Commercial.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 972, 24 August 1881, Page 3

Commercial.

Messrs. John Shaw & Sons of 37 Mark Lane, London, report through their agent, Mr. Leonard W. Blake, of Christchurch, that the market, during the fortnight ending July Ist, was, as usual at this season of the year, in a very inactive, uninteresting condition, all consumptive demand being, of course, at an end, Mid no speculation of importance having yet sprung up, and this in spite of the lightness of stocks, the generality of dealers preferring to wait till something is known of the prospects of the growing crops. What little business had been done the prices made were fully equivalent to values current during the season. It is early yet to speak of the prospects of the new crops. Reports of English red clover and cow grass, indicate that with favorable weather, an average yield may be expected. White clover generally promises well; but alsyke will not be anything like the large crop it has been during the past 3 vears. Trefoil was almost a failure. For sowing mustard and rape seed, there was a moderate sale, at full rates. For canary and hemp seed, the trade had shrunk to very narrow proportions. The turnip crop in Scotland was in a very unsatisfactory condition, farmers having to resort to a second, and in many cases, a third seeding ; this was, of course, causing a rise in value of Scotch turnip seeds. The death is announced of Mr. John Sangster, of Romford, the raiser of the early pea, “ Sangster No. 1,” which for many years has been a household word with every gardener.