COMMERCIAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 43, 29 May 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

■ / ■ >, „ , .> Lpirooy, May 20.; " VJ Adelaide wheat, 52/-! :. !? ' a - -At the wool sales to-day, Bjßoo bales' were offered, 'making, a total of 244,000 bales catalogued ; ,since the opening. The tone of the sale .wa& father firm. 10,000 biles have been withdrawn from sale since opening. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Nayigallon -Company deelafedi'avdlvidend of 2 per cent, for half year. - Leather, wqijoted at -/llf. ■"■" - .^ - • May- 22. At the wool, sales to-day, 7,000 b;afea were offered, making a total of 2(51,000 bales ■catalogued sinee theopsning. The tone of \t)lk sale «howa much better demand. ' •'■= Stditbt, llay 22, ' H ToKseao, .Raven's; .Twist, -/11| ; Patna rice, £19; Hennessy's brandy, bulk, 10/6 Ho s«New-Zealand~oatSi to 2/3 ; maiae, 2/5 to 2/10 5 candles, D.R.J., -/7. AdeiiAlDß, May 22. Flour, £10 5/-"to £11 10/-. freights to;L&ridon, 40/- to 42/4. ' .""". ' ' 5 ,L\.C_ ~)l. TiMAEtr, May : 21. Prices for prime milling wheat' have hardened slightly during the past two ■'days,' andi yesterday three^ shillings! was! given' m several' instance's. ' Stocks aontinue to accumulate iaatore, and stacking m the open lair-is -being-* resorted to m many inotances. Oats are as dull of sale as ever, and quota- . tjons do not now exceed -/10. Barley i 9 nominally at 3/-. Ploughing operations are geueral, May 23. The Customs duties collected at tke port of Wellington for the week ending to-day, amounted to £4.503 17/3. Meß»r3. Ceoskkey, Qassell and Co. report sales this week"? I—Flour,1 — Flour, £L1 5/- to £11 10)- ; oatflieal, £12 ; " pollard, £5 per ton ; fowls' wheat, 3/6 to 4/- ; maiae, 3/to 3/6 ; bran* -/B^.- oats, 2/- to 2/3 per; bushel j potatoes, blue"Der\vents,.£i 10/- to £3; white ,kidneys, seed, £4 10/- per ton ; carrots, 3/- ; c.nton* ( 5/- per cwt. ; cheese, -/6 to /6J f Butler, fresh prints, -/,11 j apples, Sjii to 10/- per case ; fowls, 4/- } ducks, 5/por^pair. ' Messrs., Le4,bt "and CAMPBBiiii report sales: I—Fruit1 — Fruit still remains Ja Jdrag 1 on tbe mm-ket; fowls, 3/9 to 4/- ; ducks, 4/6 to 4/9 ; eggs, 3/- ; onions, £4 10/- to £5 ; cheese, -/5 to -joi ; butter, fresh, -/Bfc to -/9, suit, -/6| juuid, 6/6; chaff,; £s; oatnieul, 10/-; pollard, £5 to £5 10/- ; bran, £3 15/- to £A; flour (LOO's), £12; oats, 1/10 to 1/11 ; chick-feed, 2/9 to 3/ -; cocksfoot, -/4 ; rye grass, 4/- ; pßas, 4/-. Messrs. Pliumdr, Rbevbs, and Co. quote : -Adelaide flour, £15 • Southern (N.Z.),,£il 5/-',to £11.10/- ; bran, /9 ; pollarcl, 5/6 ; oats, 2/-,; oatmeal, r.ll/6 ; pearl barley, 21/- j fowl* 1 wheat, 3/9; fowji, bJriev. 3/9 ; ,cheeae, -/5^ j liiita* and bat-on (new cure), 1/-. ,