DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKET, FEBRUARY 12, 1885.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XII, Issue 43, 13 February 1885, Page 18

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKET, FEBRUARY 12, 1885.

J. H. Kilgoue, Grain and Produce Broker, rcpor s under date February 12, as follows :— -Wheat : The market continues quiet, the only demand being for white velvet, which is saleable at 3s 5d to 3s 6d. and inferior milling at 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; other descriptions of millinsr are quiet at 3a to 3s 3d ; fowls' feed, 2s 2d to 2s 4d.— Oats : There is a fair demand for bright, short feed, and very few coming to hand, but prices remain at about level of last week's quotations viz —23 3d to 2s 4d for bright feed, 2s 5d to 2s 6d for milling' and 2s to 2s 2d for inferior to medium quality. — Barley : Buyers' are holding back until arrival of the new crop, and there is little business doing. My sales have been — medium quality maltin" at 3s 6d per bushel ; feed and milling are not inquired for. Chaff": Demand is quiet at £3 per ton for oaten sheaf, bags returnable.— Potatoes : The market is completely glutted, and sales are effected with difficulty. Th<? best price obtained at auction on Saturday was £2 15s per ton.— Batter : 7£d per Ib. for prime salted in kegs but the demand is not active.— Hides: The market is unchanged the quotations being— heavy bides, 4d to 4Jd ; medium, 3id to 4d • light 2id to 3d. — Tallow : 26s to 27s per cwt". prime rendered ; 14s to 17s for rough fat. — Cheese : 4£d to 5d per lb. for prime quality. Eggs : Is Id per dozen. Me. F. Meenan, King street, reports :— Wholesale prices, including bags : Oats, 2» Od to 2s 3d ; wheat, milling 3s to 3s 6d, fowls' Is 6d to 2s 3d ; barley, malting 3s 6d to 4s, milling 2s 6d to 3s 6d feeding 2s ; oaten hay, £3 5s to £3 10s ; rye-grass, £3 ; chaff, £2 10s' to £3 ; straw, £1 15s to £2 ; bran, £3 5s : pollard, £3 15a j flour, £8 to £8 10s ; oatmeal,; 13a Od ; fresh butter, medium to prime, 6d to9d • eggs, Is ; salt butter, 7d ; cheese, 4d to 5d ; bacon, 8d in rolls hams lOd ; potatoes, new, £2 10s.