COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1587, 28 May 1887, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. The Corn Exchange reports for the week ending Friday evening, the 27th inst. : A fair amount of business (principally from a'ore parcels) has been transacted during the past week. Several largo lines of wheat have been taken for shipment and other orders are on hand for execution. Sydney advices for potatoes are not nt all reassuring to shippers, consequently the local market is comparatively ut a standstill. Wheat has a hardening tendency, but in the face of the large bulk held in store the riee must naturally be very slow. We quote tuscan and pearl (prime) at 3s 6d ; hunters, 3-* sd, with second quality varying from 3s 2d to 3a 4d ; whole chicken wheat is firm at 3s Id, broken at 2s 9d to 2s lid. Oats -Short heavy descriptions have slightly improved in value, and are now firm at Is 9£d for heavy feed, while milling are wanted at la 10d ; bng and inferior aorta are offering plentifully at Is 7d to Is Bd, with moderate business transpiring. Barley —After operating freely last week, malsters have not been so keen, but any p'ime lines are takeu at full values, viz., 4s; medium quality commands 3s 6d to 3s 9d, and feed at 2s 3d to 2s 4d. Beans are nearly all out of growers’ hands and are worth 2s. 13d to 3s Id. Peae—Prussian blues, true to name, are quiet at 3s 2d to 3s 4d ; feed are worth 2s 81 to 2s lOd. Grass Seed—The values are nominally the name a« last quotations, with but few transactions. Potatoes have plenty of sellers at 25s to 26s at country stations, but buyers decline to speculate at these figures unless for actual orders on hand. The majority of farmers are pitting, in the hope of an improved demand later in the season. .Dairy Produce—Butter has a fair enquiry, and up to 8d has been paid for prime tub of approved makes. Cheese is very quiet at 5d for loaf, and to 4d for large and medium siztfs. The above quotations are for delivery, f.0.b., Lyttelton, sacks extra.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS. At the Addington yards ou Wednesday, with the exception of store sheep the various yards were well filled with stock, the attendance of those interested being under the average. Cattle Fat: A large supply, the quality on the whole good. The demand was, however, rather weak, and various lines left unsold, Bullocks sold at from £5 to £7 15s par head, the latter price for a line of well-grazed strers from tiie Chatmoss estate, South Canterbury. Heifers and fat cows sold at from £2 to as high as £6 10s, values per 1001 b ranging from 15a to 17s fid, according to quality and condition, Dairy; A fair number of dairy cattle were yarded, and a pretty good demand shown. Superior cows sold at up to £lO per head, down to £3 10s for inferior sorts. Sheep—Fat: A full market, quality varied, but principally good ; demand fairly good. Primest crossbred wethers sold at from fid to 11s 9d ; light weights, 7s to 8s j crossbred ewes sold at from fis to as high as 10s fid; merino wethers sold at from 4s to 7s 3d; and from l£d to a shade over 2d per lb can be quoted as ruling values, Stores 5 A moderate number only of store sheep were entered, most lots finding purchasers at about late rates. A line of 300 four and six-tooth halfbred ewes in lamb sold at 5s 7d, and another line of quarterbreds at 5s • a line of merino ewes fetched 2s fid, Piga—A large number were yarded, principally baponers, ans a papitql lot. The waei good, all lots selling ut quite late valoes-porkers at from l(sa to 273; bacooers, from 30» b 47s a few very heavy sorts up to £2 16s, being up to 3jd per lb for best quality equable weights, heavy sorts about per lb.