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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 976, 22 June 1883, Page 2

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Ashburton Guardian Office, Friday afternoon. ThAfoJlowing. is the Christchurch Com Exchange ribfirt for the week ending Friday evenId instant:—There is no change to report in the state of the grain market Ex-tremßdhhmsa-prevails, and sales are difficult tdleSßEHfmitat this market quotations. Eng* lish advices continue to report a weakened to some extent is influencing our local market.— Wheat : Good sound Tuscan, 4s 3d to 4s 4d per bushel f.0.b.; ether wheats in similar.;condition, 4s 2d to 4s 3d f.0.b.; second class samples, dry and fit for milling, 3s 3d to 3s 8d per bushel'delivered in Christchurch ; (hick wheat, 2s 3d to 2s 9d delivered in ChristckUrih*— -Oats t Bright and stout millingquality, 2s to 2s l}£d per bushel f.o.b ; Ififfif ohts'ffeed), Is 8d to is lid per bushel or delivered in Christchurch. —Barley : First dassmalting samples, 4s 4d to 45 ?d per trmhef delivered in Christchurch; second mass maltbig azxl'feed qvlality, 2s 4d to 3s 6d per bushel delivered in Christchurch or £o.b.— Beans and Peas: The former are worth 3s 3d 10 3s 4d per bushel delivered in Christchurch, if thoroughly sound and dry; the latter, 3s 3d sort and quality.—Potatoes: Business in the tuber is exceedingly slack, antrpayers are extremely diffident about speculating- “JpiTo 32s 6d is offered delivered at .. Gtirisfthurch/' Buyers, however, are not disposed to accept—Cheese and Butter: sd to 5#4 forthe former; lid to n%d for the latter? Itega extra. -■■■' Messrs Miles and Co, per J. T. Ferd, report on the-live stock-market, etc., for the week ending Thursday, June 21, 1883, as folldWs ;—Addington : These yards on Wedlast were very largely supplied with principally of good quality, in fact there were scarcely any stores forward. Pigs aJS&l'wefe in great force, the heaviest supply W*9havfr-tein for a long time being penned. Very few rtpre sheep were on offer, but quite enough forme demand, which at very low ebb. Scarcely Aliy fatcattle were entered, but we cAttnbt tebOrd ahy advance in prices in conse* qocnce, the*.average being mediocre. Store cattle'were also sparsely represented, and not enquirid for tojany great extent Mutton very prit&e, realised about hut we quote 2d per lb as a general average. Beef we quote at 21s per xoolbs for top price, and about 16s lowest pigs,, consequently upon the heavy mar Yet, somewhat suffered in prices. The total entry for the day was as f0110w5;—7,448 sheep, 215 head of cattle, and 322 pigs. Our entries were on account of Sir John Hall, Messrs R. H. Rhodes, jun (Bluecliffes Estate), W. L. Allan (Victon Station), C. Ensor, E. Mcnlove, J. Rice, W. McLennan, Pelham Jones, P. Grant, W. B. Clarkson, the executors m'Rl Chapmm, J. O’Neill, etc., etc. Mr W.i McLennan’s crossbred wethers were in srgondwl , :i f qqndition, in fact the pick of um r ma&eti .and realised 16s gd . all rounds* I ''The Acton Station crossbreds were very , good, and were all sold at 15>6d «nd j >ss gd, the major’part bringing the higher .figure.; Mr C. . Elisor’s crossbred wethers sold well at 14s gd. Other lines sold equal to our quotations. Tinwald—At these yards on Tuesday ,we sold fat crossbred ewes aad wethers, mixed, at from 8s fid to ns 3d, £rt crossbred ewes at lis fid, merino ewes at *3s fid} ! merinh wethers at 7s. Dull market and average a entry. Wool, Sheepskins, Hides, Fat an^T^allpw—At our weekly sale on Thursday we had a' fairly large entry and a good attendance of buyers. Butchers’ crossbred skins sold at 3s 3d, 1 3s fid, 4s, 45 2d, 4s fid. $s 2d, anduptofis; dopoerino sold at 3s 4d, 3s fid, 4s t 0 45 lid. . .Country skins, of which we had a large consignment, sold well when in good condition, there being more competition for dry skins at this time of the year than fresh ones. We sofd.crossbredsat as 2d, as fid, 2s Bd, 35 lod, ss, 59,3 d and up tofis 8d; merinos, is pd, zs yd, ys, 3s fid, according to staple and preservation, these being the top prices. Fleace wool, crossbred, we sold at 4Jfcd per lb,-4oor condition. Rough fat sold very well, 2jfd, 2#d and being realised fcr butchers’ best, 2d for inferior. Country fat, well saved pod dry, sold at 2jid per lb. Hides and 'calfskins -sold at S&d per lb, if sound ; a)£d.foc cut and .damaged.