CORN EXCHANGE REPORT.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 206, 9 July 1878, Page 2

CORN EXCHANGE REPORT.

The following .is the..a*epojsforjthe we^ek "".'ending, July s:— " X : - Grass Seed.—There are few parcels-.bf' rye .grassy seed offering. Sales can be •*• effected for prime at 6s to 6s 3d per „ Cocksfoot is in fair demand aty_ • v■>: AX i ■•■ ■ ~,., ;* .-,„ Potatoes. —Several large orders are to Chand for export to the intercolonial markets *£•' *<4for- : seel has been •-closed for at the beginning of the week at .>-'arjVG%£'P§T t( Wf> frepi-on; hoard. This is a fact ' ' ='• 'Worthy of note. 'For cargoes, for im- -*•*• mediate"delivery £4 per ton ;has begfl,, i.-reftysed.y|ntlie;intercolonial markets the .... potatoes have-taken,first place, Coifnnaridlas higha price as Tasma- • •sjfi'iiiarisi '"-Stocks'here are light, and with the iX increased demand and the supplies coming .?. Vsfqrtf.arckhave MlsiVoffV ,_he,'\probabilities .A *_e*ffi£xthafcfiighei*,rateswill rule. Farmers '.X frflpe&t, pitting; to accepting [ the current i"Xrates offered.' For farmers', parcels £2 ."y IQB a per,-tou is ..freely offered. The pro-f-ys 5 ducers '■' aYe ri6t* : sriblmed ,{o do business at : -' J ' ■ this 1 rate: ;: ' '''■ :■?".';. '~ Cheese-and Butter. —The demand has - ; cheese and butter coming for-, wtfid in prime condition are saleable "at last week's quotations. ' Cheese at s£d ; to .; h a and butter' at 9d t0.,10d per lb. eiyye X-.? x^-X- — '..?"■- : ' ' ' Messrs R. Wilkin and Co., report:— "; ! ' i - i S t a_iEPS'iiNS— At our-sale ori Thursday, x4l^B'"skins' were classed, and all sold. • ' ; .- ; Therewa_a large attendance, and bidding ■XX. was spirited throughout. The'following i*-/?' ara the prices:—Butchers' 6s 5d to 7s Id each ydo '..[■ medium, three parts woolled, 5s 8d to 6s 5d f .' t * each ; do, medium,.halfrwoolled, 4s 9d to '"" *', 5s 8d each.;, do, small and inferior,-3s 2d '•""''"' to '4s"M' each; butchers' merino, large, well-wboiled, 5s 3d to 6s Id each; do, medium, three-fourths woolled, 4s Bd. to.----5s 3d. each; ..do, • medium, half-woolled, Ss 3d "ib" 4s k ßa 'each ; do, small and inferior, 2s 6d to 38 3d each. Pelts, large, early shorn, ls 9d to 2s 6d each;, do, small and inferior, ls to ls 9d each. Merino, large, well-woulled, 6|d to 7£d per Ibj do medium, three-parts woolled, .... „, 5d to 6|d per lb; do, medium halfwoolled, 4d to 5d per lb ; do, small and. - -*-,- -lightly -wooded, ~£d po 4d per lb." Dry bbiiritty skins sold" well. -Tallow—We ■ , •T-/^i•''Vc^t-a^b^)sd••••.aMair, v 'fl:-»ntity of fat- and tallow on,.Thursday, There was a full.

attendance, of the trade, and biddings was .*'■ A Bojpnewha.t brisker than jt. has been for past.c, With me exceptions of . tallow passed in at 26s any 27s a -'iSd-per cwf. * all lots were sold at the following* '--prices:—Best clean well-sayed, 2M-. 4 t0-3d'per lb j second quality, 2£d to v ♦ 2%d per lb ; "inferior and cheated, to ■■*■ <' rj|d rier lb*; tallow* in' snklr quantities, 3d ~SJDEs,---We had a fair lot of .: a j_ides on .Q#£ .catalogue, and all were sold. . The attendance uf buyers was limited and the prices have a downward tendency. • Jvot 1- dry salted, 4|d per lb ;' lot 2, wet salted, 4£d per lb ; lot 3, green, 3£d per lb; lot. 4, calfskins, 5d per lb ; cut and damaged, half price..