COMMERCIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 274, 28 November 1901, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

By Telegraph-Press Association-Gopyrigh

London, Nov. 26,

Copper, spot, is at .£66 is 6d , three months, .£6l 12s 6d. Tin, spot, £ll6 16s ; three months, £llO 10s. Pig Hop, 56s 3d. Sydney, Nov. 27. Wheat, chick, to 2s 8d ; milling, 2s 8d to 2s 9d. Flour, £6 15s to £7 ; Manitoban, £ll 10s to £l2 10s. Oats, New Zealand, B, 2s lid ; other qualities, 2s 9,]. Barley, English feeding, 2s 8d to 2s 10d. Maize, 2s fid to 2s lid. Brain, 8 jd. Pollard, 9d to 9’d. Onions, £4. Potatoes, £2 to £2 10s. Butter, finest, 9d to 91 d. Cheese, New Zealand, 7d. Bacon, 6jd to 81 d. Hams, New Zealand, Od i to lOd.

Melbourne, Nov. 27. Wheat, old, 2s lOd ; new is quoted at 2s Od. Oats, Algerian, old, 2s to 2s 3d ; new, Is lid, offered for December delivery. Barley, malting, 2s Od to 3s 6d. Maize, 2s 7d. Bran, Old. Pollard, Old to lOd. Potatoes, £3 to £4. Adelaide, Nov. 27.

Wheat, old, 2s 101 d ; new is quoted at 2s Od. Flour, £6 10s to £6 15s. Oats, Algerian. 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; stout, ,2s 9d to 3s. Bran, Old. Pollard, Old to lOd. THE STOCK MAKKET. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Limited, of Palmerston North, report as follows: — At Danncvirke the entry was a small one, and the business done hardly worth recording. Most of tho settlers had not returned from the show, and consequently the attendance was limited. At Woodville the yarding was below

advertised numbers, no doubt owing to the inclement weather prevailing. We made an almost total clearance, and could have sold more. At Pahiatua wo held a luige sale of cattle, over 2000 head being yarded, ineluding Mr Crosse’s herd of polled Angus and shorthorn cattle, which were greatly admired. The attendance of the public

as very large, notwithstanding the miser

able weather prevailing, which made matters most unpleasant. Buyers wore operating with caution, several pens being

passed under the hammer, and vendors being compelled to reduce reserves before business resulted. Mr Crosse’s entry being offered without reserve was disposed of under tho hammer. We made a good clearance on behalf of other vendors, but a number of pens were turned out unsold.

At Palmerston we had a full yarding of cattle, am! a larger entry of sheep than usual, including a line of 2000 2 and 4

tooth wethers on account of Mr G. P. Donnelly, of Hawke’s Bay. The 2-tooth

wethers, which were a nice even lino, made 9s 3d, and the 4-tooths 10s Id. The attendance was small, owing no doubt to many of tiro settlers being absent at the Wanganui Show. A better tone prevailed for all classes of cattle. Bidding for sheep was very slack, and vendors had to reduce reserves before sales could be made; however, a good clearance was effected. Quotations: At Woodville.—Store cows £2 10s, twoyear steers £4 ss, cows in calf £3, yearling heifers £2 ss, weaners 355. Store wethers 11s, ewes and lambs, culls, 10s 6d. Weaner pigs 11s to 12s 6d.

At Pahiatua.- —On behalf of Mr Crosse —Fat bullocks £6 lbs, 2-year Angus steers £3 15s, 2-year Angus heifers £3 7s, yearling Angus steers £2 12s, heifers £2 9d, shorthorn cows and calves £5 15s, culls £4 11s, Angus cows and calves £5 7s, Angus cows in calf £4 12s to £4 19s, spey cows £5 to £5 10s, dry cows £3 6s, fat cows £5 3s to £6. On behalf of other vendors. Two-year steers £5 10s to £6 3s 6d, 2-year steers £3 Bs, yearling steers £3 to £3 3s, yearling dairy heifers £2 12s 6d, weaners £1 10s to £1 16s.

At Palmerston. Three and 4-year bullocks £5 16s to £5 19s 6d, 3-year bullocks £5 15s, 24-year steers £3 16s, 2-year steers £3 16s, fat cows £5 10s, springing heifers £4 13s to £5 2s 6d, cows in calf £3 17s 6d, store cows £3 ss, empty 18-month to 2-year heifers £2 11s to £3 Is, springing cows £6 los, 4-year shorthorn bull £9 10s, yearling bull £2 17s 6d. Four-tooth shorn wethers 10s Id, 2-tooth shorn wethers 8s 2d to 9s 3d, 2-tooth shorn ewes 9s, shorn mixed 2-tooth 6s 8d to Ss, 4-tooth wethers 11s lid, fat ewes 13s 7d, woolly hoggets 8s 6d to 10s. Mr Hose reports that he held sales at Ormondville and Danevirke during the week.

At Ormondviile thoro was a fair entry of sheep, and several lines of cattle. On account of the scarcity' of foed sellers were content to accept a reduction in prices, which resulted in a good clearance. At Danevirke there was a largs entry of both cattle and sheep, including a line of about 1000 Shropshire cross and two-tooth ewes and wethers from Poukawa, for which there was good competition. The total entry of sheep and a number of lines of cattle found buyers, and a really good sale resulted. Ormondviile—Wcaners 29s 6d, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 10s 6d, ewes and lambs 11s Id, hoggets 8s 6d to 9s. Danevirke—Cattle: Dairy' cows £5 7a 6d to ;£8 10s, cows in calf .£4 5s to £5, fat cows £5 ss, store cows tEo ss, springing heifers £5 to £5 10s, empty heifers £6 to £3 10s, yearlings 355, weaners 255, 18month steers £2 16s.

Sheep.—Pat ewes 12s 3d, ewes and lambs 11s 9d, mixed 2 and 4-tooths 10s 9d, 2-tootk Shropshire cross wethers 8s 6d, do. ewes 8s lOd, forward full-mouth ewes 8s 6d.