AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. SYDNEY, January 1.

Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 40

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. SYDNEY, January 1.

Wheat, 4s 5d to 4s 5Jd. Flour, £11. Oats: Algerian, 3s Id to 3s id; white, 3s 2d to 3s 4d. Maize. '4s lOd. Bran and pollard, Is Id. Onions: Victorian, £6 10s to £7. Butter, 96s to 98s. Cheese, 6Jd to 7d. Bacon, 9d. MELBOURNE, January 1. Wheat, 4s 4Jd to 4s 3d. Flour, £10 ss. Oats: Algerian, 2s lid to 3s 2d. Barley: Cape, 4s lOd; English, 4s 3d. Maize, 4s- 6d. Bran and pollard, ,1s to Is Id. Potatoes : New. £fi 10a to £7- Onions, £5 10s to £6.

ADELAIDE, January 1 Wheat, 4s 4d. Flour, £10 ss. Bran and pollard, Is.

a ALDINGTON STOCK MARKET, d CHBISTCiiUKCH, December 31. p- Ait the Adding ton stock, market to-dayr d there were moderate entries of stock and a l- fair attendance. Fal cattle showed a sharp"' decline in price. Fat lambs were also easier,' y and store sheep sold much, better. Fa-t c sheep sold a-t about late rates, figs were c without change in price, and store and), jj/ dairy cattle were dead of sale. s Store Sheep. — The yarding of store sheep _ was a small one, and there was an improved! inquiry, and all lots sold at i>etter prices. ' _ Fat Lambs. — There was a fair yarding of c fat lambs, and competition was almost en6 tirely confined to butcners and graziers. They stocks tock a large number of the lighter lambs, 0 and prevented the fa.ll in prices from being a more pronounced. Tegs made 15s 6d to 16s v 3d, prime lambs 13s to 15s, lighter lls 3d! t to d2s 6d, the builk of the "yarding selling y under 14s. , | Fat Sheep. — There was a small yarding of s fat sheep, and it included some lines of very 3 prime wethers. The supply was equal to tha y demand, and, -though the sale was dull, iheire was little or no change in prices. The range , of prices was: Prims wethers, 17s to 19a 8d; lighter, 15s 6d to 16s 6d; prime ewes, 14s to> J 16s; extra, to 17s; medium, 12s to 13s 6d; 1 aged, 10s to Us 6d. * * Fat Cattle.— The supply of oeef loialled! !• - 399 head, 'the bulk, being of fcriniie quality. • There was a dull sale, and prices showed at i decided decline on the rates ruling a fort-- > night previous. Steers brought £& 5s to £9 ■ :17s Gd; hedfers, £4 17s 6d to £9; cows, £& ■ i 10s to £7 — equal to 21s to 25s for ,prime. and . medium 18s to 20s per 1001b. A . rnodiumt . yarding of vealers sold "at 4s 6d to 50s-,,, s aocording to size and quality. t Store and Dairy Cattle.— There was a smali " yarding of store cattle, and veTy little ousinesa was done. Yearlings sold a.t 20b; two- ; year-old steers at JB2 5s to £2 15s; dry cows*- [ £1 to £3 ss. Dairy cows made £3 to £7, being mostly aged sorts. 1 Pigs- — There was a sma.ll yarding of pigs, but it wa« sufficient far the demand, 'which > was not very' keen, «mkL prices showed no change. Choppers made £2 10a to- £i; i baoonenrs, £2 6s to £3 5s — equal to 5d to 5Jd! i per Jb; norkers, £1 15s to £2 ss— equal- to scO per lb; large stores. £1 4s to £1 Us; suckers ! and weavers, lls 6d to 15s. ; — — — _ — CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. CHRISTCHURCH, January 7. • The grain market has barely settled down " since the holidays, but a little more inquiry is setting in, with a view Jo ascertaining how trade' stands. No wheat in any quan- , tity has changed hands for some timo pas;, * but it ira now offering at 4s 9d (f.0.b.), which is equal to about 4s 6d, -or a little more at ' country stations. Most of the present holders of wheat in the country had tha chance of obtaining something like 6s (f.0.b.) some time back 'and ihey are naturally loth to accept the lower" price -that 5 must now rule. Though the harvest- will b» -^=3y T in Canterbury this scjas&n, it will be some weeka - before any new wheat is- on offer. If tho weatheT should hold good through harvest the _new wheat should command a price almost equal to that of -old, ai, the, grain - would be dry and hard 1 , as was the case las* » year. > . . Some samples of new season's oats • have- - bs&n ► submitted, and, as is usual with* the - earliest crops on the plains, jiie grain is on ',. the. light .side. Several sales of small -lota have been made at 2s' 3d and ,2s 6d ati - country stations for, light feed!, while for batter samples growers are asking more, butt 'have not yet obtained it. The price of oatmeal has been reduced £1 per ton,' and is • now quoted at £17., V " "> There is practically no demand for oat sheaf chaff, and the best pritee offering for prime old is £4 10s. No quotation has reb been given for new chaff. The potato season is now practically closed. It is reported, that some thousands of tons of potatoes will ba wasted Jiis season, through having been held till ihe market waa lost. Growers held, and allowed Tasmania andi Australia to supply the Auckland and other North Island markets, and then the local - markets became disorganised by, the foolish rice that was engineered* in Dunodin, which practically closed up ..he outside ' markets v and caused losses to merchants 1 ' v;ho bought on the high level, and to tha gTowers, who were afterwards left with potatoes in the pits. The area reported" by the Department of Agriculture to be planted! - this season in potatoes is 26,926 acres, against 31.363 acres last year, or a decrease' of 4436 acres, but it is considered that jh& riso in price referred to, would induce growers io put in a larger are-a subsequent to She date upon which tha statistics were collected. [Tha individual reports of steck ig«nvs, '* woo!, rabbkskin, or brokers can bo in- » «erted in the Daily Times and ,Otago Witness at special rates.] » ' DTJNEDIN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. - Messrs. A. Moritzson and Co., auctioneers^ wool, stock, station, grain, produce, *nd com- ■ mission agents, Dunedin, report (wholesale) ' - I for the week as under. All quotations am subject to market fluctuations. Farmers ara asked, when sending samples, ■ always to put «. price on them, as buyers do not feel inclined to make offer.": — Wheat. — Prime milling, sa; fowl wheat, 4s 6d. Oats.^Milling, 3s; ,B grade, 2s 9d; inferior, 2s 6d. Barley. — Good malting. 4s 6d to ss; pearling, 4s; feed barley, 3a 6d. ilyecorn. 4s to 4s 3d. Maize, ss. *• Prussian Blue peas, from 6s to 6s 6d. Partridge neas. 4« 6d to 5s 6d. Chaff. —Prime bright heavy, £B; medium, £4 10s; oaten straw, 455; wheaten, 40s. Clover hay, £4 10s. ' Ryegrass. — Market remains firm. Farmers,' dressed. 4s 6d to 4s 9d (scarce); machine dressed. 5s 6d to 6s. Cocksfoot. — Market remains firm. Machined 1 , 7|d to Bd. Linseed, £12 10s to £13. ' Chewinss's Fescue. — There is a good demand. Farmers' samples, 5Jd; machine^ seed, 7Jd to Bd. Potatoes. — New, 8s to 9s. Carrots, 50s. Onions. — Melbourne Drown Spanish, Bs. We can offer a few tons of pure fish manure! rich in ammonia; valuable for root er grain crops; can be used with drill; £1 per .tear. Fish oil, 2s 6d gallon. - Rabbitskins. — We hold our sales every Monday. The market ia continuing firm. W«. quote: — Suokers and runners, >8d to sd; racks, 7d to lOd; summers, full-grown, 6dl to Sd; autumns, 13d to 14d; incoming winters, Ud to 16d; blacks. 18d to!24d;"~ fawns, lid to 17d; winter greys, bucks, "3s3 to 18Jd ; doea, 19d to 24d ; outgoings, 12d to * , 13id. We supply labels. ' Sheepskins. — Prices are as follows: — Half- - bred, 8d to 9Jd; fine crossbred, BJd to BJd; coarse crossbred, 7d to 7Jd; Merino, 7d to B|d; lambs, B|d to 9d; pelts, 6d> to %A. Hides. — We held our usual fortniehtbr *ai«

in the presence of a large attendance d buyers. Quotations: — Heavy, stout ox, 6Jd to 6|d ; heavy ox, 5Jd to 6Jd ; medium, 4d to 4|d; light ox, 3Jd to 4§d ; heavy stout cow are worth from 6d to 6|d ; heavy, 5d to 51d ; medium, 4Jd to- 4|d ; light, 8d up to 4sd ; bull an,d stag. 3d to 3£d ; yearlings, up to 4id per lb; horsebides, 10s to 12s each. Calfskins are now sotd- at per Lb. We realised from 3d up to 6fd, which price must be looked upon as top value. Hois-chair. — There i 3 a good demand for nl 7 classes, especially clean hair, which is. quoted 17d to 19d; mixed. 14d to IGJd.

Cowliair. — From 9£d to IGid; cowtips, Is 6d to Is 8d per dozen

Tallow. — In tins. 16s to 225, according to . quality; prime white mutton, in tins, 20s to 23s - r prime white niutton, in casks, 20s to 255; mixed tallow, from 16s to 20s; mutton cakes, 20s to 235.

Rough. Fat. — Front 17s to 203, according to quality-

Storing Grain. — We are prepared to store, receive, deliver, and insure for three months free storage at 3d per sack. Grass Seed Cleaning. — We advise fanners to consign all their eee'd to us, as the cleaning will be attended to with up-tc-date machinery, and the cleaned seed sold or returned free of railage. We simply Eew and second-hand sacks, also stack and cow covers, and all other farmers' materials.

Farm Produce and Fruit. — We receive all kinds of consignments, and render account sales promptly. Walnuts. 6d to 7d. Salt butter, 8d io 9d ; separator, 8d to lOd. Fresh butter (in pats), storekeepers' lots, Cd to 7d; lard, . 6£d. Eggs, 9d to 10d. Cheese —Factory, ffd to 6Jd; Akaroa, 6d to 6JdV loaf,* 6Jd. TToney'— Tn <*003 oVmnTid. "S^ct'.on hoTiey, new season's, 4s 6d; bulk, large tins, 4d to 4Jd; sniall tins, 4id to 4ad. Beeswax, Is 4d to Is 6d. Sams, 9d. ' Bacon.— Roll, 8d to Sid; sides, 6d to 7d (slow of sale). T Pigs.— Porkera, up to 6|d; first-class' •baconers. up to 1701b, 6|d; over weights 4d to SS. _ Poultry for Local Constumption- — H2ns, 2s 6a to 3s 6d,~ rooster^ 4ft 6d; ducks, 5s to 6s; geese, 3s to 4s. Fruit.— ln good demand. Ovo— Beceived medal at Hobait, BaJarat, and- other exhibitions. Ovo will preserve «ggs for over 12" months'. We can supply it in bulk- to cover 600- dozen for the trade, or fort household purposes in small " tins to cover respectively 10, 16. 24, and 60 dozen •ggs- Prices on Application.