Commercial.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 12, 24 September 1874, Page 5

Commercial.

♦ ■■ Balcltttha, Sept 10. Driver, Stewart, and Co. (Clutha Branch), report, for the week— " * "Wholesale prices of Oats, 3a 5d to 3s 7d per bushel Wheat, 3s fid to 4s per bushel Potatoes, L 4 15s to L 5 per ton Barley, 4s to 4s 3d per bushel Chaff, L4to L 4 10s per ton-' ' KyegiasH— no demand - Eggs, la 6d per dozen Butter. Is per lb Hams and bacon, 8d per tt> Cheese, BJd per lb DUNEDIJT. A. Mercer reports :— Fresh butter continues to be more plentiful, and the best quality in Jib. and lib. prints is selling at) is 9d to Is 10d per lb; lump butter, Is 6d per lb. v second quality, Is 3d per lb. Side and rolled bacon. lid to Is per lb. ; English hams, is 4d per lb. ; beef bams, 9d per lb. Cheese, best quaUty, lOd to is per lb: Egg* are' still plentiful, and meet with great demand at is 2d per dozen. , The Guardian of Saturday reports, under •' Free and Duty paid" — Hay, L 6 10s per ton Straw, L 2 10s per ton Oatmeal, L 23 per ton y.our, Lll 10s to Lll 15s per ton Prime wheat, 4s 3d to 4s Od per bushel Good fowls' wheat, 48 2d to 4s 3d Oats, good feed. 49'2d to 4544 Bran. L 5 per ton Chafl. L 4 10s per ton Potatoes, L 6 ios per ton Onions, 60s per cwt ' • Bacon, did per lb ; ham, Is Ojd ; cheese, 7Jd to Bid Pollard, Ls los to L 6 per ton' • • •' Barley dust, L 5 per ton— rather scarce Beef, 20s to 25s per cwt ; 3d to 7d per lb retail Mutton, 3d to 5d per lb ; veal, 4d to 6d Turkeys, plentiful ; 'fowls, per pair, 6s to 6s Apples, 4d to 8d per lb ;, oranges,- 3s per dozen. Lemonß, 3b per dozen ; currants, 4£d Carrots, L 3 per ton ; celery, 3s to ba per doeen Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report :— Fat Cattle.— The number yarded was 180, and this being beyond the requirements of the trade, a coneiderable portion, consisting of middling quality was Sold for grazing. We sold on account ™f L6lostoLl4l2B 6dfor cowb, and from L 6 to Lll 10b for bullocks. We quote prime beef atffrom vta to 35s per lOOlbs. ; middling quality 25s Fat Calves.— 2o. head were yarded, "which sold readily at from 33s to 50s each. ' < Fat Sheep.— A good supply came forward. 1 600 oF aU sorts Tvere penned. We sold sso haif-bmls at from 18s to 20s 3d ; 86, merinos, at 10b 6d ■ 299 merino wethers, crawlers, at 4s 4d\ We also' sold privately 1.400 merino wethers at 14s each We quote prime half-breds 4Jd per lb. ; do, merinos 4d • Store Cattle. — We have inquiries for grown cattle for delivery next month. Our sales consist of 3»>6 buUocfes and spayed cows for delivery 'next month at L 4 10s per head, and, 70 head mixed cattle at L 3 10s each. We quote bullocks 3to 4-year old at L 5; mixed cows and bullocks, L 4 to L4 los ; mixed lots L 3. Store Sheep.— We have inquiries for merino wethers and cross-breds. and have sod 1000 fuUmouthed wethers, in low condition, at 6s. We quote cross-breds, 4 tooth, at 12s to 13s ; young merino wethers, 7b 6d to 8b 6<L ' Country Sales.— On Monday, 7th inst., we held a a sale Dy auction at Burnback Farm. West Taieri. on account of Mr. William M'Nieoll. The attendance was large, and competition brisk. Dairy cows brought from L 4 15s to L 9; store bullocks. L 4 10s : mixed catUe,L3 l2B Gd; yearliDgs, 278 6d to 455; horses, light, from L 8 19s to L3O 108; oats 3s lOd per bushel ; farming implements, satisfactory prices. At the same time and place we sold by «wtipn, on account of Mr. Donald Grant, some iwll-bred cattle. Cows brought from L 7 to LB ;

\ heifers and yearlings, L 3 to L 4; roan buii. *'Bls- , marck," L 46; bull calves, L. 108 to L 5 6s^ light horses, Ll2 to Ll6. Horses.— There Is a good demand for both heavy draughts and horses adapted for light harness. We shall offer at onr yards on Saturday, 20th inst., on account of John Bi Blair, Esq., a first-class ship, ment oT heaVy draught mares and geldings, ex Otago, from Melbourne, among which are some very Superior prize draught mares. We shall also offer two extra fine Clydesdale, entire edits, by Renfrew and Prince of Wales. We quote firstclass draught mares, LBO to L 10 0; medium dp, L 35 to L 4 5; good hacks and light harness horses, l.2s to L 3 5; medium do, Lls to L2O ; light and inferior, 1.5 ta I/?. * , Statiou Property.— We have to report tht. sale of Mr. Francis Fielding's runs, Nos. 3j» and '424, consistingnt 60,000 acres leasehold country at Switzers, together with 1,200. head of cattle, 7,500 sheep, 10 horses, and working plant, for the sum of 1.11,000, the purchaser being David MKeliar, Esq., of Waikaia Plain. ; Woo).— At our weekly sale, we sold several small lots of slipe and scoured at from 14Jd to 18d ! per lb. , The telegraphio advices of the home market, received try the Otago, are hardly so satisfactory, being as follows :— •« September stb.— At the wool sa,leß, 116,000 bales, were sold, principally to the home trade. The tone of the market is now weaker. Messrs. Balme and Co., woolbrokers, report of the series that the advance on superior scoured fleece is Id ; low scoured, lid to 2d ; washed half-bred, id to lid ; greasy half-bred, Mto Id; greasy merino, Jd." Sheepskins.— There was a good attendance of buyers at our weekly sale. The quantity offered was small, but theie was good competition, and prices obtained were fully equal to last week's rates. ■ Our sales were as follows : — Butchers' green skins, half-bred, 6s Id to 6s Sd ; merino, 4s 8d to 4s lid ; station skins, Is lid to 4s Id. Hides are in good demand. We sold several lots at about last week's figures. Light-weights brought 14a 3d to 15b 6d ; medium do, 19s ad -, call ' skins, 2 s Sdeach. 'Grain.— Wheat remains, quiet, and $n limited inquiry. We quote good milling parcels at 4s 9d to 5s per bushel ; medium, 4s 3d to 4s 6d ; fowls' feed, 3s 6d to 4s. Oats are scarce, and in good demand at 4s 3d to 4s 4d for feed, and 4s tid for m.Uling. Barley is neglected ; good malting is worth 6's-to 5s 3d ; inferior, 4* to 4s 6<L CHKISTCHtTRCH. Quotations, f.0.b., at Lyttelton : Oats, upward tendency, 5s 3d ; wheat, 4s 6d to 5s 3d ; barley, 5s 9di-' bran, £6; sharps, 'XI \ flour., ±'12 to 1. 13; potatoes, very scarce, £10 ; bacon and hams, in cloth, lOd ; cheese, 8d ; butter, Is 2d ; bacon, uncovered, BJd ; hams, uncovered. Is. Auckland. Mr O'Shea-reports— Flour, L12 16s to JL. 13 ss; bran, Is 3d to Is sd ; wheat, chick, 4s 6d to 5s Gd ;" millintr oats, 5s to 6s 3d ; oatmeal, L24to L 26 per ton ; hams and bacon, 10Jd to is ; cheese; sd to Bjd ; butter, Is 9d to 2s. Mr.' Bockland reports :— Store Cattle: A full supply in request at fuU rates. Fat Cattle : Prices higher— 40s to 47s 6d per 1001 b. Sheep: Late prices sustained— fat, 5d per lb. ; ewes and lambs, 28s 6d per couple ; fat lambs, 10s to 18s each. Mr. &. W. Binney reports :— The grain market improving in some lines. Oats, scarce, 5s 3d to 5s 6d ; wheat, dull, 6s ; iiour, L l3, fully stocked ; bran, L 7 10b; pollard, LB-, barley, ss; butter. Is 3d ; cheese, 8d ; ham and bacon, lOd to lid ; potatoes, LIU. Megbournk. The Argus reports.:-cThe market for breadstuff's is not lively, and there is little to report privaiely. Flour in bakers' lots continues to move off slowly at Ll3 10s to L13 12s 6d, bags returned Under the hammer, about 16 tons were cleared off at lA'l i?s 6d to Ll3. Wheat is not dealt in, but on the other hand oflerings are too trifling to induce buyers to come forward A small lot of medium was disposed of publicly at 5s 9d. For prijae we quote up to Bs. we note a much lurger business as having been done in oats, A small lot of Ca/ifornian was disposed of by auction at 4s JOd. Privately, a line of 12,000 bushels changed hands on terms withheld. 1,50u bushels Tasmanian were placed at 5s to 5s id, and a line of 1,450 bags Tasmanian is also stated to have been taken up. Maize has firmed under the influence of short supplies of late, and quotations, according to quantity, have been run up again to 4s 5d to 4s 9}d. Mailing barley has been quitted at 6s. There is a decidedly less gloomy feeling iv commercial circles than has prevailed, since the Launceston failures first became spoken of,, and this notwithstanding that the facts disclosed in the following telegram (kindly placed at our disposal by Messrs. Lyell and Gowan) are even worse than was first anticipated. .It is now stated that Peters; Barnard, and Co.'s direct liabilities are L55,i 00 ; contingent, L 150.00 0; ranking on estate, LN50.000 -, free assetts, L 15,000. Edlin and Co.'s liabilities to Melbourne creditors are Ll.800 ; and on account of accommodation, L 9.000 ; assets, L 2,000. Brand s liabilities to Melbourne, creditors, L 2,30 0; and on account of accommodation, LlO.000 ; asset's L 2.000. Kichol's liabilities to Melbourne creditors, L2.O00 ; for accommodation, L 5.00 0; to bank secured, L 0.50 0; assets probably LIO.OUO. Hubbard's liabilities to Melbourne creditors are 1.1,400 ; to Launceston creditors, LI.OOO : and for accommodation, L 9.700 ; assets, 1,2,000. Humors are afloat as to other houses having stopped, but in the meantime no definite information has been, received.— ln the corn and grain trade things have been brisk. We notice that oats are slightly firmer. In the produce market a fair amount of business is doing. We observe that potatoes are getting scarce.