DUNEDIN PKODUCE MARKET.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 337, 7 March 1884, Page 2

DUNEDIN PKODUCE MARKET.

J. H.Kilgour, Grain and Produce Broker, nporte under date t March 6th as fol- / ■ lows : — Hour remains at quotations of last week — riz., tewn flour, in sacks and 1001 b bags, LlO £8 ; fifties, LlO 15s. Oatmeal— Lll to LI 1 10s per ton. • Wheat — Quotations are nominally the flame as last week — viz., 4a to 4s Id ; but there is little business doing, as buyers hold back in the expectation of prices reced--.L. ing. Fowl feed is rather plentiful at from 2s to 3s. i Oats— There is little doing in this cereal, I as the shipping demand has -not commenced for the season, and any sales are limited to local requirements. Sales of bright short , feed have been made at 2s, bags weighed in under the new arrangement on the part Of the buyers, which agents are givmg way to ; inferior feed, say, Is 8d to Is lOd ; . . milling, 2s. Barley — Few transactions have taken ■ place since the mew crop began to come in, but prices may jbe quoted at from 3s 9d to

Pot?, toes— The market has been fully supplied since, date of ray last report, and Dcr■wents cannot be quoted at over L 3 p_'.r ton, bags weighed .in : kidneys arc not inquired for. Butter— Salted, in kegs, 8d per Ib. Cheese — - The market is pretty freely supplied ; prices nominally 4£d to 4|d per Ib. Hams and Bacon — T quote smoked at 9d to 9£d per lb ; green, 7d 10 7^d, and getting scarce. . | Chaff — Supplies have been over-plentiful, j particularly of badly cut, and ag new stuff will not keep in sacks it has to bo ~old at a sacrifice. New chaff, well cut, sells at L 3 103, bags returnable, at which price I hire made sales. As the supply is ample, nothing but good chaff will sel'. Grass, Seed. — The demand is very limited. Rabbit Skins — There are very few coming forward, and good skins command recent quotations. Hides— 4d to H& per lb for heavy-weights, and 3d to 3Jd forlight and inferior. Tallow— 3ls to 33s per cwt for well rendered, and 22s 6d to 24s for rough fat.