COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 317, 28 April 1877, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Btntnt* M*it ©tfi<;o. Saturday AWsroeon. OtfWEDK* COStttBHCIAJL. thm enoeat of wwiw collected at tn« Dttnerfto Cuatom ftovue on Thursday »*»■ **-* 3 * 3 * °C,M£4t4*. AUCTIONEER'S RETORT. Mr. A. M. Maude reports that he held on Thursday * clearing sale, at Mr. John Bishop's form. Altday. of farm stock, implement*. Ac, There was a good attendance. Audi the bidding was brisk. Prices obtained were a* follow:—flood nsefol farm horse*, 193 to 142 Ws. ; store cattle, 14 to LS 10». per head; t cow. in milk. M 3 I2». 6d. : *«*; plement* and househotd farnitttre, at foil rate*; 44 bags second oats. Ss. fe'd per bag: lags. 84.; fowls. 49. per couple; duck*, 4». 4d. per pair. Messrs. Connell and Clowes report that they held * sale at Kafcanoi yesterday, on account ef the New Zealand Meat Preserving Company. Ihere was a good attendance. and 2tW> half-bred lambs were sold at 4a. fid. each. » MTKEDIK GRAIN MARKET. Messrs. Maclean Bros, report as follows: Wheat meets? with better demand, and prtees may now he quoted t*p> to ss. 3*l for very iirime quality; ordinary, at 4s. tJd. to 55.; owl feed. 3*. (ScL to 4s. Barley.©* best malting quality is inquired for. and may be quoted at 4s. «d. to ss. Only inferior qttahUe»v however,, are offering, and doll of sale at nominally 3». to 4s. Oats are in request, both for focal wants and for shipment, bat holders having confidence in the future of the market, seem disinclined to sell at the rates offering, and which* we quote at 2s. 2d. to SSfc. 4d. for ordinary to fine feed, and 2s. Bd. to 2». ffd. for superior milling.