Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report :—

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Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report :—

Oa^s -Business passing is small, and prices are a . follows :-Pnme milling, 2s lid to 2s 2d ; good to best feed, 2s to 2s lid ; inferior to medium, Is lud to is inquiry is limited pretty well to prime quality but there is a fair demand for fowl wheat. Quotations :-Prime milling, 3s 5d to 3s 7d , medium, 3s 3d to 3s Id ; whole fowl wheat, 3s Id to 3s 2d , broken and damaged, 2s !)d to 3s per bushel Potatoes-Suppl.es of last year s »orwcnts ha slackened, prices being as follows : Best, £10 to £10 5s , others, £8 10s to £!) Ids per ion Chaff— The market is pretty well stocked, and the only inquiry is lor prime samples. Quotations :-Pnmc oaten sheaf, £1 to £4 2s f,d (choice to £1 ss) ; medium to good £3 Ids to £3 17s (id per ton.

Messrs Donald Reid and Co., (Limited), report as follows —

We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. Our catalogue was a small one, and met with moderate competition The attendance of buyers was not so large as usual, and as local trade requirements at this season of the year are not, meat, those present had hltle dilhculty in supplyihu their 'wants. Pi ices ruled as under:— "oats— Dining the past week there has been \eiy little inquiry for shipment, and as local buyers na\c been fanly well stocked the amount of business passing ,s extremely small. Stocks in stores heie aie exceptionally light, but se\eial fair-si/.ed lines are ofteruiG; or duect consignment from country stations, and under t no present unsatisfactory conditions of the export tiade do not readily attract the attention of shippers We quote-, . Pnaie millin«, 2s lldto2s 2d ; good to best feed, 2s to 2s Hd ; inferior to medium, Is Hid to Is ll'.d per bushel (sacks extia). "Wheat -Millers are not buying freely, but are disposed to operate in prime qualities of all sorts. Tlieie is not the same demand for medium duality but foNvl wheat still has good inquiry at prices (I1 a par with late values We quote : Prime milling 3s 5d to 3s 7d ; medium, 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; whole fowl '^heat, 3s Id to 3s 2d ; broken and damaged, 2s 9d to 3s per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.-Supplies of last season's Derwents have now slackened, and for Monday's sale we had none o oHer. Rest are worth £10 to £10 ss; others, £8 10s to £9 10s per ton (sacks in). Chaff —Prime oaten sheaf is in better supply, and with moderate inquiry is not so readily quitted. Medium and inferior sorts have practically no demand. We nuotc • Prime oaten sheaf, £4 to £4 2s Cd ; choice, to £4 r>s'; medium to good, £3 10s to £3 17* 6d per ton (bags extra).

Straw.-With over-supplies coming forward prices for wheaten straw have dropped, and tins class is now selling at 30s to 33s ; oaten straw is also more plentiful and sells at 455, t0 4tf,s Gd per ton (pressed).

Messrs, Nimmo and Blair report as follows :— Wheat -Last week's values remain unchanged. Millers still prefer to handle nothing but. prime millmg samples. Fowl wheat is firm at Qu° talio , n VW? 4* Prime milling, 3s 5d to 3s 7d , medium, 3s 3d to 3s 4d whole fowl wheat. 3s Id to 3s 2d per bushel (sacks CXIr Oals.-Markct quiet. We quote: Prime milling, 2s Ud to 2s 2d ; good to best feed, 2s 1o 2s Hd ; interior to medium, Is lOd to Is ll|d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.-At the moment all business passing is being done in new seasons, supplies being for the jnost part imported. 'To-day inquiries are sequent for Oamarus. We quote : Prime Derwcnts up to *9 10s , new kidneys and other early sorts, up to 20s per cwt. Chafi -Supplies are coming forward most regularly and values have eased in consequence We quote : Prime oaten sheaf, from £4 to £4 5s ; medium to good, £3 10s to £3 17s 6d per ton (sacks extra). mstr^*-En-rrg —Buyers anticipate a collapse of the market at the latter end of the week. We placed our to-day's SUPP BuUef-Ma P rket d nrm: Dairy, VA per 1b ; occasional box, 8d per lb , milled, 9d to 9£d ; separator in prints, 9d 3UI to 3f d ; heavy weights, 2id to 25d ; porkers, Ud to 3>l per lb. 4 poultry-.-Hens, 2s Ml to 3s; roosters (old) 3s to 3s Hd (young, is 3d to 4s ftd.; ducks, 3s'to 4s ; ducklings, 4s 9d to 5s 3d per pair; turkeys, gobblers, 8d to 9d ; hens, 5d to Gd per lb (live weight).