COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 19 August 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

DCNKDIN. fuv TK[.K';i:A"if.; August IS. The supply of cattle is in" excess of demand. Prices equal to 20r, to 22s Od for prime quality : ISs tor medium. Fat sheep are in fair supply, and good demand. Ibices have slichtlv improved. Cross-breds, lu--9d to I6s ; merinos, 7» 13d to 10s 3d, equal to 2\d to 3d per lb. WELLINGTON. (r;T TKLKiIKAPH.) August IS. Messrs. Lacry and Campbell report Chick wheat over stocked. 2-s to 2s 3d ; oats, well stocked. 2; to 2s 2d: maize, stocks easy, 3s to 'M «d ; barley, none in market: floor, lOOlbs, LI2 ; bran, 7Ad to Sd ; pollard, none; fresh butter, iOAd to 11 Ad; cheese, 5d to ff«l; bacon and hams, unsaleable, nominally, Sd to Skipotatoes, 30s to ms ; onions, overstocked, f>s ; eggs, Is to Is 3d ; fowls, 4s.

DL'N'KDIN makkf.TS. Mr. Donald Stronaeh (on behalf of thcNew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) reports as follows for the week ending August IS : Fat Cattle. —There was a very excessive supply forward at the yards to-day, and there was consequently little or no coinpeti- > tfon on the part of buyer?. Of the 301 head yarded abont 70 were only r,tores, which were t a - pn hv irrn.zicrs. west bullocks brousrht front DI HHd to Ll'2; do cows, LT> JOb to Lit* 7s *><!— or equal to 20s to 22a fid per 1001b for prime quality, and ISs fori medium. We sold 4~» head at quotations, on account of Messrs. .Tno. Duncan, K. Darlinsr, Alex. Thomson. and Waldie. Fat "Sheep.—A r'.ur supply of 1544 came forward, consisting of 1.T44 croas-breds and the remainder merinos. There waa a good and prices experienced a slight improvement over last week s. Best croas' breds broach t from 10s 9d to 113s, and merinos 7a I'Vl t-> 10s 3d—or eqnal to abont 2Jd to 3d per lb. We sold 375 on account of "Walter Miller. Hriq. Sheepskins. —Prices realised at ourwee<cly aaction on Monday last barely supported previous week s values. Butchers crosstied aktns fetched from 3s to 5s 7d; merinos, up to 4s : station skins. Is 2d to 4s 5d each ; skins fix hales, 4d per lb. Hide*.—We report fnrther sales at late prices, say 3?d per lb for wet-salted, and 20s each for bntchers' green hides. The market fcaa a downward tendency. Tallow.—Market firm at last week's rates, at which all lots coming to hand can he placed. Grain. —Wheat: Onr last quotations are well maintained, and inquiry is good, particularly for first-class samples, with a tendency to higher values. Prime milling has changed hands at 4s Gd, esc warehouse, and have made sales at O > iruiru at 4s 3d on trucks. Medium descriptions would realise up to 4s 2d. Fowl feed is in limited demand ; we quote, as before, 2s S>d to 3s 3d per bushel. Oats: Market somewhat better, u buyers evince more disposition to meet Belters' ideas. We quote prime la Bd, and first-class feed at Is Gd to Is 7d, at which sales have been matie the week. Barley: Demand quiet. especially for medinm and inferior. First-class malting inn be placeG without ditiicultv at previous xates. We repeat last week's quotations, namely, prime making, 3s 3d to 3s Gd ; fair malting, 3s per bushel.