COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 725, 13 July 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

m:.UN' ant> p['j;r>r;cf-: rkport. KvK.vtNi: M.vtt. Office, Saturday Afternoon. Wheat enntituies dull. ati-L few tninactions have taken place during the pa-1 week. Prices at present ruav he iptoteii—;>rime milling. :!-s ll)d to -Is"per bnsh-l ; inf-rior. 3s to :>s (id. <»afs ai-'- i'i demand at for prime Tiiilltnir. "s Sd to 3s tUd : heavy feed, H< (id to little olfering ; prirm; malting is worth ;"is 3d to 5s nil; inferior, for teed, 3s to ?s (M. Potatoes show an upward tendency ; present r.ov alionfc Hi's per cm. Flour, LII 10s: oatmeal. M«J p-r ton. t.0.b.: bnm, '.Hts per ton ; pollard, tills per tm, t'.o, b.

AUCTFON-KKUS- REPORTS. Messrs. Conned and Clowes held a sale to-dav of sections, on account of <_'. I.'-iuon. Esq. " The attendance was anil the bidding spirited, t.ota 12. 11. U>, containin" each an rhj\t\i ot ;m ae'-c. fetched [W: lob. t> :in.l "». )' lIS : and tots 4. 3, and 2. L(« Bach.. for.- [. T.'S. and !> have been placed li'i de'r offer piiv.it.lv. I lie S.-,0 ha.'* t'ani-di feud oats were sold'at from :!s iUd to :fc Hd at railway station : ,SU bags feed wheat at 3s ami 27 bai/.s IrVt-.l barh.-.v at :«s 10.1. Messrs Wtemson and Leigh's tr. Os Aic, fetched fair prices. Messrs. Flendm_' rial H»'d!ey report that they held' a sMe or horses, o-.ts. and town properties at tie ir yards and stores to-day. There was a !;>:■■'.- atf. ndance, ami the bidditi" was roirited. 'I it ■ vacant sections advertfied found a hu\orat L>o per section. The demand for haek-. *e.. was not, .pute f oood. as u.a'.i,! : hut dr-iu .dit horses were great demand. Mr. <r. i Irn ::'i 'd r por'-.s that he h"ld a » !,, of <!r:m. rv. ! c k-. r'ov. 1-. ;<nd lacn. a: |i : Mart. Tyre >rri'f' to da-. Tin- _ attend- - ••■ Was fai;'. !.;i- tim !>:.I• Ii• g languid. The , ..erv and hooks n-.-dised -ood [.rices, r ..,vls.' 4-=:?d per pad- : i.aeon (roll). 4d ; =,t,le i.acoti (last, vear'a. dd p-r lb. Ctlh'd.vu HCRcH. I l;V Tia.KUI.AfIE j .fiilv 12.

The produce market; ha.-- been very dull dm-in" tii-! past wi ek. and prices have -tiaddy deelmed. Wheat is stilt held heavily by many vho bought speculating on ■ var'valno. and t!i y arc now anxious to i:-ih sales at prices which leave a great loss. .Vent stagnant. tls lid to 4s ''M-. oats ■ h.-t. :;- 7.1 to ."•• I!d : barley. .Is to 5s 3d : \-M-y him ■ rim-. .">s M : ryegrass seed. good. Ss : [iot:'. r -es. .">(is to ,")."s. These are Christ-lnii-uh -rices, not t.0.1.. ' AI.VKI.AXP. [nVTELEiiUAftr.] July 12. Vtr. Buckland reports :-Pairy cows. Lit) < to Ido; medium, t.'> to i 8 : yearling

ers, 42s to 7">s : cijdeeu months to two ~ ars,-tos to 1.:"' lt>s. Fat stock of all kinds ■< considerably advanced, present price 2Ss to ".'is per llio'lbs. Sheen—Stores dull, par-ti.-ularlv ewes: fat sheep better viktue ; ndi.ii: prices.. M to H.\d. \!r. hiuriey quotes lecir market unsettled, owmg to Chri.-4ehiireh tirrns having represent, fives ottering to bak-rs at M2at three months: bran and pollard market very bare : n.-itire-at. in d 'ti and, 1.21 : oats, 5s (id: ni.-.iz>. Fij : . ."- "d : butter, good. INd : cheese. 7d : potatoes, M Share r.-i."ir-Iset—Bunk of New Zealand. L 2.'5 7s (id: National, »l« t> ,S:;s; Insurance—New Zealand. tHIH to i)2s t,'<i : .-'ntith British, CSs (id to li'Js : Caledonian. 70s : Alburnia. -"Is to :":is tid: Moanatairi. «!4s to (ios : Th.-rmes, tl2s *>d : Kuraiiiii. ill*. At'STUALt.vN c< >j::.ii:r;otAL. [T.V CAC.t.K. 1 vS\ r'M'.Y. -Inly 12. Kpuncssy's quartors. 1M od : candles. !).bl ; other quotations iini-haiijed. At'Kt,.ut>E, July 12. Wheat, os.