COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 717, 27 July 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

WEEKLY GRAIN" REPORT. EvESisn Mail Office, i>atarday Afternoon. "We have to report a continued dnlness in the (jrain market generally, transactions in wheat being almost at a standstill. The demant for o»U ha 3 also slackened, and there has h«Rn no business whatever done in barley. Th« following are current quotations :—Wheat, 3s lod to 3s lid prime millirij*; oats. 3* S<t to 3s 10J for feed and milling; b-rtej'. 5a 3d prime malting; potatoes, 75s per ti"i DUN'EDIN. fiiV TELEGRAPH.] July 26. Produce prices i- Wheat 43 3d to 4s 6d ; oats, 4a to 4s fid ; barley, 53 to 5s fid. Mr. Bradahaw reports Bank of New Zealand ahaixs 1.23 13s ; Colonial Bank. L2 16s cum die ; Nit tonal Bank, L 4; National Insurance Company, LI 7s; South British, L 3 10°: New Zealand Insurance, L 4 12s; StamUr.l Insurance, LI 2s 6d; Mosgiel Wno'.l-jn Factory. ! 3 10s; Scottish and New Zealand In vestment Company, 18s; National .Morti.-.-.r...-. and Agency Company (buyers), LIS. 'CKLAND. fhi Tet.egraph.] July 26. }lr. BuckTand rev oris :—Fat cattle, 2j 6d -i" ■ Wt\h bi'j'ifr; medium, 30s to 335; ',:.'•■■ :-i»r, 37a' 6' T ; -at aheep, 2Jd to 3Jd ;>er lb. CRitIir'ICHURCH. July 26. A line of 40.C00 bushels wheat has been placed for Home shipment at 43 6"d, and a Moiilar quant! Tv for speculative purposes at a price withheld. Some large purchases are pending between millers whose grinding stocks are limited. Flour, LI2, in sacks; br.in, L 5 ; sharp*, 56. supply not equal to Oiita are scarce, demand heavy; feed, 4i ; miliinz, 4s 3d. Barley is much •.v.mf\..i : b«'-t "v.ni.les are worth 5s Cdto 6s, :■.:■■' rliou:.- 4n 9 L Potatoes are held for h'vhe- mt«s: stacks in second hands are !:/avy, but ' r:' is little or no Provincial »i«.?aand ; p i. • ■•»>•'> likely to recede as the reason advancs —nominal value, L 4. Hams und bacon. 1H ; cheese, dull at 6£d; batter, lOd. TIMAKU. (F-om +he Trrnarn Herald of to-day.) Wheat couth.itcs- its downward course, :mh! price, which are almost nominal ones. <ui no trrv..-v.ctii.-:.s worth speaking of are are taking place, are mentioned at from 3s 8d to 3s. lid Mediants will not buy with the present hopeless prospects of an impmvftm-nt i» prief.-a staring them in the face. Oass are rwing in value every day, and all good sorts are in active demand. Canadiar. ,-to: N .-.■ footed as high as 3s. 3d.; Tarvir -' " "■">• : aud other descriptions froM- ::. ■• fia 1 '? b:t T ey is offering. Bl „t ~: ; th!-ref»re e mmands high t! youig <.rx» t ■ AUSTRALIAN COM.MERCIAL. [r.Y CABLE.] Svpset, July 26. New Zealand wheat, 4s. 9d. to ss. ; oats, 4>. t(v -»s. fid. ; tobacco, Kaven, Is. 6d.; Jenar (?) candles, 9Jd. Other quotations unchanged.