COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1564, 2 October 1886, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTOHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. The Corn Exchange reports for the week ending Friday evening, the Ist inst. : The grain trade has been very quiet during the week, and little export trade has taken place. Farmers have taken advantage of the fine weather to push on with their sowing. Wheat has nothing special to report. Outside orders are limited, and any small farmers' parcels are readily taken for local milling. Prime Tuscan acd Pearl remain at 4s sd, Hunter's at 4s 4d, second quality varieß from 4a to 4s 3d ; chicken wheat is easily placed at from 3s 7d to 3s lOd. Oats—A few sales have been made for shipment to Australia, but the market is languid and prices have not improved. Milling are qaotod at 2s sd; short feed, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; Danist and Tartars, 2s Id to 23 2d. Barley has nothing fresh to note and prices are unchanged. Beans and Peas—Very few offering and quotations are nominal. Beans at 3s to 3s 3d, blue peas 4s to 4s 3d. Ryegrass has boen moving off in small lots to farmers, but prices are weak. Machine-dressed is being qu't at 5s to 59 3d ; farmers parcels range from 4s to 48 6d. Cocksfoot has not been very brisk at 4sd to 4§d for bright heavy seed, and 3|d for second quality. Potatoes h&ve again receded, Sydney advices being anything but bright, and the North Wand orders have been all completed. We cannot quote more than 35s to 40s at country Motions.

Dairy produce is very weak, and prices last quoted are barely obtainable. The above prices (potatoes excepted) are for delivery f.o.b. Lyttelton.

CHRISTOHURCH STOCK MARKETS. At the Addington Yards on Wednesday, a fairly full market of stock, the attendance of buyers pretty good, weather very fine, and buainees not very animated. Fat Cattle—The supply was a middling one, North Island bullocks forming a large proportion of the entry. demand was not very brisk, and a slight decline on former values took place. Bullocks sold at from £6 10s up to £lO 25s ; heifers, £6 2a 6i to £8 ; prime fat cows, €8 to £9; from 22s to 23s per lOOlbs were the ruling priceß. Fat Sheep Not a heavy entry, some drafts of excellent quality were yarded, demand fairly good, a&d a alight improvement on

late rates took place. Crossbred wethers, very piiine, fetched from 17s 6d to 19s 9d ; medium, 12s 6d to 15s; crossbred ew3B, from 12s to 15s 9d ; merino wethers, from 9* 6d to 13» 9d ; an average of about 2£d per lb. Store Sheep—A fairly large entry, principally young sheep, demand not over brisk. A line of 2 and 4-tooth wether* fetched 10s 4d ; hoggets ranged from 5s 6d to 9s 3d. Store Cattle —A moderate entry, not many graziers present, and business not over good: values, however, were unchanged. Three-year-old steers went up to £5 2s 6d ; do heifers, £3 15s to £4; two-year-old steers, £3 to £3 6s; do heifers, £2 10a to £2 15s ; young cattle sold at from 21a to 365. But little dairy stock yarded. Springers Bold from. £5 10s to £7; cows in full profit, from £5 to £6 17s 6d. Pigs—Moderate entry, values unchanged.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday : Wheat—At present the stocks in hands of agents are very low, and lota arriving are readily disposed of, particularly as regards prime quality parcels of whatever description, aad an improvement jn values baa taken place. The values are for prime Tuscan and velvet, 4s lOd to 49 lid ; prime red straw, 4s 8d to 43 9jd ; other descriptions of fair to good quality, 4s 5d to 4s 8d ; fowl wheat, good, 33 ltd to 4s 2d ; inferior, 3a 8d to 3s lOd. Oats—ln consequence of reduced rates of freight which have been available during the paßt week, buyers have been baying Cciutiously for shipment, owing to outside quotations leaving very little murgin. (Quotations are For milling (nominally), 2s 4d ; heavy bright feed, 2s 2d to 2s 3d; medium, 2s to 2s 2d; inferior, Is 9d to 2s ; seed oats, 2a 9d to 3a. Barley -Maltiner parcels are not much inquired for, and the values are 3s to 3s Id ; milling, dull of sale at 2s 8d to 2s lOd ; feed lots have been in demand at 2s 5d to 2a fd.

Ryegrass—Farmers' undressed prime and off old pastures, 4a 9d to 5s 3d; medium do, 4s to 4s 6d ; machine-dressed medium, 5a 3d to 5s 6d ; prime, 5s 9d to 6s. Cockefoot is rather slow at 4jd to 4|d per lb. Chaff—£s for best and £4 15s for medium quality ; oaten straw chaff, £3 to £3 2s6d. Potatoes—ln over-supply at £3 for best Kakanuis, and £2 15s for Southern. Butter—Salt sells locally in small lota at 8d ; fresh, 9d, with a plentiful supply. Kgg ß _7Jil to 8d per dozen.

Turnips—2ls per ton Carrots—4sß.

Sheepßkins —On Monday butchers' crossbred Bkins (fullwoolled) brought 5s to 53 7d ; medium do, 4s 6d to 4s lid ; merinos (fullwoolled) 4s 6d to 4s lOd ; medium, 4s to 4s 4d; dry crossbreds (fullwoolled) 4s 9d to 5s sd—an exceptional lot, consisting of very heavy skins, 6s ; medium, 2e lOd to 3a 8d ; inferior, Is 3d to 2s 6d.

Hides— Heauy hides, trimmed, and well taken cere of, 3|d to 3M per lb; medium, 2Jd to 3d; light, 2|d to 2Jd; inferior and bull hides, IJd to 2d. Tallow—The values are : Good to prime mutton, 17s to 19s; medium, Us to 16s : inferior and mixed, 10s to 13s ; rough fat—prime, lis to 12a ; medium, 8s to 10s ; inferior, 6s to 7s per o.vt.