COMMERCIAL

Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 89, 16 February 1876, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

({OLDSHOROUGII MONTHLY CIRCULAR. Wool..—Prices have remained steady throughout the month ut the quotations given in our last summary, and there is no material alteration in any description. Operations for America have ceased for the present. We cannot us yet form a reliable estimate of the total yield from the Australian Colonies, hut, as nearly as wo can ascertain, the increase as compared with lust year will be about 5 pur cent. The opening ol the February London sales is now anxiously expected by ship - pern, and it is hoped that an improvement on November and December rates will he gained. Sheepskins, —The hulk of the skins sent forward by the slaughtermen consist of pelts, which sell readily at prices varying from Is to 2s 3d each, according to condition and length of staple. Dried station skins aio worth from 5d to 7d per lb. Hides. —Ox hides, excepting extra heavy weights, are from 3s loos each lower, and are now worth 22s to 29s each ; cow-hides are fully 5s lower, and realise 12s to 19s each ; Now Zealand salted are worth 4id to 5d per lb ; and Victorian, 4d to per lb. Tallow. —Good inquiry, but prices not so hr n us they wore, low qualities having suffered most. The decline may he quoted at £I to £1 10s per ton. Mutton is worth £34 to £36 5s per ton ; beef, £3l to £34 per ton ; and mixed, £25 to £3O per ton.