TROPICAL AGRICULTURE.

Otago Witness, 1 June 1910, Page 25

TROPICAL AGRICULTURE.

• LONDON, May 27. The- Congress on Tropical Agriculture ■was a great success. Special interest Was shown in the discussion of numerous important papers, including British and colonial, especially that by Mr Guthrie, the Sydney agricultural expert, on scientific wheat-grow-ing. Mr Dunstan, principal of the SouthEastern Agricultural College, in Kent, was elected president of the International Association of Tropical Agriculture by acclamation.

Potatoes, £5 10s to £& per ton. ScarceVABil AND DAIST PRODUCE. Messrs Irvine and Stevenson, George street, report paying for produce during the week ending the 31st ult. as follows': Bacon (roll), 7|d per Id I Fresh butter, 8d to Ham, 8d per lt> 9d per lb Fresh eggs. Is lOd doz 1 Sale buuer : not buyira Fresh butter, eood ordinary (in lib and Jib prints), lOd to lid per lb. Pigs, 1301 b to. 1601 b, 3|d. Honey, 3£d. Fowls, 3s to 3s 6d (boiling). Also buying rabbits. Potatoes, M 10s. THE HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLEGRAM. WELLINGTON, May 30. Under date London, May 30, the High Commissioner advises the Department of Agriculture: Mutton. —Market steady, and prices well maintained at last quotations. There is a better tone in the market this week. Quotations: Canterbury, 3sd; North Island, 3£d. Lamb. —The market is firm, with general active demand. The output is satisfactory. Prices: Canterbury, s|d; other than Canterbury, s£d. Beef.—Market firm, and prices continue to advance. Supplies of American chilled beef are small. There are no signs of improvement in the beef market. New Zealand hinds, 5d ; fores, 4|d. The butter market is quiet, with a tendency in favour of buyers.. Quotations: Choicest New Zealand butter, 106 s per owt; Danish, 113 s; Siberian, 100 s- Australian, 101 s. Cheese.—Market rather quiet. Finest New Zealand cheese is quoted at 565. The hemp market is very depressed. New Zealand good fair on spot, £25; fair on spot, £24; fair current Manila oft Bpot, £23 10s; forward shipment New Zealand good fair, £24 ss; fair, £23 ss; fair current Manila, £22 ss. The output from Manila for the week was 23,000 bales.

The cocksfoot seed market is dull, and buyers are Hot keen to do business.

FROZEN MEAT TRADENAPIER, May 27

The Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company cabled the following, report of 3 the irozen meat market:—" Mutton: The market continues depressed, but .values of laanb and beef advanced Ad per lb. Today's prices: Canterbury mutton 3-fd, Napier, Wellington, and JSorth island 6sd ; lamb, first quality s|d ; second quality s id ; beef, hindquarters Hd, forequarters 4 2 <*-' OAMARU MARKETS. (FeOM OUK OWN COKB3SSPONDEKT.I OAMARU, May 30. The market has been quite lifeless during the past week, and with Australian Hour at a low price, our market is sure to bo affected to a considerable extent, except that aa a set-off really prime velvet is said to be scarce, and may command, a higher value than from an export point of view. Nominally prime velvet is is "id to 3s Bd. The oats market is easier in tone. Not that there has been any materia! change in values, but the demand has gone off considerably. Quotations arjs Is lOd to Is lid (en trucks at bawdy stations! for good feed Cartons, although for extra prime samples as high as 2e may be obtained. Seme small lots, it is understood, changed hands at the latter figure during the week. The- potato market has firmed considerably, prices ruling from £5 to £5 _ 15s. on trucks at siding, according to quality. On Saturday the general price was. £5 10s. Some farmers, it is stated., 'asked as' high as £6, but this figure was quite beyond buyers' ideas of payable business. Indeed, it is not thought likely in- well-informed circles that' the present high prices will ibe maintained for any length of time. There is a strong feeling that the present high price is unwarranted, and that merchants .have no great faith in the stability of the present market is proved by the fact that they have since the beam . disposed of a considerable, portion of their stocks. GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS. Messrs Daigety and Co. report as follows: We held our usual weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when we offered a medium-sized catalogue to a full attendance of buyers. Bidding was rather slack, but we made a fair clearance of our catalogue at auction and privately. < Oats. —The oat market during the last week has been in a state of dullness owing to there being no shipping demand, and consequently little business has been passing. Shippers do not care to stock up at present prices in the absence of new business, and only buy for orders on hand. Prime milling, Is lid to 2s; good to best feed. Is to Is 10£d; inferior to medium, Is 7id to Is 9d per bushel (sacks extra). . Wiieat. —The market is in a state of stagnation, and as no business is passing quotations are nominal. Prime milling; &s 8d to 3s 9d; medium milling, 3s. 5d to 3s 7d; best, whole fowl wheat, 3s to 3s 3d; medium fowl wheat, 2s 7d to 2s 9d; broken and damaged, 2s to 2s ( 6d per bushel (sacks extra}. ' Potatoes. —Consignments coming forward meet with a strong demand, and are readily taken at quotations provided the quality is right. Prime Up-to-Dates, £5 10s to £6; medium to good, £4- 15s to £5; inferior, £3 to £4 5s per bushel (sacks included) Chatf. —Chaff has been coming in more freely during the last week, and as fair stocks are held, prices show a decline on last quotations. Prime oaten suieai, i>3 10s to £o 12s 6d; choice, to £3 15s; medium to good, £3 to £o ss; inferior, £2 to £2 IDs per ton (bag's extra;. Straw. —Oaten,, 30s to 32s 6d; wheaten, 22s 6d pressed truck).

-m Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report: We held our weekly auction sal© 01 grain and produce at our stores on Monday. There was a full attendance of the local trade. Our catalogue, which was a largo one, met with moderate competition, prices for nearly all lines, except potatoes, being slightly in favour of buyers. Values ruled as under:

Oats.—The bulk of the oats coming forward on farmers' account are being held in the expectation of better values ruling later ,on in the year. Nearly all offering for immediate sale are readily quitted on arrival. Towards the close of last week values slackened slightly at other centres, and good to prime lines suffered to the extent of id per bushel. Quotations: Prime milling, Is lid to 2s; good to beet feed, Is 9d to Is 10-^d; inferior to medium, Is 8d to Is per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. There is no change to report. The stagnation in the market reported last week still prevails, and, as buyers decline to operate even at reduced rates, no business is passing. In the absence of any sales of milling wheat we refrain from giving quotations. Fowl wheat is offering freely. Best whole fowl wheat sells at 3s Id to 3s 3d ; medium to good. 2s 9d to 3s: broken and-damaged, 2s to 2s 6d per bushel (sacks extra.). Potatoes.—The supply is not equal to the demand either for local consumption or for shipment. At our sale to-day we submitted several choice lines, which realised £6 ner ton. Medium lots have readv sale at from £5 to £5 10s per ton (sacks included).

Chaff. —Consignments are heavy, and as most merchants hold .large stocks sales are difficult to effect. Prime quality, which is in most demand, is. saleable only at a reduction of 2s 6d per ton on last week's rates. Medium lots and straw ohaff show a greater decline, and even at, reduced prices are extremely difficult to place. Quotations: Prime oaten shea.f. £3 10« to £3 6d; choice, to £3 15s: medium to crood. £3 to £3 7s 6d': inferior straw chaff, £2 to £2 5s per ton (sacks extra). Straw. —Quotations: "Wheaten, 21s to 225; oaten, 35s per ton (pressed). HIDE sat.tcs MELBOURNE, May 26. !At the hide sales to-day good conditioned lots wer'a tmchanged, but others were id lower. Messrs Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd.) report?—<Wei held' our fortnightly sale of hides at our stores on Thursday, when we submitted a fairly large catalogue to the usual representatives of the trade. In sympathy with retorts' from Australia, orvw* ea,<jsd eomewb&t. nntj we were corn,-. fv> rvp.es <*r,m<t* of th<s lofa, .but man-

aged to deal privately later The. sro-l noticeable drop was iii Leav\ ox huie.°. those showing- a decline of from &d to 'id per lb. Medium ox and heavy cow hides also suffered •to the extent of Ad. Medium cow hides, &d to id; while good light ox and cow hides realised on a par with last sales. Calfskins are still keenly sou»hl after, and sold up to 9|d per lb. We quote: Ox —Extra prime heavy, 7£d to Tf,d per lb; heavy, 6Ad to 7gd; medium, to 6§d; light. 6id to 6£d. Cow—Heavy, 6ki to 7'ad; medium, to 6ijd; light, b' a -d to 7d. Yearling, 6£d to 7|d. Calfskins, 7d to 9*d. Messrs Stronach, Morris, and Co. report as fellows: —We offered a small catalogue totalling 179 en Thursday, when there was a large attendance of buyers present, . but we regret to say competition all round was not so keen, and some descriptions showed a drop of from ! 2 d to §d a lb. There was a new buyer in the market for mediumweight cow hides, and this helped to steady prices of that description, which we were able to sell up to 7d. This was our top price for cow hides; and for ox we obtained 8d per lb for one weighing 771 b. which works out at £2 8s 8d per hide. We passed in most of our heavy ox- hides, and the following are actual prices paid at our sale : —Ox hides—Prime stout heavy, up to 8d per lb; good stout, 7d to mediumweight, 6id to bid; light-weight. to 6|d; inferior, 3d to 4|d. Cow hides—Best heavy, to 6|d; medium-weight, to 7d; light-weight, 6J>>d to 6Jd; inferior, 4d to s£d. Yearling, 7d to 7£d. Calfskins, 3£d to 9d.

The National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand report as follows: We held our fortnightly sale of hides on Thursday, when we offered a small catalogue of good to medium quality. There was a large number of buyers present, and bidding was keen up to certain limits, but in good quality ox and cow hides a drop of about id per lb was evident. Yearling and calfskins still command good prices. Quotations: —Ox: Prime heavy stout, 7id to Rd; good, 6?d to 7id ; medium, bid to 6id;-light, 6d to 6|d. Cow: Best heavy, to 7d; medium, 6£d to 7d; light, 6d to 6?d; inferior cow and ox, 3d to sd; vearling, 6d to 7d; calfskins, 4d to 9d per lb.

Messrs Waters, Ritchie, and Co. report as follows: —We held our usual fortnightly sale of hides at our stores, Crawford street, on Friday morning. There was a good attendance of buyers, and competition was very keen, particularly for medium and light-weight cow hides, but at a considerable reduction on last sales' quotations. The reduced values are accounted for by adverse reports from Australia, prices there for the last month having consistently receded at each sale. The local demand at present is principally for medium and lightweight ox and cow, and for these the fall in values can be quoted at gd to id per lb. Heavy-weights, however, showed a greater fall, and were back from id to id. Our best return for ox was £2 14s, and for cow £2 2s 4d. The 'ollowing are some of our individual sales. Ox: One 721 b, 7|d; one 731 b, 7£d; on© 721 b, 7£d; one 761 b, 7£d; one 741 b, 7£d; four 721 b, 7id; one 741 b, 7|d; two 661 b, 7£d; two 721 b, 7id; three 681 b, 7-id; two 641 b, 7id; one 741 b, 7£d; lour 661 b, 7 B d; two 561 b, 7 g d; two 641 b, 7 g d; one 821 b, 7£d; 75 621 b, 7^d; four 681 b, 7 s d ; 29 671 b, 7gd ; one 721 b, 7d; six 621 b, 7d; two 571 b, 7d; two 60lb, 7d;. two 641 b, 7d; 15 631 b, 7d; five 711 b, 7d; 16 721 b, 7d; one 691 b, 6Jd; five 731 b, bid; one 881 b, 6Jd; one 771 b, 6ld; five 641 b. bid; two 541 b, bid ; four 701 b, 6|d; four 561 b, 6|d; 52 581 b, 6Jd; two 721 b, bid; two 651 b, 61d; one 561 b, 6|d; one 591 b. 6£d; six 631 b, 6£d; one 661 b, bid; four 571 b, 6g-d; two 601 b, 61d; two 621 b, bid; seven 671 b, 6|d; one 451 b, 6?d; one 451 b 65d; two 361 b, 6|d; 50 531 b, 6Jd. Cow: Three 561 b, 6|d: four 481 b, 6gd; seven 631 b, 6|d: one 701 b. 6|d; 10 551 b, bid; 12 451 b, 6|d; four 661 b, 6|d; 20 531 b, 6?d; two 681 b, 6|d; eight 521 b- 6fd; 11 611 b 6?d: one 601 b, bid; four 571 b, bid; two 501 b. bid; 12 641 b, 6ld; two 571 b, 6?d; four 361 b, 6|d; six 441 b, 6|d; 60 451 b, 6?d; two 381 b, 6id; four 431 b, 6?d; four 581 b 6|d; 71 451 b. 6|d; two 531 b, 6*d; 32 541 b. 6ld: two'43lb, 6£d; 34 441 b, bid ; four 631 b, bid ; five 651 b, 6£d; two 581 b. 6|d;' three 611 b, 6ld; six 491 b, 6£d; five 621 b, bid; one 741 b, 7id per lb. Our catalogue consisted of 829 hides and 137 yearlings and calfskins, a total of 966, _ which we cleared at the following quotations:--Ox: Extra stout heavy, 7|d to 8d; stout heavy, 7|d to 7|d; heavy, 6gd to 7*d J medium, 6|d to 7d; light 6fd to bid Cow: Stout heavy, 7R to 7id; heavy, 6§d to 6ld; medium, 6|d to 6 s d; light 6£d to bid. Damaged and bad-conditioned ox and cow, from 4£d to 6d: bull and stag, 5d to s|d; calfskins, 9d to 9id for best; medium, 8d to 83d; damaged and inferior, 2£d to 7£d per lb. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co report as follows :-We held our usual fortnightly hide sale on Thursday, May 26 when we offered a large catalogue totalling 844 hides. There was a full attendance of buyers, and we had a satisfactoiv sale. Competition was hardly so keen as of late, with the result that medium to heavy ox hides of ordinary to poor substance showed a decline of id to |d, and sheety and thin hides from |d to id per lb. Cowhides and yearlings sold much on a par with rates ruling at our last sale. There was spirited bidding for bull hides and calfskins, and these ruled firm at late prices. Our top price for ox hides was 8d per lb, and we obtained 54s 3d for two very prime hides. We also obtained as high as 35s 4d for cowhides. We give hereunder a few of the actual prices paid at our sale:—Ox: Two 801 b Bd, two 741 b 7 s d, one 881 b 7|d, five' 791 b 7|d, one 761 b 7|d, 11 711 b 7|d. one 601 b 7|d, one 681 b Ud, one 681 b 7£d, 10 701 b 7£d, two 781 b 7id, six 761 b 7 3 d, seven 791 b 7 g d, two 741 b 7ed, 20 711 b 7 s d, 17 711 b 7 s d, 20 701 b 7R two 701 b 7d, two 571 b 7d, five 651 b 7d, four 661 b 7d, 10 601 b 7d, five 63!b 7d 3 seven 601 b 7d, one 901 b 7d, three 761 b 7d. Cow: Two 441 b bid. three 471 b 6gd, one 361 b 6|d, one 531 b 6|cl, six 511 b 6gd, one 611 b 6|d, one 441 b 6|d, one 481 b 6|d, nine 591 b 6|d, eight 471 b 6|d, 21 471 b 6|d, 11 531 b 6Sd, 16 541 b bid. A few of our gross averages may also be of interest:—Ox: One at 54s 3d, two at 50s Bd, five at 48s sd, one at 46s 6d, two at 465, two at 43s lid, seven at 43s 9d, 11 at 42s 7d, six at 425, 10 at 41s 3d, two | at 40s, one at 40s Id, 17 at 39s lOd, 20 at I 39s 9d, 20 at 39s 2d, two at 38s 6d, two ; at. 38a. sd, one., at.3.5s 7d. Cow: One at j 35s 4d, one ait 32s Id, nine- at 31s, two at I 30s 4d, eight at 30s U, two at 29a lOd, 15 at

2~)i 3d, three at 29s 3d, five at 28s lOd. .jighi at 28? lOd. two ai 28s lOd. 16 at 28s Id. We quote: Ox. oxtris. tiiout heavj 7|d to o«d, heavy 7d 10 Tnd, medium 6|c to 7icl, light 6id to o&d ; cow, stout hsavy 6|d to 7d.' medium bid to cfd, light C£J to 61d, yearling 5Jd to 7d; calfskins, to bull hides. 3|d to dA.

Messrs Ditlgaj .:«.■ v.o. jppon : --We held our fortnightly auction si.'e of hides at our stores, Cumberland street, when we ottered a small catalogue to a lurire attendance, of buyers. All classes with the exemption of light and medium .weight cow hides, which sold at. about on a par with late rates, met with a decline "of id to id per lb. Calfskins were in good demand at late rates. —Ox: Extra stout; heavy, 7-Ad to 8d; stout heavy, 7d to 7£,d; medium, 61d to 6|d; light, 6J>d to 6sd. Cow: Stout heavy, 6|d to 7d; medium, 6Ad to 7£d; light, 64d to 7d; yearlings, 6d to 7id; calfskins, 7d to 9gd. Damaged and inferior at- lower rates.

THE RABBITSKIN MARKET. Messrs vv rigiit, 'Siepiieiioon, and Co. (Ltd.) report very animated blading at cueir weeiciy sale on Monday, wnen they ottered, a large catalogue or sKms. i\e.a.riy ali classes snowed an advance on the rates iaieiy ruling, and the returns for many consignments must be a revelation to raobiters in tne back-blocks who may not happen to be conversant with the market. Furriers in the Home Country and on tUe Continent must be fairly conlident that tne fashion of wearing furs is again to be in vogue in 1911, otnerwise sucn fancy prices as are at present ruling for the best class of skins could not be paid. They sold winter does (and these not fully furred) at auction at per lb, which indicates that full winter skins should be worth considerably more as the season advances —i.e., of course if the market maintains its present buoyant tone. Other classes of skins are selling at the following prices: —Prime winter does, up to 4-4-^d; winter does; 30d to 35d; -prime winter bucks, 25d to 28d; winter bucks, 23d to 25d; incoming winters, 21d to 25d ; autumns, 18d to 20d; summers, 13d to 15d; black, to 38d; fawns, 15d to 19id.

Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report as follows: —We offered a large catalogue at Monday's auction sale to a full attendance of buyers. The improved demand reported by lis for all classes of 6kins at last week's sale was again strongly in evidence, more particularly so for winter and incoming does, which met with splendid -competition with prices from l£d to 2d per lb higher. Our catalogue, 'the largest offered by us for this season, contained some very nice lots of prime skins, and we report all classes fully on a par with last week'6 sale, best winter does showing a tendency toward a still further rise. Quotations: Prime winter does. 33d to 45d per lb; selected do, to 46|d; medium to good do, 30d to" 34d ;' prime winter bucks, 20d to 26d: autumns, 17Jd to 19d: racks. 14£d to 15|d; summers. 9gd to 13|d; half grown, lOJrdto horsehair, to 18|d. Messrs Dalgety and Co. report as follows:—We held our usual weekly auction sale of rabbitskins on Monday, wben we submitted a large catalogue to the usual attendance of buyers. Our catalogue consisted chiefly of incoming winter and autumn skins, but we also offered a number of linasi of advanced winter does and bucks, both descriptions bringing splendid values, particularly the does!, which realised up to 46rgd per lb. Winter bucks brought 28£d per lb. If top prices are to be realised the proper' drying and fatting of skins must have careful attention. The following quotations show the prices realised at our eale:—Prime winter does, to 46£d. winter does to 45£d, early winter does to 40d, prime winter bucks to 28£d,, winter bucks to 25id, incoming winters to 25d, autumrrs to 22d, racks to runners and suckers to 9d, winter blacks to 36id, incoming blacks to 28d, autumn blacks to 22£d. winter fawns to 20Jd, autumn fawns to 15d.

SALE OF A DRAUGHT FILLY. Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report, having sold, on account of Mr Andrew Hall, Thornbury, his bay filly Lady Bairooiy by Banoorout of Queen Agg, to Messrs F. S. Falkiner and Sons (Limited), Moira, Mathoura, New South Wales, at a satisfactory price. The mare is in foal to Shepherd King, and was shipped on the 23rd inst by the TJlimaroa to MelbourneHorse breeders, throughout Otago and Southland will doubtless watch her performances in Australian show rings with interest. Queer* Agg was sold some time ago to Mr J. F. Harding, of the North

] Island, and Has successfully oa-u-ied the { fame of Southland-bred horses through all j the show ring-s in the north. At kst Pal- ' merston show she was placed first tuw.l

va..:vir>io:i, and brooders p»:*erally will no ' iloub* wish her progeny th« same i-Ticcess : n Australia.

ffERIOT HORSE FAIR. Messrs Todd Bros, and Co. report having held their annual horse fair at, lieriot on Thursday, IJUh nist. A large entry came i'onva.rd, consisting' principally of aged draughts a:ni light harness horses, the demand for these class-as being ppor. TheTfl was a good demand for young draught mares and geldings suitable for plough and waggon work, and wo sold all of this class that were offered at very satisfactory pa-ices. Altogether, some 60-odd horses of all descriptions changed hands throughout the day at the following range of values:— Good young draught mares and geldings, at from £3O to £4O; aged do.. £ls to £25; spring-carters, £ls to £2l; harness horses, £lO to £l7; aged hacks and harness horses, from £2 ].os to £10; unbroken draughts, to £23; light unbroken sorts, to £l3 10s. The following is a list of a few of the prices realised:—Draught mares, £39, £3B 10s, £29, £27, £26, £32 ss, £36, £26 10s; draught geldings, £4O, £3B 10s, £3O, £26, £32 10s, £36, £23, £3O, £33 10s, £32. DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows; —For Saturday's sale the entry was a rather poor one. This was to be accounted for by the fact that >ur nineteenth annual horse fan- takes place on Wednesday and Thursday, Ist and 2nd June. There is, however, a good demand for all classes of young active horses, but more especially for heavy young reliable draught; mares and geldings, and the prospects are bright' for out winter sale during show week. We. quote: Superior young draught geldings at from. £4O to £45 ; extra good do (prize-winners) at from £45 to £SO; superior young draught mares at from £SO to £6O ; medium draught mares and geldings at from £3O to £4O; aged, at from £lO t0.£15; strong springvan horses at from £25 to £3O; strong spring-carters at from £lB to £25; milkoart and buichers' order-cart horses at from £ls to £25; light hacks at from £8 to £l3; extra good hacks and harness horses at from £l3 to £25; weedy and aged at from £5 to £7.

OTAGO FARMERS' HORSE BAZAAR. The Otago Farmers Co-operative Association of N.Z. (Ltd.) report:—We held our ■weekly horse sale in our bazaar adjoining our wool and grain stores, Crawford street, on Saturday iast, and submitted to publio competition a superior entry of cart geldings and spring cart 6orts from Ida Valley, Maniototo, Henley,' Stirling, and Palmerston. The feature of the sale was a consignment of sharp, clifty 4,5, and 6-year-old geld ings on account of Mr G. M. MTntosh, from his Pooiburn station. These attracted the , attention of Clydesdale fanciers, and under keen bidding f> few of them fell in turn to the bid of ona of the best breeders in Otago—namely, Mi W. R. Gawn, North Taieri. Mr F. Heads, of Maniototo, came next in point of etyla and quality, in their class, with a pair of very hanusosne greys, 4 and 5-year-old, suitable for light lorry or van work. Com* petition for these was good up to a point but the figure offered not being satisfactory to the vendor, they were withdrawn. Our entry included 46 heavy and light horses, a fair proportion of which found new owners at a slight improvement in, values on laie rates. On the whole we had a very satisfactory sale. Our competition for prizes and auction sale opens on Wednesday, June 1, at 9 o'clock. We quote:—Pedigree mares and fillies, £6O to £100; mares and fillies showing a fai* amount of Clydesdale character, and suitable for stud and farm work purposes, £35 to £SO, according to weight and quality; 4,5, and 6-year-old clifty geldings, suitable for tip-cart and lorry work, £3O to £43; young good sorts of plough horses, £3B to £35. Aged geldings, unless of a superior'cast, are difficult to place it anything over £2O; soring carters, 4, &, and 6-year-old, £2O to £26; expressers, young and sound, £ls to £25; order cart sorts," active and sctind, £lB to £25.

j PROPERTY SALE. I Messrs James Samson and Co. held aa ' auction sale of city and. suburban properties at thoir rooms on the 30th. There was « I large attendance of the public. The firsf lot was offered on account of the Publw

Trustee, in the estate of H. R. Clark (deceased), being six allotments in the -township of Morton, North-East Valley, with six-roomed verandah dwelling, wash-house, and stable thereon, close to the Norman by tram terminus. This property was purchased by Mr Frew for £SOO. The Roslyn properties in the same estate were passed in. The auctioneers also sold a city freehold property with 6-roomed dwelling and outbuildings thereon, to Mrs Green for £7OO.

DUNEDIN MARKETS. WHOLESALE PRODUCE REPORTS. Mr J. Fleming, Princes street south, reports undecr date the 31st ult.: — Wheat per bushel. | per ton. Best milling 3/8-3/10 • Oatmeal, in 25's 230/0 Medium do ... 3/8 , Oaten chaff 72/6-77/0 Fowls' ... 3/5-3/7 Ryegrass hay 52/6—60/6 Milling oats 1/10-1/11* ! Straw ...25/0 to 35/0 Feed oats... J/8—1/9 Pearl barley .. 340/9 Malt barley ... 3/0 cvvt Feed barley 2/0—2/3 Onions, good 5/0—5/6 Cape barley ... 3/6 ner lb. Maiz ... 4/6 Rolled bacon 7£d—Sd per ton. Side bacon ... 8*d Flour, in 200's ... 215.0 Smoked hams ... 9d Flour, in 50"s ...2:50/0 Cheese ... 6d—64 i Pollard ... ... MO/ Good salt butter, 9d to Bran ... 80/0 IGd. according to Quality