Commercial Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 363, 2 April 1866, Page 2

Commercial Intelligence.

‘ Times’ Office) ■ Monday Morning, The Customs receipts at the port of Napier.for tho month ending 31st March, amounted to £1527,2s 3d; tho threeeighths accruing to the -Province being £573 13s Tad)' -> OTAGO. Driver, Maclean & Co.’s Monthly Live,Stock, Station, Wool Retort. : 1 ' • March 17th, 1866. Transactions In stock during the past month show a decided improvement in prices obtained, and the number changing hands.' The market generally may be considered in a very healthy .state; holders of partially stocked country buying freely at prices ■ quoted belbw, with hut little inclination on the part Of speculators,to invest; in fact, good squatting properties having 'assumed a more sound aud reliable investment, meet with” ready purchasers at fair value. ' ; - , We have disposed of a very large quantity of every description of stock during the month, at quoted prices, and Etili havo purchasers! for considerable numbers. Fat Stock.—The market continues fairly Supplied with cattle of-medium quality,, the season of th© year being both favorable to fattening aud driving to market, which is taken advantage of by holders as far as possible before the winter months set in, when wo may look for an advance upon present rates. We quote good quality of beef at about 45s per 100 lb., The. same, remarks will apply to fat wethers, of which the supply is ” equal to the demand) at about 4d per lb. Calves aud lambs of good quality are saleable at former rates. Store Stock.—We have numerous inquiries for sheep of every class, but particularly fox- young sound, breeding ewes and mixed lambs, tlie demand being chiefly for tho South, i Some fiockowncrs are holding back ill anticipation of an advance, which buyers do not, seem inclined to accede to.” c have sold, a very large number of this class of .stock at our .quotations; also, a few lots of six-tooth and.full-mouthed ewes, and, as before stated, have orders foi-further lots of 1 each sort. Wethers are also coming into better request, aud with the growth of wool wo look for a proportionate increase iu tho demand. ‘Good wellbred cattle are iu request and saleable, but the fear of disease having to a certain extent passed over, are heid with more confidence. We quote maiden 'ewes at 19s to 20s; 2,4, ahd 6-tooth do., 17s to 17s 6d; good 8-tobth do.) 11s Gd to 12s Cd; lambs, mixed sexes, 20s to 22s per pair; do, ewes, 12S 6d to 13s; wethers, 4, 6, and full, 12s to 12s Cd; do, 2-tcoth, 10s Gd to 11s; cattle, mixed ages and sexes, £6 IPs to £8; d 0.,. bullocks, over 3 years, £9 XOs to £IOTOs. We. would remark that tho place of delivery and quality of stock' causes the margin in prices quoted Ter various classes. ' Station Properties.—There are buyers in the market tbr goojl properties at fair value, and several transactions are now ponding. The following have changed hands: during the monthStoneburuo Station, ‘ near Moeraki, 45,600 acres, with 7000 sheep, for £IO,OOO, to Air Win. Gillibrattd • the Wairuua Station, near Popotunoa, 12,000 acres, with ' 5000 sheep, at market prices for country and stock. Thro Bred Stock.—Wc bold our annual sale of pure stockbn; 2nd instant, at the Pastoral and Agricultural Society's yards, and disposed of nearly every lot otfcred, at prices satisfactory to vendors. • Wool,—During the month we held our customary wool which were very well attended by merchants, foilmongers,, and others, tho competition ou all occasions being very,-spirited. The lots offered lOtnirised some of the choicest clips in tho province, all of which, without exception, found buyers at the prices quoted below, and although they cannot be. considered other than most satisfactory to growers, are, on, the,other hand, fully.warrarited'by the last advices from. England.” Greasy wdol, of good staple and quality, sold readily, while wasty descriptions moved off more slowly; washed, clips, - well got up, and scoured lots of good quality were very eagerly com-’ peted for. Tlie season is now drawing to a close, but clips from several of the backward and more‘-inaccessible stations are yet to como to hand. . ■■■■'* l : Greasy wool, 9ld to 12)d' per lb.; washed fleece, 17d to! 29id per lb,; scoured fleece, 21d to 241tl per lb.'; isc; ured skim wool, aid to 2i)p; handwashed wool, 12d to lod. 1 Sheepskins—We have disposed of a . considerable number, at from 2s 6d to 4s, for medium to fulf-woplled, 1 and 4d to per lb. for inferior lots. ” ' . Hides.aro in fair demand, We have sold as follows ; Sound heavy, 2jd to 2}d per lb.: sound medium, IJd to 2d per lb.; light and; inferior, 5s to 7s Cd each. Tallow is still very scarce. Fair samples aro easily saleable at £4O per ton to£42 forsuperior. ' ■■ The following ships have sailed from this port for, London during, the, Reason, viz,Robert Henderson, cleared loth January,.2o2l- bales; Timaru. cleared 23rd January, 2672 bales; A.‘W. Stevens', cleared 27th January, 1604 bales; Thracian, cleared 24th February, 1720 bales; Ecbunga, cleared 7th March, 3682 bales; Chile, .cleared T4th March, 2U5 bales.