DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKET.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 347, 11 April 1884, Page 2

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKET.

J. ti". KilgMir, grain and produce broker, ' lepbrts taidei' date April 9, hs follows :— : ' Flour. The quotations of this week are rather under thofie leeently jeported, as country brands have been qaoted at from ; .IS 10s to. L 9 15a in sacks. UJ 159 in 1001 b ~ . ."bage, and LlOin 50's. -•• .'■• Oatmeal, LII to Lll 10s ]jer ton _.-■ . ■JW'heat.—The clemand is limited to local y tequirement, and millets only buy very '■'-<■■ spatifrgly" I quote prime milling at 3s 9.1 "to 3s;lld"; nledium, 3s 2d to3s7d. Fowl ■■>-. feed is in rather short supply, and good !: samples would command from 3e to3&'3d; . inferior/and medium, 2s to 2s 9J. Oats.-T.There Is still a fair demand for ■'•■*.' >bip'tncnt> -but owing to tin: rcc«ni. r.uiw hi -. v ,Ne\v hjiiiii. "\rfllt- 1? the !S.><Jney rlonwrdl i» : ' oit: still, \m\n>-. -«iri})ki- ff ''/'./v'.'iuininyis'iiidiHiperior bricrhv plic.rt fowl p'otxi--2« Id to 2s "id; inferior wnd -,(:,;/'in^edtu.iuJ^JOd, to 2s. Xhestj prices uieau bags ys's_ in, fily Bale? comprise a let of test :;)'\r, shoes' feed oats at 2s Id, and I have several ri'i'lbfJsof r ithe -new crap under offer at 2s Id ■■:iy/'r^. >Ba*ley.-^-There"is very little of the new %?-s'(CTpp,y'ett6 '"hanl. 'My only sale for the :f;7.|f^eek^liSß^been aline of last season's inferior

Potatoes, — There is as yet no denia.Mi in large quantities, but single truckloads are easily disposed of. at last week's quotations — viz. L 3 10s per ton (bags weighed in), at which price 1 have made sales eince last report. Butter. — Since last report prices have slightjy improved, and I quote prime salt, in kegs, at 9Jd per lb. Cljeese. — xhe market is pretty fully Bupplied. Prices nominally 4Jd to 4Jd per lb. Hp-ms and Bacon. — Smoked, 9d to 9£d per lb ; green, 7d to 7|d. Chaff. — There is a ready sale for all lots arriving if of good quality and well cut ; price L 3 108 per ton (bags returnable), at which figure I have placed all consignments for the week. Grass Seed. — There is some enquiry for ryegrass for shipment, but the price for machine-dressed would not exceed 4s to 4s Id. There is an active demand for cocksfoot, and I have placed several lines at from 4Jd to 4Jd per lb (bags extra). Rabbi skins. — The demand is active, and all well-furred and properly-cleaned and sorted lots are saleable at from Is 2d to Is 3d per lb. Hides. — Heavy weights. 4d to 4^d per lb ; light and inferior, 3d to 3sd. Tallow, Sis to 31a 6d ; rough fat, 22s 6d to 25s per cwt.