COMMERCIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2409, 26 January 1909, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

LOCAL MARKETS

There is very little doing in commercial circles just now and the wholesale traders complain that January has been a very quiet month. Few ; land transactions have taken place, and stock is at a low. value. The s.s. Squall' will. take a consignment of 1 sheep to Whangarei, next week, but so far no sheep have been sent to Auckland or Waikato since last winter. Retail traders report business as only moderately brisk arid' many are feeling the after-effects of- the holidays. Harvesting is now almost over and farmers sue busy stacking’ hay. The dry weather lias had its effect upon the milk supply, and none of the creameries are receiving such large quantities, as they were a few months ago. Eggs are getting scarce, and as the Lenten season approaches are sure to rise in*value. The wholesale merchants report the following prices for produce at Gisborne : Flour is a, little easier consequent upon tho good harvest in the south. Sacks £ll 10s, bags £l2. Potatoes arc plentiful. The season, has been good and, blight has been almost unknown. Best qualities are quoted at £6 per toil. Chaff is cheaper. Local grown can be bought for £4 15s per ton. Best Southern £6 10s per ton. Wheat is quoted at os 3d, and oats at 2s 7d per bushel. Butter (best factory) Is Id;, eggs l Is 6d ; cheese 7d to 8d; bacon 9d to lOd; hams lOd to lid.

TRADE OF THE PORT. The following interesting statement of tho trade of the port was laid on the table at the meeting of the Harbor Board yesterday: DECEMBER TRADE. Imports.—Timber 428,760 superficial feet, posts and strainers 600, lime 15 tons, cement 125 casks, 104,1 bags, coal 643 tons, bouses and cattle 12, sheep 371, coastal wool 1273 bales, -grass seed 274 sacks, chaff 1595 sacks, wheat 87 sacks, malt' 233 sacks, bran and pollard 185 sacks, oatmeal 6 tons, flour 874 tons, sugar 67$ tons, salt 56 tons, kerosene 750 eases, fruit 68 tons, beer. 57 hogsheads, 372 eases, 17 kilderkins, 23 barrels, 1 keg, wines 188 cases 5 quarter-casks, spirits 351 cases, 10 quartetr-casks, 10 octaves, Ihouse-blocks 1665, motor cars 2, wire IS tons, miscellaneous 1368 tons. Exports.—-Butter 12-18 boxes, mutton 27,497 carcases, lamb 21,805 carcases, meat sundries 181 tons 14cwt, preserved meats 154 .cases, pelts 87 tons scwt, tallow 94 tons 17cwt, casings 9 tons lOcwt, hides 1456, sheepskins 4160, manure 62 tons, wool 8464 bales 29 pockets, slieep 50, cattlo and horses 12, grass seeed 111 isacks, maize 911 sacks, fi'uit 14$ tons, timber 950 superficial feet, bricks 700, motor cars 1, miscellaneous 207 tons. THE YEAR’S FIGURES.

Imports.—Timber 6,764,263 superficial feet, posts and strainers 44,299 bricks 373,345, lime 381$ tons, cement 1450 casks 7122 bags, coal 13,114 tons, horses and cattle 288, sheep 3129, coastal wool 8768 bales 991 pockets, grass seed 3646 sacks, potatoes 12,079 sacks, oats 27,097 sacks, chan 27,207 sacks, wheat 841 sacks, malt 1508 sacks, bran 'and poll-ard 3U5b sacks, oatmeal 121$ tons, flour /bo* tons, salt 429$ tons, kerosene 11,040 cases, fruit 499$ tons, beer 88/ hogsheads 4463 cases 76 kilderkins, A; barrels 12 kegs, warns 1223. cases 39 quarter-casks 42 otcaves, spirits o/3/ cases 260 quarter-casks 118 octaves, KSoblocks 25,808 lin. fcet. >"«*»'• oars 15, wire 637$ tons, miscellaneous 17,932 tons. , , Exports —Butter 7630 hexes, mutton 283,126 carcases, lamb K 1 904 Mwases meat sundries 2/Jb tons owt preserved incuts 2110 cases, pelts 691 tols lvowt tallmv 1282 tons ««- ings 62 tons 13owt, hides 13,1/ /, sheepskins 38,335, -manure / 46. tpn.., wool 44,583 bales 2899 pockets, sheep 17,891, cattle -and Loises -K, seed 2576 sacks, niamo 9260 isacks, barley 27-03 sacks, linseed 328 -auks, G, liM-orts.

THE HOME MARKETS

United Puess Association. Copyright

. LONDON, JAN. ‘25. The wheat market is quiet and .inactive Buyers -arc cautious m vieiv ol approving big Argentine *»• menu- ami Australia s laige expoi .. There is a fair inquiry, lor cargoe . 36s to 37s 6d is asked for Australian £w afloat and 37s for January and February shipments. There is small business in Australian on spot 40s to is firm h; J prices .generally are unchanged. Colonial is slow. New 1 Zealand choicest is and occasionally IT4s■ .i. -i -in.. The underwriters have allowed 10., to 12s per cwt oil the J’aparoa s/buttei in holds one and two and, 40s to 60> in. holds three and five; 6d ou cheese in bohls one and two. and los an liold.three. , , . ~ r . • The cheese market is firm- Com tide’s 60s to 61s, Panaroa s sound ° B Tlic Bradford wool market is quiet and: unchanged. A few topmakers suggest higher quotations., lho . lyin - nvoa” clip at London sales realised LONDON, Jan,. 24. The wool catalogued to date amounts to 53,302 bales. All. sections are operating confidently. The quantity sold is 50,441 Ibales. Awarua brand sold at 9d, Tena'koo 10,d, ana Poukawa 112 d.

VICTORIAN HARVEST--A GOOD YIELD.

MELBOURNE, Jan. 25. The wheat yield is likely to he a record. In any case it will go over 27 million bushels. HIGH COMMISSIONER’S CABLE. [Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Jan. 25. The High Commissioner’s cable, dated London, January 23rd. states:— The mutton market is quiet, lhe stock of New Zealand mutton is mod-

crate. There is little demand. Current quotations are: Canterbury 3sd, North Island 3sd, River Plate 3d. Tho lamb market -is weak. Stocks of Australian lamb on hand are widely distributed amongst agents, who -arc pushing sales. Supplies from River Plate are increasing. Current quotations are: This season’s other than ..Canterbury . ssd, last season’s Canterbury sd, other than Canterbury 4scl. . - 1 ’ There is a better demand for beef, but no change in oriees. The butter market is steady and a fair business is doing. There is a better demand for the ehmcesb New Zealand: brands which are quoted at 112 s, Australian l-08s,< Danish 115 s, Siberian 103 s, and Argentine 108 s. ' The cheese market is firm with a hardening tendency.. White makes are quoted at 60s, colored, which is in small supply, 61s. Current quotations lor hemp, good, fair grade, on spot £25; fair grade, on soot, £23 ss; fair current Manila on spot £24; January to March shipments, good fair grade, £24 10s; fair grade, . £22 -10 s; fair current Manila,- £23 ss: The wool inarkot remains firm. Prices have slightly advanced for all grades of merino. The hop market is dull and unsettled, ivith a downward tendency. Large supplies are coming fovAvard. Best English hops are quoted at 70s, American 565.

Tons. Tons. i«* - fsZ 190-j ••• '■' 9:j’d28 190y 62,201 ... 30,660