Commercial

New Zealand Tablet, 3 August 1911, Page 1465

Commercial

PRODUCE Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report; Oats.—The demand for prime Gartons and sparrowbills is somewhat stronger. Local stocks are light, and chiefly on this account little business is passing in this market. Quotations: Prime milling, 2s 4 id to 2s sd; good to best feed, 2s 4d to 2s 4id; inferior to medium, 2s 2d to 2s 3-Id per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.—Millers are ready buyers of prime velvet and velvet-ear, and as Tuscan has some inquiry from shippers there is a better tone in the market. Quotations: Prime milling velvet, 3s 6d to 3s 7-id; Tuscan, etc., 3s sid to 3s 6d; medium, 3s 4ld to 3s 5d ; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; medium, 3s to 3s 2d ; broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 2s lOd per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.—Quotations: Best table potatoes, £3 to £3 2s 6d; medium to good, £2 10s to £2 15s; stale and inferior, £2 to £2 5s per ton (bags included). Chaff.—Quotations: Prime oaten sheaf, £4 5s to £4 7s 6d ; medium to good, £3 15s to £4 2s 6d ; light and discolored, £3 to £3 10s per ton (bags extra). Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Ltd.) report as follows: Oats.—Since our last report the market has firmed, and prices are id a bushel better. Quotations: Prime milling, 2s 5d to 2s sid; best feed, 2s 4ld to 2s 5d ; medium, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; inferior, 2s to 2s 2d per bushel (bags extra). Wheat. There is a stronger demand. Millers are buyers of velvet and velvet-ear, and shippers are pur-

chasers of Tuscan. We quote: Prime velvet, 3s 6|d to 3s 7cl; velvet-ear and Tuscan, 3s sid to 3s 6d ; medium, 3s 4|d to 3s - sd; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 3|d to 3s 4d; medium, 3s to 3s 3d; inferior, 2s 9d to 2s lid per bushel (bags extra). Potatoes.—Any prime lines of potatoes, freshly picked, are readily quitted at prices in advance of last week. On the other hand, medium and stale lots show no change. Freshly picked sorts, £3 5s to £3 7s 6d; good sorts, £2 15s to £3; inferior, £2 to £2 17s 6d per ton (bags in). WOOL Mr. M. T. Kennedy, 217 Crawford street, Dunedin, reports as follows: Rabbitskins.—Prime winter does, 17d to 18d; second does, to 161 d; prime bucks, to 16d; incoming and early winter, 14d to lod; autumn, 12d to 13d; racks, 7sd to 9d. Horsehair, 16d to 19d; catskins, 4d to 6d each. Sheepskins.—Halfbred, 6d to Bd, per lb; fine crossbred, s§d to 7d; coarse do., 6d to 6id; pelts, 3d to oci. Hides.—Sound ox, 6d to 8d; do. cow, 5d to 6Jd; damaged ox and cow, 3d to 4|d; calfskins and yearlings (sound), 6£d to 9d. Horsehides, 8s to 14s each. Tallow. —Best in casks, to 26s per cwt; do., 245; mixed, 18s to 20s; rough fat, 16s to 20s. Prompt returns. No commission. Messrs. Stronach, Morris and Co., Ltd., report for week ending August 1, as follows: Ilabbitskins.—We held our rabbitskin sale on Monday, when we offered a very large catalogue. Prices were firm at last week’s rates. Best winter does brought from 20d to 21-kl: good, 18d to 20d ; prime winter bucks, 17d to 19d ; seconds, 15ld to 16|d; incoming winter, 14d to 16-id; autumns, 13d to" 14i-d ; racks, 9d to 9|d; light racks, 8d to B|d; springs, 8d to 12d ; prime winter blacks, to 22d; incomings, 17d to 19d ; fawns, to 16-id; horsehair, to 18-|d. Sheepskins.—We offered a very large catalogue at to-clay’s sale, and bidding was keen for all sorts, although there was hardly the same demand for inferior stuff. Best halfbred, 6-1-d to 7|-d ; medium to good, 51-d to 6 kl; inferior, 4-id to sd; best crossbred, 6id to 7d; medium to good, 5-id to 6]d; inferior 3-id to sd; merino, sid to 7d ; best pelts, 4-id to 5d : medium to good, 3d to 4d; lambskins, 6d to 6|d for best, 4-id to 5-id for medium and inferior.