COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 14 October 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

- ATTCTIONKKn'S REPORT. Mr George Greenfield reports that he heM a St fancy jta™., **. °°"» IST't mitted. He continued the sale m the even ing, bat the attendance was again o y limited, and the bidding languid.

WELLINGTON(BT TKLEOBA.PU-) v October 1.?. Messrs Lacrv and Campbell report trade very dull, and prices proved. They quote duck -3 <Mt 3a - oa's, 2s ; maize, overstocked, 3s , bran, S'- pollard, Lsto L 5 xtnsa eablc &L~L.t tll - batter, 4;?<I to jml * salt oatmeal, 1"' » tresn dqu ♦ s ~ K anis batter, no sale; chcesc* 4.. * . S bacou, Sid to 9i ; potatoes, unsaleable , eggs, la Id ; fowls, 4s Cd. DUNKDIN markets. Mr Donald Stronach (on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited) reports as follows for the week ending 13th October : Fat Cattle.—l4o head were yarded at Barnside to-day. Although the supply was ! Wer the average the demand was but languid. Trade requirements having been no fully supplied from last week s market, the result was a decline equivalent to about 2* 6d per 1001b. Bullocks &6d to Lll 103. and cows Lb 10a to Li l~s <J«L We sold a few heid of mixed °, n account of Messrs. Little Brothers. To-day s price* for best beef may be given as —a 6d were in moderate supply, the number penned having been aistine of 167S cross-breds and 300 merinos. Butchers having largely satisfied their wants last week, 400 had to be turned out nnsold, and on those cleared a decline of Is to Is Cd per head must be recorded. The cross-breds Sold at from 12s 6d to las (shorn atSsOJ), sad the merinos at Vs Vd to 10s. T> e dis nosed of-358 head of shorn cross-breds on iocoont of Mr- David Corson, at S3 9d per head. Quotations for best mutton, m wool, 24d per lb; shorn, lid per lb. Fat lamiw.—2l2 were sold at from 5s to 10s per head. We sold 50 on account of Mr. J. C. Gilchrist at 6s 9J to Ss. ... Tat Pigs.—23 offered, which fetched from 13s to 60s each. .... , Store eattle are beins* inquired tor. ana we are i« treat r for tlie sale ot a large mob. Store Sh«ep.—We have particulars of several lots sale from some of the best flocks in Canterbury. Wool.—The Brindisi mai!, delivered this week, brought entails of the London auctions down to 2Gth Attest, confirming the reports by telegram of. a 111 of Ad to Id in the coarser descriptions of wools a3 compared "with~the May-Jun«rsp.nes. Merinos, especially good-coaditioned C'Ub-ng, have ruled at abopt previous sale pices. Sheepskins.—We oiered a good catalogue on Monday, which, "tfth spirited competition. realised fully up o last week's prices. Butchers' cross-bred ski-s fetched from 4s 4d ic> 6s 3d, and merinos 33 )d to 5s Id ; lambaKmi, £d to 7d each. Hides-—There is a veryactive demand at late prices, which can easiy be obtained for all fet» coming forward —aar, 3sd per lb for ■wet salted, and 20s each fo butchers'green hides.

Tallow. —We have no transactions in tallow to report, but have made sales of rough fat at 16a per cwt. The market generally isquiet. Grain. —Wneat: The demanl shows some improvement, and prices reposed are well maintained. „ We have made ?ale3 of fair miffing at 4s sd, and of median to good at litofkKtibnate prices. We quote uinie milling 4s fid to 4s 7d ; fair to good, 4: to 43 4d ; inferior to medium, 3s 3d to <s. Oats: \ There are still inquiries, but holders' ideas axe high; and not much businesi has resulted. Prime samples are held for ls Sd to Is lOd ; buyers, however, are not disposed to operate except at considerably below these quotations. Feed oafs could be obtained at Is 6d, bnfc the inquiry is slack. Barley : We qnof° 3s 6d for prime malting, "Ike supply of vt Inch is extremely limited ; 2b M, to 3a 3d (nominal) for medium description. THE LONDON MARKETS. 'by cable.) Wjtt.Uxvr,xoy, October 14. The New Zealand Loan Mercantile Agency Company report: — LO>doit, The wool market is unchanged, liJlow ,1n« a fair trade demand. The best mutton 5s worth 35s 6d, and the best beef, 33s per cwt. The wheat market is firm : Adelaide worth 525, and New Zealand, 47s per 496 lb. The leather market is firm. Best sides are worth lljd per lb.