COMMERCIAL.

Patea Mail, Volume VI, Issue 515, 4 May 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

NEW PLYMOUTH RETAIL PRICES. (Corrected by latest report), ; Buying. Scllng. s. d. s. d.’ P,utter (per lb.) ... 0 !) 0 11 Choose (Colonial) ‘ ... 0 7 2 0 Eggs (per doz.) 1 9 2 0 Butchers’ Meat.— Beef, 3d to 5d ; mutton, 2ld to 5d ; pork, 5d to 7d. Mill'Prices. —Taranaki -flour, • 16s' nor lOOlbs ; ailk-dressed (Star IGs ; wheat m’cal, 15s ; chick’s wheat, 5s per bushel ; sharps,'los per lOOlbs, or sack, 10s; bran, 5s ;per- sack ;i oats, 4s 6d per, bushel ; oatmeal, 5.s Gd per bag (251bs); ; maize (best screened), Gs Gd per bushel.i CHRISTCHURCH RETAIL PRICES. • : (Corrected by Latest Report.) Fresh butter ... ... Is per lb flmr H 2s to 2s 3d per doz Cheese ... 10d per lb Milk ! ..... ... .... -Id per quart p.ccf ~ 2d to (»cl per lb Mutton ... ... 2d to Id pcr lb ; Pork ... .... ... Sdpcrlb ; AUCKLAND RETAIL PRICES. (Corrected by latest report.)' ; ;

Tallow wholesale, mutton 30., mixed, 20 to 255. .LONDON WOOL CIRCULAR. Messrs Jacomh, Son, & Co., Gl, Moorgate street, London,.have forwarded to us their circular dated 11th March, as follows ; The first series of pub’ic sales of colonial wools "or this year, which began on the 17th Fcbiuai v, close to-morrow. The quantity available was, owing to late arrival of ships, much smal’cr than was •intended ; very nearly the whole of such has been disposed of, still leaving many wants misapplied ; the Home trade have ! taken about a'moiety thereof,, in competition with the Continent, and U.S.A. I.he active condition of our market at. a matcriaby advanced currency, as before reported from time to time during the course of the sales, has'continued to date ; and in almost all departments the closing prices arc fully up to thebest of the scries ; the .course of values having been pretty uniform throughout, with a hardening tendency, from beginning to end. AR coaise and cross-h-ed wools have shown a more perceptible advance in price than merinos, their p"cvions values havmg been more tban ordinarily depressed ; various causes have wrought a material reaction in the price of Home-g'own wools,'-to winch those descriptions of colonial, aro very nearly akin ; the last stimulus being the disastrous loss of sbeep at home f ’om the Tot.- For all lambs’ the market has been slack, both from absence of demand for their especial purposes, and from the Prospect of a heavy proportionate supply of such in this good season. The out-turn of inost clips from] Australasia is considerably better this season than last, growth superior, and condition ■ (especially in greasy wools) much lighter ; the relative range of prices now current for greasy wools looks more satisfactory for growers than that for many carefully, got up clips of superior wash. The average advance in price from No-vembor-Deccmber auctions may now bo quoted ; On coarse and crossbred wools fully... 15 to 20 per cent. ' On Merino, best combing greasy ... 15 . » On Merino, other descriptions.,... ... 10 to lo ~ In Capes, Natal grease and super snow- wht. ... 7to 10 „ In Capes, other dc- '* scriptiohs ... sto 7 „ At present the complexion of our market is very firm. Ensuing auctions commence hero on the 20th proximo, with a quantity limited to 350,000 bales, plus the arrivals of the day when such accrue. ■

s. d. 'k aBoasting Beef.,...... ... 0 5 to 0 7 Boiling Beef ... 0 4 to 0 Mutton, hind-quartor . . ... 0 0 to 0 4 „ fore-quavlcr... ■ ...' 0 0 to 0 15 i Lamlj, fore-quarter 15 0 to 4 15 „ liimBqnai’tov...: : .. 4 0 to ”» 0 Pork and Veal ... 0 (! to 0 0 Steaks.;. ... ... 0 0 to 0 0