COMMERCIAL

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5497, 11 December 1907, Page 3

COMMERCIAL

Messrs Waters, Ritchie, and Co., auctioneers, wool, stock, grain, produce, and commission agents, report (wholesale) for the week as under. All quotations are subject to market fluctuations :—: — Wheat — Demand quiet, and prices are easier. We quote : Best Velvet and Tuscan 6s, medium 5s 9d to 5s lOd, fowl wheat 5s 6d to 5s 7d (sacks extra)

Oats— Milling 3s lOd, bright short feed 3s 6d to 3s 7d, inferior 3s 2d to 3s 3d

Barley— We have a good demand for prime malting samples Rabbltsklns — Sales -will be held every fortnight during off season. We offered a large catalogue this week, when competition was brisk. Suckers and runners 4d to 6d, autumns lid to 14£ d, winters 16d to 21d, selected does 21d to 25d, summers 6d to lOd, springs lid to 14d per lb Sheepskins— We held our usual weekly sale, when we offered a large catalogue, competition being keen, at last week's quotations. Pelts Is 4d to Is 9d, crossbred 4s 9d to 9s, extra 9s 6d to 11s 6d, merino 4a to 7s, extra 7s 6d to 9s Hides — We hold fortnightly sales. Prime ox 7d to 7£d, heavy do 6d to 63d, medium do 4d to 4sd, light do 3d to 3£ d, damaged l£d to 2£d, calfskins Is to 3s, yearlings 4s to 6s, horse hides 7s to 8s each

Tallow— Rough fat 17s to 20s, tallow in tins 20s to 245, in casks 25s to 30s per cwt

Horsehair — Keen demand from 15|d to 18dper lb We store and dress all classes of seed and grain. All our machinery is of the latest and most effective design, and is operated by practical men of long experience

GENERAL PRODUCE REPORT

Butter— Best salt B£d, dairy butter (in pats) 6£d per pound Eggs — Is, good demand Honey — 3d to 4d per lb Cheese— 6£d per lb Bacon— Rolls 84d, hams 9d Pigs— sjd per lb ; in good demand Poultry — (Local) roosters 4s 6d per pair, hens 2s 6d per pair, ducks 4sto 4s 6d per pair