COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1011, 2 August 1883, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office, vi Thursday aftemoen. The following is the Christchurch Com Exchange report for the week ending Thursday ::' fevening ) iand- instant: —Extreme dullness continues to pervade business in the grain trade, and prices are not altered from last week.; — Wheat; Good milling samples, 4s to 4s 2d per bushel; first-class Tuscan, id to 2d over these quotations; • second quality, 3s 3d to 3s gd; chick wheat,, as 3d to 2s 6d.—Oats ; Good stout milling, as to 2s id per bushel, 1.0. b. ; feed, is 9a to is lid per bushel— Barley: First-class malting, 4s 3d to 4s 6d per bushel; second quality malting and feed, 2s 4d to 3s $d. —Grass-shed: Good clean farmers’ samples, 3s 3d to 3s gd; machine dressed; 4s to 4s 3d ; cocksfoot, 4d to 4,V£d per lb.—Potatoes, 30s to 32s fid at country stations.—Cheese and a ,lOj£4 for the latter. ( The Sydney Markets. 'The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agents , Company, limited, * report of the Sydney markets, under date July 19, as follows:—Wool: We anticipate that very little > will occur from now until ‘ Shearing time, which will bring us to the commencement of the August-September series of London wool sales, always a subject of interest to both] grower arid buyer, the tone of the opening sale pramises to be a matter of more orithattr usual curiosity here; as the local sales will ,be of yety considerable extent this season, and 4 ! fhe lohden reports,will, without doubt, have ;s 'airimportant influence upon values.—Sheepskins Market .unchanged.—Tallow : The rca p6rt of he&vy stocks in London will doubtless bring about increased caution on the part of shippers; in the meantime we have no appreciable alteration to" make in our last quotations. ..—Butter:.-The market shows no signs of imJ ‘ trfovritfeht,' aud it is difficult to eflect sales of i i Kew Zealand salt at any price.—Potatoes : —Tire-market continues • firm, with an upward

• tendency. ; We quote best quality, L 3 15s to •.(Li Aper tqiwOats ; Many enquiries have been made within the past week for feed qualities, and for these we" quote, :—2s 3d to 2s 8d per busheL—Biari continues steady at 13d per jbnshel. at which price we placed 800 sacks ex , Rotomahana. ... .■