COMMERCIAL NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 129, 30 April 1884, Page 3

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

The l?ew Zealand Loan and Mercantile '* 'i^ency Company, Limited, .report as folio wi of the Sydney Markets. Wool- ---Small sales at late rates, with no feature* of interest to chronicle. rti • ' Sheepskina.-- Market fairly active at' up to 6Jd por lb, for best. ' Tallow. — A fair trade demand, with less competition on the part of shippers. We quote :— Beit mutton. £33 10* per ton ; be»t beef, £31 15s per ton. Butter.— Prime new butter has had a ifobA deal of attention, and at our Friday's auction we obtained the following satisfactory rates, after spirited competition : Prime wild New Zealand, m Australian kegs, is 7£d per lb » aud m New Zealand kegs, Is 2d to Is 5d per lb ; fresh roll m pickle, Is s£d to la 6| per lb; Common salt, lOd to Is per lb ; inferior, 8d to 9d per lb. . ' Oats.-— With mated np to 69 T>er bushel, it is hardly surprising that heavy oats should have taken a spurt m the ritfht direction. Business has been done m bright potato sorts at from 3s Id up to 3s 4d for very prime samples, the market being only lightly stocked J for inferior and -• • off «co lor 'sorts there has been but little " demand, m fact there is difficulty m realising the latter description, even at the low' figures quoted m our last. •Wheat. — A shade firmer, sales .having ■■■ hem made of prime New South Wales up *o4s 4d. ■ ... .. , Bran and pollard again easier under the influence of increased local stfppltea. . Quotation : Ujritto 12d. Potatoes. — Victorians are m good supply, and are telling at about £3 per ton; Cheese (duty, 2d.) — We have made considerable sales of New. Zealand, for which there is now a fair demand. We qtrota •— Primest New- Zealand,, 8d to B£i per lb(d.p.); second quality, 7d per lb (4p) New Zealand Tow.— No sales to report. Jjops (duty 3d.)— W« hear of a few aales «t 13i to 14d per lb (d.p.) -■•r.- riEunguJ.r— No improvement to report. Timber. — We, yesterday, submitted 240,000 feet of Kauri and 190,000 feet of Redwood, , when the following prices were realised '—Dressed kauri (seconds) — 16s to 17s 6d ; rough, do 10s 6d to 17s according to size. Sales, about 100,000' 'feet. Redwood— l to 6 inch dear, unplaned, 17a 6d. Sales, about 85,000 feet. .175 sugar pine doors, 2 feet 6 inches x 6 zIJ mch e°, at 11s 3d.