Commercial

New Zealand Tablet, 3 April 1913, Page 29

Commercial

PRODUCE Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report: Oats. —Moderate quantities .rave been offering for direct delivery from country stations. The export demand is not keen, and millers’ limits do not allow them to operate freely at current prices, but nearly all consignments coming to hand have found buyers at quotations. We quote : Prime milling, 2s 2d to 2s 2-id; good to best feed, 2s Id to 2s*2d; inferior to medium, Is fid to 2s per .bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. —Local millers’ operations have not been heavy during the past week. We quote: Prime milling velvet, 3s lid to 4s; Tuscan, etc., 3s 9d to 3s lOd” medium, 3s fid to 3s 8d; best whole fowl wheat, ,3s 3d to 3s 4id; medium to good, 2s lOd to 3s 2d ; broken and damaged, 2s 3d to 2s 9d per bushel (sacks' extra);. Chaff. —We quote: Best oaten sheaf,' £3 10s to £3 15s; choice black oat, to £3 17s fid; medium to good, £2 15s to £3 5s ; light and discolored, £2 to £2 10s per ton (bags extra).

WOOL Messrs. Stronach , Morris, and Co. (Ltd.), report for week ended Tuesday, April 1, 1913, as follows: Rabbitskins, —We offered a very large catalogue at yesterday’s sale to a good attendance of buyers. Competition was very keen, last sales’ rates being well maintained. We anticipate another good season. Quotations: Does, 25d to 27£d ; bucks, 17d to 19d; best racks, 12d to 13d; light racks, lid to ll£d; spring does, 10£d to 13d; outgoing, to 19d; small, to Bfd; fawns, to 13|d ; blacks, to 30d ; hareskins, 12d to 13|d per lb; horsehair, 18|d to 2ld per lb. Sheepskins. —We offered a large catalogue at today’s sale, but competition was restricted. Prices, however, were very high,, in some instances showing a slight rise on last sales’ rates. Quotations: Best halfbred, B|d to 9d; medium to good, 7-|d to B|d; best fine crossbred, 8d to Bfd ; best coarse crossbred, 8d to B|d ; medium to good, 7d to 7|d; dead and inferior crossbred, fid to 7|d; best lambskins, 7£d to 8d; medium to good, fijd to 7|d; best lambskins, 7d to 7td; good, fid to fifd; inferior, 3-ld to 5-Jd. Hides.—We held our fortnightly hide sale on Thursday, the 27th ult., when we offered a good catalogue. Prices for hides and also calfskins and yearlings were fully up to last sales’ rates. Quotations : Extra stout heavy ox hides, to 12d ; good, 9id to 10-|d ; stout heavy do, Bfd to 9|d ; medium and light , do, B|d to 9{d; extra stout heavy cow hides, 9d to 9|d; stout heavy do, Bid to B|d ; medium and light do, B|d to Bfd : inferior cow and ox hides, 6-§d to 7'[d ; cut, 6£d to 9|d; slippy, s|d to 7d; bull and stag hides, 6|d to fifd: horse hides, to 14s 3d; best calfskins, to ll|d ; medium to good, 9|d to lOfd ; inferior, 7d to Sid ; best yearlings, B|d to Bfd; medium to good, 6|d to 7|d.