COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1132, 29 January 1884, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS. - TIMARTT. Messrs Maclean and Stewart report for the week ending Saturday last ai follows : Horses—A large entry of good, useful draught mares and geldings wag to-day booked at their yards for sale, nearly 70 head baring passed under the hammer. They have to report a slight improvement in prices, and also in the demand, from former Saturday, but there is still very little business done. A very large portion of the lots to-day were passed in. In a number of cases there were no bids, and in others the prices offered were aoi near values. They quote good draughts from L2B fo L 32 ; medium sorts, LlB to L 26 ; light harness horses and hacks, from LlO to LI 6, at which quotations they today sold about 20 head.

Sheep—They have held no auction bales of store sheep during the week, but hare placed several small lots of merino wethers and crossbred ewes and lambs at satisfactory prices. Until stubble feed comes, business m this class of stock will be limited. Fat sheep—These have been spmewhat dull of sale during the week, prices offered being a reduction on former rat«s, owners preferring to hold on, especially as there is no scarcity of feed. They quote prime mutton from 2£d to 3£d per lb. Cattle—They have no large aaleg of store cattle to report, and there is no alteration in prices since last week's quotatious. Fat cattle—Present values are about equal to 20s per 1001 b. Wool, Skins, Hiiles and Tallow— They hel 1 their usual sale last Friday, a report of the wool sale having already bein given. Since then they have placd privately all the lots that were unsold on that day at satisfactory pricet. A small catalogue of skins was sold at 3- to 4s for full-woolled skins, 2b to 2s 91 for medium and Id to 4d for pelts. Hides—They have placed the whole of their entries at from 2d to 4d per lb. Tallow—They have cleared out their entries at from 2d to 2|l per lb. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, Jan. 25. New Zealand wheat, per busliel, 3a 6d ; New Zealand oats, 3s Id ; maize, 4s 4d ; Sugar Company's N). I pieces per ton, £34. Adelaide, Jan. 25. Wheat r. mains at 4s, market quiet and quotations nominal ; flour, town brands, £lO ; country, do, £9 to £9 2s 6d. ENGLISH MARKETS. London, Jan. 24. The markets for colonial breadstuffs ;nl tilow are unaltered. Austialian hides are dull, and the market is withou quotable change,