Oamaru Times Office, Wednesday Evening. STOCK REPORT.

North Otago Times, Volume I, Issue 12, 12 May 1864, Page 4

Oamaru Times Office, Wednesday Evening. STOCK REPORT.

MrM.B. Mitt™ reports:— Purm" the past quarter, I have sold and forwarded Co the wir'oua diggings* markets 8200 fat « ethers, the greater port of -which wo from tae Canterbury Province; also, 524 head of fat cattle, the Greater number of which were likewise from Canterbury. Nearly 300 head of fat cattle Lave been crossed into this district during the same lime by other dealci'B. Since pleiu-o-pncumonia became tnowntobe m Ota^o, no store cattle have been brought across th" "Wtulaki Kivcr, excepting one lot of 350 crossed by myself about lbe tune the present infected dictiict was dpdnrod mlcLted btoro cattlo now rate mnoh higher in Canterbury than

in Otago, nncl the lato news from the Picton tliggingb will have a tendency to advance prices still more. For many years past the prices of ewes north of the Waitaki River left a considerable profit to dealers delivering them m Otago. This year it has been quite the reverse to some extent. I luno recently sold G,100 Otugo cwcb to Canterbury purchasers. At the prebent moment, 1k»\-eu-r, prices on both sides of the boundary are runily equal, nnd in both ProMuceb there are many enquiries ior young ewes only There ure btill large numbers of fat wethers ofl'enng, but the} are difficult to sell. The number of fat cattle in this district anil the bouthern district of Canterbury is considerable, but holders are firm for prices equal to those ruling before pleuro-pueumonia broke out. M. B. MlLLLK Oamaru, May 11th, 18C1.