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WEEKLY MARKET REPORTS Burnside, Wednesday, February 6. Fat Cattle. —One hundred and ninty-eight head were yarded, principally medium to prime bullocks with the usual yarding of cows and heifers. The sale commenced when a number of butchers were at lunch, and the first sale was dragging, but with the full complement the market soon recovered, and improved to the extent of £1 a head.—Quotations: Prime bullocks, £ll to £l4; medium, £9 5s to £lO 15s; light and Unfinished, £6 to £8 10s; prime heifers and cows, from £8 10s to £8; light and aged, from £3 10s to £5 ss. The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association sold: For a client, 3 bullocks £lO 10s, 2 £7 17s 6d, 1 heifer £6 7s 6d, 1 £5 7s 6d; a Taieri client, 3 bullocks £lO ss, i heifer £6 ss, 1 £5 ss; W. Lindsay, jun. (Allanton), 1 bullock £9 17s 6d; Mrs . Kirk (Mosgiel), 1 bullock £9; J. C. Rencon (Mcvsgiel), 2 bullocks £8 7s Gd; W. Shuttleworth (Glqnomaru), 3 bullocks £6 ss.— —The National Iviortg age and Agency Company sold: For Walter Blackie (Mosgiel), 2 bullocks £ft 17s 6d; Alex. Allison (Puerua), 2 bullocks £3 12s 6d, 3 £7, 2 £5 15s, 2 £5 ss. -—Todd Bros, sold: For Executor's William Kirk (Mosgiel), 1 bullock £ll 2s 6ct; J. C. Renton (Mosgiel), 1 bullock £11; Walter B’ackic (Mosgiel), 1 bullock £9 7s 6d; a client, 2 heifers £5 10s; Wm. Lindsay, jun. (Allanton), 2 bullocks £8 2s 6d, 2 £5; clients, 1 heifer £5 10s 1 £5 ss, 1 £4 7s 6d, 1 £4, 1 £3 15s.’ New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company sold: For Peter Anderson (Stirling), 2" bullocks £l4, 1 £l3 10s, 2 £l2 Es, 1 £l2, 1 £ll 10s; Walter Blackie (Mosgiel), 2 bullocks £9 15s; Wm. Kirk (Mosgiel), 3 bullocks £7 10s; Wm. Lindsay, jun. (Allanton), 1 bullock £5 10s, 1 heifer' £5 15s; Kain, Bros. (Stirling), 2 bullocks £ll, 2 £lO, 2 £9 10s, 2 £8 ss; Peter Campbell (Wyndbam), 2 bullocks £l2 103, 2 £lO 7s 6d, 2 £lO ss, 3 heifers £6 15s. Stronach, Morris, and Co. sold: For Executors late W. Kirk (Mosgiel), 2 bullocks £ll ss; J. C. Renton, jun. (Mosgie'l), 2 bullocks £9; W. Lindsay, jun. (Allanton), 1 heifer £4 73 6d. -Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold: For J as. Renton (Mosgiel), 1 bullock £l3 2s 6d; Walter Blackie (Mosgiel), 1 bullock £l2 17s 6d, 1 £l2 5s ; R, Mitchell (Outram), 2 bullocks £l2, 1 £lO 2s 6d, 1 £9 17s 6d, 1 £7 17s 6d, 1 heifer £0 103, 1 £4 15s; Mrs W. Kirk (Mosgiel), 3 bullocks £lO 17s 6d; client, 1 bullock £lO 12s Gd, 1 £lO 10s, 3 £9 2s 6d; F. W. Wilson (Lauder), 2 bullocks £8 15s, 1 £7 10s, 3 £6 2s 6d, 2 £4 2s 6i; W. Lindsay, jun., 1 bullock £7 17s 6d; G. Butler (Henley), 1 cow £6 7s Gd, 1 £3 10s. ——Donald Reid sold: For Arthur Thomas (Riverview), 2 bullocks £l2 ss, 2 £l2 2s 6d, 2 £9 17s Gd, 1 £lO 10s, 2 £ll, 2 £ll ss; Wm. Turner (Grassv Hill), 2 bullocks £ll 10s, 3 £9 17s 6dS, 1 £lO 10s, 1 £lO ss, 2 £l2 17s 6d 2 £l2 10s, 3 £lO 17s Gd; Jno. Wilson (Lauder), 3 bullocks £lO, 3 £9 7s Gd, 2 £l2 12s sd; Alex. Downs (Glenesk), 1 bullock £lO 17s 6d, 2 £lO 7s 6<l, 8 £9 12s 6d; a client, 3 bullocks £7 12s Gd, 2 cows £7 10s, 1 £7 17s 6d, 2 £4 15s, 1 £6 10s; Jas. Renton (Mosgiel), 2 bullocks £ll 17s 6d; Executors of the late Wm. Kirk (Mosgiel), 2 bullocks £11; W. Blackie, sen. (Mosgiel), 2 bullocks £9 7s 6d; Jas. Dunery (East Taieri), 2 bullocks £l2 ss; Gibson Bros. (North Taieri), 1 heifer £6 103, 2 bullocks £6 12s 6c!; A. Miller (North Taieri), 1 heifer £5 ss; W. Lindsay, sen. (Mosriel), 2 bullocks £l2 17a 6d, 2 £ll 10s, 2 £ll 12s 6d, 2 £ll ss, 3 £lO 15s, 1 £ll 10s, 1 cow £7 ss; southern client, 1 heifer £5 10s, 1 cow £5; a client, 1 cow £4 2s 6d. Dalgety and Co. sold: For Robert Kirk (Mosgiel), 2 bullocks £10; Walter Blackie, sen. = (Mosgiel), 2 bullocks £8 12s 6d; Alex. Douglas (East Taieri), 2 bullocks £9 ss, 2 £8 ss, 1 £7 15s. Store Cattle. —There was a good yarding of all classes. Weaners, fit to kill, realised from 21s to £3; yearling* steers and heifers, from 25s to £2; two-year-old heifers, Prom £2 5s to £4 10s; three, four, and five-year-old bullocks, from £5 to £8 14s, according to breeding and condition. The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association sold; For a client, 5 steers £4 17s 6d each, 1 calf 41s, 1 38s, 2 31s_. 1 295, 1 21s; W. Shuttleworth

(Glenomaru), 1 steer £5 3a, 2 heifers £4 6a, 2 steers £3 7s Gd; R. Mitchell (Outram), 1 bull £3, 1 £2 12s 6d, 1 calf £3 7s, 1 £2 6s, 2 27s.——Donald Reid and Co. sold : For Thos. Landels (Mataura), 2 cows £4 3s, 6 £4 6s, 2 £4 ss, 1 steer £4; W. Lee (Goodwood), 1 cow £3 13s, 1 £3 ss; Mrs Graham (Goodwood.), 1 cow £3 10s. 1 £1 17s 6d; a client, 1 cow £2 10s, 1 vealer 19s, 1 cow £3, 1 £2 10s. 1 steer £3 7s 6d, 9 £5 14s, 1 vealer £1 17s, 1 £l, 1 bull £2 12s, 1 £2 15s; W. Lee (Goodwood), 2 vealers £1 19s; Mr Mears, 1 bull £2 6s; J. Brandon (Port Chalmera), 1 cow £4 2s. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold: For Thos. Wilson (Longlands), 6 steers £3 14s, a client, 7 steers £7 18s; Jas. Thomson (Mataura), 5 steers £7 7s 6d, 6 £6; a client, 4 cows £:i 10s, 2 vealers 30s; M'Gowun Bros. (North Taieri), l~cow £3 8s 6d. 1 £2 12s 6d, 1 £1 12s; a client, 1 bull £3 10a; H Dunn (Upper Junction), 1 bull £3 sa; R. Thomson (Green Island), 1 vealer £2 2s Gd Dairy Cows.— There was a small yarding, best cow 3 selling up to £8; aged and inferior sorts, from £3 ; heifers, to £5 7s 6d. The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association sold: For G. Mowat (Kaikorai), 1 cow £7 12s Gd; J. Mowat (Kaikorai), 1 £5 ss; a client, 3 heifers £5 ss. Wright, Stephenson, and Co., sold: For L. Lamont (Sawyers Bay), 1 cow £7 ss, 1 £6 ss, 1 £3; H Padget (Warrington), 1 co*,v £6 7s 6d, a client, 1 cow £6 2s 6d; Ford Bros. (Pine Hill), 6 cows £ t 10s. Calves. —The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association sold: For J. E. Lloyd (NorthEast Valley), 1 calf 213; A. Barsdell (Anderson’s Bay), 1 5s 6d. Donald Reid and Co. sold: For a client, 1 vealer 375, 1 335, 1 28s; A. M'Gregor (Caversham), 1 vealer 31s; J. W. Graham (Mosgiel), 1 calf 30s; j. E. Jones (Brighton), 1 calf 235; W. Baird (Momona), 1 calf 21s, 1 19s, 1 16s. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold: For Oliver and Thompson (Burnside), 1 calf its 6d; P. S. Gray (Burnside), 1 calf 13s 6d; Alexander Bros. (Green Island), 1 calf 12s 6d, 1 11s 6d, 1 10s 6d. Todd Bros, sold: For W. F«l----lowfield, 1 18s; J. Callaghan (Green Island). 1 225. Fat 8lice))- —Only 1310 head were penned, which caused the sale to open firmer than it did the week before. As the auction advanced prices slackened somewhat, but recovered again at the close. A few extra prime wethers made from 46s 9d to 51s 6d; prime, 363 to 40s 3d; medium, 34s to 365; light, from 30s; extra prime ewes, 30s 9d to 435; prime, 28s to 3*2s; medium, 24s 6d to 28s. The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association sold: For a client, 10 ewes 375, 11 345; R. M‘Caw (Waitahuna), 28 wethers 365, 15 34s 3d, 10 ewes 33s 3d, 12 wethers 31s 9d, pen ewes 365; a client, two trucks ewes at quotations.——Todd Bros, sold: For H. Cullen (East Taieri), 25 wethers 35a 9d, 8 37s 9d; R. Mitchell (Outram), 25 wethera 31s 6d, 9 ewes 20s 9d.— —New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co. sold: For J. Cochrane (Palmerston), 26 wethers 46s 9d, 4 38s 9d; a client, 13 welhers 46s 3d; Hugh Cameron (Glenoro), 32 wethers 37s 3d, 27 36s 3d, 36 34s Gd; A. J. Hawke (Milton), 30 wethers 31s, 10 30s; Alex. Moynilian (Momona), 17 owes 30s; » client, 34 wethers 3Ss 6d, 19 283 Gd, 28 36s 9d, 19 36s Gd; a client, 26 wethers 435, 2 ewes 435, 14 wethers 435. The National Mortgage and Agency Co. sold: For a client, 1 pen wethers 51s Gd, D. Falconer (Milton), 6 wethers 33s 9d; D. Murray (Balclutha), 23 ewes 33s 3d, 13 22s Gd; P. Scanlon (Milton), 10 ewes 24s 3d. Stronach, Morris, and Co. sold: For R. Cull 3*l (Allanton), 17 wethers 3ds 9d, 1G 325; James Gow (Invermay, Mosgiel), 20 wethers 365; a client, 24 wethers 31e 3d, 28 30s; J. A. Mathe.vson (Green Island), 31 ewes 24s 6d, 13 30s 3d, 14 *2os; A. Scott (Burnside), 25 wethers 29s 3d, j2 31s 3d. IXraid Reid and Co. sold: For Alex Downes (Glenesk), 15 wethers 403 3d, 8 31s 9d, pen 455, 27 ewes 39s 9d, 3 24s 9d, 14 26s 3d; J. H Jaffray (Milton), 15 wethers 33s 9d, 13 ewes 395; James France (Milton), 3 335; A. Grieve (Middiemarch), 5 ewes 393 3d, pen 345; James Gow (Invermay), 26 ewes 33s Gd, 30 31s, 6 39s 3d; G. Lindsay (Milton), 7 ewes 375; R. Baird (Clarksville), 1 wether 36s Gd, 6 ewes 40s 3d; H. Brown (Abbotsford), 4 29s 3d, 4 30s 9d; A. Scott and Son (Burnside), 21 wethers 28s 3d; a client, 3 wethers 335.—-Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold: For N. and I. Reid (Outram). 23 wethers 43s 9d, 10 395, 35 ewes to 38s 6d; H. Shand (Maungatua), 29 wethers and m. ewes 395, 12 35s 3d, 20 335; a client, 18 wethera 39s 9d; Miss S. Gamble (Outram), pen wethers 365; Mrs M. J. Hughes (Wylie’s Crossing), 32 wethers, 355; T. M'Pheison, 21 wethers 335. 15 325, 29 ewes *29s 6d. -Dalgety and Co. sold: For John M'Tavish (Snowy River), 12 ewes 35s 9d, pen 35s 6d. Fat Lambs.—Eight hundred and seventyeight head, were penned. Competition was keener and prices firmer. Extra prime lambs sold to 403 Gd; prime, 30s to 33s Gd ; medium, 26s to 28s; light, from 225. The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association sold*. For J. B. Kirkland (Fairfield), pen lambs 33s 6d, 8 lambs 32s 6d, pen 2Ss; a client, 4 pens lamb 3 at quotations. Donald Reid and Co. sold: For Jas. Wisely (Uilbum), 26 lambs 35s 9d, 14 31s 6d; Jas. France (Milton), 6 lambs 33s 3d; A. Grieve (Middiemarch), 21 lambs 40s 3d, 5 34s 9d; H. Brown (Abbotsford), 1G lambs 21s Gd, 12 35« 6i, 14 325; Jas. Gow (Invermay), 22 lambs 31s 6d.Todd Bros, sold: For R. Mitchell (Outram), 2 lambs 3*2s 3d. The National Mortgage and Agency Company sold: For a client, 1 pen lambs 40s 6d, 31 34s 9d, 43s 33s Gd; a client, 26 lambs 35s 6d, 44 32s 3d; P. Scanlan (Milton), 8 lambs 30s. New Zealand Loan and! Mercantile Company sold: For Alex. Moynilian (Momo-iia), 39 lambs 34s 9d, 27 345, 39 29s 3d, 20 27s 6J, 63 23s Gd; a client, 3 lambs 35s 9d, 1 32s 9d. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold: H. Shand (Maungatua), 1 pen lambs 37s 9d; N. and I. Reid (Outram), 41 lambs to 35s 6d; client, 28 'ambs 26s 3d, 23 24s 9d; James Jackson (Waikouaiti), 66 lambs to 31s 3d; Mrs M. J. Hughes (Wylie’s Crossing), 9 lambs 28s 6d. Stronach, Morris, and Co. sold: For A. Scott (Burnside), 3 lambs 33s 3d; J. A, Mathewson (Green Island), pen lambs to 31s 9d; a- client, pen of lambs to 21s. Fat Pigs.—The small yarding forward proved totally inadequate for the demand Prices advanced *29s to 25s per head on last week's rates. Prime porkers sold at 10£d per lb, and baeoners 9d to 9Jd per lb. The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association sold: For a chent (Outram), 2 pigs £3 9s; a client, 4 pigs £3 Bs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold: For a client, 2 pigs £4 13s; A. G. Lewis (Fortobello), 3 pigs £4 8s: Mrs Pettigrew (Sawyeis’ Bay), 1 pig £4 7s; a client, 1 pig £4 4s, 1 £2 19s; R. Warren (Wakari), 1 pig £4, 1 £3 18s; Mrs Tubman (Puketeraki), 1 pig £3 17s, 1 £3 14s, 2 £3 123; Alexander Bros. (Green Island), 3 pigs £3 3s, 1 £2 ss. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company sold: For Thos. Finnic (Saddle Hill), 2 pigs £4 7s. Todd Bros. sold: Fcr W. Fallow-field (Tomahawk), ] pig £4. Donald Reid and Co. sold: For John Mitchell (Burnside), 2 pigs £4. Store Pigs.—There was a small yarding forward, which met with keen competition, prices showing a slight increase on last week’s rates. Quotations: Suckers, 22s to 245; slips, 30s to 355. Stronach, Morris, and Co. told: For Jas. Gow (Invermay, Mosgiel), 4 slips 235, 6 225. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold: For a client, 1 pig 21s. *

ADDINGTON MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH, February 7. Fat lambs were easier by Is to Is 6d per head at to-day’s Addington market, but mutton was up from 2s to 2s 6d per bead on the preceding week, and beef by 30s per head. Store Sheep.—A very big yarding, particularly of lambs, and a keen sale resulted. Four and six-tooth ewes made 41s; lambs, 27s 9d; and wethers, 33s Ss; forward four, six, and eight-tooth wethers, ordinary, 29s to 33s 8d; medium, 27s 3d to 28s Gd; two-tooth wethers, 26s 3d to 29s 6d; forward - * lambs, 26s to 27s 9d; good rape lambs, 24s to 25s 9d; inferior, 18e 6d to 23s 6d; cull, 12s 6d to 18s; good four, six, and eight-tooth ewes, 37s to 41s; good four, six, and eight-tooth ewes, 35s 6d to 395; two-tooth halfbred ewes, 36s to 37s 3d; sound-mouthed ewes, 32s to 35s 6d; failingmouthed ewes, 21s 6d to 27s ; low-conditioned, 19s 6d to 20s 6d; aged, 17s 6d to 20s. Fat Lambs.—37oo were penned, the bulk being of medium quality. The market eased, and exporters secured less than half the entry. Graziers secured the lighter sorts. Firsts made barely lOd to 10id, and seconds 91d to 9fd. Extra prime lambs, 32s 6d to 355; a few special, 38s 6d; prime, 29s 6d to 32s 3d; medium, 27s to 29s 3d; light, 24s 9d to 26s 9d. Fat Sheep.—A very small penning, and a rise of 2s to 2s 6d per head. Butchers’ wethers made from 6Jd to 7.U1; ewes, 6d to 61<1. Values were above freezers' limits. Extra prime wethers, 37s 6d to 40s; prime, 35s to 37s 3d; medium, 31s 6d to 34s 9d; light and unfinished, 28s to 31s; extra prime ewes, 33s 6d to 36s 9d; prime, 30s 9d to 335; medium, 27s 6d to 30s 6d; light, 25s to 275. Fat Cattle. —370 penned, mostly light stuff. A good sale. Extra prime bullocks, to £ls ss; prime, £ll 17s 6d to £l4s 10s; medium, £9 15s to £ll 15s; light, £7 to £9 10s; extra prime heifers, to £lO 15s; prime, £7 15s to £3; ordinary, £4 10s to £7 7s; extra prime cows,-to £lO 2s 6d; prime, £7 to £8 15s; ordinary, £5 to £6 15s. Veelers.—A short yarding. Prices showed an improvement or about 5s on late rates. Good runners, to £5 4s; ordinary vealers, £3 to £4 ss; small calves, from 8s upwards. Store Cattle.—A good demand for heifers and forward steers. Four-year-old steers, to £7 10s; three-year-olds, £4 10s to £5 10s; 18-months and two-year-olds, £2 15s to £3 10s; yearlings, £2 5s to £2 10s; two-year-old heifers, £4 3s; yearling and 18-months-old, £2 10s to £3 12s 6d; fresh cows, £2 to £2 10s. Dairy Cattle.—A medium yarding. Good sorts were in demand. Extra good second, third, and fourth calvers, springing, to £l4; good, £8 to £10; extra good springing heifers, to £l4 ss; good, £8 to £lO. Fat Pigs.—A good demand, and late rates were fully maintained. Choppers, £2 to £4 6s; light baooners, £3 7s to £3 15s; heavy, £4 to £4 10s (average price per lb, 6d to 6Jd); light porkers, £2 5s to £2 10s; heavy, £2 12s 6d (average price per lb, 7-id to 8d). Store Pigs.—Medium stores and weaners were easier. Best stores, 40s to 455; medium, 39b to 38s; small, 18s to 255; weaners, 12s 6d to 16s. OAMARU MARKETS. (Fbom Our Own Co-respondent.) OAMARU, February 10. Though the regular weekly stock sale had to be written down as a fiasco owing to farmers being occupied with harvest work or preparations, there has been a fair amount of business passing in the stock market, so that with giving delivery of sheep sold forward and current sales, agents have had a busy week. The sales of sheep have included some substantial lines, the chief amongst them being 800 sound-mouthed halfbred ewes at 29s and two lines of station wethers—one of 1000 at 24s 6d and the other 800 at 27s 6d. The other sales have comprised the following:—soo mixed four, six, and eight-tooth Romney-cross ewes, 355; two-tooth halfbred ewes, 345; fat wethers, 32s to 345; wethers in forward condition, 283 to 30s; store hill wethers, 24s to 26s 6d; fat and forward ewes, 203; lambs in forward condition, 25s to 26s 6d; store lambs, 20s to 235. The improved movement in store cattle etill continues a 6 a result of the abundance of feed, and a number of sales in lines are reported at the. following prices: Big bullocks in forward condition, about 30 in the line, £7 2s 6d; four-year-old bullocks in forward condition, £6 ss; two-year-old store steers, £3 10s; two-year-old heifers, £3; 18-months-old heifei-s, £1 10s to £2; mixed sex yearlings, £1 ss. Fat bullocks have changed hands at £lO 10s and fat lambs at £6 ss. Sales of dairy stock have been limited to a few lines, cows coming to profit having been disposed of at £7 and cows to .calve in the winter at £5. SOUTHLAND MARKETS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) INVERCARGILL, February 10. Fat Cattle. —The yarding this week was in excess of butchers' requirements, and the quality very mixed. Prices dropped from £1 to £1 10s per head on last week's sales. Ox beef ranged from 22s 6d to 24s per 1001 b, cow beef from 16s to 16s per 1001 b. Extra prime bullocks from £ll to £l2 15s; prime, £B* 2s 6d to £9 10s; unfinished, £6 10s to £7 10s. Cows sold from £3 to £5 10s; heifers, from £4 10s to £6 10s. Store Cattle. —Yardinga to hand in this section are small, and prices are slightly easier, good three and four-year-old steers are selling at from £6 to £7. There is a good demand for young heifers that would come in for next season; these are making from £3 15s to £4 15s. Dairy cows axe selling at from £5 to £lO for extra good sorts; average prices range about £7. Fat Sheep.—The recent good prices for fat sheep are still holding, and ewes and wethers are in strong demand. Prices for extra prime wethers range from 35s to 38s 6d; prime, from 30s to 335; light and unfinished, 265; extra prime ewes, from 30s to 32a; prime, from 25s to 275; light, 22s to 23s 6d. Fat Lambs. —Lambs are coming to hand in larger numbers, and keen competition in this section is the order of the times. Lamb is making from 9d to 9|d per lb; prioes for extra prime lambs, up to 345; average, 30s to 32s 6d; lighter sorts, 27s to 28s 6d. Store Sheep.—Any store sheep offering are in strong demand, especially store lambs fit to put on feed, but the numbers offering are far below the requirements, consequently values are too high to leave a margin for fattening. Prices for forward lambs are from 22s to 24s 6d; average lambs, from 20s to 21s 6d; poorer sorts, 18s; good two-tooth ewes, from 32a 6d to 355; average, to 30s; four, six, and eight-tooth ewes, from 26s to 23s 6d; f. and f. ewes, from 18s to 90s; two-tooth wethers, from 24s to 25s 6d; fourtooth wethers, from 28s to 30s. THE FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD. Reilly’s Central Produce Mart (Ltd.) report:—Exceptionally heavy consignments

forward during the week. Fortunately, we are able to clear ill lines of good produce immediately it arrives, payable prices being secured for first-grade fruit, produce, poultry, or eggs; badly graded, stale, inferior goods are not wanted by our firm. Guaranteed eggs have advanced. Bacon pigs realised 7Jd. Poultry met a keen demand. Onions are easier. Choice quality potatoes, free from scab or blight, are wanted. We sold: Flowers, Is to 3s 6d per dozen bunches. Azaleas, 7s 6d each. Chillies, 4s 6d, ss. Tomatoes: Nelsons, 3s, 3s 6d, 4s 6d, 5s case; local hothouse, Bd, BJd, 9d, 3Gd; Christchurch, sd, 6d; roughs, ljd, 2d, 2Jd, 3d. Raspberries: Choice, Is 3d. Grapes: Locals, 2s, 2s Id, 2s 3d, 2s 4d, 2s sd, 3s Id; Oamarus, Is 3d, Is sd, Is Bd, Is 9d. Apricots : Desserts, 3d, 34d; cooking, 2d, 2Jd. Plums: Desserts, 3d, 3Jd, 4d; cooking, ljd, 2d. Nectarines, 4Jd, sd, 51d. Pears: W.8.C., 21d, 2Jd. Peaches: Desserts, 2Jd, 2§d, 3d, 3Jd, 4d, 4|d; cooking, ljd, 2d. Rhubarb: Choice, lid, 2d. Green Peas: Choice, 2id, 3Jd, 4d. French beans, lid, lfd. Garlic, 3d, 4d, od. Pickling onions, l|d, 2d, 3d. Potatoes : Locals, prime quality, 9s per cwt; others, 5s to 7s 6d per cwt. Egg fruit, 12s 6d. Apples: Choice Cox’s, 12s 6d, 13s; Gravensteins, 4s Gd, ss, 5s Gd, 65.; cooking, choice, ss, 5s 6d, 6s, 6s 6d, 7swindfalls, 2s .to 4s per case. Pineapples, 22s 6d. Lemons: American, 50s. Oranges: American, 355. Bananas, 18s, 20s, 23 s, 255. Passions, 12s 6d, 17s 6d per case. Water melons, 10s 6d dozen. Lettuce, Is 6d for choice. Carrots, ss, 7s 6d, 8s per cwt. Cucumbers, 3s 6d, 4s, 4s 6d, ss, 6s 6d, 9s; outside, Is, Is 6d, 2s 6d, 3s. Vegetable marrows, 4s 6d, 5s 6d, 6s Gd. Cabbages, Is 6d, 2s 6d, 3s, 3s 6d. Cauliflowers, 3s, 4s 6d, 6s per dozen. Onions: Choice, 9s per cwt; £7 10s per ton ex rail. Butter: Dairy, Is 2d, Is 3d; separator pats, Is 3d, Is 4d, Is sd, Is 6d. Beeswax, Is 6d. Bacon: Choice, Hid. Bacon Pigs: Prime Porkers, 7id; baconers, 7Jd. Honey: Bulk, sd, 5Jd, 6d per lb; sections, choice, 8s 6d; Jib pats, 3s 9d per dozen; 10lb tins, 6s each. Eggs: Stamped, Is 3d; cased, Is Id, Is 2d per dozen. Wood wool, special quality, 45s per cwt. Black leaf 40: 101 b fins, 70s; 2lb tins 18s; Jib tins, 5s 6d. Giraffe brand lime sulphur: 4-gal tins, 2s 9d per gallon; lgal tins, 3s 9d per gallon; in casks, 2s per gallon. Best Canadian buckets, 48s per dozen. Poultry: 342 bens realised 3s 4d to 6s, 56 cockerels 2s 2d to 6s 6d, 193 ducks 3s to 7s, 13 geese 5s 6d to Bs. E. OSWALD REILLY, Managing Director, Moray place, Dunedin. SOUTHLAND FROZEN MEAT COMPANY. The directors of the Southland Frozen Meat and Produce Export Company, in presenting the balance sheet for the past year, state that the balance at profit and loss account available for appropriation is £26,886, and they recommend the payment of a dividend of 5 per cent, and a bonus of 3 per cent, on the paid-up capital, absorbing £9083, and leaving £17,803 to be c: rried forward. investment STOCKS. February 10. BANKING. Bank of Australasia —Buy. £l3 2s 6d. Bank of N.S. Wales —Buy. £37 ss. Bank of New Zealand—Sel. 57s 9d. National Bank—Sel. £6 9s. P. and 0. Bank—Sel. £l4 ss. Union Bank—Buy. £l3 16s, sel. £l4 2s 6d. INSURANCE. National Insurance Co. —Sel. 73s 6d. N.Z. Insurance Co.—Sel. 28s 9d. South British Insurance Co. —Sel. 38s 3d. Standard Insurance Go. —Buy. 33s 6d, sel 34s 6d. SHIPPING. Howard Smith—Buy. 525. Huddaxt, Parker (ord.) —Buy. 54s 9d, sel 55s 6d. P. and O. Deferred Stock —Sel. £328 U.S.S. Co. (pref.)—Buy. 19s 9d. COAL. N.Z. Coal and Oil —Buy. 2s 6d. Taupiri Coal (ord.) —Buy. 19s 9d. Westport Coal Co.—Sel. 35s 9d. Westport-Stockton (ord.) —Sel. 4s Bd. Westport-Stockton (pref.)—Sel. 8s 9d LOAN AND AGENCY. Dalgety and Co. —Buy. £l2 63. Goldsbrough. Mort—Sel. 45s 6d. National Mortgage—Buy. 765. N.Z. Loan and M. (ord.) —Buy. £Bl. N.Z. Loan and M. (pref.)—Buy. 20s. Perpetual Trustees—Buy. 375. Trustees, Ex., and Agency—Buy. 475. Wright, Stephenson (ord.) —Buy. 265. Wright, Stephenson (pref.)—Sel. 17s 6d. MEAT PRESERVING. N.Z. Refrig, (cont.), cum div.—Buy. 14s sel. 14s lOd. Southland Frozen M. (ord.) —Buy. 28s 9d MISCELLANEOUS. Brown, Ewing (ord.) —Buy. 275. Brown, Ewing (pref.)—Buy. 20s 3d. Bruce Woollen Co.—Buy. 345, sel. 38s. Colonial Sugar—Buy. £35 17s 6d. D.I.C. (ord.) —Buy. Is 3d prem., sel. 2s Pd prem. D.I.C. (pref.)—Buy. 20s, sel. 20s 6d. Dental and Medical Sup.—Buy. 20s 6d Dominion Rubber—Buy. 20s, sel, 20s Gd' Dunedm-Kaikorai Trams—Buy 265. Dunedin Stock Excli. Propty.—Buy. 41s 6d. ICaiapoi Woollen (ord.)—Sel. 25s 6d. Kaiapci Woollen (cont.) —Sel. 13s. Kaiapoi Woollen (pref.)—Sel. 225. Milbum Lime and Cement—Sel. 34s 6d. Mosgiel Woollen Co.—Buy. £6 12s. M‘Leod Bros.’ Soap—Buy. £l6. National Electric—Buy. 19s 6d, sel. 20s 6d. N.Z. Drug Co. —Buy. 56s 6d. N.Z. Hardware (ord.) —Sel. 10s. N.Z. Hardware (pref.)—Buy. 14s. N.Z. Malay Rubber —Buy. 10s. N.Z. PapeT Mills (paid)—Buy. 245. N.Z. Paper Mills (new issue) —Buy. 245. Otago Daily Times (ex div.) —Buy. 48s. Sharland and Co. —Sel. 225. Whitcombe and Tombs—Buy. 69s 6d. Wilson’s (N.Z.) Cement—Buy. 22s lid sel OOfi. qu WAR BONDS. 4J per cent. Bonds, 1934—8uy. £97. 4| per cent. Bonds, 1938—Buy. £97 2s 6d. 4J per cent. Bonds, 1939—8uy. £97 2s 6d. 51 per cent. Bonds, S.S., 1933—8uy. £IOJ 15s. 4J per cent. Inscribed, 1938—Buy. £97 2s Bd. 4J per cent. Inscribed, 1939—8uy. £97 2s 6d 51 per cent. Inscd., S.S., 1933—8uy. £IOO 15s. 5 per cent. Bonds, P. 0., 1927 —Buy. £97. 5 per cent. Inscd., P. 0., 1957—8uy. £97, sel. £37 10s. 5 per cent. Bonds, P. 0., 1929—8uy. £97. 5 per cent. Inscd., P. 0., 1929—8uy £96 17s 6d.