DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKET, JULY 22, 1885.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 14, 24 July 1885, Page 17

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKET, JULY 22, 1885.

J. H. Kilgotxr, grain and produce broker, reports under above date as follows : — Wheat : There is no change to report, and I quote prime white velvet and Tuscan at 3s Id to 3s 2d, and other milling descriptions not being enquired for, it is difficult to give a quotation. Fowl feed is scarce, and wanted at 2s 3d to 2s 4d. — Oats : There is an active demand for bright samples at up to Is 9d ; medium quality feed, Is 7£d to Is 8d ; discoloured, Is 5d to Is 6d.— Barley : The market continues quiet. — Chaff : £2 16s for good quality well cut, and demand quiet. — Potatoes : My sales have been at £3 2s 6d for Southern, but probably £3 5a could be obtained for prime Northern derwents. The market is over supplied with kidneys, and the demand very limited.— Butter : There is a good demand for prime ealted (in kegs), at from 9d to 9£d, Freßh is in fair inquiry at Is to Is 2d for prime. — Eggs : Is Id per dozen. — Turnips : 20s per ton for best tiwedes. — Grass Seed : There is some inquiry for choice samples of ryegrass, at up to 4s 6d for machine-dressed.

Mb. F. Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale prices, including bags : Oats, Is 6d to Is 9d ; wheat, milling 3s to 3s ljd, fowls' feed Is 6d to 2s 6d ; barley, malting 3s to 3s 3d ; milling 2s Od to 2s 6d, feeding 2s ; oaten hay, £3 ; rye-grass, £3 ; chaff, £2 10s to £3 ; straw, £1 15s to £2 ; bran, £3 10s to £3 15s ; pollard, £4 10s; flour, £7 15s to £8 10s; oatmeal, £10 10s; fresh butter, medium to prime, Is to Is 3d ; eggs, Is ; salt butter, B£d to 9d ; cheese, 4d to 6d ; bacon, 7£d in rolls, hams lOd ; potatoes, Derwents £3 to £3 ss, kidneys £2 10s.