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Otago Witness, Issue 2996, 16 August 1911, Page 40

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. ’ SYDNEY, August 10. (Received August 11, at 0.5 a.m.) Wheat, 3s 6d to 3s 6i,d; flour —city £B, country £7 17s 6d; oats—Algerian feeding 2s 3d to 2s sd, milling 2s 7d, Tasmanians 2s lOd to 2s lid; barley—English 2s 4d to 2s sd, Cape, 2s 6d to 2s 8d; maize, 2s lOd to 3s; bran and pollard, £4 15s; potatoes— Tasmanians £8 10s,- seed £8 to £10: onions, £4 to £4 10s; butter —selected 120 s, prime, 108 sto 116 s; cheese, 6£d; bacon, sid to 6d. MELBOURNE, August 10. Wheat, 3s 7d; flour—town brands £B, country £7 10s to £7 12s 6d; oats —Algerian feeding 2s Id, milling 2s 2sd, barley—prime malting Chevalier 5s to 5s 3d, Cape, 2s 6d; maize- old 2s 7gd. new a pennv less; bran and pollard, £5. The chaff market is firmer. Oaten dumped goods £3 15s to £4, compressed and covered £4 to £4 ss, uncovered £3 15s to £4. Potatoes — prime £5 to £5; onions £3 10s. ADELAIDE, August 10.

Wheat, 5s 6d has been offered, with no sellers. Flour £7 10s; bran and pollard 12jd; cats, Algerian 2s 4id.

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

CHRISTCHURCH, August 9. At the Addington live stock market there were only small entries of stock, and a fair attendance. Beef sold even more briskly than last week. Fat sheep showed a rise of 2s to 3s per head, though show sheep did hot realise prices equal to those of tho previous week. The few fat hoggets in also sold well. Store hoggets recovered from the decline of last week, and other classes sold well Pigs showed some improvement, but there was not much demand for cattle. The yarding of store sheep was much smaller than last week, and comprised mixed lines of ewes and hoggets and a few pens of wethers. There was a good demand for all classes, and hoggets, which showed a falling off in values last week, sold up to the prices previously ruling, the finer wether no doubt improving tho demand. Several lots of ewes failed to find buyers at the prices .asked. Wethers, if anything, were firmer. Tho range of prices was: Ewo hoggets, 12s to 13s; small halfbreds, 14s 2d; average lines of mixed sexos, 11s to 11s fid; smaller, 8s to 10s 3d; wether .hoggets, to 12s 4d; four, six, and eight-tooth crossbred ewes, 17s; halfbred, same ages, 15s Id to 17s; sound-mouth, 10s fid to 13s; two-tooth halfbreds, to 17s; good eight-tooths, 15s; medium quality wethers, 13s lOd to 14s fid. " There were only some 130 fat hoggets penned, and these sold well, especially well finished lots. Prices ranged from 13s to 16s 3d and up to 26s for extra. There was a very small entry of fat sheep, including a lew lots of show

wethers. There was a keen demand on the part of butchers, and prices advanced 2s to 3s per head on last week’s rates. The show sheep, however, did not sell so well as last week, as the high prices then paid was to meet the special demand for the Grand National week’s trade. Prime wethers made 23s to 29s 6d; extra, to 455; others, 17s to 22s 7d; prime ewes, 20s to 26s 9d; others, 18s 6d to 19s 6d; extra prime merino wethers, 26s to 31s 6d. There were 237 head of fat cattle" penned, chiefly of good quality. Though a few lots were passed at the opening of the sale, the bidding became brisk when values had boon established, and the sale had a firmer tone than the week before, though at times it was irregular. Steers made £7 7s 6d to £11; extra, to £l6 10s; heifers, £5 17s 6d to £9; extra, to £l2 15s; and cows, £5 to £8; and extra, to £lO 12s 6d—equal to 27s 6d to 32s for prime, to 35s for extra, 25s to 27s for medium, and 23s 6d to 24s 6d for cow and inferior per 1001 b. Veal. —Calves made 4s 6d to 455; and extra, to 655.

Very few store cattle were yarded, mostly of indifferent quality, and several classes were not presented. The demand was not keen, feed being still scarce. Fifteen to eighteen months’ sorts mad £2 14s 6d' to £3; two-year steers, £3 17s 6d to £4 2s 6d; two-year heifers, £3 10s to £3 10s 6d; and dry cows, 30s to £4. Milch cows were represented by between 40 and 50 head, but the quality was, on the whole, poor. Prices x-anged from £3 10s to £8 10s. There was an exceptionally small yarding of pigs, and the sale concluded before noon. Owing to the shortage there was a very keen demand for fats, and all sorts sold readily, prices showing a slight advance. Large baconers realised 58s to 64a, and smaller sorts 44s to 56s —these prices being equivalent to 4j.d to 4|d, in some cases sd ! per lb. The best porkers made 38s to 435, and smaller sorts 26s to 35s—equal to 5d to s£d ner lb. Stores were in very short supply. Medium sorts made 16s to 21s 6d, and smaller 6s to 12s. No weaners were offered.

SOUTHLAND MARKETS. CFbom Oub Own Correspondent.) INVERCARGILL, August 12. There is very little fresh to report in the stock market for the past week. A good number of fat cattle have been picked up on account of Dunedin butchers at prices running about 35s per 1001 b. Extra good cattle eoem to be pretty hard to get and 35s can be reckoned on for some time to come. The market for store sheep has been a bit up and.down lately, and it is difficult to foresee what is going to happen. At Otautau yards on Friday young ewes were Is 6d to Is 9d per head dearer, and hoggets Is per head dearer than in the previous week. However, it must be taken into consideration that the stock offered at Otautau was cc nsiderably, better in quality than that shown a Winton yards. Not much has been doing in fat wethers during the week. The market, although ruling about the same price,..per lb as lately, is a little uneasy, and purchasers are not at all keen to operate to any extent.

Fat Cattle.—Prime beef is worth 35s per 1001 b, ordinary about 32s to 335. Heifer, 28s to 365, and cow 25s to 265. Store Cattle. —Anything well bred is still inquired for, especially big-framed bullocks, fit to take off on to the grass, and up to £7 has been got for cattle of this sort. Prices rule for three-year-olds at £5 5s to £7, two-year-olds, £4 15s to £5, yearlings £2 10s to £2 17s 6d, calves 30s to 355. - Good young dairy oows in time for the factory easily command from £9 to £lO, and specially good ones £lO 10s, Fat Sheep.—As before stated fat sheep are inclined to be a little easier, although the price remains at 3ad as reported last week. Freezing buyers, however, are not. anxious to operate even at this price, as they are uncertain how the market will go. Prices for prime butchers’ sheep run to 20s and 21s, prime freezing sheep 18s to 19s 6d. lighter weights 17s to 17s 6d. Store Sheep. —The turnips are now getting though, and the grass being limited for a month or six weeks no. business can be expected in this class for several weeks at any rate. Young ewes, well woolled, are worth last week’s quotations. Four-tooths have been sold at up to 20s, two-tooths 17s 6d to 18s, mixed ages, two, four, six, and eighth-tooths 14s fid to 15s fid, full mouthed ewes, in lamb, 10s 6d to 11s 6d; old ewes, 7s 6d. Owing to the hoggets losing their teeth several operators who buy largely every spring are banging off for a week or two till the grass snows, as hoggets that have lost their teeth go back in condition on turnips. Ew© hoggets are selling at 14s 3d to 15s, extra good 15s 3d, mixed sexes 12s 9d-to 13s 6d, extra good 13s 9d, wether hoggets 10s to 12s 6d, Smaller sorts 10s 9d to 11s 3d. Wethers. —Good forward sorts for shearing, 16s 6d to 17s 3d; lighter, 15s to 15s fid. Lamb is still inquired for at 4§d, but none is offering.

LIVE STOCK MARKET. Burnside, Wednesday, August 9

Fat, Cattle.—2os were yarded, the bulk of which were of medium quality, with a few pens of really prime. Prices, owing to large yarding, receded back to prices going two weeks ago. Prime bullocks, £ll to £l2 10s; extra do, to £l4 ss; medium do, £8 5s to £10; best cows and heifers, £8 10s to £9 15s; medium do, £6 to £7 10s. -— —The National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand (Ltd.) yarded 16 and sold: For Messrs Blakely Bros. (Patearoa), 3 bullocks at £ll ss, 1 do at £lO, 2 do at £6 15s; Mr James Smith (Greenfield), 1 heifer at £9 ss, 1 do at £9, 1 do at £7 10s, 1 do at £7, 3 do at £6 ,10s; Mrs William Kirk (Mosgiel)* 1 pen at £7 10s. The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Ltd.) yarded 40 and sold: For Mr W. J. J'. Charters (Ury Park, Mosgiel), 2 bullocks at £l3, 3 do at £l2 12s 6d, 2 do at £l2, 3 do at £ll 17s 6d, 2 do at £ll, 1 do at £lO 10s, 3 do at, £lO 2s fid, 3 do at £ll 12s fid, Messrs Blakely Bros. (Patearoa), 1 bullock at £l2, 1 do at £9, 2 do at £6 15s, 1 heifer at £l2 10s, 1 do at £B, 1 do at £4 15s; Messrs G. and J. M‘Leod (Woodside), 1 bullock at £ll 17s 6d, 3 do at £9 12s 6d, 2 do at £9 ss, 1 heifer at £9 15s, 2 do at £7 ss, 1 do at £5 15s, 1 do at £4 ss, 2 bullocks at £6 10s ; for Mr John O’Connell (Mornington), 1 cow at £4 10s. Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd.) yarded 28 and sold; For Messrs Blakely Bros. (Patearoa), 8 bullocks at £l4 5s to £6 2s fid: Mr J. T. Gibson (Otokia), 8 heifers at £9 to £7 2s fid; executors late W. Kirk (Mosgiel), 2 bullocks at £ll 7s 6d; Mr Walter Blackie (Glasgow Farm), 6 bullocks at £8 17s fid;

Mr William Lindsay (Allanton), 2 bullocks at £8 10s, 2 heifers at £6 7s 6d. Dalgcty and Co. (Ltd.) yarded 53 and sold: For Messrs Blakely Bros. (Patearoa), 3 pens prime bullocks to £l4 ss. heifers to £ll ss; Mr W. J. Scott (Mat-aura), 10 prime bullocks to £l4 ss; Mr John Wilson (Lauder), 8 prime bullocks to £l3 12s 6d; Mr A. Duncan (Wairio), 8 prime bullocks to £ls; Mr F. Perneskie (Stirling), 8 bullocks to £l2 12s 6d; a client, 2 bullocks at £lO 12s 6d; Air J. Brook (Waipahi), steers to £6 2s 6d; Air W. Oonn (Waipahi), steers to £8; Air R. Watt (Waipahi), steers at £5 15s. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For Mr J. B. Reid (Elderslie, Oamaru), 2 heifers at £l2 17s 6d; Mr J. Stannaway, 1 bullock at £9, 1 at £5 ss, and 2at £7 17s 6d; Mr W. Lindsay (Allanton), 2 bullocks at £9, 2 heifers at £6 2s 6d; Mr W. Blackie, 3 bullocks at £B. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Ltd.) yarded 38 and sold; For Mr William Charters (Moggie 1), 16 bullocks to £l3 7s 6d; Mr James Birtles (Allanton), 8 bullocks to £l3 2s 6d; executors late William Kirk (Alayfiehh, 3 bullocks to £9 15s; Messrs G. and J. M'Leod (Woodside), 1 pen heifers to £7 12s 6d; Mr J. F. Mitchell (Stirling), 8 heifers to £6 ss. Stronach, Morris, and Co. (Ltd.) yarded 26 and sold: For Air P. Sprat-t (Sutton), 2 bullocks at £ll, 1 do at £lO ss, 3 do at £lO, 2 do at £9 12s 6d; Air W. Aloynihan (Ngapuna), 1 bullock at £7 17s 6d, 1 do at £5 17s 6d, 7 heifers to £6.155; a southern client, 1 bullock at £lO, 2 do at £9 ss; Mr W. Lindsay (Allanton), 1 heifer at £7 ss, Ido at £5 15s; Air W. Blackie (Glasgow Farm), 1 steer at £6, 1 heifer at quotations; Mr A. Scott (Ellensdalcl, 2 steers at £6 7s 6d

Store Cattle. —Only a medium yarding. The National Mortgage and Agency Company sold for Mr A. Rutherford and others, cows from £1 10s to £3 10s. Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold for Messrs W. Townley, J. White, and others, bulls to £3 15s; cows to £3 10s. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For Mr W. Lindsay (Allanton), 1 cow at £5 9s. 2 cows at £2 6s; Mr A. Mathieson (Tomahawk), 2 heifers at up to £5 2s; Mr J. Smaill (Highcliff) . and others, 4 steers at up to £5, and 5 heifers at up to £4 17s 6d. Dairy Cows.—The National Mortgage and Agency Company (Ltd.) yarded and sold for Messrs Blakely Bros, and others, cows to £7 17s 6d. The Otago Farmers’ Cooperative Association of New Zealand (Ltd.) yarded and sold; For Messrs G. and J. M‘Leod (Woodside), Mr John O’Connell (Mornington), Mr William Lindsay (Allanton), Mr Thomas Maxwell (Green Island), and clients, dairy cows to £8 2s 6d. Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd.) yarded 9, and sold: For • Mr Walter , Blackie (Glasgow Farm), Mr George Wray (Oamaru), William Townley (Bighcliffe), and others, cows to £4 15s. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For Mr W. A. Dunn (Gladstone Road), 1 cow at £7 12s 6d; Mr George Geddes (Wylie’s Crossing), 6 cows at £5 7s 6d. Calves.—Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold for Messrs John Knox (Green Island Bush), William Townley (Highcliff), and others, calves from 10s. Fat Sheep.—3s4l were yarded, the bulk of which were really good wethers and a few pens of prime ewes. The market was very erratic, and, taken all through, were Is to 2s per head easier than last week. (Prime wethers, 20s 6d to 22s 6d; extra do, 25s 9d; medium do, 16s to 18s 6d; ewes, 17s 6d to 19s. The National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand (Ltd.) yarded 1026, and sold: For Mr Alex. M'Donald (Otearama), 1 pen wethers at 25s 3d: Mr James Kean (South Hillend), wethers at 22s 3d, 26 do at 18s 9d; Mr W Kirk (Waikoikoi), 33 wethers at 20s, 26 do' at 18s 6d; Mr W. Milne (Pukerau) oi wethers at 2ls, 20 at 19s 9d; New Zealand and Australian Land Company (Moeraki), 35 wethers at 20s 9d, 27 do at 19s; Mr C. Dougherty and Son (Gimmerburn), _ 55 wethers at 14s; Mr J. T. A all springbank), 40 wethers at 20s, 80 at 19s 6d. 37 at 19s- Mr W. Jones, 21 wethers at 19s 6d; Messrs Blakely Bros (fatearoa) 46 wethers at 18s, 46 do at 16s 6d, 40 15s 6d • Mr R. G. Baxter (Outram), 384 wethers at ’l6s 6d; Mr T. Edwards, 26 ewes at 18s 6d, 28 at 17s 3d.—The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association of hew Zealand (Ltd.) penned and sold: For Mr A. M Millan (Waitahuna), 58 wethers to 20s; a client, 60 wethers; Messrs Blakely Bros. (Patearoa), /n w( ,fhers to 17s; Mr W. G. Jones it 14s 9d; Mr Peter M‘Erlane (Gimmerburn), 26 merino wethers to 16s 6d; Mr T F. Russell (Milburn) , 13 light wethers to 12s, 23 ewes.—-Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd.) penned 658 and sold ; For Mr Jas. Sim (Rosemount), 55 wethers and e wes at 24s 5d to 22s 3d ; Mr Rpbt. Forsyth (Milton), 55 wethers at 24s 9d to ?3s • Mr 4-. J- Nichol (Gore), 64 ewes at 18s'3d to 16s 3d; Mr Peter Boyd (Lovell s Flat) 60 wethjers at 21s 6d to 20s, iVj.r xv. Borthwick (Taderi Beach), 30 wethers at oe,„ 9d • Mr Wm. Thomson (Banks), 35 Slhii at 19s 6d to 17s; Mr T O Ellis (Alorrivalo), 6S w-ctHois at IVs dq to ITs odj Mr A Yorston (Waihola), 41 wethers at 15s 6d, 25 hoggets at 13s 9d; Mr W. Brvant (Henley), 79 wethers at 18s 6d, 12'hoggets at 14s 6d; Messrs Blakely Bros. (Patearoa), 67 wethers at 18s to 16s 9d; a client, 70 wethers at 18s 3d to 17s Dalgety and Co. (Ltd.) penned 430. and sold: For Mr A. Duncan (Waino), 27 wethers at 25s 3d, 35 at 22s 9d, 15 at 23s 3d 35 at 21s; Messrs Finlay Bros. (Wanga- j loa) 38 wethers at 23s 3d, 22 at 20s 6d; Mr'W. Willocks (Hillend), 38 wethers at 21s 9d, 20 at 20s 9d; Messrs J. E. Watson and Co. (Invercargill), as agents, 30 wethers at 20s, 25 at 19s 3d; Messrs Blakely Bros. (Patearoa), three pens wethers to 17s 6d Wright, Stephenson and Co (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For Mr Jas. F. Hood (Edendale), 12 wethers at 255, 26 wethers at 225, 20 wethers at 19s 9d-; Mr R. Kirk (Kelso), 40 wethers at 19s 3d, 20 wethers at 18s 9d; Mr Raton Dunlop (Hcriot), 38 ewes at 19s 3d, 21 ewes at 17s 9d; Messrs R. Cotton and Sons (Waipori). 43 wethers at 18s 9d, 45 wethers at 18s; 32 wethers at 17s 3d ; Mr F. Moynihan (Sutton), 32 wethers at 17s 3d, 28 wethers at 16s 6d; Mr Geo. M. Lane, (Mon. Flat), 37 ewes at 15s 9d, 28 ewes at 15s sd; a client, 39 ewes at 14s 9d. Stronach, Morris and Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For Mr Chas. M'Pherson (Waikoikoi), 42 wethers at 23s 6d, 18 do at 19s 9d; a client, 1 pen wethers at 13s. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Ltd.) penned 543, and sold: For 'Mr Robt. Bothwiok (Taieri Beach), 41 wethers at 23s 9d, 30 wethers at 225: Mr Samuel Young-(Tuapeka West), 33 wethers at 22s 6d, 27 wethers at. 21s; Messrs J. M’Kay and Sons (Otama), 112 ewes at 22s 3d; Mr D. Murray (Clydevale), 36 wethers at 21s 9d, 22 wethers at 21s; Mr J. Crane (Otokia), 124 wethers to 20s 3d; Mr Alex. Dickson, (Clinton), 30 ewes at 17s 6d. 31

ewes at 16s; Messrs Todd Bros, and Co. (Ltd.) (Heriot), as agent, 35 ewes at 17s 6d, 22 ewes at 16s 6d. Fat Lambs.—lßo came forward, the most of which were bought by butchers, the quality of which were only medium. Quotations : Best lambs 14s 6d to 16s, extra do to 17s 6d. National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand (Ltd.) yarded 25, and sold: For Mr R. G. Baxter 13 at 11s 6d; T. Jones, 12 at 14s9d. Otago, Farmers’ Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Ltd.) penned anl sold. For Mr T. H. Russell (Milburn), 12 lambs at 14s 9d; Mr W. G. Jones (Ngapuna), 6 lambs at 17s 3d.

Pigs.—Only a medium yarding. Baconers were scarce and realized good prices. Heavy baconers, 60s to 655; light, 45s _to 50s. Otago Farmers Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Ltd.) penned and sold: For Mr W. G. Jones (Ngapuna), 3 pigs at £5, 2 do at £2 4a, 1 do at £1 19s; Mr Thos. Lynn (Anderson’s Bay), 2 pigs at £2s 6s, 2 do at £1 18s; for Mr T. Johnston (Outram). 1 pig at £1 4s 6d, 3 do at l8s; Mr A. Davey (Broadacres), 2 pigs at 275; Mr Jno. O’Connell (Mornington), 1 pig at £1 ss; Mr T. Schofield (Mount Cargill), 1 pig at £1 4s. Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd.) yarded 35, and sold: For Mr Neil Ross (Berwick), 6 at 24s to 12s 6d; Mr Wm. Thomas (Waverley), 3 at 30s to 14s; a client, 1 at 5s 6d; Mr Wm. Shand (Keith. Hall). 5 at 28s 6d to 21s: Mr A. A, Thomson (Woodside), 4 at. 39s to 31s; Mr Wm. Thomson (Maungatua), 6 at 41s to 35s 6d; Mr Donald Alexander (Waipiata), 1 at 275; Mr Patk. O’Connell (Middlcmarch), 1 at 58s; Mr Daniel Stewart (Green Island), 4 at 22s 6d to' 20,s 6d; Mr Arthur Davey (Broadacres), 2at 28s 6d. Dalgety and Co. (Ltd.) sold: For Mr A. M'Kechnie (Milton), 10 baconers to £2 12s. Wright, Stephenson, and Co (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For various clients 13 pigs at up to £3 ss. Stronach, Morris, and Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold; For Mr J. E. Sinclair (Henley), 1 pig at 465, 1 do at 355, 10 porkers at 275, 3 do at 21s, 4 slips at 15s; Mr H. T. Jeffrec (Berwick), 3 pigs at 355. 1 do at 325; Mr A. Davey (Broadacres), 2 porkers at 295.

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DUNEDIN WEEKXiY MARKET REPORT. Messrs A. Moritzson and Co., auctioneers, wool, stock, station, grain, produce, and commission agents, Dunedin, report (wholesale) for the week as under. All quotations are subject to market fluctuations. Farmers are asked, when sending samples, always to put a price on them, as buyers do not feel inclined to make offers: Barley.—Feed, 2s 6d to 2s 9d. Malting, 4s to 4s 9d. Cape barley, 2s 9d to 3s. Wheat, —Prime milling, velvet, 8s 8d to 3q 9d; Tuscan, 3s 6d to 3s Bd, ex store, sacks extra; fowl wheat, 8s 5d to 3s 6d for ,best whole, ex store; inferior, 2s 9<i to 3s 3d, ex store (sacks extra). Oats—Milling, 2s 5d to 2s 6d; medium to good feed, 2s 4d to 2s sd; inferior, 2s to 2s 2d, ex store (sacks extra). Eyeoorn, 2s 9d to 3s 3d (sacks extra). Maize, 3s to 3s 6d (sacks extra). Prussian Blue peas, from 6s to 5s 6d, Partridge peas, 4s. Chaff —Prime heavy, £4 to £4 ss; choice black oat, £4 10s; medium to good, £3 10s to £3 15s. Ryegrass.—Farmers’ dressed: New seasons 2s 6d to 3s on trucks; machined seed, to 4s 6d. Cocksfoot, 6d to 7d per lb, according to quality; extra heavy clean, 7£d. Linseed, 15s 6d to 16s 6d. Chewing’s Fescue. —New season’s, machined, 6d to 6Jd. Walnuts.—New season’s expected shortly, 8d to BJd. Eggs.—Fresh, Is; guaranteed. Is Id per dozen; market likely to fall. Rabbits kina.—At the ©ale on Monday small catalogues were submitted. There was a> full attendance of buyers, competition being very keen for all classes, prices ruling firm at last sale’s rates for all grades, super doea being £d per pound higher: Super winter does, 2Xd to 22d; first winter does, 17d to 18d; prime winter bucks, 164 d to 17id; first winter bucks, 15d to 16d; incoming winter greys, lod to 15|d; lata autumns, 13id to 14Jd; autumns, 12d to 13d; prime racks, to 9Jd; light racks, 7d to 8d; runners and suckers, 3d to 4Jd; best winter blacks, 19d to 21d; second winter blacks, 16d to 18 id; autumn and incoming, 13d to 15d; best fawn®, 14J-d to 36d; autumn and incoming, 12d to ISJd; summers, 8d to lOd; hareskina, od to 8d; horsehair, 16|d to 19d; cowhair, 8d to 10id; oowtips, la 6d to Is lOid per dozen; oatskins. 3d.to 6d each. Sheepskins.-—At the sale on Tuesday good catalogues were submitted to the usual, -attendance of buyers. Competition was , keen., prices ruling firm at last -sale's rates. We quote: —Best half-bre-ds, 6jd to 7pl; good halfbreda, 6d to 64d; short halfbreds, 5d to sid; fallen halfbrc-cL®, s|d to .. 6d; best fine crossbreds. 6d to 6|d; good fine crossbreds, 5Jd to 6d; . short fine crossbreds, 4id to sd-; best crossbreds, 6d to Gid; short crossbreds, 4d to 4jd; pelts, 3id to 4d; best merinos, 6d to 6Jd; medium merinos, 5d to 5Jd; short merinos, 4d to 4Jd; .best lambs, 6£d to 7d; - medium lambs, 6d to 6id. Tallow.—The following are the ruling i prices: —Best rendered, in tins, 23s to 25s j medium rendered, in tins, 20s to 22s Cd;. -inferior rendered, in tins, 17s to 19s; best -rendered, in casks, 26s to 27s 6d; medium rendered, in casks, 23s to 24s 6d; inferior rendered, in casks, 20s to 225; best oaul fat, 21s Gd; rough fat, 12s to 16s 6d. | Hides.—No sales this week, prices ruling firm at last 'sale’s rates: Picked stout ox, 60lb to 761 b, BJd to 9d; stouts, GOlb to 751 b, 7Jd to 8d; medium substance, sSlb to 651 b, 7d to 7Jd; 40lb to 501 b, ' 6-Jd te 7Jd; cows. SBlb to 651 b, 6Jd to 7Jd; 40ib to 50’.b, 6;d to 7Jd; 301 bto 38lb, 6id to 6Jd; ox, 30lb to 38lb, 64d to 6fd; scored and sloppy, all weight®, 6~d to 6|d; cut and damaged, s|d to 6d; best yearlings, 6id to ejd;-. cut yearlings, 5d to s|d; best ~ calfskins. 8JcI; good calfskins, Sd to 84 d; cut calfskins, 6id to 7Jd; slippy calfskin®, 4ld to s|d.

Wool. —The following are the prices ruling;—Best half bred. Bkl to 9 id; good, 7£d to 6Jd; inferior, 6d to 7d; best crossbred, 6kl to BJd; inferior, 5d to 6Jd; bast bellies and pieces, 5d to 6d; second, 3kl to 41 d; locks, Id to 3d; merino fleeces, 7d to crntchings, 3Jd to 51d. Potatoes.—Prime freshly dug samples, £3 ss, ex rail, Dunedin. Salt butter; lid to Is; separator, Is to Is 2d; fresh butter (in pats), storekeepers, lOd to lid. Cheese.—F actory, 7d; Akaroa, 6d; loaf, id more. Honey.—ln good demand. Section honey, new season’s, 6s to 7s ner doz.; bulk, large tins, 4d; small tins, ijd to 4Jd. Beeswax, Is 4d to Is sd; wanted. Hams, 9d. Bacon.—Roll, 7d to 7Jd; sides, 7d to 8d (alow of sale). Poultry for Local Consumption.—Hens, 2a

6d to 3s 6d per pair; roosters, 3s Gd to 4s; turkeys—hens, 5d to 6cl; cocks, 8d to 9d; geese, 4s to 5a Gd; clucks (old), 2s to 3s per pair; ducklings, 4s Gd to 5s Gd per pair. Fruit.—ln good demand. Fish Oil, for orchardists or soap manufacturers, from 2a to 2s Gd per.gallon. Onions.—Melbourne brown Spanish, JE6 to £6 10s; Ganterburys, £5 to £5 10s. Storing Grain.—We are prepared to store, receive, deliver, and insure for three months free storage at'3d per sack. Farm Produce and Fruit. —We receive all kinds of consignments, and render account sales promptly. CENTRAL PRODUCE MART (LTD). Reilly, Scott, and Gill report for week ending Saturday, 12th inst.: —As _w.o anticipated. there was no justification for cutting prices adopted, by some the local salesmen in regard to eggs. They predicted that eggs would come back to lOd per dozen this week. In face of this we maintained that egigs would bo la per dozen, and our; contention has been amply borne oiit by last week’s business. Eggs have been short of requirements _and we could have placed an order for 50 oases at Is Id and Is 2d per dozen to-day. Apples from Hobart were in excess of requirements and, owing to the invoice prices being higher, sales have been very hard indeed to effect. Potatoes are to hand more freely, and more than sufficient for local requirements are arriving, and unless the market is supplied sparingly prices will come back.’ The same applies to chan, Fowl wheat has been in bet tea- demand. Wheat straw lias been eagerly inquired for. Rabbitskins met keen competition for all classes, super doss realising gd per lb higher all round.. Tallow has also met keen inquiry-. Hides: No auction sales the past week, prices ruling firm at last week’s rates. Wo give below the actual prices secured on behalf of our consignors: Adelaide lemons, 9s to 10s per case; paissions, 6s 6d to 8s 6d; Mandarins, 8s 6d to 12s for large packers; Sydney oranges, 7s 6d; pines, 10s 6d; Seville®, 8s; Poorman’s, 7s 6d to 8s; oocoanute, 12s per sack; Rarotonga oranges, repacks 10s sd; bananas 7s 3d to Bs, ripe 2£d per lb; pears, none available. Apples (desserts) — Scarlet Pear man’s, 8s bcl to 10s 3d per case; sturmers, 8s to Ss ; New York pippins, 8s 9d to 9s; French crabs, 8s to 8s 9d; pippins, 8s 6d. Vegetables—Cabbages, 3s 6d to ss; cauliflowers, 4s to 12s 6d; turnips, 2s to 5s sd; parsnips, 5s to 7s 6d; carrots,’ 2s 6d to 4e per bag. Onions— Canterbury, 5s 6d to 6s; Melbourne, sr, to 6s 6d. Potatoes. £5 ss’ to £3 10s ex truck, 3s 6d to 3s 9d per cwt ex store. Seed potatoes—Buttons Seedling, Sharp’s Express, and Early Puritan urgently wanted; Dalmainey Beauty, 8s; Findlay’s Up-to-dates, 5s 6d; British Queen, ss; and Up-to-dates, 4s 6d to 4s 9d, Oat sheaf chaff £4 10s ex truck, 4s 6d to 4s 9d per cwt. ex. store. Clover hay, £4 5a for choice ex truck, damaged £2 10s. Oaten straw, 50s; wheat straw, 30s to 32s 6d ex truck’s side; fowl wheat, good lines 5s 3d, 3s 4d, 3s sd, and up to 3s 6d; oats, 2s 6d to 2s 9d; crushed oats, 2s 6d; maize. 4a per bushel, sacks extra; rice meal, 6a to 6s 6d, according to quantity required; wheaten pig meal, a splendid lino for fattening pigs, superior to ■ pollard, which we can do at 6s per cwt; pollard, 6s per cwt; bran, 3s 3d. Broken Orange Pekoe tea, 51b to 10lb chests, Is Id •to Is 2d. Flour— Ruby Dust, from our Glenpark mills, £9 5s per ton. Butter —Farmers’ parcels, Is; prime separator; ’up to Is 3d. Eggs Stamped and* guaranteed. Is Id to Is 2d per dozen; ordinary case eggs, from Is to Is Id’; to day Is 2d was secured. Honey—lib packets, 4|d; bulk, 3Jsd to 4^d; 101 b tins, 3s to 3s 6d, according to quality. Cheese, in good demand at 6id to 7d per lb. Bacon—prime rolls, 7d to 7-J.d; hams, slow sale, 7id. Pigs—Prime baooners, 1401 bto 1801 bat 4|d; porkers, 4i-d; inferior quality, 2ld to 3|d per lb. Poultry—Wo yardted some very fine birds on Wednesday lost and had a most successful sale, bens realising la 9d to 2s 3d each, pullets 2s 3d to 4s 9d each, cockerels 2s to 3s Id each, ducks 3s to 3s 6d each, geeso 2s 6d to 2a M each. Turkey—Gobblers, good weights Bd, light weights 7d to 7£d per lb; hens, good weights 6d to 6J,d per lb, light weights 5Jd. Beeswax. Is 5d Bloodmcal, 15s to 17s per 1001 b. We also sold a number of incubators, brooders, bone cutters, and poultry appliances at full market rates. Rabbitskins.-—Super winter does, 21 d_ to 22d; first winter does, 17d to 18d; prime winter bucks, to first winter bucks, 15d to 16d; incoming winter greys, 15d to 15^d; late, autumns, to 14^d; autumns. Is to 15d; prime racks, 82d to 94d; light, 7d to 8d; runners and suckers, 3d to 4^d; best winter blacks, 18d to 21d; second winter blacks’, 16d to IS^d; autumn and incoming blacks, 13d to 15d; best fawns, 14gd to 16d; autumn and incoming, Is to 13|d; summers, 8d to lOd; hareskins, 5d to 8d; horsehair, 16^d to 19d; oowhair, 8d to 10gd; cow-tips. Is 5d to Is 10id per dozen; catskins, 3d to 6d each. Sheepskins.—Best halfbreds, 6|d to 7>d ; good do* 6d to 6£d ; short do, 5d to 54d; fallen do, sjd to 6d; best fine crossbreds, 6d to 6|d; good do. syd to 6d; short do, to sd; best crossbreds, 6d to 6Ad; short do, 4d to 4|d; nelts, 3Ad to 4d: best merinos, 6d to 6jd; medium do, 5d to syd; short do, 4d to 4Ad; bret lambs, 6Ad to ,7d: medium do. 6d to 6Ad. Wool.—Best half bred. BAd to 9A-d; good do, ?Ad to 81d; inferior do, 6d to 7d; best crossbred. 6Ad to Byd; inferior do, 5d to 6Ad; . best bellies and pieces, 5d to 6d; second do, 3Ad to 4Ad; locks, Id to sd; merino fleece, 7d to 9Ad; crutchings, 3Ad to 5Ad. Tallow.—Best rendered in tins. 25s to 255; medium do, 20s to 22s 6d; inferior do, 17s to 19s; best rendered in casks, 26s to 27s 6d; medium . do, 25s to 24s 6d; inferior do, 20s to 225; beet caul fat, 21s 6d: rough fat, 12s to 16s 6d. Hides. —Picked stout ox, 8d to 83d • stout, 71,d to 7|d; heavy, not stout, 6Ad to 7d; medium, 6|d to 7d: light. 6|d to 6|d; heavy stout cow, 6Acl to 7d; heavy, not stout. 6Ad to 6Ad; medium, 6Ad to 6|d; light, 6-Id to 6|d; scored and sloppy, 4Ad to s|d; stag, 4d to 4gd; calfskins—best, 8d to B|d: good. 6Ad to 7Ad; cut. 4Ad to 5Ad; yearling, 5Ad to 6Ad; cut, 4cl to sd. ■ . To those having consignments of poultry, eggs and butter, rabbitskins, and tallow we strongly advise early consignments. REILLY. SCOTT. & GILL, Auctioneers and Commission Agents. Dunedin. . LONDON SHARE MARKET. Press Association— By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON. August 14. Waihi Grand Junction—Buyers £1 6s 10d. sellers £1 8s Id. Talisman Consolidated—Buyers £2 7s 6d, sellers £2 12s 6d.

WHEAT AND FLOUR SUPPLIES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, August 14. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,880,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,670,000 quarters. The Atlantic shipments were 268.000 quarters. The total supplies are: Europe, 880,000 quarters: Argentine, 50.000 quarters; Russia, 265,000 -quarters; Danubian provinces, 70,000 quarters; India, 111,000 -quarters, and Australasia, 20.000 quarters. THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET. SYDNEY, August 15 Wheat: There is a strong, active demand. Spot parcels are quoted at 5s Bcl. The Millers’ Association has advanced flour 10s a ton. Beet brands are £8 10s. Melbourne reports a similar advance.

CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. (Fek U nitku Pu ess Associ a no.v i CHRISTCHURCH, August 15. % The local wheat market is firm in tone, but in the absence- of transactions no quotable change in price can be given. Farmers are holding firmly, and what few sales are being made are between merchants. There is practically no export business doing. The Arawa is expected to take only .a small quantity. Oats are wanted, but are not obtauablc, and there is no change in chaff. There has been a little more business doing in potatoes, of which there is a fair quantify on offer. The price generally being paid to growers is 50s at country stations. > Onions are mofw quoted at £4 at country stations. AUSTRALIAN BANKING AVERAGES. SYDNEY, August 10. ’ The Australasian banking averages for the June quarter show that the deposits had increased in two years £31,357,254, or 22.7 per cent. The proportion of cash and bullion to liabilities has increased since last year from 21.8 per cent, to 24.5 per cent. The advances had expanded by over £14,000,000. THE TRADE OF GERMANY. The following particulars of the trade between Germany and the British Empire in ISO 9, according to statistics published by the Imperial German Government, have been supplied to us: — Imports into Germany:—From Great Britain, £36,037,650; Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, £97,950; British East Africa, £244,150; British South Africa, £3,077,850; British West Africa, £4,369,100; Adeneca, £53,450; Ceylon, £963,300; Hongong, £1700; India, £15,847,750; Straits Settlements £1,355,200; Canada, £419,450; other British possessions in America, £652,550; Commonwealth of Australia, £11,654,850; New Zealand, £105,800; other British possessions- in the Pacific, £228,100; —total, £75,108,950.

Exports from Germany:—To Great Britain, £50,749,400; Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, £140,550; British East Africa, £96,7ooßritish South Africa, £1,902,550; British West Africa', £584,050; Adeneca, £7750 Ceylon, £144,250; Hongkong, £246,150; India, £3,940,900; Straits Settlements, £390,150; Canada, £1,241,050; other British possessions in America, £123,650; Commonwealth of Australia, £2,918,600; New Zealand, £251,250; other British possessions in the Pacific, £25,750; —total, £62.762,750. ' These figures represent the transactions in merchandise only, bullion and specie being excluded. The balance of trade in favour of the British Empire is £12.346,200, the value of Germany’s purchases from the Empire exceeding the value of her sales to the Empire by this amount.

THE DOMINION RUBBER COMPANY. The collapse of the recent boom and the subsequent fall in price of the manufactured article seems to have had little effect upon the opinions of Now Zealanders who have invested in the cultivation of rubber as to its remunerative nature, if properly carried out. The Dominion Rubber Company, having its headquarters in Dunedin, has been vigorously prosecuting the development of its plantation since work was commenced in May, 1908. and to such good purpose that it is anticipated that some 24,000 trees will be' ready for tapping by the end of next year. With a view to securing funds to provide for the more thorough cultivation of the estate, and in order to extend the area somewhat, the directors recently recommended the issue of 6000 additional shares, which, on being offered for subscription. were subscribed twofold by members of the company, the' applications totalling 6222 over and above the number available. To satisfy this evident desire to obtain more shares, and enable still further development of the estate to be made, the directors decided to offer 7000 more shares to members of the company. On this being done, again the applications considerably exceeded the number available. The subscribed contributing capital of the company now amounts to £37,000. Fully 500 acres are at present occupied bv trees in various stages of growth, and the hoard has instructed that another 100 acres be put in hand at once so as to be ready for next planting season in November next. MONEY MARKET. The import and export returns to 30th June make interesting reading to all con cerned in the trade and finance in the Dominion. During the past few years there have been considerable fluctuations in the totals of our imports and exports, which have a direct influence _on local financial conditions. Following is a compi.rison of thcee figures, apart from specie, for the past six years:—

The chief factor in the sferingnecy which began in 1908 was undoubtedly the excess of imports in 1907-08, bnt the splendid recovery since then has resulted in a plentiful supply cf money being available. The figures for the latest year show a substantial drop in tho value of our exports as compared with 1909-10, but the total is still above any previous year. On the other hand, however, the total of imports shows a heavy increase and is larger than ever before, and we consider that 'this

heavy growth should engage the attention of importers with a view to guarding against over-importation. The average excess of imports in the six years under review is some £3,280,000, which is a iitPe short of our estimated requirements for outside interest obligations, but the latest year is some way short of that sum. There are evidences all round that the supply, of money available is ample for all requirements, and provided the coining export season turns out well we may expect a continuance of fairly easy financial conditions. —Trade Review. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REVENUE. ADELAIDE, August 12. The revenue for the year is £4,181,000. The surplus is £217,000. INVESTMENT STOCKS. August 14. National Insurance Buyers £1 17s. Standard Insurance —Buyers £1 Hs 6d, sellers £1 15s 6d. Union .Steam Ship Company—Buyers £2 Is 61, sellers £2 2s fid. Westport Coal Company —Sellers £1 9s fid. Alii burn Lime and Cement (£1)— Buyers £2. New Zealand Drug Company (£2)— Buyers £2 10s. ATLecd’s Soap—Buyers £l4 10s.

Excess of Year. Exports. Imports. Exports. 1905-06 ... 17,684.043 13.052,456 4,631.58'/ 1906-07 ... 19.403.248 15.486 903 3,916.345 1907-08 16 745,589 17.484 669 » 1908-09 ... 18,309.279 15.755.096 2.554.183 1909-10 21.911,723 15 266,815 6.644.908 1910-11 ... 20.510,928 18,001.021 2 509,907 * Excess ■of imports of £739,080.