COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2092, 30 August 1890, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTOHURCH CORN EXCHANGE

The following is the Corn Exchange report (per N. P. Mayers, Secretary), for the week ending Friday, August 29th.,:--Trade is entirely paralysed by the! ,strike on tbe intercolonial steamers,! and prices are purely nominal. The! freight question absorbs universal! attention of those in the trade, and' even when ordinary relations are agaiu restored there wiil-prdbably be such a 1 glut, in the Australian market that; prices 'may I no t recoverfor some time.; The only cereal that has not suffered proportionately is wheat, and this is ' owing to the strike not having interfered with homeward-bound vessels, ; sales of which have been made at prices quoted. Last week's quotations' are repeated (except as to wheat and ; potataes)j> as under, the circumstances' it is impossible to give more reliable information, and even the figures given are only nominal. Our quotations for the week are as follow: \

Wheat—Tuscan, 3s sd, to 3s 6d;.; nearl, 3s 3d ,to, 3s 4d,; hunters, 3s 2d to 3s 3d;, Oats —Milling, Is 7d ; short.heavy feed, Is sdto ls6d; long and inferior, Is 3d to Is 4d.

Barley—Prime malting, 1 3s 3d ; feed, ls6dtols9d. Beans, 2a 6d. Peas—Prussian blues, 8s to 3s 6d ; feed, 2s 4d to 2s. 6d.

Ryegrass Machine-dressed, sa. Cocksfoot: Bright heavy seed, 4£d i to4£d. Potatoes—Derwents, 40s to 42s 6d at country stations. Dairy Prodtice^—Unaltered... , _ . The above quotations are those paid ' to farmers if or f.0.b., Lyttelton, sacks extra, potatoes excepted?: 'CHRISTOHUROH , 'STOCK MARKETS. " At the £ Addihgt6n Yards' on, Wednesday the attendance of buyers was goo f ti : and J 'thd ! bMdi"n^ s brWk. ■ FaV Cfottle^thb' entry coMs^te'd 1 of only 'about half quantity, and. every head 'offered' was, quickly disposed of, Quoting best-' beef at 22s to 24s per 1001 b is well within the mark, with inferior at 19s to 21s 6d. Heifers sold at £4 2s 6d to £6 17s'6d; cows' at £6 >; 17s 6d; steers at £7. Store a number useful sorts of young steer's .and heifers were yarded, _but,;i although buyers, were numerous., pricesi were anything but satisfactory "toiownersi; Stored Sheep—The enquiry for all sorts of "store sheep' is 'a£\ present strong f ' t ..' '\ ~.. " ~ ■ Fat Several pens. of i' la mbs were.yar4ed,;and coneiderable demancl. was shown for them. Best pens made from 13s to 16s.

Fat oheep-fThe entry was large, and fully adequate to meet the ; tracte' demands. From the start of'the sale an easiness was felt, which gradually ;developed ' into' 'a''' decline of, values equal to Is a head on all 'classes. ICrossbred wethers's6kj| at from' 12s 6d to 21s Mi halfbred8 !i up to 228/ and merinos from 9s to 18s.

small entfy, J Prices Remained firm, aespite the fine', weather', 'and nothing was sold under'3fd per ,b: ' ' '"•"■'• •-• ■■■■■:••■ :■ ' " DUNEDIft TRADUCE IdiAll&ETS:'

! The following is the report for ' the Iweelc.- enditij* Wednesday:— , 'firm, and all good samples are easily , An imIpression,: prevails that prices; will soon be higher. Velvet and tuscan, 3a 6d to 3s 8d; other good milling softs, ;3s 4id to 3a 6d ; second-class scarce. Fowls wheat scarce, and in good demand. Whole, 3s to 3s Id ; broken and inferior, 2s 6d ! to 2s lOd.

'! Barley (nominal)— Milling,'2a 3d to 2s Sd; malting, 2s 6d'W2s 8d; feed, 2s to 2s 2d j little "demand, for any. ; Oats are a. little firmer. Best milling, Is M 'to.;la #d; bright plump feed, Is 3d,>to Is 4d; off color and inferior, Is Id to Is 2d. Onions, £l6. Hops are rising; 8d to 9d, and best iOdperlb. 11 ■ Litiseed—Best colonial,, £2o;,,im-, ported, £l7 to £l&'; timothy, £39'. ri(?ur has risen 10s a ton all round. Timaru and" Oamaru roller, £9 15s. here; £9 10s f.o,b. ports; 50's, £lO 10s here; Oamaru,, town and, Southern, stone, £8 Js>; sQ'a, £9fs. i Oatmeal —Long ton, in bulk. £8 10s; 25's, £8 10b"; short ton bulk, £8; 7's, £ioio ß . „.„• ; -Pearl Barley—£ls to £l6 in 56'b. Bran, £3 here; sharps, £4 here. Potatoes Best Oamaru, £3 ss; southern, £3 (sacks in); kidneys,

tnon'e'jselling-rinomibally," 45s to 60s; ashlea,ves, j£3:losy .-. *. \ WeUsjfed,-. not; above il6Qlbj 3£d ; hams, 7d bacon, 5d taTßdj s Chaff; is again [plentiful, 'and; has fallen fonprime to 40s per ton; other] 85s to 37s 6d. Turnips, 16s to 18s; carrots, 305.: Straw Oaten and wbeaten, 30sj and 355. Hay, oaten, 35s to. £2 (no) sale) ; clover and ryegraßS^£3:ss. Butter—Best salt in slight demand up. : to;'7id and 8d; other sorts; notj saleable. Eggs, plentiful. Honey,i 4|dtosd. . ;_ # j Cheese —Factory, 4d to 4id ; prime; Akaroa, v 3id ;,, loaves, 4d ; secondj quality, 3d.- ■• j Grass Seeds—Hyegrass, 4s to ■6s ;j cocksfoot, 4d to sd; seconds, 3d to| 3£d. I

Sheepskins —On Tuesday townj butchers' green Bkins, 7s; to 3s 9d; do do merinos, 5s to 3s 6d ; country skins, dry crossbreds,. 6slod| to 2s 3d; do do merinos,, 5s 4d to! Is 9d;. do do do double fleece, 8s 9d) to 4s 6d; do do pelts and shearlings,! Is 6d to Bd. ( . . , \ Hides—Heavy well-flayed hides. are| scarce, and comipand, full rates.! Prime heavy, ox,, 3d per lb ; medium,! weight, 2d to mixed lot of] good clean country hides, 2d per lb ;| iight.and inferior, to lf-d per lb. ' Tallow is in good demand. Primej rendered mutton, £2l to £22; prime! mixed, £l7 to £2O; medium, £l6 to j £l7; inferior, £lO to iil4; best caulj fat;, £l3 fo £l4 ; inferior and medium,; £9to£l2: ; i

DUNBDIN STOCK MARKETS. . At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday the following business was transacted : Fat Cattle—Only 145 head yarded ; very few ; prime. A slight improvement in prices for best may be quoted. Half, and fat cattle were dull of sale >at quotations. Best bullocks brought from £9 to £ll 7s 6d; .ordinary, £7 to £8 10a ; light, £4 to £6 10a; best cows. £6 to £8; ordinary, £4 10s to £5 3.05; light and inferior, £l 10s to £3 10s. Fat Sheep—3436 penned. The number proved excessive, and, weight and quality taken into account, we consider, that values all round: show a decline on last week's—best wethers, say, about Is per. head, and secondclass from 2s to 2s 6d a head. Prices ranged as follows:, — Extra-prime crossbred wethers (heavy), 18s 6d : to 21s 6d j ordinary crossbred withers, 16s to 18s ; light crossbred wethers, 13jS,to 15s; prime crossbred ewes, 16s to l8s; ordinary crossbred ewes, 14b to 15s; light crossbred,,ewes, lis to I3s6d.

Pigs—B.Bi penned.. There was a fair demand,, for,; all sorts at quotations, which, ranged lasifollows:—Bacon pigs at from 30a to 45s ; porkers at from 21s to 28s; j stores at from 13s to'24s; suckers at from 6s to lis.

ENfttiSH: MARKETS.' London, August 25. r ' A sharp' rise in flour has taken place. ( . , ; ..; ; The'NewZealand Estates Company's debetituresjare quoted at i 95. A New Zealand: wheat cargO;which is now due has been sojd at 87s.

, '.'.__. '", Augastj26 v ' The Union Steamship Company's shares are quoted., at £l2 10s; ; New Zealand Shipping Cbpipanyfs, £4 10s; Shaw Savill and Albion Company's, sit: Tallow—Best ; mutton, 26s to 26s 6d; boat beef, 25a,'to 2556 d, t Ox hides, 3|d to 3|d'per lb!

The Ne'vr'Zpaland, Loan and M'erqan. ! tile ■ Ageiicy Company,' Limited, hare ireceive'd ' the, following cable message .from Lbndotf.Mated 26th iiist, : | ■ " The } weather is ; unsettled. New jZealand' wheat' ha'a declined''3d per 14961 b since last report.' 'New Zealand wheat, 'f.a'q.,'to arrive (iron ship) is |worth; * c.i f , hominallv 36s 9d J per 480 lbs n (Jurie-'July L! bill "of lading). The harvest Will be late. 'Reports of the Ehglisn crops aire conflicting. M Wool'— The) j Australto'fa'ti closed at' level prices 6f last Lbnd'oii siales."