COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1215, 9 August 1884, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

TIMAPJJ MARKETS. There is next to no business doing in grain, and prices offering are lower than they have beeD for years. Quotations are : —Wheat—Milling, 2s lOd to 3s; fowl feed, 1b 6d to Is 9d. Oats—Milling, Is lOd ; feed, Is 7d. There is no barley offering.

CHEISTCHUBCH MAEKETS. At the Addington Saleyards on Wednesday, fairly large entries of all kind of stock were sent forward, and attendance of buyers about an average one. The fat sheep on offer comprised some lines of good quality crossbied wethers, which ware fairly well competed for, and sold up to 18s 3d per head ; medium quality weights from 14s to 16s 3d ; crossbred ewes from 12a 6d to 15s ; merino wethers from 6s 3d to 12s 6d, being at the rate of fiom 2jd to 2|d per lb, according to quality. The store sheep market was better supplied than of late, and business pointed to a alight improvement ; a line of three-quarter fat two and four-tooth wethers sold at 14s 3d, and lines of crossbred ewes in lamb at lis 6d, 13s sd, 14a,; 15s lOd and 16a. The pig market was a l ' moderate one, both pork and bacon pi^a l selling well at late rates. In the store cattle market a few lines of two and three year-old cattle changed hands at late values. The fat cattle market was well supplied with principally good quality beef. The iroprored demand noticeable at last sale was absent, and sales were made with difficulty, a large proportion being turned out unsold. A pair ef extra heavy bullocks sold at £l3 10s per head ; ordinary sales for steers from £5 17s 6d to £lO ; heifers, £4 17s 6d to £B, being at the rate of from 17s 6d to 19s per 1001 b, according to quality. CHRISTCHTJRCH COEN EXCHANGE. The Corn Exchange report for the week ending Friday evening, the Bst inst: — Transactions in grain and produce for |ihe past week have been limited to supplying local requirements. Sound samples of Pearl and Hunter's white wheats are in request by millers, while Tuscan is almost quite neglected. Outs are for the present quite dormant, holders • not earing to trade except at the ruling , quotations, while buyers do not see their • way to operate at these figures. > Barley : remains at foamer quotations, with very i little inquiry. Ryegrass and clovera are L in some req'uest for spring sowing, and i meet with ready sale for prime quality, i Peas and beans do not command that t attention which they met with a short . time a.go, doubtless owing to the stagnation in the oat market. There has been a fairly brisk inquiry for potatoes, but

j buyers refuse to advance the figure to i what growers cousider commensurate with the time of year, the consequence being that little business has transpired in the tuber. Butter and cheese show no marked difference in value or demand. The quotations as under are to date : Wheat—Tuscan 3s 4d, Pearl 3s 3d, Hunter's white 3s 2d, seconds 2s 3d to 2s 6d, chick wheat Is 9d to 2s. Oats—Prime milling 2s 3d, bright short feed 2s 2d, long oats Id 8d to 2s. Barley—First-class malting 4s, second quality 3s 3d to 3s 6d, feed 2s to 2s 2d in Christchurch. Peas and Beans—3s to 3s 3d for the former, the latter 2s 9d. Hyenas* Seed—3s to 3s 6d for farmers' parcels; machine-dressed, 4s to 4s 3d. Potatoes—3os to 32s 6d per ton, at country stations within 12 miles. Butter, 7jd to 9d ; cheese, 4d to s£d per lb. Quotations above, except barley and potatoes, are paid to farmers when delivered f.o.b. Lyttelton. DTJNEDIN MARKETS. Mr Donald Stronach (on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited) reports for the week ending August 6 as fohows : Fat Cattle-A short supply came to hand, only 147 head being yarded. "About one-half of these were good to prime quality beef, the balance inferior and medium. Owing to a portion of the trade being supplied by private purchases, also last week's full market, the demand was not active, and prices ruled tor prime beef about equal to last week's ; but inferior was lower. Best bullocks brought £lO to £lO 15s; others, £5 10s to £9 10s ; and cows in proportion. We quote i prime beef, 20s to 22s 6d; ordinary, 15s to 17s 6d per 1001 b. Fat Sheep—2797 were penned, consisting of 350 merino wethers (all useful mutton), and 2447 crossbred?, the bulk of which were good to prime quality. A considerable number of these were taken up for freezing, but at a decline of from Is.to Is 6d per head on last week's prices, whilst others brought about the same. Best croasbreds brought 18s to 19a 3d ; others, 13s to 17s 6d ; merinos, up to 13s 6d. We quote mutton 3d per lb. Fat Pigs sold roadily at from 20s to 110 a each. Sheepskins—Butchers' crossbreds, 3s 3d to 4s 6d ; do merino, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; country dry skins, Is 6d to ss. Hides—The supply has been fully up to the average, and sales have gone off at late rates, viz., 2£d to 4£d, according to condition and weight, aud 4sd for extra heavy. Tallow—Medium 24s to 26s 6d, and rough fat 19s to 23s per cwt. Grain —Wheat: There is a better demand for really good milling kinds, without, however, any disposition to jay higher prices; and as the few vendors who still hold such samples decline to quit at prices lately quoted, but few salea are being made. We quote prime railling velvet aud Tuscan, 3s 4d to 3s 5d ; others, 3« 3d to 3s 4d ; medium, 2i 9d to 3s 2d, for which there is but little demand; inferior and frosted, Is 6d to 2s 6d. Oats : There is a quiet business done in these, and slightly better i prices are now obtainable, especially for bright short samples ; discoloured are also easier disposed of. We quote stout bright milling, 2s Id to 2s 2d ; short bright feed, Is lid to 2s ; discoloured short Tartarian and sparrowbill, is lOd to la lid ; long, ls9d to Is lOd. Barky : The market is bare of choice malting samples, which could still be placed at 4s to 4s 2d. Medium ia in no demand, and rules at from 3s 3d to 3s 9d ; milling, 2s 6d to 3s ; feed, 2s to 2s 3d. Ryegrass Seed -Good clear samples off old pasture are in demand, and would realise 3s 3d' to 3s 9d ; seed off now pasture is neglected.

SYDNEI MAEKETS. The Town and Country Journal, under date July 26th, 1884, reports on the local produce market as follows : ; Wheat—ln this market an easier feeling prevails, and a reduction on late rates has been accepted during the past week, although some holders still ask 4s 6d for prime samples of New South Wales and Adelaide wheats. We hear that 4s 3d has been accepted for a parcel of fair quality. Quotations may be taken as follows:—New South Wales wheat 4s to 4s sd, Adelaide 4s to 4s sd, Victorian 4s, to 4s 6d, Victorian 4s to 4s 3d, Tasmaoian 3s 6d to 4s, New Zealand 3s to 3s 6d per bushel. Mort and Co. report:—New South Wales parcels are worth from 4s 3d to 4s 4d ; Adelaide, 4s 3d ; and New Zealand, 3a 6d to 3« 9d per bushel. Oats from 2s to 2s 7d for best lines. Bran aDd pollard, 12jd to 13£d per bushel. Flour—This market has also become easier in values, especially for inferior grades of country brands. Prices may be quoted as follows :—New South Wale*, 18 15s to £lO 15s ; Adelaide, L 8 15s to £lO 15s ; Tasmanian, £8 to £9; New Zealand, £7 to £8 10s per ton ; bran and pollard, Is 2d to Is 3d per bushel.-

ENGLISH MARKETS. Londox, August 7. Adelaide wheat has fallen 6d per quarter, and is dovt quoted at 40s, ex store, and 38s for off coast cargoes. New Zealand wheat remains at 34s to 41b, and Adelaide flour at 28s. Australian tallow is unchanged ; average quality beef 34s 6d, ditto mutton 355.