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Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 23, 17 December 1874, Page 4

Tenders. &c m SNDEES will be received at the .Office of the Secretary for Works, until noon of Tuesday, 29 th December, for— ; . ; ] Contract No. .1012—Formation and ; metalling 33 chains- of road near ] to Cat. ! lin's tiiver. i Plans and specifications may be seen, and : forms of tender obtained, at the office if the Provincial Eagineer, and at the JP«ifc Office, : Port Molyneux. Tenders to be indorsed " Tender for Contract No. 1012. 4 ' Tbe Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender. mENDERS are iavited for PLOUGHING , 500 acres river flats, clear open land, oh Wantwood Estate, Mataura, between Ist February and Ist June, 1875. The tenders may be for the whole or for blocks of or over 100 acres, and to be forwarded on or before sth January next, to THOMAS AXPORD, . Manager, Wantwood Estate, . Mataura, i—t—^ "i—^"^ f\N SALE BY THE. UNDERSIGNED. WOOL PACKS TURNIP SEEDS SHEEP SHEARS SWEDISH Do. TURKEY STONES GARDEN RAKES ' . SEAMING TWINE DUTCH HOES KADDLE TURNIP HOES LAMP BLACK HEDGE BILLS RATION SUGAR REAPING HOOKS STATION STORES- SYTHES and HaNDLESFLOUR RAKES TOBACCO, &c. WASHING MACHINES NOW* IN STOCK— A Supply of Nicholson's Reapers, single and double motion, At Dunedin Prices- with freight added. Also— Beid and Grays Double-Furrow Plouarhs . Murray's Double-Furrow Ploughs. i i A'Large Stock of Galvanised Iron Fencing Wire Nails Oils Corn-sacks t Chaff-cutters &c. &c. &c. > STEWART &. GO W, Wholesale and Retail Merchants, B A L C L U T H A.' I > — '—* ——- " Leader Office," Balclutha, December, 16. Wholesale.'—Oats are and have beeiifor some- - time past very scarce. They, continue, however, to come in slowly. It- is generally supposed there is enough in the district to enable the local market to pull through until .the new season's crop reaches it; consequently they are not expected to rule higher-then, at present. They are-worth, wholesale, 4s lOd to ss'2d. Wheat is in fair 'supply with a moderately good demand. It is coming in steadily and in very good condition. Quotations — prime quality/ 4s 2d to 4s 4d ; medium, 3s lOd to , 4s. For'barley there is really no demand. It is quoted nominally at 4s to 4s 3d. Bran which is very scarce, is selling at £710s. Retail.—Cheese reported scarce, is quoted at Is ; eggs also scarce, Is 6d; potatoes, 10s •to *-12s ;: flour, . 3d; butter plentiful at Is; ham. Is Id; bacon in , moderately good supply is sold at lOd; onions, 6d; tea, 3s ; sugar, 6d; coffee, 2s ; candles,-Is 4d ; bread, 3 41b loaf 8d; oats. 5s 6d; wheat, 4s 6d; barley, no demand, 4s 6d toss. ; ' Loading has been coming; up. from town freely during the week. It is charged at £4 per ton. A fair amount of wool has been going down by. dray, but as yet the season's clip hks done little more than made a start en route for the port of shipment. Mr Robert Grigor, auctioneer, reports as for the week ending 6th Inßt..—' ' ■ .• • " Grain.—The market is at .present; v,ery bare of wheat, for which a good.demand exists; It is worth, prime quality, say 4s 2d to-4s<4d •, 3s lOd to 4s. Barley is very scarce, without, any particular demand; nominal quotations, 4s to 4s 3d. . Oats continue to be very scarce.;" milling, samples are worth 5s 2d, and good feed 45,10 dto ,ss. " Live Stock!— Prime cattle are in demand, 4 and ' ■would fetch from 25s to 30s per lOOlbs; store cattle, 'have become 'rather, more plentiful within the last "two weeks; still, the market, continues 1 but barely supplied. .Current quotations, from £2 10s to £5, according to quality. A'large and important sale of horses of all the different classes is advertised to take place at the, Newmarket stables on Saturdayfirst,'at which some really fine useful animals' will .be offered. I also beg to draw attention to the sale ;at Mr Alex. Ayson's, Warepa, on the 30th' Inst., of '500 sheep in.the wool.: All descriptions are;offiering <at about Dunedin quotations, but buyers do not seem 1 to be inclined to operafe. ■ ~':'.. :;:.- .• ' /'.'". THS SALE ITARDS/ ", '-' "_ '' ,'.- Fat CAiMLE,—A lighter.supply Caused -prices''-to--5 spring fully. 2s 6d per.lOOlb. over last week's 5 fates.. head, were yarded, which fetched equal to per 1001b. for prime 'quality,'*and to s 27s'6d for medium quality.—Maclean Bros, sold adraft,,on; ao* count of :Mr' Wilson, of Wiipbri,'which "reaiised ' from L810s;to Ll2 for Dullocks; and from L 8; 15a;}.to rLlOßs'for cows. 'They.guqte really prjmebeef37s, . ■6dt04256d r pef l lo0lb; medium' arid'inferior,' 30s-to ';dss. rr Mr-l£ Drivefrspldlfour very-prime bullocks to Al M'Laren. and Co., of Tokomairiro, at L3O ■ each. JvTh'ese 'bullocks 'wefe?br6d' and fattened * H Messrs Findlay Bros, of the* Taieri, Plain, ■ and will ■be exhibited by Messrs M'Laren as prize Christmas ■beef.: