COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 626, 6 May 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

A V(yr '< >N K Kf' S' K '•'PORTS. 7er p „ r , Fb-nontr at tl Hf d »-y reportth.it .Tiev offered on Satureav last, on ar-r«nnt o, Mr. Guv IMt-rvm. *• ctimw 3, 4. 5 and , bnck l"Xl\'.. Onm-.ru. The liddi.- otbese sections did net reach earners res. rv . and thev were withdrawn. 1 hev are nov for private sale. Tbey al-o subrmtted nt account of Messrs. W and A. Vine cb. frpphoM of 405 ae-es. Papkato _P:striet. which found a purchaser in -T. »'. <-i christ. Esq.. at. 1,7 P>-r ;htc all r-nnd. Messrs Brown. Stitt..,,. and Co. repor holding their n-ual fortmirhMv ssle of hordes etc.. on Saturdav. at M 'Kay's > ards 1 her was a fair attet dmee "f bin- rs the com ne tition being bri k. Medium dram/h----hrontrht from T".2 to 1..*?-", h ek-, 1.11 f»U: 10s ; second-hand donb'e buggy, 1.22 10s.

A lit TO "Nf> (From the X. Z HeriTd ) In cereals. >o far as r' is provme- is concern.,.l; the returns of this sea-en are ..t .- rerv flattering diameter. Tlie effort -= ptf forth U- our'locil millers to further_th. growth of grain have hen efb rtive. The* at their own coat and inconvenience snppbe seed to a large number oF farmers. Tin sneeaa of this movement, now so apparent it the increased production of gram, ts ample compensation to the millers, and thepenini arv benefit derived by the grower ts site: that we are informed a tnueh larger area :- being prepared for the g-owth of that ecre.v next season. The average of the latseason's crop is set down at 32 bnshels p'r acre, and the total vield StMlflO bushels, white the a net land provincial distnet consumes rOIMIOO husfi. I* annnallv. The best brand of [neat tl-mr ha' niled dnnng the month «.t LIT. and household remains as before at 1.14 : while Southern brands may be quoted at 1.t2 to Lls, with stock? moderate. Local wheat is commanding from 5s «d to b's. and there remain large parcels in the hands of probers awaiting neans of transport. Oats are coming forward freely, and stocks are moderately heavv, consftpient.lv holders are disposed to mitt at a shade below last month's quotations, 4s to 4s 4d. Maize also is lower in price, and large shipments have come forward during the month from the Coast. Svdnev. and elsewhere ; local is selling at tTs. Fiji b's 3d. and Svdnev fis M. A good sample of malting barley wonld command about ;"s b\l.

SYDNEY. (From the Syun.y • orning Herald.) Breadstuff's are still verv inactive. Smal T ■lales of Adelaide thmr. at' » 14 to Ll"> 10s : nr. offers for wheat. Holders of the latter miote t,'s 3d : bnt to place a t areel. not more thaci b\» could be obtained for Adelaide, and only about 5s for New Zealand.