Messrs. Donald Reid and Co.(Limited) report :—

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10, 9 March 1905, Page 13

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) report :—

We (held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when we submitted a lull catalogue to a good .attendance of local buyers Jnere was fair competition iihroughout, and, with the exemption of a few lots, which did not reach our valuation, the catalogue was cleared at quotations. Prices ruled as under :— Oats.— The past week has been a quiet one for nearly all classes of oats. Prime milling are by ro means strongly inquired for. Shipments have been almost entirely coastal orders, and these are being filled with B grade or lower quality. Arrivals have been heavy and new season's oats are not yet offering in quotable quantities. We quote: Prime milling, 1/8 to l/B*i; good to best feed, 1/7 to 1/8 ; inferior to medium, 1/4 to 1/6 per biishel (sacks extra.) Wheat —Millers' requirements are not at present large, ahd are easily filled with -small lots of • prime quality.- Medium milling of all sorts • continues 'to be out of falvor, and can only be quitted as fowl wheat This is still offering freely at late values, but with lower quotations at northern ports, not nwirh business is paatag locally. We quote : Prime milling, 3/6 to 3/8 ; medium, 3/2 to 3/5 ; whole fowl wheat, 3/- to 3/1 ; broken and damaged, 2/6 to 2/10 per bashel (sacks extira.)

Potatoes.— For Monday's sale we had no Derwents forward, but catalogued several lots of good" white potatoes, which met fair competition at £7 to £7/10/per tan (stacks va). Chaff.— Consignments are not arriving so freely,, and prime, brigiht oaten sheaf continues to meet with ready sale. Medium quality with which the market is fairly well supplied, has not the. same attention ; while infenor, light, and discolored sorts have no inquiry We quote ■ Best oaten sheaf, £3/10/- to £3/12/6 ; choice samples, £3/15/ ; medium to good, £3 to £3/7/6/- • inforor, £2/10/- to £2/15/- pel lun (bags extra). Hay.— The market is well supplied. We quote : Good to prime clover and ryegrass, £2/15/- to £3/5/per ton (pressed). Pressed Straw.— Moderate supplies arriving We quote : Oaten, 40/- to 45/- ; wheat, 32/6 to 35/- per ton.