COMMERCIAL.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2839, 1 May 1882, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

S. 0, Times Office, Monday Evening. Messrs Maclean and Stewart report for the past week as follows: An average number of horses came forward to their yards on Saturday for sale, 64 head haying been submitted to auction. They sold 28, the remain ter being passed in, as the prices offered for them did not reach their owner’s values. They have to report a considerable falling off in the demand, and also values offered somewhat less than the last few weeks. They sold good draughts at from £25 to £3O; medium from £l7 to £2O; for light harness and ordinary hacks, from £8 to £l6,

Cattle.—A considerable number of Cattle were entered for sale on Monday last at the Washdyke yards, but the demand was very easy, and a considerable reduction had to be made on last week’s prices in order to effect sales. They sold well-forward steers at from £6 to £6 17s 6d ; cows at from £3 to £6; calves, 22s to 265. Fat Cattle-Present values are about 20s per 1001 b, at which they have sold several small lots.

Sheep.—Store sheep are still selling well, although the demand has been supplied to a certain extent. They have placed privately 900 cross-bred ewes and 1000 merino wethers at satisfactory prices. Fat sheep are increasing in value, and may be quoted at about 2£d per’lb, They have no transactions of importance to report. Mr Moss Jonas reports as follows Horses. —For Saturday’s sale about 30 were entered, in addition to a quantity of drays, spring traps, harness, &c. The attendance was about the average, although few were sold under the hammer, a good many changed hands at very satisfactory prices after the sale, privately. On Thursday, he held a most successful sale of hacks, hunters, and carriage horses, when over fifty horses changed hands. On account of C. N. Orbell, he sold one at £2l, one at £22 10s, one at £l6, one at £26; on account of Alfred Cox—one at £35, two at £lO each; on account of A. L. Barkerone at £l4, one at £lB, one at £2O; on account of E, Rutherford—one at £l2, one £t £lO, one at £8 10s; on account of P. Wareing—pair carriage horses at £46, on' - . £26 ; on account of W. Postlethwaiteat £2l, one at £l4. About thirty . J"®" on account of different owner' - * .° . ’ ranging from £9 to £2l. d > ac P rices

Cattle.—His sales dur' ' , , , been made principal'- -“B we f h . aTe equal to auction - -y privately, at pnces Point rates. At the Pleasant „ —ao, r jn Friday, he penned over forty head, 'of mixed stores. The attendance was s’jiall, and the biddings throughout were, weak and not up to owners’ reserves, consequently most of the lots were parsed in unsold. Sheep.—Fat sheep are in good demand, afc last weeks prices, Stores are not selling so freely, although good cross-breds for turnip feeding are worth from 9s to lls. Privately during the week he has placed a few lots at market rates, Misceilaneous. —His sale of furniture on Monday, in spite of the short notice given, was very well attended, and prices quite up to the mark, His sale of produce on Saturday as usual drew a large number of purchasers, and prices realised were equal to late quotations.

Messrs William Collins and Co. report holding their regular weekly market and auction at their rooms on Saturday, of farm produce and general merchandise. The attendance was above the average, consqeuently all lines submitted to the hammer were largely competed for. The following are the figures obtained Derwent potatoes, 50s to 60s per ton ; onions, 7u to 9s per cwt, market glutted ; fowl wheat, 8s to 10s per sack; barn, 5s per sack; pollard, 8s per sack ; flour £ll, with good demand; salt butter 6d to 8d ; fresh ditto, 8d; cheese, 5d per lb ; bacon, 5d ; hams 6|d ; bacon pigs, to 3|d per lb; fowls, 2s to 2s 6d per lb ; ducks, 3s 6d to 4s per pair; pigeons 5s per dozen ; oysters, 6d to 8d per dozen;. box teas, 12s 6d ; sperm candles, 7id to 8d ; half cwt, boxes soap, 6s 6d ; half-chest tea, 425. An invoice of colonial manufactured jewellery, furniture, and a large collection of sundries found buyers at satisfactory figures. They disposed of privately during the week 8000 bushels of various kinds and qualities of wheat from 4s 4d to 4s delivered in Timaru. Several samples of oats have been shown to them, but owing to the figures asked by the holders they have no transaction to report.

Messrs Southan and Stubbs’ weekly report of produce and general merchandise furniture, &c. Potatoes, 50s to 58s per ton, bags extra; onions, Id to IJd per lb; bacon, in sides, good, 6d; coffee (Mocha) in 11b tins, 12s to 15s per dozen ; flour, 501 b bags, 5s 6d ; fowls, 2sJ9d perjpair; tea, 15s per box; rice, 23s per half cwt bag. Furniture—A lot of second-hand was disposed of at satisfactory prices; also a quantity of E.P. goods and watches at satisfactory prices.