COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 572, 2 March 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Al'<.Tit >XKKi:s' RKPORT-S. Mes-r*. M'-tuui',' and Medley report that th,-v .xi-M yesterday. ;vfc th-ir stores. Tynestrect, t'i" Mr. I).>ikilil Maeandrew. IW.lu'n Kill Water Kaee, for the sum of [.n<>. TIMAKK. This r;ii>i-riinlc's Thunrii lln-dhl reports as follows : 'Pnuini llt-rat'l Otfice, Friday Evening. Mtnt-li'-s of jin.ia :uv now coming iu, and s.-veral lj»r»»> deliveries have taken place. 'l'll.' i- verv u'ood. Quotations at [ii'u.-ii nt are a-; fielows W heat, 3s lO'l to ■■N •«[: or;. '.ill to :>s : l>arley is variously i|iiotfil at from Mess s. l\i;!'_' :ui'l Kaine report tliat they 111-■.t t':»ir a.. Mini f'.rtniyhtly sale of wool. :-l.ins. 11i.1.-s. a:i I tallow, etc.. on Thursday. HSfU inrit. l-'oiirte -ii l» ilus ami lags of wool, hi.-!; -, an.l s. 7'>" skins. anil IS packages tallow were filtered for sale, and disposed of as follows : - Wool —Mack and broken, B|il to t».vd: locks- and I ieees, 2.{il to 4|<i: scoured, ii.'.d. f-ktns—light woolled, 2s to l!s 0! : pelts. fid to Is 7<l ; land) skins. Is 7d to -Js. ftoiiu'li tat. iid ; tallow, 2,} d.

j[ r-:u;t >ut:x m a rkrts. The Nrw Zealand F oati and Mercantile A».ih'V <'o. repor\ under 'late Melbourne, Uttii l 'e ; l uary. IS7S. fellows < jd Tim market fur has undr no materia I eli tii'.'u since the (tat-i of otrP aSt report. l-'ci-i! i■ ■ '.'rains, owing to tfie short snpp'y. have improved, and sales of all descriptions liave been made at an advance on last week's rates. wukat. The arrivals l>v r.iii show a considerable falling as .•••mi'-'ired with the previous i'liur weeks. Sale- 1 were made at the close of last week at ")-i Sd to f>s and at these rates millers appear willing to operate, hut at vestcrd-.v's auction mi outside buyer .-tciii'td in, and bought all prime lots offered :>t os Il>.l for fhipment to Sydney. Sales have h.'.-ri made to-day privately at ns 9d, ami at thus rate there is a steady demand. Fr.'iCP.. A fair amount of business has been done during -he week at Lit? t s O'd to LI2 IDs for trade parcels, and at these rat-is there is a good demand. OATS. Stocks on hand are very* litfht. A shipi n: Uiugaroorfia. of New Zealand heavy t'e ,-d -~t)L I at auction yesterday at 4s lld to 5-o'tl. Victorian oats have been selling p:iv..tely at -t tU to 4s Sd. P.AUr.KV. t'i-ini" m dtiug barley is in good request, and saies have been made at ">s 3d to ;>s Gd. Feeditiu qualities sell readilv at 4s Gd to 4j Sd. " >L\IZE. As the market is perfectly bare no transactions have taken place, and quotations are merely nominal. r-f.AS. Owing to the scarcity of maize and other feeding grains. a g I demand has set in for p. as. and sales have betn effected at 5s to 5s 3,1. lU'.\N ASH Fol.l.Alil' Are in goo 1 request at Is 4d to Is f>d. A brisk business has Icon done in grass seeds of all descriptions during the week, live-grass ha- b"en sold at 7s lid per bushel; cef'Us-foof. (Id to 7d per lb : rape seed at 40s : white clover at Is Id to Is lid; and alsvkc at !s "id.