COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1270, 3 May 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

.Mr. George Greenfield- reports that he hdd'a nle of reaping machines, harness, koodioid furniture, carpets, felta, etc., at Ida mart on Saturday, when the attendance yii very large and the bidding .pretty brisk. Oni~ reaping machine (Jack, Steel, and Hendry) fetched LI2 I 0». Harness told at fmxr rate*, as also did the furniture. 1 Brawls carpet. 15.S x 13 2, fetched L 7 10s; tapestry carpet, 2s 7d to 2s lod per yard ; fc&* 2k 2d per yard; applM, 7« jperXiase; damsons, 2s to 3a pec case. He-aiao held a Hfeof horses at 2 o'clock,, at his horse repoattory, when the attendance was good and twr prices were realised; Horses sold-at framXl2 to 120. He also reports having to-day submitted for sale by public auction gt tim .mart several freehold and leasehold properties in Oamaru and South Oamam. The attendance was only moderate but the IfrwftKng fair. Remainder of lease of section 34, block 42, town of Oamaru, was knocked down for the sum~of' L 155; remainder of lease of section 10 a. block 41, town of OamanyLlS; bat freehold section 72, township of South Oamaru, was passed in, not reaching the vendor's reserve. Mr. Richard Leigh reports that he held a ■de on Saturday, at his mart, Tyne-street, of firnit'snd furniture. The attendance was good, said the prices realised very satisfactory. Apples abd pears reached an average of w per case. He reports a Bale of buggies, and harness at the .Northern Stablssp * imder hill of sale—Messrs. Nihil, ■tmd Fry to Matthew Grant. There was a higt attendance, and the bidding was very gjpril—T, the amount of the billot sale being tWTered without clearing out all the lots. - Mmszv. Fleming "and Hedley report 'that thay keld a sale of farming stock, &c., on Yit&ayi 30th nit., on account of-Mr. James ' RofO«, Kakanui. There was a large attend- ****** of buyers, and for all good horses the was very spirited. Medium horses OTT* to sell. 'They quote'first-class wMwim L 46 to 149; medium, L 25 toL3O; fimifayi, Ll2 Ifti toLI4 10s; oats, Is to Is 3d per bushel, bags 9d; barley, 2s 7d per premium on cropping lease, 9s 6d MfMe, They direct special attention to their sales at M'Kay's Yards, and at Springfield. Hey also report the sale, this day," on account of the executors in the estate of W. Young, section 16, township of Meadow for the sum of X 240.

WELLINGTON. Fbtt telegraph.] May 1. Mettr*. Laery and Campbell report sales: obkh, 18 per ton; potatoes, L 3; bacon, lid: hams, I*; cheese, s£d to 6d; salt batter, Sd; fresh do, lid to Is; Hobart Town jams, 6s 6d per dozen tins ; jars. 6s ; £5 ton ; oatmeal, lis per cwt; pollard, 15 to L 5 l(te per ton; bran, L 3 10s to 14 per ton; floor, htmdreds, LI4 per ton; _4s, per bushel; oats, 2s 6d; chick feed barley, 3s; do wheat, 3s 4d to 3s 6d; cockatoo*, 3Jd- per lb; rye grass, 4a per