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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 100, 13 December 1879, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Mr. E. P.^AsEßSßimr reports Having held a. most,,Buccesßful sale of cattle. at the Borough Yards, Palmerston, on Wednesday. There was by far a larger number of 'stock gathered together than on any previous occasion, there* being no less than 360 head of cattle yarded, with 600 sheep, 20 pigs, and about 30 horse. Although no doubt ? owing to" the continued tightness of money' the bidding, was not very brisk, still the lots sold reattaed pretty fair prices, averaging for three-year-old bullocks, £6 to £6 Fs.j two-yearrold ditto, £4 to £4 55.; yearlings, £2 1.09r to£ 3 • sheepj 2s. 9d. to'3s. 6d. The competition for borsea was very slack • Mthough not. mbreL than half the numberyarded were disposed of under the hammer, nearly the iwbole wore cleared before the close of the - day* a. large number, havings "Been.purc based privately. There; can be no doubt that Mr. Amesbury has been always most- successful m filling his yards with stock of the very best quality, the universal r ver<?ict on Thursday being that not onlythenumber but the quality of the beasts for selection had- never been equalled in the County. We trust that with. the floating of the £5,000,000 loan that temporary pressure whic'i has been such a draa: to trade, having been removed, the efforts of Mr. Amesbury to supply an admitted want will meet with the s'uucess which they so well deserye. "

. '•' , ; WBttiNGTo^% Wednesday. An auction^iale was held on Wednesday fttfijc; 2fcw Zealand -Loan anrl Merrnntile Agency C6rapany ? s stores, Custom-house Qua/, [tFellington, , which was numerously attended, and the 7 biddings througirout were marked bygre^t spirit;.. Between fifty, and/siifcy bales of Gotland about 700 sheepstin^w'ere bfepered,' and "the -wHole , was disposed of at. rates which display a decided improveii'ient I "'iujtpn v^P?nt '^ales. T'te;: highest price obtained for greasy croas-bvea'; fwobl' Vfie Bd. per- lhj. and the /lowest 6fd. per lbVj locks tthd pie'eos 'fobciied from l'Kl. to 3^d. ; and sheepskin* ranged from 4id. to &id. perlib. • ; f X The folio wing.is fhe weelcly report of the^ Canterbury' Corn Exphange :— - ■ '- ''.-;-;" ■■ ...^;^;'...:4^-,. v .' :. : - ...."..' ..;.■-, ; Chbistchttboh. . Business during the week iias beeu of a •most nnimpartant cha,rncter, and may.be' said to be ;> almoßt at a standstill. „ A few small' parcels of wheat have offered, and sold at prices Tanging from 45. -6 d. to.ss. No great disposition to buy is evinced by the mUlers, v while* holderß,are unwilling to quit ex«q)t .at top \marKet prices. The crops panterhurj?, with the exception of a few low lyings swampy places, are reported ns magnificent: The. probability, of; the grain suffering' from draught is ho>; pUved beyonfl all Tlie yield this year, will be jtlve heaviest known for. years. , - "Wheat -— Prime niillihg ''samples have at 4s. lOd. to" 4s." lid., while se:-.»nd rateWd yi&ek samples will iiofc command over/ifi.fid.. to;4B.r'7d;> Chick feed is worth 4s. per bushel. Oats— The only busuiess doing is purely of the hand-lj- mouth charadter. Few large parcels are changing hands, and for these very low figures i' v are obtainable. ; Feed samples are w(>rtb' 2s. to 2s. 2d; ; milling •qualities, are worth 2s. 3d. to 2s^ 4d. ; inferior feeds sort?' will not command over Is. 10d. to Is. lid. • : - X v ' Barley— No busiuess is doing. ; llalting ■operations; are r.now couipletely suspended, and as the s.easoh is almost: toafar advanced for sowing, no quotations can be-given:- ■ r - 'Polafcoed-^Stocks are now . >lmpst completely exhausted, and with' the exception of a'few?sinall lots, hone are offering. A demand" still txiste, purchasers having to give £6 to £651 Os;. according fco The demand -will continue f or' afort'night to three weeks yet, .wHen I he, new "early potatoes wilt; take: their p&ce.; - -. ,; Cheese and Butter-T-sid. to 6d. for the vformer,6d. to 7<V." for the latter. ■