INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIIL, Issue 214, 18 October 1878, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

FPBKBS JLOENOT.'I Wellington, Thursday. Arrived: Barque Antares from London with a full cargo and a number of passengers. She experienced bad weather ou the way out, but made a good run of 89 days from the docks to the Heads. The Loan and Mercantile Agency report ander date London, October 12:— The wool •eales closed flatly on the 4th instant at a -decline of Id to ljd. They comprised •246,000 bales. 60,000 bales have been held over. 125,000 bales have been [taken for export. The Continental demand is poor. The principal decline has been in medium and inferior washed cross-bred, Tallow is dull of sale; beef, 36s 6d; mutton, .3,65, The wheat market is quiet; Adelaide, 50s; _> T cw Zealand, 44s per quarter. The leather market i_ fiat, best sides, 9d. Mc George Thomas reports -.—Adelaide flour £17, colonial £1} to £11 10s; oats, 4s 9d; bran, Is 6d; wheat, 4s 4d; hams, 9d; oacon, Bid; cheese, "s,d; maize, 5s 3d; pollard, £7; butter, Is; potatoes, £i 10s, and in good demand. Greymouth, Thursday night. Dr Hector has examined Langdon's line of reef«, and bas full confidence that the discovery will lead to the opening out of an extensive reefing district, as the slate formation is continuous for sixteen miles in a straight line from Langdon's Creek to Canoe Creek. Five distiuct lines of. reefs haire heea .already discovered, and it is reported that soma extraordinarily rich specimens have heeu sent to town from the head of the Ten Mile Creek, which would apear to support Hector's opinion. Cumst€«cjic», Eriday. A four roomed cottage at AddlngtoD, occupied by some loose women, was totally destroyed by fire last night. There are ao insurance. The selection Committee of the National ltifle Association last night selected a team to fire against the Dunedin team iu the forthcoming match in December.