COMMERCIAL.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 112, 14 August 1877, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

FROM THE LYTTELTON TIMES. Christchurch, Friday Evening.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE

Business during the week has been more than usually quiet. We have few transactions to note either in the execution of orders for export or in fanners' parcels. FIuUR. —The price for guaranteed parcels still remains at £17, f.0.h.; Bran, £4 ; sharps, £5 ; oatmeal is in moderate request at £20. Potatoes are dull of sale at 32s 6d to 355. Dairy Produce shows no improvement. Butter and cheese may be quoted at 6d and 5d respectively. Hams and bacon, factory cured, are in fair request at 7£d to 8d per 11); farmers', at 4£d to 6d. • STOCK AND STATIONS. At the Saleyards on Wednesday 5130 sheep and 455 head of cattle were yarded. The sheep consisted of the usual description of butchers' lots, with a fair proportion, of stores. Prime cross-breds realised 16s each ; good ditto from 14s 9J to 15h ; second quality from 12s to 13s 6d. Some medium quality merinos came forward, and found purchasers at 9s eaoh. We quote a shade over per lb as an average for mutton. The biddings for fat cattle were not so 'animated as at last week's sale. Several pens, of good quality not reaching the o\-Msrs l .expectations, were' passed in ; other lots of iridium quality realised upward of 30s per IOOIbs. A large number of stores of all description came to hand ; the biddings were brisk at thejeommencement of the sale, but the latter being very long, and dragging somewhat, they came slowly towards" the end, which caused several good.pens to be passed in, but they were afterwards sold by private treaty.