COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1245, 5 May 1884, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

; ■ ♦- -■ t-.i' . Ashburton Guardian Office, ; _ ; Saturday Afternoon. 'f ’ Mr T. Bollook "reports on the horse market S«i! t for the week ending Saturday, May i l There was a large entry of horses (viz., 03), y/* 1 w although there was a numerous attendance 5 of country settlers and others, biddings were languid -except for ,a few good sorts, which S - realised Ml market values, for medium stock ~ of all description there were few buyers. Out £ r of the total entry (63) 20 were sold at the foi- % , lowing prices, viz., draughts of rather a oupc- | nor description, L2s to L 33 10s; I suitable lor farm work (a pair), L 24 each ;do > ' ' of a lighter description, Ll 4 to Lip; aged and » r inferior, Lo 10s to Lio 10s. Light harness hones were very dull of sale, and only one or f- - tvc£Tof an inferior, description changed hands. * r- ' colts (light), 3 brought L 29 ; hacks, LS iSs lo 1 s 1 L 7 Cs. ■ Landed properties and leasing land for cropping. —Previous to the horse sale, I * offered a numbeLof town, suburban, and other : - prApertid, ats6 letting of land for cropping. There was a very large attendance, the pnn- , cipai attraction being the leasing of 1,200 seres, part of Lagmhor Estate for s' one crop of wheat, offered in blocks of IS® acres each. There was a very spirited k " bidding, and considering-the low prices ruling f;v',- fortninn, if realised high’rentals, viz; - Lot I, r "" ico acres, 30s per acre ; lot 2, 150 acres, 30s K per acre; lot 3 150 acres,. 32s 6d per acre ; lot 4, 150 acres, 32s 6d per acre ; lot 5, 150 Acres,- 273 6d -per acre; lot 8 r 150 a^ es * *5 S £3p‘-' - per Acre; lott 6 and 7 were not sold. The biddings for properties offered for sale were -1-.: i rather languid,' except for one or two suburban * > S Jots, which were disposed of at full values as *>V;. follows:—Lot 256, containing 3 roods fronting r-• the. Wakanui road, in the Estate of Everett Bros., realised L 102; lot 38, facing the Town A-v - Belt East, containing % acre, L60j.20 perches i 'with small cottage thereon, near the above, 4.- LlI2 IDs; part of T.S. 77 *» Wakanui road, ,’)■ T containing 26 perches, brought L4l. A num.s. her of other town properties were offered, but biddings not reaching owners reserves were •j- passed in, also all rural properties offered, u'j tTs. 242, Tinwald, fetched Li 5"