COMMERCIAL.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 329, 8 February 1884, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

p%|)OTEDIN, STOCK AND GRAIN n*' t *y[\'. ■ .'.': MARKETS. MrL; Maclean, under arrangements with .the British and New Zealand Mortgage and (Agency j Company (Limited), reports for the >week ending February 6 as follows : — ~,.;Fat -Cattle.— l7o head were yarded to-day, jconsi§ting^of; about,. one-half prime quality and the remainder good to prime. Sales opened with fair competition, and last week's values were maintained ; but as the sales progressed, competition became dull, and a decline in. pride' was observable frbm J previous week. Prime bullocks brought from L 8 10s tpLll.; fair to good, L 4 10s to L 7 15s. -pteme'cows from TJSto'Lil 6sY fair to good L 3 10s to L 7 10s. I quote prime beef at 20s •per 1001 b. : - r ■: ; Fat-Sh.eer/.-rrAn average supply was penned to-day— viz, 2623, of which 2223 were cross* breds/and 3-@Q]Jserino£. was by. no jne.ans .brisk throughput the sale, and unless*' scVeral fine's had 4 'been-' cleared by graziers a considerable reduction would have hadj£jbe accepted. As it was, prices at ?^e^m'^tn*e^"c6ui i se^'o > f -the^sale' suffered a decline, although geajsraHyi values were about similar to last week. Prime crossbreds brought from 16s 6 d to 20s .; ordinary, 13s 3d to 16s ; merinos; 10s to I2s 9d. I quote prime mutlon;.B£d to, 3£d per lb. ■ Fat Lambs.— A' full supply came forward — viz.y.'Hfl,, Prjces suffered , a decline of about '2s*peVney| on last week, the lot selling at 6s to 115, 3 d.., Grain. — Wheat : Values unaltered, and a good demand exists for prime ; while .medium lots, if free from . sprout, . are . also ready of sale., I quote prime, 4s 4d to is 5d ; medium, freeJjErom sprout. 3s 9d to 4s 2d ; sprouted, 2s 99V8flL¥L&'ipv£%4&, Ss'.tq^s; ?df t Oats are in fair demand, but few lines remain on hand unsold. Consignments would meet with xqs&ji s&)s.; -I quote bright milling, 2s 3d to 2s i 4d'; "b'rig'm; feed, 2sto 2s' 2d ; medium', Is lOd to ls;ai4';;jn^erior,,ls;Sd,to ls.9d. Barley : No transactions,-.- . ■ '.'"". •■•."' ' ' . ■ . . r — ' - DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKET. Mr J. H. Kilgour, grain and produce broker, reports underdate February 8, as fol- • lofrs^ ''•' /if ; ' - ; ;' :• : j.'i'lour.^-Prices remain at quotations of last i?e&— viz, .town' flour, in sacks and 1001 b bags'; Lift 5^ fifties, LlO 15s. Oatmeal.— Ll J per ton. Wheatp^rime, milling is .ixi'very short supply, ■and"from'4s'£!d - t6 4s' sd' Would' be readily obtained for good samples ; inferior and medium, 33 lOd" 'lb 4s Id. Fowl feed is in full supply^ and cannot be quoted at over 2s Oats.-^-Th'e demand continues active, and very few lo't^ coming forward. Prime milllmg'commands 2s 4d, while bright short feed frW6W"fronr'2s- Id to 2s 2d. There is a demaad for shipping, but the advance in prices precludes business being done, and sales are limited to local requirements. ;Barl§y. — fhere is little 1 .doing, but prime malting samples could be ' placed at recent quotations. Chaff — i here .is a. goo<l. demand, and supplies rather short.' I repeat quotations of lasfg Tweek.-rjpj-,viz.,;L4 ; to, Li ss. for good oaterTslieaf r (bags extra.) Rabbi£skius!— There isa fair . demand at from 9d-tO;-lld:perlb for summer skins. A Good Account. — "To sum it up, six long years of bed- ridden sickness and suffering, costing- L4O per year, total L 240, all of which was stopped by three bottles of Hop Bitters' taken by my wife, who has done her own housework for a year since wit hout the loss of Vday, and I wan': everybody to know it:for'their"benefit."— John Weeks, Butler. ■ Fiad^,_,__.. __ , „ „ ~l£ollomaifs Oi.iitnient and Pills — Diseases of .Woin.'n. — A^edical. scietipe iq. ail ag«s habeen directed to alleviate the miny maladies incident to females, b"uh' Professor Hoiioiyay, By" 'diligent study .'and: attentive, observation \£as; ,incl.uced to .. belie v^ that , nature had provis'ed'a remedy for these *>peciardisease3. After vast research he succeeded in compounding his celebrated Pills and Ointment, ■which embody the principle naturally designed for the relief- and cure of disorders I peculiar to women of all ages aud constitution's/ whether 'residing in warn*' 'or ' cold i climates; -'iTheyx; -have frequently corrected ! disordered functions whicli had defied . the ! usual drjigs prescribed by medical men, and with thsstrli l^ih6re'-- satisfactory result that „ the raaladyjhas': been completely and per- . " mant^r ienigVed,