COMMERCIAL.

Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 202, 17 March 1877, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

KAKAKAMEA FLOUR MILL. Hie following are present prices at the •ve Mill :—Best Hour. LIG per lon ; No. 2 .r,LM lO.spcr ton; pollard,7,s per 100 lbs ; • i, 5s per 100 lbs ; gristing, in lots of not ■ than 20 bushels, Is per bushel. D. CQUITS. March 17, 1877. Wanganui, March 15, 1877. "Forge A. Hurley reports Avholcsalc prices ■ below : —Oats, old, quoted at ;?s 8d for prime—new not yet in market iu any .a-city, but nominally about ;5s l!d. Flour ueen very scarce, it is now at £lO I Os, for gs ; pollard and bran, about £7 10s to £B. iy, old, £5 10s; new, £5. Chaff, £7 5s to 10s. The Grain market has been very - et during past week ; reports from South ■ reassuring, Avith regard to Avheat. GEO. A. HURLEY.

FREEMAN R. JACKSON'S FORTNIGHTLY REPORT.

Thursday, March 15. The sales during the fortnight have been [ attended, and prices have been in favour the sellers on the whole. I think store tie will maintain present values. Sheep still in demand and keenly competed for, »res realising extreme rates. At Waverlcy.

i .Saturday, a large number of stock changed The yards were avcll tilled, and com::il ion good. Cattle—At St Hill-street yards, to-day,

only 17 head were yarded, and all of very nior quality. Cows made from LI 7s (id :.o L 7 2s fid; steers, L 7 ; eighteen-months and two-year-olds, L 4 2s (id. At Waverley, head were sold. Thrce-yeav-old steers, L!i l".s; cows, L 4 15stoLn; eighteen-month i i,ld, 1.3 13s ; cows and steers, L 5 2s (id. 8 hf.kp—At St. Hill-street, l,(iS!) sheep .•.•ere penned. Breeding ewes, 5s 3d to 8s iid ; Messrs Easson’s ewes, 10s 3d to 18s 8d ; wethers, 8s to 10s., At Waverley, 1.873 were sold. Breeding ewes, from 7s ‘.Hi to 8s; superior ewes. 14s : lambs (shorn), Is Od. Houses— -To-day, a large number were offered and sold. Tire competition was keen •uid. prices good. Mr A. Young’s horses made j-'jiu Ll 2s (id to Lls 15s; hacks, from L 7 to :.!8 10s.

Extorts—34 head of sattlc, and 1,120