COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1594, 14 June 1887, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS.

Tbe following is the report for the week ending Wednesday .* — , Oats—The demand for all classes of oatii haa been brisk,, this. .being caused ..by a fa * buyers having orders far shipment,, j»ud so clearing the .market ,of all ealeabley-lots. Bright .stout feed and pilling, have been moht in demand': milling, Is Sd'tols 8^.1; bright (tout feed, la 7£to le 7Jd ; medium feed, Is 6d to Is 6Jd; inferior and seconds, is 3i to Is 6d.

Wheat-rTbo market still remains firm; prime milling is mo in deiLiud. Quotations, ate about tho t ame aa last week. Fouls’ feed is scarce, god advanced a shade higher in price, with a tendency to harden. Frine milling red straw, velvet, and tusokn, 3a lid to Id; good to beat, 8s lOi to 3i lid ; medium, 35,7 dto 3s 9i; whole fowls' feed, 3s 8d to 3a 6d ; inferior and broken, Ss 9d toSs. Barley—Malting, 3t lOd (aaoka eztrs); any loti of superior quality would fetoh 4s; feed, 2s 6d ; millinp, 3i, Grass Seed—There is no demand for parcels^' The only business passing ia confined to small retsillots.

Chaff is in over supply at ,£2 10s for best, and £ 115 ato£2 Bs for inferior to ordinary. Potatoes The market is glutted'. Der wonts sell at 80i to 365, and the demand only local. Kidneys are wanted for seed at up to 60s. 1 , Butter—Fresh is plentiful at, Id to 8i (in mixed .oases ; ' salt .(in kegs), 7d to Tid, and quiet. , ■ / Eggs, fa lOd per dozen ; sales alow.

Sheepskins—On Monday,, country dry crossbreds brought 8d to Ss 8d; do do merino, 9d to 2s 2d; good to best dry. crossbreds, 3i 6d to 4i Qd % do do merino, 8s fld to 4»6d ; dry pelts, id,to 6dj . batchers’, green oroes> breds,,2»,6d,to 3s 8d; do morj.no, la, 7d to 8s; lamb»kjus, 2s 9d to Ss.ld., ■ Hides—lnferior and bulls’,,, lid to 2d.; light, medium,,, 2id to 3|d j ,heavy, 3|3 to 4id. ‘ .....

! Tallow—There is.ro alteration to report. Best muttpn, 16s. to ,19s- ,6d;, medium to good, 14a to 15s; inferior' and mixed, 10s to 14u Bough fat—lnferior, 7a to 8s; medium tq good, 9l to TOT per. 6 wt. ;

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS.

At the Addington yards, on Wednesday, there v-ere numbers of stock in ab parts of the yards for this week** supply, the .attendance, of/buyer* being about an average' one. Cattle—Fat cattle again to hand fir in excess of requirements, values as a consequence receded even on the late low quotations, the beet quality- b'-ef'Celling .»t'’barely 17s per lOOlbs. Some P r '«n® steers were yarded,/he best 1 selling at from £6 10s to £7 per head ; other lines of steers fetched from £5. is 6d to £6 7,6 d ; heiferfjabd fat cows from £3 15s to £5 10* per head, being at the rate of from 16s lol7flper 1001 b, according to quality, a good number being turned out nnsold. The cattle market was rather lightly supplied, and the demand was anything but good. No alteration in values are to be recorded. A large number of dairy stock were yarded, more than the usual number of cows near to calving being offered, snd in face of the large supply prices were somewhat easier. ; Sheep—A good\qumber of fat shedp were yarded, the quality being varied, the major portion being of mediuiq,quality. [The .detrend was good on all sides, late values bung quite maintained. The primest of the crossbred wethers sold at from „lQs. 6d, to 13s per head ; mnidep evfes, frbtnj9s 6d to 10« 3d; medium weight wethers, from 7s 3d to 8s 9d ; crossbred ewes, from 5s 6d to 8a 6d ; merino wethers sold- et' froth 4a 3d to 7s 6d, being from to 2d per lb, according to the quality. •* A fair number of 1 store sheep were yarded,. a capital demand being shown. A line of four and six-tooth h'dfbred wetlh-rs ao'd at from 3a lid to 4s‘9d ; » lino of two-topth mixed crossbreds.at from 4* 7d to 4a 9d ; a line of good four-tooth 1 crossbred ewes at 5* 10 i. ( The pig market’ was again vary heavily supplied, principally with bacon pigs of •xcellent > quality, The demand continues good, all/Jots being, taken jatj-about late rates, viz., 3d to 3£d per lb, according as weights are suitable. Sales were as follow Baconerg, frsm 31i to 47s per head ; porkers, from 18s to 25s ; stores, dull of sale, from 6s to 14s 6d per head. , .. . AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. / Btdnbt, June 11. New Zealand wheat is quoted at 3s 4d to 3i 9d ; New Zealand oats, Is 9d to 2s 3d ; maiz?, is selling at 3a 3d ; potatoes, 50s, Adelaide, June 11. Wheal is quoted at 4a 21 to 4s 3d. Town flour. £9 15a to £10; country, £8 TOs to £Blss.

ENGLISH MARUBTS.

London, June,, 9. At the wool sale to-dayi tlieria was a fair demand.' The b*lo catalogue comprised 8700 bales. Since the opening of the series 3000 bales have been withdrawn. ! .: V June 12. ‘ ' The. weather is now fine, and numerous poaai j arrivals are mentioned. In the wheat trade Eng'iah demand is firmsi;, whilst that for foreign export is weaker, especially as Regards Indian purchases. One Australian off-coast ca-go has been sold at 38s 3d. Cargoes by the Triton, Elliott, e f : were included in the catalogue,’ the total-number of quarters being 27,000. Cargoes on passage were offered at 37a Sd. _ , The wool sales are progressing spiritedly. Merinos are from par to £d below last rates,; and the crossbreds are |d below the April rates. The number of pales cataidgued wap 64,000, of which' 1 3500 have been withdrawn,