Commercial.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 480, 1 March 1881, Page 2

Commercial.

(From The Lyttelton Times.)

Cubibtchurch, Friday Evening.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE,

Transitions in the grain market during «'.: past week' have been a shade quieter, t nt the aggregate that has passed through Ii nds indicates a moderately active tone. Wheat.—Good milling samples of wheat iv tnken at 3s 5d to 3s 6d, and for the favorite sorts 3b 7d to 3e 9d is being

Oats.—Heavy milling descriptions find l.iiyen at Is 6id to la 7d, and feed at Is •'.•I to Iβ sd. Inferior lots are taken at la o I«2d. ' . . Barley.—Not much has yet transpired ■n this grain. Bat quality ranges between s and 38 6d, and ordinary 2s 3d to 2s 6d. Flour ie quoted a £9 10s to £10f.0.b. a cording to brand. Grnss-Seed.—The present in the market n L a few orders for the autumn sowing hne Ivanised into a more active tone the en-ui-y for rye grass, but the prico asked lias somewhat checked business. Really well-dressed farmers' lots are quoted at 3s i> 3a 6d, but buyers for holding hesitate to purchase at these figures. Cocksfoot ia ;.fferin«* in quantities, and fair sales have l..>en made at 2£d to 2|d, according to yiality. The seed thin year is as a whole of undeniable quality, but still many of ;>:e lots coining forward are but mdif- *■ >-ntly dressed. To insure the top price, which ie even it must be admitted, esceedv low. we would imprees on growers the necessity of bestowing a little more attenii'in upon the cleaning of the seed. Dairy Produce.—The enquiry continues <|.iitft. Buttvr, 6<l to 6sd ; cheese, dull, at ;-)£d 5 hams and bacon, Bsd to 9d.