DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKET, MARCH 11, 1885.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XII, Issue 47, 13 March 1885, Page 18

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKET, MARCH 11, 1885.

Mb. J. H. Kilgotjb, Grain, and Produce Broker, reports under above date as follows : —Wheat : There is no business doing. aS buyers are not inclined to operate until arrival of new crop, so that at present it is almost impossible to give quotations. The prices are likely to rule lower than they have been quoted recently. — Oats : There is no demand for shipping, and the local demand is quiet. I quote old feed, Is 9d to Is 10£ d, with very Blow sale. New milling, Is lOd to Is lid. — Barley : Buyers are holding back waiting arrival of new crop, and prices are as yet unfixed.— Chaff : There is a good demand for old chaff at £3 per ton at railway station, bags returnable. My sales have been at that price. — Potatoes : The market has been barely supplied for the last few days, and any lots now arriving would fetch a considerably better price than that quoted last week.— Grass Seed : Business could be done in cocksfoot, but buyers are not inclined to give more than 3£d per lb. There is nothing 1 doing in rye-grass. — Butter: Market quiet at 7d to 7£d per lb. for salted in kegs. — Cheese: 4id per lb for best quality.— Eggs : Scarce, and probably fetch Is 6d per dozen. Me. P. Meenan, King street, reports :— Wholesale prices, including bags: Oats, la 9d to 2s ; 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 ; cbafi, £2 10s to £3 ; straw, £1 15s to £2 ; bran, £3 ss ; pollard, £3 15s ; flour, £8 to £8 10s ; oatmeal, 13s ; fresh butter, medium to prime, 6d to 9d ; eggs, Is 4d ; salt butter, 7d ; cheese, 4d to 6d ; bacon, 8d in rolls, hams lOd ; potatoes, new, £2 10s.

The Catholic Bishop of Harbour Grace states that he was fired at with a gun during the recent Orange procession, but by a rapid movement of his head he evaded the charge. One arrest has been made iv consequence of the Bishop's statement.