HAY MARKET.-Wholesale.

Southland Times, Issue 696, 15 July 1867, Page 2

HAY MARKET.-Wholesale.

Best oaten hay, loose, £4;s£raw,'sos the ton maize, 6s ; iDats, 2s 4d to 2s 6dj)er bushel. •. ;

The fqllowing , .arer the. .Customs returns for- — " _ v . Mday, July 12_ ,„ .. - „-. _

Th^ "Daily Times'?' fD.unedui). 10th July supplies the following items of Oominercial Intelligence: — . .... , - Trade retains^ the flttlneas remarked during the last two op three weej^,.,a,ncl tyaaaactions of

ever, a few goods moving, in small parcels, viz., ! bacon and hams, sugars, teas, and brandies, but nothing' in rates realised "furnishes occasion for notice. The. up-country trade has regained no activity, and until storekeepers' stocks have become somewhat reduced, !the amount doing will be small. Coastwise 'exports will also for the next few j days be light, in consequence of the difficulty ' of 'getting^ away .goods for the West k £idastport9i ..General quotations fop staple goods of all kinds, awTsubstantially unaltered. i We are in receipt of files of Canterbury papers to the sth- July.' - We take the following oommercial from the " Lyttelton Times : — -■; -■ Oar quotations for grain are precisely the same as they^were last week :— Oats, 2s 6d perbushel; wheat, 3s ; and superfine flour from £10 to £12 per' ton ; bran, £4 10s ; and sharps, £5 10s per -ton:; graesiay-, £4 5s to:£4 lGs,-delivered.-- Wilson] and Alpqrt 7 report a weir attended market ! sale 1 , on "Saturday, and a considerable amount of business transacted. About 50 head of cattle were yarded and sold as follows,' viz. :— Milch cows, superior, £11 to £14 10; do, inferior, £5 15a to £8 ; heifers, £5 to £10 ;. steers, £6 5a to £10 ; calves, 1 £3 to £4 10s 5 superior hack, withdrawn at £21 ;" breeding sow, £3 ss; store pigs, 15a to 255; geese, 5s each; ducks, ss 6d per pair; Turkeys, 5s 6d to 9s each ; fowls, fancy breeds; 7s an 48s per pair ; do, common, 4s to 5s do ; fan-, taill pigeons, 4s per couple ; onions, Id to lid per lb^iflour; £6 Is toi£7 Is per ton; bacon, s^d per Ib;ihamsjßd. - ; ■•■'

Brandy, ?3'galls~ .... 1649 16 0 Tobaeco,2o69lbß ■ :\. --25 17 3 Whisky, 33 galla ..^ _ 20 -8 0 „ -j -;.; ; -£96 1 3 -- « " ' Saturday, July 13. , Geneva, 57^aUs •-.;/■ £34 10 0 Sugar, 1260 Tbß ..,__ 5 6 0 £39-16 0