COMMERCIAL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 29 June 1917, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Waters, Ritchie and Co., Auctioneers, Wool, Grain, Produce and Commission Agents, report whole sale for the week as under. All quotations are subject to market fluctuations. ...'.■"-: ■•.',■ Wheat —Good demand at Government prieeß. Oats.—Market more active. Milling 3s lOd to 4s, bright short feed 3s 8d to 3s 9d, medium and inferior 3s 3d to 3s 6d on trucks. Rabbitskins. Market very firm. Summers 14d to 16d, racks 16d to 18d, autumns 22d to 32d, incoming 33d to 35d, early winters 36d to 40d per lb, winters 42d to 50V, selected, winter does to 60d, winter blacks 54d to 70d per lb. Hides.—Government have now taken these over and valuations are held every three weeks. Sheepskins.—Government valuation held fortnightly. Tallow.— Market firm at late rat«s Rough fat 16s to 20s; tallow in tins, 26s to 28s; casks,. 28s to 1 35sparcwt. Horsehair.— Market quiet, 16d to 17d per lb. We store and dreks all classes of seed and grain. All our machinery is of the latest and most effective design, and is operated by practical men of long experience. General Produce Report. Butter.—Best salt, Is 3d per 'lb. Dairy butter in pats, Is 3d. Eggs.—2s Honey.—4Jd per lb. Poultry.— Local roasters, 4s 6d per pair; hens, 3s 6d per pair; ducks, 4s 6d per pair. Bacon —Rolls,f la 3d; namß Is 4d. Cheese.—lo|d per lh. Pigs.—ln good demand. Baconers 7|d, porkerH, 7gd; heavyweights, sd.