COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 287, 20 November 1862, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

HOB\RT TOWiV. . From the Mercury, November 1..— In commercial C:Mes to-day there vptq no transactions of any moment, what liitle business was> effec'(d being confi el to «a few «iles piincipally of horses and lio:_se feel, f>r shipment to New Zealand. In the grain trade there is nothing doinsr. no wheat being offered. For oats there was a eood demand at from 7s to 7s 61. May loose, L 4 io^ to ■p. Country (jri's-se I from L 4 To 1.6, with an altlitonal o.iiai'ge of 13s per ton wheu required to be hy b-aulic pres-e 1. For' fioiir. there was tbe usual demand f>r local requirements at from F.I I to U3; bran, Is 4 t The large quantities of fresh butter coming fiiwarri.has again depreciated thi« nrtic c's value, and it cannot now be quoted '' i^her than Is to Is 21. For noted, the Uemaud is lindte.i, at about the same r .is.

Brent and Westbrook report th'; following s^.lea, viz., ao "Rich uond on the 4t'i :—Fa& weUiers ii wool, 16s to ißs ; «wea and bmba, lls 91 to I^'s9 !; fat w-ihrjra shorn. iSs 31 ;do luubs, 12s <o 1253 l ; worki-nr bullocks. L» 5s to L 9; eo\V3, LotoGh; ca!v s 23^ to 41s: chaise o-irt. horses, his to L 9 10.^. Bi-idii;>vjiter, ou .'lw stb : — Pat wer.ljer« in wo'il 19s; do do Ami, 4^01; fat lauibs, lits to 12-01; two-t-oMi .sheep (far), 14.53(|; calves,' 2'2-i to 36?; p.-.rkers, its lo 5 a. Hau-lsW Varris, on 7rh : —8 hea ' cat tie. ex l-klip c fro'n Port Albert, ar an vtrc-e of Ll2 It's ,dpi; heal. 10th .—20.) Porr. Phi lp wether*, driven ove land from Launcestou, at 27 < 3 • per head.