COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 640, 19 May 1882, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

, , t< -ij:-. Ashburton Guardian Office, ' , - Friday Afternoon. Business in the grain market has ■ been without any,-change worth. mentioning ; ■ oaring the week.. . Prime samples of wheat meet Wfch ready sale at 4s to 4s 9d and per bushel, according to quality and * kind, ' Tuscan seed samplesaro being cnquiredafter, and sales have been effected ' at from gd to 3d.per bushel over top - . { prices of other sorts. , A fair business has Jbeen done in at Lll 10s f.ab , and from LlO 15 j to-to Lll per ton. for small s . 'trade lots. ■ Oats remain at about* 2s lOd - r 3t Id per buahsl, but only a small ‘quantity has been operated with at thelatter figure. Barley, for prime malting samples meets with a fair enquiry at from 4s 2d to 4s fid per bushol ; inferior kinds' at 3s. • Potatoes have been largely dealt in during the week, and a considerable tonnage of the tuber* have left our shores for Syd- ,. ney and', elsewhere where the markets '' ’offer favorable returns to shippers. The, ' weather has been very fine for the period of the year, and no severe frosts of any -- - kind have been experienced yet. Farmers are employed in getting land ready t fpr -cropping,! and owing.to the fine weather a fair acreage has alro \dy been sown.- We note with pleasure the very satisfactory sale of farou-land which was hold on Friday last, * This land .consisted o( some ,of the Longb.each estate. The price realised averaged a little over Ll2 per acre. This shows that really good land' will sell at very satisfactory rates, even .when large quantities are submitted to the-ham->f , “er. • • Com Exchange report for the week ending Friday evening, the 19th instant:—There is no alteration to note in the state of'the market , during the past week. The market continues firm, with business, however, rather, dull. Wheat.—Good sound milling samples are worth from 4s gd to 4s nd per bushel;’ f.0.b.; second quality wheat, 4s 3d to J 4s 6d per bushel; *.}- chick wheat, 3s 6d to 3s gd per bushel} seed wheat, Js to $s 3d per bushel. Oats. - Good *-[>' ' st out milling- samples are worth from 3s Id to 3s 4d per bushel; feed quality, 2d per bushel * less. Barley.—The market continues dull. A slightly better feeling has been visible, during the past week, hut values are unaltered. Prime malting samples may be quoted at from 4s 6d to 4s- yd per bushel; second-class quality, 3s 6d to 4s 3d per bushel. Beans are worth from 4s id to 4s 2d, delivered in Christchurch. * , Potatoes.—Business dining the week has been transacted at from 33s to 36s per ton at country stations within ten miles of Chrjstcburch, sacks extra. Grass Seed is almost entirely neglected. Cheese and Butter.—The former i 4s- Worth 5d per lb; the latter rod per lb.- ' ■ I