COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 701, 15 June 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

AUCTION !•; F, US' UK PORTS,

Mr. A. Ft. Maude reports that his sale of dairy cattle, &<■., advertised for yesterday, ■was in consequent! of the inclemency of the weather, postp >.ied until a date to be advertised. . Messrs. Wright. Stephenson. Mil Co. report tl.at they submitted at their stores, High-" tree fc. I>i:nt'dtn T yesterday Runs No. 92. 2l)i;n. 3l '•>. and "01. W aitaki Pistriet (H'JJlOn acre •). with 20.000 sheen. The purchaser was Alexander M'Master, tsq., and the price obtained l.U.titlO.

f>L'N'KPIIC. Mr. Henry Driver reports as( follows "We held an auction sale ori Monday last at the Company's stores, Rattray-street Jetty, which was largely attended by millers, merchants, and dealers, despite t.te bad weather, who competed fairly for eaen lot 300 bans fowls' feed at 2s Id to 3s .xl; 400 bags light ordinary milling, 3a M to 3s I.0d"; fair medium milling. 4s : choice, 4m *;,| Sine.', «e have placed 530 bags medium velvet at 4s 3d : 85»barred straw, 4s °d Seeondarv wheats are dithult to sell, owing to the lar>- quantity of that class offering. Uood prime lots are likely to maintain present rates. Oats are made still scarcer by the extreme wet weather of the last ten days. We sold at auction a parcel of 257 b.-iu's tight irregular f«etl at 3s ;jd ; good fee,f on the spot would bnng an advance of Id or 2.1 per bushel: demand is <»reat, but farmers should remember the time is pas.-ing on, and the consuming months ;>re lessening for the outlet ot their crop. r n,ev should take advantage of present demand. Parley of all descriptions t« much wair.'d. tiie supply being very small. We have sold small lota of very f rdmary maltin" at 4s f»I, and a parcel ot bright, thongh'small grain, at ;1s b\l. Choice heavy would command (is : milling is worth 4s : feeding. 3s fid. Some choice malting to brewers' order is expected from San Francisco hy m:xt month s steamer, which will no doubt euae the market. 1

TIM ARC. TRY TKLF.tH'IAPH.] •Tune 14. The grain market is inactive, and there are few f.r msaetions to note. Wheat, .is . to 4s ; en's, 3s to 3s 2d ; barley, nominal.

crn:rsT('Ht r ticH. rr.v tKt.J L .Tnne 14. Peliwrios f r, HH farmers are about nil, the r< T.l'i I'i'in" ton hi'avv f"i" dray traffic. Wheat 4-< ~!>it t<> 4s I"d : oat*. 4a: barley, scarce. m (Id to IK : Hour. U-' to US ; bran, t.."> : sharp*. fid: cheese, t>Jd : butter, lUd ; hams and bacon, i kl.

NKW PLYMOUTH, [ur TF.t.H;r:-\r:t.] Jane 14. 'U Mr. Courtney's enttie sale. ows forte :-1 in i-alf at I<r 10s to t.S : two and !( . !.• years'' stwrx. I."> f*» : smalt cows. 1,3 tn I." twelve months' calves, L- tOa to r,_ No dairy cowa were otFere_d, though ill demand.

rN'vt;t;r.\.r:t;iT.r,. [r.v Tta.EunAfir.] June 14. Then- i« verv little business in wheat, which i.x ppiote.f at 4. f>d t» 4s i)d : rats are in creat rnpie:«t\ principally for shipment to Mell'oiinf, and quotation* rrnge from ."fa to 3'l tor noed teed. There is np"> iu} offering.