COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1455, 16 January 1886, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

OHBISTOHriiriT CORN EXCHANGE, The Cora Exchange reports for the week ending Friday evening, the 15th January ; Dry weather continues, and. harvest operations in many districts are in full swing. Lute crops are reported to have suffered, but winter wheals have favorable appearances of an average yield. There in little business doing locally in wheat, but shipping orders are fairly brisk, prime lines for intercolonial orders, and slightly damaged for-horae shipments. Chick wheat continues firm and in good demand. Oats have advanced slightly, outside enquiries coming forward briskly, good short; feed being most sought after. Malting barley is still neglected, but'feed lines are saleable at quotations below. There are neither beans nor peas offering. This season’s rye grass seed is coming under notice, but as yet buyers and sellers are unable to determine its value with satisfaction to both parties. Cocksfoot is also asked about, and there is a fair prospect of good prices for bright heavy seed. Dairy produce lias a speculative demand but advices from Australia point rather to a decline than a rise in values. Quotations as follow

Wheat—Prime, 3s 2d to 3s 4d ; second quality, 2s lOd to 3a; chick, 2s t>d. _ Oats—Bright short feed and milling, Is lid to 2s; slightly discolored short, Is 8d to Is lOd; long and discolored, Is 7d. ‘ ' l

Barley—Malting, nominal; feed Is lOd to 2s.

The above prices are those paid to farmers, and delivered f.o. b. Lyttelton. CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS. At the Addington yards on Wednesday lighter entries of stock were yarded than bus been the case for some time past, The attendance of buyers was also a limited one. Fat cattle—This market was fairly well supplied; principally medium quality. Demand not very brisk, but irregular, late values about ruling. Steers sold at from £6 to £8 10s; heifers, £4 15s to £6 17s 6d ; being 17s to 19s per 1001 b, according to quality. Fat sheep— Only a limited supply, and principally of a very medium quality ; enquiry quite confined to local requirements, and very dull. Crossbred wethers sold at from 7s 6d to 10s per head ;"do ewes, 5a to 6s. Merino wethers, 4s fid to 6s fid. Store sheep- -Only a small entry, and but little demand ; a line of good shorn hoggets sold at fis Id per head; a line of twotooth crossbreds, mixed sexes, at 5s 9d and 6s lOd. Fat lambs were in good supply, selling at from 4s to fis 9d per head. Only a small entry of pigs, all being cleared at late values. Store cattle —A medium entry, with a fair demand shown. No alteration in values to note. DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS, The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday r Wheat: A good demand now exists for all sorts, and prices may be said to have advanced, not only only on account of its scarcity now, but on the anticipated shortness of the crop during the coming season. Prices may be quoted as follows Prime milling, velvet and Tuscan, 3s 6d to 3s fid ; red straw, 3s Sd to 3s 5d ; medium 3s Id to 3s 3d ; fowls’ feed 2s lOd to 3d. Oats—The demand for these is also good, and all lots ; coming forward are freely taken up' at advanced prices from those ruling lately. Short yields are, of course, the primary cause of the advance. The quotations are : For prime short bright milling, 2s to 2s Id; ordinary feed, Is lid to 2s; medium, Is lOd ; inferior and discolored, up to Is 7d —all bags weighed in, and ex store. Barley—There is more inquiry for it than for some time past, thoughbut few sales made, and these only at a slight advance on late rates. Potatoes.—The demand is still keeping up, and prices for good sound kidneys are from £7 18s to £B—bags weighed in. Grass seed—Nothing doing in it yet. Chaff.—Good quality* well cut, is in demand, at £3 ss; ordinary, £2 15s to £3. Butter.—Fresh is wanted at 8d for prime, and fid to 7d for medium ; salt is quiet at 8d to B|d, kegs extra. Cheese. —s|d to fid tor best quality. Eggs.—The market is still overstocked. Price, 8d per dozen, with very slow sale. DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS. At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday the following business was transacted Fat Cattle—l7s head were yarded, about half of these being good to prime quality, the balance medium and inferior cattle. Competition during the early part of the sale was brisk, and prices obtained proved fully equal to last week’s ; but as the sales progressed bidding became less animated, and towards the close values were somewhat lower than at the commencement. Best bullocks brought from £8 to £lO ;; others, £4 to £7 16a ; cows in proportion.—L, Maclean sold for Mr M. Studholme (Wairaate Estate), 7 cows trom‘£6 7a fid to £0 17s fid.—Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold for Mr John Grigg (Longbeach Estate), 18 prime bullocks at £7 10s to £10; for Mr Andrew Grant (Temuka), 13 bullocks at from £6 7s fid to £8 10a ; for N Z. and A. Land Co. (Levels Estate), 13 bullocks at from £7 2s 61 to £B. ; y * Fst Calves— Nine penned, and sold at from fis to 32s fid.: • Fat Sheep—2B93 were penned, ot which 250 were merinos, the balance crossbreds, ranging from medium to prime quality, At the commencement of the market the prices obtained were about equal to ’ last week’s quotations, but prices dropped considerab'y at the close and many lots were withdrawn. Best crossbred wethers brought from fis 9d to 9s 91; a few heavy w-ghts, up 10s fid; others 5s to fis 3d; nerinos, 3s 9d to 4s 6d.—L. Maclean sold for Mr M. Studholme (Waimate Estate), 140 cossbred ewes at from 7s to 7s fid.— Donald Reid and Co. sold for the N.Z. and A. Land Co, (Pareora Estate), 2fifi prossbreda at 7 s 61 to 7a 9d. — Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold for Mr Andrew Grant (Temuka), 63 prime halfbred wethers at 9s.