COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1077, 2 October 1879, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

DtTNKDIN. \| r . Jlrcn&Y l>RtvF.K, on behalf of the v r r t truT M. A. Company f Limited), reports for the week ending October I. 1879. as '"fat Cattle.—Only 127 head yarded for toteV market, consisting chiefly ofso-d to prvme n uahty. Prices showed a slight imon last wtek'» notations, dthortghi the demand altogether was rather taatrttid. owing to the trade holding snnphes firm last week- Rest bollocks brought np to LIS 10a per head, etpial to 27s «>d to 30s for prime, and 25* for medmmquahty. Fat Sheep.—lß3s penned, all long-woolle.l umt chiefly good quality and fairly heavy wsi«ht». Batchers being barely able to supply themselves last week, owing ti> the fimft/d number penned. There was an active demand to-day for good sheep, and a considerable tiae in prices took place. We aritd 529 on account of Messrs. J. and J. Sutherland. Thomas Murray. A. M'Laren. and i. O. Gc«y. at from 10s f*l to. Ito per head. We quote mutton at to •"«' P "rat*Lamb9.—73 penned, and were sot.l at from 10a to I 5» each. . Wool.—haw m:eived the fottowtnff cable•scram from our Lomtor* otfiep- nmler September 27 :— "The sales closed »«-««» ;September, at an awtagw decline of I>t to t fhi per tb. About 2W,OW> bates were comprint to the series. 40.000 hales were lheld o*er for future disposal, and purchases for export reached ISO.OW bates. Prices of ewnfowig washed showed a decline of Id per lb on those at close of tast sales: while superior, medium, and inferior declined I jit to. 2d; scowred. Id: medium and inferior creasy, M to Id; cross-bred. ltd to _d : Jamba* wool and clothing washed Id. as m compared with closing prices of prevjons series. For superior greasy the market was unchanged. Continental demand was good, bat the Home trade sparingly. American demand has improved. Sheep Skins.—We disposed of a small catalogue at oar usual Monday's sate. Tncre was a fair attendance of buyers, anrt no alteration in prices sine* list week. _ Crossbreds fetched from -» 'td to 4s ; meroww. Is ttls to td -. petts and station skins. Is to Hides.—We sohl .1! at 2Sd for salted, and l.'s to tfci for gri-etT. Tallow is not irv demand: we have no sates to report. Rough fat may be ipjoted at 15s to 13s. , , . ffrain.—Wheat—We have placed several tines of prime mittin- at . r w. with fair demand for choice gampte.'S. Medium nia} be qnoted at 4-> Bd to 4s od. Fowls' wheat. ?s fid to-3s tld. Oats are in better demand, hut without any advance in price. ** *' •quote fee'! at 2s to 2s Id ; milting. Si 2d to 2S *t(t. Barley—Prime matting, scarce, at ,5s 3d to ;*s fii'l: medium, 4s f>d to ss.