CANTERBURY COMMERCIAL.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 4, 9 June 1864, Page 2

CANTERBURY COMMERCIAL.

(From the Lgttelton Tunes pf.ZlstrMay^ Tliere vras very little wheat ~in faeiinarltet 1 on Saturday, and the pricer 13 but; it may be qu_Qf^a^_9s?^e£hushel (wholeßaie)^ ■■-■•—; Fxdtrß.ismuch-in, demand; the /i>rice is -.about gSO-to&dQ 10s. jjer ibn (wHoysale)/ ' ' x"' ' Beaks. —^Thcrgliaj been rio beanß'ihltliJß ihartet. Pbas. — The supply of- these ha 3 also been very small; the price ii .about sfl. per biisheL - T ? T' ; Bbak is about £6 ss. per tonXwholcsale) {.sharps, 25..per201b%-, - -

B ablet. — The nominal price of barley. continues the same oß'laßt week's quotatioi s. -> Oats —There- is » very large si pply of oats ; the price ranges from 3s-Jto Bs. 6d. pur -lUlbs. Hay may tie quoted at from £3 to £3 10s. per ton ! ' x \ I , 1 , PbtfATOE3 are firmly hcld'b'y the growers. They ;realfse N about#6 to £6 10a. per ton. ' The following "are the average prices oi the other miscellaneous articles of consumption : — Onions, £22 per ton; carrots, £2 10s. per ton; parsnips, £5 per $onj. > butter,,lß.,Ba.,per ,lb..;.eggs,> 3s. 6d. per dozen ; milk, .Is per gallon.; fowls, from 65. : to 79. per pair; ducks, 7s. ditto'; J wild ducks,, 35. : do.; turkeys, ss. to 125., each according to 6ize. r , . „ , Materials.— There has been {no variation in price since the last 'quotations. ; . Fuel. — Coal,- art the wharves; is £4 per ton; ; and.firewopd, also" at the ,wh»rvesi realises £2 17s. : 6dl per 6drd. " '. " „.,..-,.!, .. r r THK LANp SEVTCJUE. _>;.. „ ' r -' ■ ' Yostbrday' being lthe s last day of sitting of tho Waste Lands 'lfbarcr in May, the sales and receipts for the mpßt&.w.erc 'totalled wp; and amounted, to £91,452, isav^ar '■-.■:. : , : '",-. ■-.. • l -■' 1 .The paatuTage rents for tho year werb partly received last month",' the regulations permftCing , "ttie jstrfinent from tlxo 5 20tbj-4.pril.; . The. following is an exact statement:— ' ; April 21 t0 80... " ... £582 18 3 i May .... -. 15,411 15 4 ; : • :■/. :V *•.''• £15,99413 7 The total represents the- whole yearly income derivable from licenses raider the Canterbury Regulations, of. 1856. The .rents- and assessments on' country held under tho old regulations, .receivable throughout the year,"is about £1000 in addftibnjtb the above.- • • '