DUNEDIN MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2840, 19 August 1908, Page 22

DUNEDIN MARKETS.

Potatoes selling at £4 2s 6a to £1 10s pep' ton. Carrots £1 15s per ton. Turnips, 22s -.6d per ton, on. -truck, railway- >A good .denxffiiui. for straw; none in the marked. _

FJS3C" AND DAISY PKODTTCS.

Messrs Irvine and-Stevenson l George- street,' r report psyiitg for "produce -during •tn.«. i TTCei ending -Hie IBth 'inst. -&s -follows : — ' v *" Bacon (roll), 9d per lb Fre'sta /butter, lid 1» Ham, 8d per lb - ' J!/3£ per lb " — Fresh egps. 1/0 doz . Salt butter ; not buying Fresh butter, good ordinary .(in lib and 3lb < prints), lid to" Is Id per lb. Pigs, 1801b to 1601b, ■SJd.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLEGRAM, WELLTNGTON. August 17.

The High. Commissioner cables from Titon* •don on August 15 : —

Mutton. — The market is steady. Thexe> is not rtiuoh demand, but prices are firm. There is a scarcity of prime quality -mutton. Current quotations: I/ight-weight Canter* bury. 4£d; North Island, 3gd; heavy-weight Canterbury, 3sd; North -Island, -3£d. Lamb. — The market is quiet, and mode* rat© business is doing. Sales for heavy oar. cases are dull, but there is a good, demand for light-weights. There is no change in prices to report.

Beef. — The market is firm, with .more inquiry, and Small supplies -are coming for* ward. Hindquarters, iid; forequaxtera, 345..

Butter. — The market is steady, and prioes are well maintained. Choicest New Zealand) brands, 116s , (nominal) ; Danish, 1225 ; Siberian, 109s per cwt. j Cheese. — The market is firm, with an up. ! ward tendency. New Zealand white makes | 61s ; coloured. 59s 6d per cwt. ' Hemp. — The m&rket continues dull, with no change in prices. Last week's output from Manila amounted to 16,000 bales. ' Cocksfoot. — The market is firm, but; there is little doing. Bright. o lean-l7lb seed," 79a per owt. The following are the ouraent quotations for Bradford tops: Thirty-sixes, low orossbreds, lOd ; forties, low orcesbretis, 10gd; forty-fours, medium crossbreds, llidi; fiftiee, halfbreds, Is 3Jd ; fifty-sixes, quarter, breds. Is 6£d ; sixties, meirinca, Is lid; The market is quiet, with a tendency in favour of buyers. Hops. — The market is quiet, '■witli u<£, alteration in price 3. Cixid prospects ax» favourable.

WHOLESALE PRI >DUCE HEPOUTS. Mr J. Fleming, Print under d*te tlie 18 th. i Wheat per bushel. Best milling ... 4/3 Medium do ... 4/2 Fowls' ... 3/6-4/0 Milling oats ... 2/6 Feed oats... 2/0-2/3 Malt barley ... 5/0 Feed barley 3,6—3/9 Cane barley ... 5/0 Maize ... •>... 5/(5 per ton. Jlour, in 200's ... 215.0 Flour, in 50's ... 230/0 Pollard 140/0 Bran 135/0 ;es street south, reports' ast. : — per ton Oatmeal, in 25's 250/O Oaten chaff 75/0-87/5 Hyegrasshay 80/o— Bs/0 Straw ...40/0 to 45/0 Pearl barley ... 340/O 5 CT Onions, good .., 14/9 per lb. Eolled bacon ... 9ct Side bacon ... 9d Smoked bams ... 9*d Cheese ... 6d— BJd Good salt butter, 9d to IGd. according to quality