COMMERICAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 60, 29 March 1881, Page 2

COMMERICAL.

(From the N. Z. Times.) W>;t,r.[\ r c;fii.v, F.-iilay. qn.intiti;.'-* or i> inns new milling wheat, grown in tli3 Weiii'iycon district, have h?e!i so'.d' during Ui-; mo itii a* 3* SI ; to 3i 10 I, the latter li^nre only toeing paid j for very prime e'e.-m aampU'A Flour is very low. S'tverd speculative purchases have come under our notice at equal to I'O 10a per ton hor.j ; our local millers .ire ask- ' ing £10. Butter i 3 ia fair supply, and 7>l is quoted for prime gamplos. Bieon hams have been sold at B^l par lb. Potatoes are noS sr> plentiful, an I t'2 10s to .C 3 per ton h:u bean p:ii 1 P.ura shells are unsaleable at any prio in consequence of the L-m.lon m-irkct being glutted. There an: largn quantities afloat. C insideraMo speen- ' lation lia3 tukin place iu'<*ras3 savd ; e.rrJy in tlio inont'ii yood p-sreanial rye yr.iss zcud - was '.ibtnimbTe 'at 3* 91 j»Hr'l>us!iul, s^kvs i\t, this Ik'iire having khw. utvXne our mstioe. : Tiie qirintity ot" ra->ily lua!;-elv>:ji b-i:i_' 1 ! Seirco, t!ie price gradually rooo t j 4 ; 9 I to ■ Tv ; the litter \ljiv:j Ins !)oi>n pat.l fui 1 r\^v.\ *-duscriijtion?. Wo'aii'ioiyato a fm-tiiui 1 a'.:Vvancu ou these fiUfilatioii^ C-.ick:f')ot h;is been sold at ?,k'\ to o.Vlinfair.siz^l parcels, Stocks are abundant. There has been a * rVgood amount, df business carried through .1' jpi.'flther descriptions. ■■ Croskery Hasell and Co. report sales by i motion during the past moath :— Flour, v .£lO»to£1010d; oatmeal, £10 10s; pollard, it .&k.\S)i ; bran, £3 10i ; oats, la 91 to 2s ; barley, 3i.i vthwp, 2i 01 'o 3^ : maisw, 3-i ; i item* And bacob, ' guarantee J, 8£ I to 91 r l ; .jlftto, all faults, 4 1 to 61 ; cheese, 3J- i to 4£ I ; potatoes, 50i per ton ; onion 3, 6a per cwt ; eggs in goad demand at 2s to 2j 3! [ I per doztf :butter,. salt, 4d to 6d, fresh, 7d to Bd. Fruit in good supply, at prices as Under : — Apples, eating. 6a to 12s, cookiner, •; #W6dF;.' 2 pear3, 83tb Hi ; orange.?, 13s 6 I ; r^JenfifhsriiSii quliicea, ?•» ; peaches, 10s the .«t Oape Higrape3j 10 J. per lb; water melons, •33^..93jQ6r'dqz. I?oultry, iwb much in Vdemand;— Fowls, 3-i 61 to 4s; ducks, 4s ; "fflki 6a j^tlirkeys, 10s ; gee3e, 7s per pair. Horses in- very little demand, and only iS'fveiry I6W jlncM ruliug. Ac Johnson vi lie ,:jgojjtyy sal^adairycows v/ere iv yood d>--joiaad at pjicos v.trj r iu^ from £."> to £0 \ K '*aEore3'lEvwl yearlings. 30ito 70s per head ; sheep, from.6i to 8j 6:1 per head ; piijs, woatfeft,* 9a idslOs ; store pi-;s, lSs to 25s ; t 35., well-bred pigs sold -in one line tt *fOTTESS" iat Kafon, sows in pig sold from 403 to.so*| sweauers, 10a per head ; calves, Alderney, . seven months old, Utis. JVlesjrsi CUas. Pownall aud Co. , scriveners, "^rep)rj?nß alteration in the value of money ,din;iuijHh<^!ast month, interest ranging from- 7to 7-A*pfcr cant. With a moderate ii ffl^ r^S^iP dtynand, and eomo^vhat lc^s fegtrfctioris exercised in advances, a.eoniaiH«lrtnle 'aifieaut has boen .placed. Should "» jMrfeßet£t-Tates ; rnle % fr.»ofion lower, of , 'jj^hioh^ judgmt; from the (jhcapiuias of .^jqaonW in+the neighboring colooies, there is rf some la,r^e svini3 could ho