COMMERCIAL.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2324, 28 August 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

S. C. Times Ollicc. Saturday Evening. Ibices dm'rig the week have been without nlteraiion. Faimeis arc holding hack in anticipation of a, rise, and merchants and rniilcia show no inclination to niakcspe.cnlatlvc pur■chases. As much as 3s 10d is olToicd for good milling wheat, hut Is and in some instances -Is 3d is demanded. Unless a better understanding can lie brought al«uit transactions for some time to come will probably lie limited to trade requirements. The following may be quoted as ruling rates ;—Wheat —good milling, ;?3 KU to 4s; medium and inferior, 3s .3(1 to 3s Dd. Hailey—malting, is Gd to 3s; feed, ]s !)1 to 2s. Oats—miiling Is Gd to Is ltd ; feed, Is to Is G i. J)rxr;i>iN*, August 27. Good samples, milling wheat, Is 3d to Is G 1 ; fowls' wheat, 2s G I to 3s ; feed oats, Is i‘»d to Is Gd ; miiling do, Is 7d to Is 6d ; malting bailey, 2s '.ld to 3s 3.1 ; feed do, Is (id to 2s (id; potatoes, -112 5s to £2 7s Gd; glass hay, £2 10s ; oaten hay, £1; medium wheat. 3s'.)d to Is ; straw, £2; bran, £3 -3s; liollard, £1 ; doin', £lO 10s to £ll ; oatmeal, £'.) Ids; peril bailey, £lO ; onions, (is (; Ito .Ss; cheese, 3d ; bacon, rolled, ltd ; hams, hid; sides bacon, Sid, grain fed; eImJT, £2 13s ; prime beef, 23s per lOOlbs; mutton, 2,yi per ib. Auoa..‘.wi', Aug. 27. There is very little change to record. Stocks and shares are linn, but the transactions of the past week have not been numerous. Mining shares are depressed, and with the exception of two or Unco stan da id stocks it is dilhcult to quote. All the gcneial merchants have the same to relate —Hint business is entirely of a hand-to-mouth character, the spii it of speculation being entirely absent. What business is being done is purely routine, but sound and sati.s.'aYo y. Oats me linn, and range from 2s to 2s 3d. A trade line of good quality changed hands at 2s Id. Maize is not very plentiful, and the market is alfsctod accordingly. I.ocai maize lias been sold in parcels as high as 3s Gd. Fijian is quoted at 3s 3d per bushel, being scarce. It has, however, been sold at 3s 2d for a very large quantity.

Adelaide, Aug. 27. Adelaide wheat, is 8d to Is Id per bushel; flour, ;C!) os. Freights, 2.35, sailing vessels.