OAMARU GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Otago Witness, Issue 2719, 25 April 1906, Page 21

OAMARU GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET.

GFsom Our Own CoRREsroxoENT.) OAMARU, April 22. The market hero is very firm, and the advances recorded last week are now fully estai»iished. Several line 3of Tuscan have been placed at 3s Id on trucks at country stations, less commission, lv otter cases, 83 net. delivered in town, has been paid. At these prices ! more business might be done, there being a ! fair inquiry but somewiiat restricted offerings. For velvet 3s at sidings, less commission, and 33. delivered net, has been freely given, while j in a few instances veivet of primest quality I has brought 3s Id, Jess commission. P...<>s I for red chiff are ?iso very firm, sales having bsen effe-cted at 2s lid and 2s lljd, less commission, and one prime sample will produce a trifle mc-:e. Mixed lines of wheat have been sold at 3s for a parcel of 1000 sacks of velvet and red cnafi. and lor another slightly smaller of velve-t, Tuscan, and red chaff, in both cases fclao prioo Iseiiig subject to ft cottmiisstoil. Second class wheat h?.s oeen sold at 2d to 3d less. The demand for oats is strong, but the offerj in^s are hardly equal to requirements. A fair amcunt of business has bssn done at Is Bsd to Is 9d for G&rtons, Is 7jd to Is 8d for Danish, and Is 9d for duns, all at sidings and less couinnssicn. Bor'.ey is only offering in limited quantity, anj for fair malting from 3s &i to 3s 8d at ; sidings js asked. j The north continues to offer a slightly better market for potatoes, and sales made are mostly for shipmant. Seme lines of Up-iO-dates have bsen eo'd at £1C 10s, r.nd D:rwents at £'10 (f.o.b ). Growers ?re rot disposed to accept anything less than £9 net at their s.ding. An acceptable shower of rain fell in this di&trict on Friday night, extending we!! up the Waitaki River. The dry weather has hed a, tomewhat serious effect en feed, and winter 1 feed is like'y to be scarce Turnips aiid rape baip Eufie'.s-i a good deal from the want of iain

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET. llessTs Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd.) r-eport . — We held our weekly auction sale of grain 1 acd produce st our storey on Monday. Our catalogue WB3 a small one. including feed oa-'.3, fowl wheat, pota+oes, and chaff. There was a good attendance of buyers, and under brisk competition the catalogue, with the exception of a few lots of medium chaff, was cleared at quotations. Price 3 luleti as under. — Oats. — Owing fr> the fact that weather conditions have bsen far from favourable for threshing, vcrv few new oa'.s have been coming forward. Good to best feed lines have more attention from shippers, but as the local market is almost bare, most consignments are going into consumption here at prices which show a slight improvement on late quotations. Prime milling lines have I more attention, and lots suitable 'or this ; trade are readily quitted foi direct consigni naent. Quotations Prime milling. Is lid to 1 Is Hid; good to best feed, Is 9Jd to Is lOJd ; I inferior to medium, Is 8d to Is 9d per bushel I (sacks extra-). I Wheat —Prime Tuscan is in most favour with millers, but all sorts in good condition have more attention, and aTe .saleable at slightly better prices. Fowl wheat, although in most cases rather beyond shippers' limits, has good s-ale locally. Quotations: Prime milling Tuscan, 3s lid to 3s 4d; other sorts, 3s 2id to 33 3Jd; medium to good, 8s Id to

3s 2cl ; whole fowl .wheat, 2s lid to 3s ; broken."*, and damaged, 2s 8d to 2s lCd per bushel (seeks extia). , " ' Potatoes. — The market continues -to be : moderately supplied. All sorts prima^-and-fiee from blight ar-e in stronger demand, -par- 1 ticular attention being paid to choice lines , of Up-to-dates suitable for seed. QuotationsBest white sorts, £9 15s ~to £10; specially, selected, £10 10s to £11; .best Derwenta,: £9^ 10s to £10; medium, £8 15s to £9 ss; inferior, £7 10s to £8 10s per ton (bags extra). Chaff. — Last week's wet weather reiarded cutting operations, and in consequsace the market was not heavily supplied. Tie demand is entirely confined to prime oaien sheaf, ]. other sorts being at present quite neglected.' Quotations: Prime eaten sheaf, £3 5s to £3 10s; choice old chaff, to £3 12s 6d; rnediian. to good, £3 to £3 ss; inferior, £2 5s to £3 15s per ton (bags extra). Straw. — The market is poorly supplied, and for both oaten and wheat-en there is good inquiry at improved .prices. Messrs Dalgety ar.d Co. (Limited) report: — "We held our weekly sale of grain and prcduc* at our stores on Monday, when we offered a small catalogue to a good attendance of buyers. Oats and potatoes were in good demand, and sold at an advance on late rates. Chaff, however, was dull of sale. Prices mling are as under: — Oats.— There is little doing in this market, at present. There is a good inquiry, but the late unfavourable weather is no doubt re- ~ sponsible for tho scarcity of new oats in -this market. Present stocks are ,bar«!y sufficient for the locr.l demand. Any milling or feed lines coming to harid are readily cleared, at the following rates :' — Prime milling. Is lOJd to Is ll£d; good to beat feed, Is 9Jd to Is lOJd; inferior and medium, I 3 8d to Is 9d per bushel (sacks extra). "Wheat. — Prime milling' quality *a -still in favour wiih buyers, and during the past -week - a lair quantity has changed hands, -and the ' market is, if anything, firmer. , Medhuri milling quality, however, has only a moderate sale. On account of the large proportion, of southern wheat being too soft for .milling; there is a. good dsal of, fowl wheat offering, ( and for small lots the local demand is good/ but for shipment cheaper rates are ruling at noithern porls. Quotations: PrJms milling 7 , 3s 2Jd to 3s 4d ; medium do, 3s Id to 3s 2d ; , best whole fowl wheat, 2s lid to 3s ; broken and damaged, 2s 8d to 2s 10c! per bushel, (sacks extra). Potatoes. — There is a gocd inquiry for prime lots, free of blight. Both whitjw sorts ■'J«hL' Derwents answering 4his- description ' 'ate readily -cold w vti "full market rates. Quotfe lions: Prime Derwents antt white sorts, '£9 "10* to £10 15a ; extra good do, up to .£11 ; medium do, £8 ho £9 per ton (bags in). \ Chaff. — Fairly heavy consignments (principally ■' new chaff) continue to arrive, and there is little alteration to. report, cither Jn regard to values or demand. There 'is notmuch prime old chaff offering, and this quality meeis with a ready sale. Quotations: Prime ! oaten sheaf (old). £3 10s to-£3 '12a. €d; .do (new), £3 5s to £3 10s ; medium, £2 15s to £3 ; light ar.d inferior, £2 103 to £2 12s 6i par ton (bags extra). hidesales. Messrs "^'right, Stepiienson, and Go. (Ltd.) report &=» follows :— "We hold our usual fortnightly hide sale in our Maclaggan street stores on Thursday, when we offered a catalogue of 321 hides, yearlings, and calfskins lo a representative jrathering pi the trade. There was brisk competi'.ion for every lot offered. ?.tid cur entire catalogue was cleared at highly satisfactory prices. We can with cor firier.ee recommend consignments to cur fortnightly auctions. It may be of iiiit-erest to , quote a few of our individual prices a-t- Thurs- ' day's snie- Ox, U 691b, 7Jd per lb (or 38s 75 gross per hide; ; two 721b, 7£d (or 40s dd gross — -»