COMMERCIAL.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2467, 14 February 1881, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

5.,0, TiMES.Office. ;• . Monday Evening. STOCK REPORT. v .Sheep.—There is.a, moderate demanddor fat' sheep,’at present most of those coming; forward being scrubbers. Prices Ate without! material alteration. ■ Cross-bred wethersare worth 8s to ils Gd; • ewes, 5s to7sbd; merinos, 6s to 7s ; latu.bs, 3s t0,,85,' according to size and condition. Store sheep are in f.dr request and several small mobs of cross-bred ; ewes ahd'w’ethters have changed hands dining the, week at os Gd and 7s Gd respectively. Cattle. —The market, for both fat and store cattle ,is .extremely dull, and, prices shew a decided decline. 1 , Horses'.—T'he ' horse 1 ihatket continues languid and there are no sales of any importance to report. ;

Messrs William Collins and Co.’s weekly sale on Saturday was largely attended, and the produce and merchandise offered were rapidly cleared out at satisfactory prices. Quotations are as follows ;—Kidney potatoes, Ho per ton; butter, nd ; cheese, to od; hams, 8d ; bacon, 74d ; fowls’ wheat, od per sack ; oats, Is 4d per bushel ; ducks, 4s to 5s per couple; fowls, 2s Gd to 4s per pair; pigeons, 6s per doz. Tea and sugar were in great demand, at Ids to 20s per box ; white sugar, per lb; household soap, 7s; double crown, 9s Gd. Household furniture, China and tinware, carpenters’ tools, and a great quantity of sundries moved off above owners’ instructions.