COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 251, 1 May 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Tkm'JKA. Leader Office, Friday evening. Dunedin, Friday night. Fat Cattle.' —Best BullocksL9 7s 6d, or not mote than 20s per lOolb for prime quality, Fat Calves. — None forward. Fat sheep.—Bidding is very languid owing to the trade, being fully stocked from recent purchase?. Best Crossbreds 9s to s> l2s ; merinos, 8s 6d to 8s 9d‘—or equal to about 2d per lb for prime mutton. Fat Lames.— 6s 9d to 8s 9cl c acb. Store Cattle. —There is a fair Inquiry for well-conditioned cattle, but few lots are changing hands. Store Sheep. —The demand still continues, but scarcely any lots are now to he obtained. Wool . —Local transactions have been limited. Sheepskins realised 2s 7d. and butchers’ green skins fr-m Is lid to 2s Td. Hides.— Demand continues good and well-conditioned-Tots of butchers’ green hides are readily eak able at 2os path, and wet-salted a 3|d per lb. Tallow is in fair request, but the supply is 1 mited. 26s per cwt for wellpencLred parcels, - Melbourne, April 28. The Customs revenue for last year shows a decrease of L 60,000 compared with the previous year, and notwithstanding the increase of taxation, the total value of importants for the year shows a decrease exce.ding LI. 000,000 and the exports show a falling off of L 2,500,000, London, April 26. Sydney copra is quoted at LlB. April 27. Three per cent consols, 99^-. Adelaide wheat, per 4961b5, ex warehouse 535. Five per cent New Zealand lc4 loan, 104 ; new five per cent loan LI lower. At the wool sales to-day 8700 bales were catalogued since the opening. Prices were firmly maintained •