COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1448, 31 December 1885, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE,

The Corn Exchange reports for the week ending Thursday evening, the 24th inst, :

With the prospects of a week’s holiday, business, beyond settling up of existing transactions, has been almost entirely neglected. Sales of prime milling wheat are difficult to effect, millers being unwilling to do business at price* demanded by holders in the face of the low rates ruling for flour. Holders, however, are firm at Ss Sd to Ss sd, according to sorts, Second quality parcels find an occasional outlet, for Home shipments, at up to Ss, whenever a favorable freight is obtainable. Whole chick wheat has plenty of enquiry up to 2b 9d. Oats have been more in demand during the week, several outside orders having required attention, bright short feed being most wanted at le 9d to Is lOd ; other feed lines make from Is 6d. Malting barley remains depressed, and prices are nominal. Feed lines are saleable only at the very low price of is 9d to 2s, Beans are wanted for shipment at 2s 8d to 2s 9d. Dairy produce has a fair number of buyers at for tub butter up to 9d, New,season’s cheese, loaf shape. from 4d to sd, Recording to quality. The above prices are those paid to farmers, and delivered, f.0.b., Lyttelton.

DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS,

At the Burnside Yards on Tuesday the following business was transacted :

Fat Cattle —Only 134 yarded, mostly medium to good quality beef. This number, although small, proved folly equal to the trade’s requirements, and prices as compared with last week’s manifested no quotable change. The demand was very slack, and the attendance of buyers only moderate. Best bullocks, from LS to LlO ; medium, L 6 to L 7 10s. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold for Mr John Grigg (Longbeach Estate) 23 bullocks at from L 7 17s 6d to L 9 12s fid.

Fat Sheep—l3Bs penned. Prices ranged from 8s to 11s 3d. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Go. sold : For Mr E. J. Pardew (Waimate) 17 crossbred ewes at 7a 6d ; for Mr J. Bishop (Pleasant Point), 8 at 8s 9d. Fat Lambs—Bo3 penned, of all qualities, from inferfor to prime. Competition dull, and prices generally in favor of buyers. Prices ranged from 5s fid to 7s od. Pigs —69 .penned. Prices ranged from 24s to 80s for bacon pigs, from 1 fis fid to 22s for porkers, and from 8a fid to 12s for stores. DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Tuesday : Grain— Wheat : Little business doing ; values unaltered. Oats; There exists an enquiry for very choice milling samples, of which, however, there are few offering. Other qualities are neglected. Finest milling is quoted at Is 10d to Is IOJd ; prime short feed, Is 9d to la 9£d ; common feed, Is 7d to Is Barley : No transactions. Sheepskins Country crossbreds brought up to 3s 7d ; do merinos, op to Ss ]od ; butchers’ crossbreds, 3s 9d to 4s . 4d; do merinos, 2s 7d to 8s 91, green pelts, 2d to 4d ; and lambskins, fid to Bd. Tallow—Theie is no improvement to report. AH coming forward, however, is saleable at recent quotations. Inferior, 12s to 14s ; medium, 15s to 17s ; good to prime, 18s to 19s ; rough fat, 7s to 13 s per cwt, AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Mklbournb, Dec. 24. Messrs K. Goldbrough and Co. held their usual weekly wool sale yesterday afternoon, when the catalogue comprised 4800 bales, of which 3900 were sold. Buyers attended in large numbers, and tba biddings were spirited throughout, the market ruling very firm, The latest prices for greasy merinos ranged up to ■lo|d, while 18£d was paid for a parcel of scoured wool. Dec. 29. The Melbourne Manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, Limited, reports on the produce market as follows : Shipping wheat, rather weaker, 8s lOd 3s lid ; malting barley, no improvement, Ss fid to 3s 9d ; New Zealand feed oats are a shade firmer, 2s 9d to 2s lid ; New Zealand milling oats, in belter demand, Ss to 3s Id ; New Zealand oats under bond, 2s Id to 2s Bd. . ENGLISH MAKARTS, London, Dec. 24. The total quantity of wheat afl at for the United Kingdom is 1,630 000 quarters. Drc. 2G. The wheat quotations are unchanged The cargo by the Alastor has been sold at 81s 9d.

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