COMMERCIAL.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16166, 21 March 1918, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLED REPORT. The Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce has received the following cablegram, dated London, March Kith, 1918, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand: — Meat: Available quantity not large, but on account of rations present supplies meet requirements. Supplies consist chiofly of New Zealand lamb, Canadian beef, and English calves, all at maximum prices. English mutton and beef, small supply. Butter and Cheese: No change since last report: small supply soiling at maximum prices. Hemp: Manila hemp, superior grade, is in. demand, early delivery. Stocks at February 23th were 31.998 bales, against '33,329 bales at February 28th last year. New Zealand: Already shipped continues in active demand. Practically nothing doing for forward shipment. Wheat and Oats: Market very quiet owing to the abscnce of offers for account of Government. Official quotations havo not changed. STUD. SHEEP SALES. t At tiic Aldington Sards yesterday the New Zealand Farmers' Co-op. Association sold the following Southdown stud sheep, on account of the late Henry Pannett's Estate (Springston): 53 two, three; and four-shear owes at 2igs to 3gs, 50 ewe lambs at 2-Jgs to 2k£S, 43 two-shear owes afc 3gs to 4Jgs, 43 two, three and four-shear ewes at 3Jgs to 4gs, 30 ram lambs at l»gs, 1 imported four-shear ram at , 2 four-shear rams at 7gs to 13gs, 5 one-shear rams at 3igs to sigs.

TEMTTKA STOCK SALE. Thero was a fair attendance at tho Ternuka stock sale on Tuesday, and' a good entry. Prices for fats were well maintained, but stores were weaker. Fat ewes made 2(5s 9d to 31s 6d, fat wethers 28s to 34s (id, fat lambs' 26s lOd to 31s 3d, mixed sex lambs 20s to 23s 2d, two-tooth ewes 33s to 36s lOd, four, six and eight-tooth ewes 2Ss 9d to 3-is 3d, full-mouth ewes 2os Bd, store ewes 16s 6d to 21s, fat cows £S 12s €<1 to £17 17s 6d, and springing heifers £10 to £11 10s.

BTJRXSIDE MARKET. (PEESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) DUNEDIN, March 20 At Burnside to-day 151 f a t cattle were yarded. Prices were equal to' late rates. Prime bullocks made £2oJ medium £16 to £18. prime heifers £151 17s 6d, medium £13 to £14 15s. iio-iit | and aged £11 and upwards. ' ° ! Sheep—2B27 were penned. Exporters' wero operating steadily, resulting in a 1 hardening of prices, all classes shoving a slight improvement. Extra prima wetbers made 4os Gd, prime 40s to 44s 6d. .medium 38s to 40s, extra prim-j i

ewes 445, heavy 41s, medium to 333 6d * ' J Lambs—lloo were penned and practically all bought by exporters at late rates. Prime made 35s 6d, medium to good 28s to 32s 6d, and lighter 20a to 265. propertyHmarket. Jones, McCrostie Company, Ltd., sold by public auction, in their land sale rooms, yesterday, a residential property situated at 19 Gloucester street West, together with i-acre of land, on account of the Church Property Trustees, for £1100, to Mrs R. Day, and on account of the mortgagees, a fiveroomed bungalow and 49 perches of land, situated m Hawthorn© road, St. Albans, for -£695, to Mr Taylor.

CH KISTCHUBCD STOCK EXCHANGE. LATEST QUOTATIONS^

YESTERDAY'S BUSINESS ON OTHER EXCHANGES. (tress association telegrams.) DUNEDIN. Sales:—Huddart-Parker, 38s Sd, SBs 9d; Mt. Lyell, 303 Bd, 30s Bd, 30s Sd, 30s 7d, 30s 7d, 30a 7d, 30s 9d, 30a lOd. Sales reported:—Canterbury Frozen M-eat, 190s; National Insurance, 61s.

Buyers. , Sellers. £ a. d. £ «. d. BANKSNew Zealand (£3 63 8d paid) .. .. 12 8 0 — j^lEWERIES— Manning .. .. 3 0 0 mm INSURANCE— National .. ., 3 0 6 — MEATS— Canterbury .. .. 3 7 6 — N.Z. Refrigerating (old) — 2 0 6 N.Z. Refrigerating (new) — 2 0 0 "WOOLLENS— Bruce .. .. 19 6. — MISCELLANEOUS— N.Z. Drug Cc. (£2 pd.) 2 12 0 —