COMMERCIAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10061, 1 February 1909, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

11 Kill COMMISSIONER'S Rl'.l'OHT. (I'kii I'kkss Association.) Wellington, February 1. The Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cable from the High Commissioner, dated 301 h January:—The mutton market' is weak, with dull sale for .all qualities and no chances in prices to report. The lamb market is dull ; the arrivals from Australia during the last fortnight amoiiiiled to 204,026, and from Argent ine <19,109. This season's Xew Zealand lamb, oilier than Canterbury, .is quoted at- sjjd. The I mm. l 1' market, is steady, with a hum male supply. ('hilled beef • himJqmnl-errs arc quoted at 3Jd, I'orequarterH s<l. The butter niiU'kut is quiot hut sleazy. There a fair local' domain! arul current quotations :iiv : Choiocst X-ew Xonlami I)ani«li 115s, Siberian 102ts, Australian 107t>, Argentine 107s. The cheese nwrtoit is stonily, wiih n very good rflemantl. While mnkw> are quoted at 60s, colored 61s. The hemp market is dull, will) very little business doing. Current quotations are: (lood fair grade on spot, £23; ,January lo March shipments, good fair grade, £24 5s ; fair grade, £22 5s : fair current Manila, £23. Last week's Manila output amounted to 22,000 bales. The wool market is a shade- weaker, and Brad ford tops have declined -Jd.

AVOOIj SALES. (Per J'nuss Association.) Christ church, February 1

For tomorrow's wool sale, the fourth of the serins. 4697 bales have been catalogued, 581 liv tiie Farmers' Co-op., 276 by Matson and Co., 369 by the National Mortgage, 875 by l'ync and Co., 1012 by the Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., 230 by Friedlander Bros., 1363 by Dalgety and Co. For the corresponding sale last February the entry totalled 7700 bales.