COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 822, 30 November 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

AUCTIONEER'S IvEPO.RT Messrs. Fleming and i; ci u c y report holding a sale of freehold - jrol)or t y) cattle, horses, implements, £ c _ ou t ] ie premises, Otepopo, e .. ol A.i2ft' J oUfic "of Mr. E. F. Dielil. There was a or 1 large attendance, and good competition. Only one of the farms, adjoining the main road, 10 acres in extent, was sold, Mr. A. I'irie being the purchaser, at LI!) per acre. The other farm not reaching the reserve was subsequently offered for lease, which was purchased by Mr. C. Diehl, at 20s per acre per annum for seven years. Medium draughts brought from L 37 10s to L 55 ; light and inferior, L2O to L3O ; colts, draught, 2 to 3ycar old, from L 23 to L3l ; hacks and light harness, from Ll2 to L2O 10s ; fat cattle, Lit) 10s each ; cows, from L(i os to L 7 15s ; store cattle, mixed sexes, IS months old, L 5 15s—G months old, L2 ; implements at fair rates. CHRISTCHURCH. [HV TKLKUKAI'H.] November 2D. The drought continues, and is beginning to tell severely on the crops. Reports from out districts arc very discouraging, and harvest prospects are far from bright. Wheat, 4s 3d to 4s Oil ; oats, for feed, 4s 3d ; barley, none in stock ; hams and bacon, Sid ; butter, Sd to 10.1 ; flour, LlO to Lll. Enquiries are made for wheat for shipment. TIMARU. (From to-day's Tiniaru Herald.) Wo have no alterations to note in the grain market during the past week, and the quotations last published still hold good. Thc long spell of dry weather, which has done a great deal of injury to the crops, was broken to-day by a tolerably heavy rain, which commenced to fall early in the morning, and continued till about four o'clock. Although this is welcome, a great deal more is required to thoroughly freshen the young crops. + . AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL. [llY CABLE.] Sydnkv, November 29. New Zealand wheat, 4s od, to arrive : oats, 5s uheifahgecl.'