe sorts haid to quit .Jm £2 10s to £i 10s, according to quality and condition. Rabbi tskins.— -We hold weekly sales. Prime v. inters (selected) up to 18<i; suckers and; runners, 4£d to 6Jd ; summers, 7d to 9£d; outgoing, 12|d to 13|d; early autumns, 12£ d to 13Jd; late autumns, 12|d to 13£ d; autumn blacks, 11 id to 12d; early autumns, lid to 12d ; winters, 15d to lTd ; winter blacks, up to 22d ; incoming winters, 14d to 15d - early winters, 15Jd to 16id. Sheepskins.— We hold weekly sales. Fullwoolled, up to 10s; crossbred pelts, 4s 9d to 5s 6d ; crossbreds. extra, 8s to 10s ; half bred, up to 10s ; pelts, large, 4s 6d to ss ; medium, 3s 9di to 4s 3d; small, 3s to 3s 6d;. good lambs, extra, 4s 6d to ss; medium, 3s 6d to 4s. Hides. — We quote : Prime ox, from 6d to 6|d ; extra heavy do, Sd to sgd ; medium, 4|d to 5Jd; light, 4Jd to 4|d ; heavy cow, up to 4|d; light. 4Jd to 4gd per lb ; calfskins (sound), up to 2s 6d to 3s; yearlings, 3s 6d to 6s; cow tips, Is 3d to Is 9d per dozen. Horsehair (keen demand), 16|d to 17£ d. Country sales conducted on most leasonabla 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 sheepbrxnding oil, 4s per gallon; Gibson's cattle brand, 9s 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. Stack covers. 18 x 16, 40s each. Grass Seed Cleaning.— Our machinery is u^ to date. We have just added a clover polisher, and as we have a machine of the latest type for each kind of seed we give from 5 per cent, to 10 per cent, better cleaning results than a machine which cleans ali seeds. We also store seed free of charge until cleaned, and keep same insured. Storing Grain. — We are prepared to store, receive, and deliver, insure, with three months* free storage, at 3d per sack. Our stores are vermin proof and connected with siding. FRUIT AND PBODTCE REPORT " Defiance " dried) milk, 9s 9d per dozen (four dozen in case). Butter. — Prime salt, 9d; off, 6d to 7d ; separator, in lib pats, 9Jd to lOd ; storekeepers." lots, 4Jd to s§d (in. full supply). Onions. — Colonial, £10 to £11. Honey. — Demand is not very strong. Prices are ruling from 3|d to 4d for good quality. Section honey in demand, 8s per dozen pound sections. Beeswax is 4d, wanted. Eggs.— Fresh, Is lOd; preserved, Is 2d. Walnuts, 5d to 6d, wanted. Bacon. — Rolls, Bd. Hams, 8d to Sid. Pigs. — For sizes up to 1601b, first-class dairyfed quality, good demand. Butter boxes, with parchment linings, w» can supply at 18s per dozen. Vickery's egg preservative, 20s per case of 8 gallons. Poultry. — Apply for particulars for export. Prices as under: Prices for export have Tisen again, and ours are the highest prices paid. Fowls, 3 Jib to 41 b, 3s; chickens and roosters, 3£lb to 4Jlb, 3s 3d; do, 4slb and over, 3s 6d. Ducks, 4lb to Sib, 3s 9d; do, 31b to 41b, 3s. Geese, ss. Turkeys : Cocks, 8d per lb ; hens, 6d per lb. Hens and chickens mi st not weigh below 3£lb each ; ducks not below 3ib each, as the department will not pack light weights. All poultry must be consigned to poultry depot, and prices are free of railage. Geese and turkeys wanted. Poultry must not arrive here on Fridays or Saturdays. Fruit. — We receive consignments by evera •tenner from Australia, the Islands, and our own colony, and hold sals* daily on arrival of oensignments. Sacks. — We can quote 44in corn sacks, 6s 6d; 46in, 6s 9d: 48in, 7s; second-hand grain sacks, 5s 6d ; good flour sacks, 5s per dozen. Oto gold medal egg preservative, part, on application. For sale : A good country store (general), ol* business. Apply for particulars.

FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPOKT. Messrs Ihos Paterson and Co., auctioneers, fruit and proSuce agents, report for the week ended Tuesday, May SO, as follows : — Fairly targe supplies of apples, pears, •nd oranges arrived on the market this week. Oranges'; Islands, 6in cases, to 8s 6d, repacked. liemons: Mil dura., 8s 6d to 9s €d. Bananas: Ripe, 2|d to 2£d. Pineapples: Green, 5s to 6s; ripe, 6e 6d to 7s per case. Tomatoes: Christdhuxch hothouse, 4d ; locally-grown, <5Jd ; outside, -lcl to 2Jd. Apples : Cooking, 3s 6a to 6s -3d per case; dessert, 5s to 9s 6d. Grapes, 6d to 1b 3d. Pie melons, €a fid to 7s 3d per cwfc. Marrows, 6s Bd to 7s per sack. Produce.— Potatoes : Kidneys, £5 to £6; Oamaru Derwents, £5 to £5 ss. Onions, £8 -to £10. Butter: Fresh, 6Jd to 7^d; separator, 9ja to lOJd -per lb. Bacon, 6Jd to 7£d. Hams, 7Sd to Bd. Pigs, 4d per lb. Poultry: in good demand. Roosters, 3s to 4s ; hens, 2s to '3s; ducks, 3s -to 4s ; turkeys, wanted. RISE IN THE PRICE OF KEROSENE. The Colonial Oil Company, through its local agents (Messrs Bates, Sis'e, and Co.), announces a further advance in the price of kerosene. White Rose nas been advanced from 9id to 10id per gallon, and Tea Rose from "7id to B£d per gallon. This represents an advanoe of ..seven -eighths of a penny per gallon in both cases within the last fortnight. The price of turpentine has also been raised from 4s 2d to 4s 4£d per gallon, or a rise of 4d per gallon within the lost fortnight. BRITCE RAILWAY AND COAL COMPANY. The Brace Herald states that the company lately known as the Bruce Colliery Company las been renamed the Bruce Railway And Coal Company. The capital of the company is JEIO,OOO, divoSed into 10 shares of £1000 each, ■wluch has been subscribed by a local and outside syndicate of 10 gentlemen. The vendors, Messrs Begg Bros., have taken one share in the ventuie, and have granted a lease for 21 years over the Taiiway and coal pits to tha company, which pays a royalty of Is per ton. The business manager is Mr Robert Robertson, the inine manager Mr Frame, and the secretary ."Mr J. Lane. The company expects to be able to put its coal upon the market from its pit on Coombe Hay, early in June. At present a tramway of SO chains is being constructed from the old railway line at Fortification; across the river a temporary bridge ■will b© erected, and the line will be iun to the pif s mouth. It is confidently expected that the company will have a very large output ol ccal in a very short time, and Mr Frame is aiow busily engaged in superintending the opening of the drive. It is stated iJtnut already there is in vievr.a face of 17ft of black coa-l of splendid .quality. The reports of exports have I>e«n of a most favourable nature as to the quality of the coal, and it is eaid that analytical reports state the coal is of a far higher qua-lifcy for atesi.ni tmd domestic purposes than any so fax mined in the district.