Messrs. Donald Reid and Co., report as follows :—

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Messrs. Donald Reid and Co., report as follows :—

We held our weekly auction sale of .grain and produce at our stores on Monday. There ' was a fair attendance of buyers, but except for wheat (of which there was little on offer), bidding was not brisk. Still, a fair proportion of our catalogue found buyers at prices about on a par with late quotations. Values ruled as under :— Oats.— The demand for seed lines is easing off as the season advances, but for all classes of oat# which have any inquiry as seed, values are well maintained. Little business is being done for shipment. The rise reported in Australia last week caused some inquiry, which has not yet resulted in actual" sales. •At present business is chiefly confined to seed lines, and to small lines of feed for local use. We quote : Choice seed lines, 3s 4d to 3s 6d ; good, 3s 2d to 3s 3d; prime milling, 3s to 3s ld ; good to best feed, 2s lid to 3s i inferior to medium, 2s 9d' to 2s 10id per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.— Local stocks are much reduced, and in consequence few sales can be reported. Choice milling lines are readily taken by millers, but medium are not so saleable. 'Fowl wheat is scarce, and most of the medium quality offering is being used as such We quote: Seed lines, 4s lOd to ss; prime milling, 4s" Bd to 4s 9d ; whole fowl wheat and medium milling, 4s 6d to 4s 7d ; broken and damaged, 4s 2d to 4s 4d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.— There is no change to report. Consignments continue to arrive freely, and in the ' case of white sorts cannot be placed at- any advance on late values. Prime Derwents are not so plentiful, and have fair inquiry. Medium and inferior sorts are difficult to quit. We : Choice Derwents, £3 to £3 5s • me-< dium, £2 5s to £2 15s ; best Up-to-dates and ' other white sorts, £2 7s 6d to £2 10s ; fair to good, £2 2s 6d to £2 os ; inferior to medium, £1 10s to £2 per ton (bags included). • v 49«?? a i W """^ c qUOt + c: ? aten> 5256 dto 555 ; beaten, 42s Cd to 45s per ton (Pressed).

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report :— Wheat.— Quotations : Seed lines, 4s lOd to ss; prime nulli-ng, 4s 8d to 4s 9d ; whole fowl wheat,. 4s 6d to 4s S^WSacS^lS)^ 4S2d t0 4s4d " Per bUShe1 ' Ik t P o S 6 . ff IU ? g ' ? a t0 31.3 I. ld ; good to best f eed, lid to 3s inferior to medium, 2s 9d to 2s lOid Der bushel, ex store (sacks extra). * P