STDNEY SHEEP SALES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2732, 18 July 1906, Page 21

STDNEY SHEEP SALES .

At th« rbeit> Ea'e^ Ta^manisui merinos ob•ained geneial'y =->"'- factory prices. A ram :f Tho*~is>« R'V ' brou«l~i 425gq aid one )f W. Gibson's 450gs. TMces for fat ato.k at Honaebush allow a

further advance. Best crossbred wethers, 20S. extra, 24s 6d to 275 ; best ewes, 19s 6d : extra/ 24s 9d to 275; best bullocks, £12; extra, £1 12a 6d; best cows, £10; extra, £11. DUNEDIN MARKETS. WHOLESALE PRODUCE REPORTS Mr J Fleming, Princes street south, report* under date the 17th inst. :— Wheat per bushel. ' per ton Best milling 3/3-3/8 Barley dust ...110/0 Medium de 3/2 Oatmeal, iv 25's 260,1 Fowls" ... 3/o—3/1 Oaten chaff 70/o—^s/8 Milling oats ... 2/6 Ryegrass hay 60 0-75/S Feed oats 9/3— 2/4 Straw ... 35/0-40/0 Malt barley 3/6-4/0 read barley .. 270/8 Feed barley 2/6-3/0 Onions 8/0 cwt Cajje barley 3/6-4/0 per JbMaize 5/0 Rolled bacon 6Jdto7d per ton. Side bacon ... 7<* Plour, in 200's ... 180/0 Smoked hams 7*d— Bl Flour, in So*« ...190/0 Uheese ... 6d— 6Jd Pollard 100/0 Good salt butter, 7id to Bran 75/0 Bid, according ta quality New onions, 8a per cwt. Kidney potatoes, j£ll per ton. Oainaru pota toes, £'.0 per ton. Market bare of eood eating potatoes. Car ots, £2 "s 6d per too. Swede turnips, £1 to £1 5s per ton. Good chaff wanted. FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCE. Messrs Irvine and Stevenion, George street, ieport paying for produce during the week endint the 17th init. as follows :— BacoD (roll), 7Jd per lb Fresh butter, Pd to Ham, 7Jd perlb 2i OJd per lb Fresh eggs. Is 6d dcz Salt butter ; not buying Fresh butter, good ordinary (in lib and *lb prints). 8d to 9d perlb. Pigs, 1301b to If olb. 3Jd. THE HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. WELLINGTON, July 16. The Department of Industries and CommeTCe has received the following cable from tba High Commissioner, dated London, July 14: — A dull sale for all qualities of mutton. Average price light-weight Canterbury brands, 32d; "heavy weights, , 3gd. North Island mutton is selling at 3Jd for best qualify, and second class quality is quoted at 3id. Th» . lamb market is steady, and an .- immediate change in prices is expected. Canterbury brands are quoted at s|d, and other thk* Canterbury at 4£d. . The beef market is dulf,owing to heavy supplies of River Plate. There is no change in price to report. The buttei market -is firm, and there is an exceptional demand for New Zealand butter. A shmi supply is on hand. Choice New,, Zealand _ brands are selling at 1069, Danish, at 1133 _■ and Siberian at £>7s per cwfc. !The cheeW market is aim, with a good demand. New Zealand offerings are email; 64s is being oh tamed for white makes, and 66_9 per cwt foj coloured. The hemp market is very firm The market is excited, and there is a specui lative demand, owing to reports from Manil' indicating a. light 6hi raent from that country Large business is don.p\ a-nd prices are stronj' for the stocks on h*.ncl. Light g.f.a.q., We? lington, on spot, is «clliu« at £35 per ton and October-Decembe/ shiprcents at JE34 10s

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The price for fair current Manila on spot * to-day is £43 10s per ton. There has been no v a "tt't-erJMion in -the cocksfoot seed market since '* last week. The wool market is steady, and prices are well maintained. For kauri gam the following are current pnees: — Ordinary fair to three-quarter-scraped, £6 15s per owt ; fair half-scraped, 80s per cwt ; brown fair ihalf to three-quarter-scraped, 85s per cwt ; brown pickings, common to good, 475; pa'e amber scraped, £7 10a per cwt. The demand is getting better. Scraped is getting scarce. »nd there is no demand for poorer grades.