INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 146, 20 June 1874, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, June $0 Mr O'Shea reports wheat in full supply at £]3 to £13 10a; wheat, milling, none; chick in demand at 4s3d; oats overstocked, 4s sdtoss; maize, very scarce at 6s 9d to 7s 3d; pollard, j £8 to £9; cheese, 6d to 7d; butter, Is 2d to Is 3d, and scarce; potatoes, £4 10s to £5; bacon, 6d to 7d; hams, 9d. There are fifteen entries for the Wellington Derby to be run in December. Mr Brown'B Solitaire; Mr Quinlivan's Maid of the Mountain ; Mr Walker's Glenavery, end chestnut filly by Traduocr out of Policy ; Mr Barker's Bemnant ; Mr Delamaine's Elfin King; Mr Stevens' Kanakia; Mr Walters' chestnut filly by Towton out of Symphony; Mr Murph- 's Hercules; Mr Emerson's Guy Fa.vkes; Mr Watts' Kangitioko, Ngara, Toi, and Wainui. 2*lo p.m. There were no eigns of the Claud Hamilton at 2 p.m., or ofthe Lady Bird, 14 hours from Picton. Bluff, June 20. . The s.s. Otago, Captain M'Lean, has arrived. She left Melbourne on June 13, ami experienced heavy easterly weather. She bring-i 93 passengers, 28 horses, and 361 tons of cargo for all porfr-. She sails for Dunedin at 3 p.m. to-day. Passengers for Nelson — Mrs Hamilton, and Mr Majoribanks. A smart shock of earthquake, lasting several seconds, was felt at 5 45 this morning. The direction appeared to be eaat to west. Makbtd", Juue 20. The Government Land Purchase Commissioners in the Bay of Plenty, Messrs Davis and Mitchell, have this day completed negotiations for the purchase of the Puki block near Maketu, containing an area of 30,000 acres of -the choicest arable land on the coast. Chkistchurch, June 20. Produce market. The following are the quotation f.o.b. at Lyttelton. — Wheat, firmer at 4s 9d to ss; oats, 4s 6d to 4s Sd; barley, 4s 6d to fig- flour, £i2 to £12 10s ; bran, £6 108; sharps, £7 10s; bseon, uncovered, 74d; covered, 8d ; potatoes, £3 15s to £1. Auckland, June 20. Mr Buckland reports of fat cattle a full supply. Choice, 35a per lOOlbs; medium, 27b 6d; fat sheep, good supply, 4d to 4£d; long wool led ewes, 14s to 20s each. Mr Binney reports of the grain market: — Cats, 5s 3d to 5s 6d; barley, 6d; wheat, 6s .d to 6s 6d; potatoes, £6; bran, £8; pollard, £8; flour, £14 to £14 10s; hams, und uocon, lOd to 10fd; cheese, 8d; butter, Is 3d. Mr Alexander Saunders reports Bales of City of Yor__ at 9s. Buyers: South British, 47s 6d; Caledonians, £10 2? 6d; Cures, 14a; Union Beach, 14s. Sellers: Bank of New Zealand, £17 17s ; National Bank, 68s ; National Insurance, 30s. Hokitika, June 20. The following are the names of the new Executive: — Mr Charles Woolcock, Provincial Secretary; Mr Willian Todd, Provincial Treasurer.