COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 377, 9 July 1877, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

MAUKKT KEPUItT. Pveniso Mail Office. Monday livening. Wheat continues in go <d demand, but very httlj is ofh-rmg. as stocks a-e n->w nearly ail in milL-i's and merchant's hands. We hear of the sa'e of some tea thousand bu-hels made to a local linn at the extreme price of 7s (> I per loidi-1. Oats are still Ensured for, and prices hav-.-an upward tendency, as holders are not anxious to quit s'oeks. I'AUi ev is sthl unsaleable. a:al now that feeding g r aiii has advanced we e\pect to hear of an improvement in inferior qualities not fit for malting. FLOfr rcm.-.ms at last quotations, inil'ers declining ordn-s at bv\ thing le s than ! 2X Bra-S and I'oLt.AKtJ in good demand at quot th-ns given blow. Potato;s have i ten hugely dealt in, ami we anticipate hLher rates will rule it present [irici s i f bread-stuffs arc maintained. The following are the prices, f.o.b :—- Wheal-, 7s f> . to 7s Od per Lu.-h-.-i. Oatsi 4=- to 4s 3d. Barley, nominal. Flour, 1.'20 per ton. i Bran, L 4. Pollard, 1.6. Pearl barley, LC2. Oatmeal, L2O. Potatoes, L2 IDs. to L 3.

AUCTIONKERS' REPORTS. Messrs. Flioiing ami Hki>ley report that they helil :i s..le on Saturday of watches, jewellery. &x\, on account of Mr. K. Kcnmitz. I hero ua< a fadr attendance, and good prices were •■btaine i. Messrs. Cunnkll and Clowes held a sa'e at their rooms on Saturday last of pines. fruit tro! s, and shrub.*, on account of .Mr. John Falconer. J here was a large attendance of buyers, and g>>nd prices were realised throughout, everything otiered being Bold.