DUNEDIN WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.
Provincial flour, £13 ; bran, 70s ; oatmeal, £15 10s per ton; barley, fine multing samples, 3a to 4s ; good barley, 3s 9u to 4s 6d ; pearl barley, £20 ; chaff^ 80s ; potatoes,, 65s to 70s, nominal. Colonial butter, prime, B^d to 9|d ; Akaroa cheesp, 6£d to 7d ; colonial hams, ]0d ; do bacon, 9d. Tea (duty paid) — Common, Is 9d ; good medium, 2<s 3d to :'s 6.1 ; superior km-.s, 2s i)d to 3s 3d ; boxes, 30s to 36s ; orange pekoe, 2* 9d to 3s 3d. Sardines—qi-s, 8s 6d ; halves, 13a. Candles — Is to Is Id. Kerosene— /3s 3d, duty paid. Dried Fruits -Currants, 5^.1 j Sultara raisins, 7id to 8d; Elemes, 6d. Sugar (duty paid) - Fme whites, £50 to £54 , grey crystals, £49 to £51 ; yeliow do, £47 to £50 ; yellow counter, £4« to £47 ; ration, £34. Victorian whites, £54 to £56. Spirits (in bond)— Brandieß, Martell's or Hennessy's, 8s 6d to 8s 9d per gallon ; caße, scarce ; Otard's, 8s ; other brands, 7s 6d to 8»; Martell's, in case, 32a; Heunes-y's, d", 345. Whisky, Scotch , 5* to 5s 6d per gallon ; Irish, 7s ; Stewart's do, in case, 13s 6d. Rum, 4s 9d to ss. Geneva JDKZ, per case, 14s to 14s 6d. Old Tom, per case, 15s 6d. Markets firm,
Mr. Archibald Moir, Manae-street, reports the following as the latest quotations :— Flour— £l2 10s to £13 per ton. Oatmeal — £15 per ton. Pearl Barley — £20 per ton. Bran — £3 15s per ton. Pollurd — £4 per lon. Chaff— £4 per ton. Hay — £4 per ton. Potatoes — £3 per ton. Carrots— £2 10s. Turnips— £2 10a. Wheat— 4s 9d to 5b per bushel. Barley— 2s 9d to 3s 3d per bushel. Oats — 2s 4d to 2s 6d per bushel. Butter— 7d to9d perlb. Cheese— 6d to 8d per lb. Bacon and Hams— 9d per lb. Messrs. Wright, Stepheeson and Co. report for the week ending 3rd June, as follows :—: — Fat Cattle.— About GO head, mostly good quality, were yarded, of which we sold 38 head. We quote prime quality 20s. per lOOlbs. ; middling do., 17s. 6d. Fat Sheep. — There were only 400 penned, and these of very inferior quality, which we sold at ss. 9d. each. A few fat lambs brought ss. 3d. We quote prime quality half-breds 2|d. per lb. ; do. merinos, 2d. Store Cattle. — "We have enquiries for good framed cattle, and have placed two herds under offer. We quote 3to 5 year old bullocks L 3 to L 3 10s. ; mixed cattle, L 2 to L 2 10s. .Store Sheep. — No transactions. Horses. — During the week we have quitted considerable numbers. We sold, ex Omen from Melbourne, 13 heavy draughts at from L 26 to L 49 10s., and, ex Wellington from Wellington, 21 medium draught colts and light harness horses at from L2O to L3l ; light horses at from L 8 to Ll2. We quote first-class draughts L 45 to Lf>s ; medium ditto, L 27 to L 33;3 3; good hacks, LlB to L 25;2 5; medium ditto, Ll4 to LI 6 ; light and inferior, L 4 to LG. Country Sales.— On Monday, the 29th ult., we held a sale of cattle, horses, and farming implements, at Mr. Peterson's farm, Waipori Lake. Dairy cows brought from Ij3 to L 9 ICs. ; steers, 18 months to 2 yjars old, L 3 ; heifers, do, L 4 ; yearlings, L 2 ss. ; calves, 20&. ; draught horses, LOO to LSO ; liyht horses, L 8 to I Lll ; implements, at satisfactory prices. I Grain. — Wheat continues in good demand, good samples commanding ss. 9d. per bushel. Oats neglected, sales being confined to local wants. We quote feed 2s. 3d. to 2s. 4d. ; milling, 2s. 6d. per bushel. Barley, good malting samples wanted, and worth 43. per bushel. Feed may be quoted at 2s. to 2s. 3d. per bu&liul.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 174, 8 June 1871, Page 4
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