COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2235, 1 August 1891, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE.

The following is the Corn Exchange report (perN.P. Meyers, Secretary), for the week ending July 31:— Transactions during the week have been limited, and buyers are chary in speculating for export. Locally a few sales of hunters may be noticed, but tuscan and pearl are not sought after. Oats —Owing to the heavy arrivals of May, from Sydney we cannot expect any material change in values for some time to come. Barley—Only really prime malting samples are in request. Feed restricted. Potatoes— Advices from the Australian markets do not point to a revival, at the same time when the surplus stocks are cleared there, orders may be expected if shippers feed that market gradually. However, quotations at the moment are nominal. Grass seeds—A good enquiry exists for both rye and cocksfoot, but machine dressed commands the most attention. Dairy produce— Cheese: Very small enquiry for this article, recent shipments to the United Kingdom having proved unsatisfactory, Butter: Little or no.demand for export. Quotations as follow : Wheat Tuscan, 4s 3d; pearl, 4s 2d ; hunters, 4s; whole fowl, 3s 6d; broken, 3s to 3s 3d. Oats—Milling, Is lOd; short feed, Is 9d; long, Is 7d to Is 7-|d. Barley—Prime malting, 2s 9d to 3s ; second quality, 2s 4d to 2s 6d; feed, Is TOd to 2s.

Beans and Peas The former 2s IQd, the latter, if true to name (Prussian blues), 2s 9d to 3s; feed, 2s 6d.

i Ryegrass —Machine dressed, 5s 3d to 5s 6d; farmers’ lots, 3s 6d to 4s 6d, j Cocksfoot—Town dressed, 161 b to 181 b seed, 4£d. Potatoes—Derwents, 10s to 15s at country stations.

Dairy Produce' —Butter, farmers’ keg, 6d to 8d ; best dairy and factory makes, lOd to Is Id. Cheese, 3£d to 4d.

The above prices are those paid to farmers for delivery f.o.b. Lyttelton, sacks extra, potatoes excepted.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS,

At the Addington yards on Wednesday, the total number of stock yarded comprised 873 sheep, 279 head of cattle, and 355 pigs.

Fat Cattle —About 185 head were brought forward for the Aveek’s supply. There was fair competition for prime quality cattle, but inferior Avere neglected. Best bullocks of heavy Aveights made from £7 to £8 7s 6d, medium £5 upAvards; best coavs and heifers made £5 to £6 ss, medium and inferior £3 . upAvards; a fair clearance was effected.

Store Cattle.—There was .again a very small entry. Yearlings and 18months’ old cattle sold at from 18s to 30s, dairy cows of the best kind fetched £6, others were unsaleable.

Fat Sheep—Pens of best heavy weight crossbred wethers made 18s to 22s 4d, medium weights 14s upwards; top pens maiden ewes 17s to ‘2os, medium 14s upwards ; heavy weight fat ewes 15s to 18s 6d, medium 12s to 14s, light weights 9s 6d upwards; top pens merino wethers (heavy weights and very prime) 15s to 18s, medium 12s to 14s 6d, light weights 8s lid upwards, one line of very Superior two--year-old maiden ewes made 13s Id to 14s 6d, A good clearance was effected.

Store- Sheep—Two-tooth crossbreds ranged from 12s to 13s 9d; crossbred hoggets made 10s, 11s, 13s, to 14s, the latter price being given for a few exceptionally good sheep; crossbred ewes in lamb made from 9s 6d to 14s 2d,

according to age and condition; and mixed crossbreds ewes and wethers 11? to ,13s 10d; merino wethers from 6s to 7s, according to condition. ..A...g00d clearance was effected.

Pigs—A fair entry, which was all cleared at about an increase of from 2s to 4s over last week’s .values.

Sheepskins; Rough Fat, Hides, and Calfskins —There was the usual attendance of fellmongers, fair competition throughout, and all lots cleared at the following values:— Butchers’ 1 best crossbreds, 6s 9d to--7s 7d; medium, 4s 6d upwards, Butchers’ best merinos, 5s to 6s Id; medium, 4s upwards. Dry skins of, varied classes found buyers at full values. Rough fat, and If d for best parcels, Id upwards for medium, 2d for rendered fat. Hides and calfskins are without alteration.

Canterbury HorseMarket-—Draught and farm horses realised from £l2 10s to £22; good active serviceable hacks and harness horses selling at from £lO 10s to £25, according to quality.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS,

The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday :

Wheat—Market firm, but not over active. Prime Tuscans and velvets, 4s 7d to 4s 8d; other.good milling sorts, 4s 4d to 4s 6d. Fowls’ wheat— Good whole, 3s 8d to 4s. Prime Nelson hops—ls Id. Onions—£6 to £7.

Barley Malting, 3s to 3s 3d; milling, 2s 4d to ,2s 6d; feed, 2s to 2s 3d. Pearl barley, £l3. Oats —Nominally, best milling and seed, Is 60 to Is 7d;i bright plump feed range from Is 4£d to Is s£d ; other sorts, Is 3d to Is 4d—all sacks extra, off trucks, and ex store. Flour—Roller, £l2; stone, £ll ss. Oatmeal —£8 10s to £lolos. Bran—£3 10s. Sharps—£4 10s. Potatoes—£2 to £2 ss;- kidneys for seed, £2 5s to £2 10s.

Pigs—l4olb to 1601 b, well fed and well cured, 3£d; large si?es not saleable ; hams,’7d to 8d; bacon, 5d to 6d. Chaff. — Good heavy clean sorts, £2 ss.

Turnips—lss to 18s. Carrots—3os to 355.

Straw —Oaten and wheaten, 30s to 355. Hay—Oaten, £3; clover and ryegrass, £3 5s to £3 10s. Butter—Prime salt, Bd, scarce and in good demand; casks returnable; Taranaki fresh factory;butter, Is 5d per lb—scarce. Eggs—Fairly supplied. Honey:—sd per lb. Cheese—Factory, 6d to 6£d; dairy, 4d to 4£d. Grass Seeds—Ryegrass, 3 s 6d to 5s 9d; cocksfoot, 4fd to 6d per lb. Cocksfoot is now in active demand.

Sheepskins Quotations are—for dried country crossbreds, 2s 4d to 4s 3d; do do merino, 2s to 3s lOd; full-woolled crossbreds, 4s 6d to 7s 3d; do do merino, 4s 3d to 6s; butchers’ best green crossbreds, 65,2d.t0 6s 7d; good to medium, 5s 6d to 4s; green merino, 4:8 6d to 3s, Prices are about equal to those of last week.

Hides—There is no alteration in the tone of this market. Last week’s quotations remain unchanged. .For best heaAy ox hides, well.flayed, 601 b and over, 3d per. Jt>; medium weights, ■2'dstp.^d; .light, l|d to l|d; inferior and slippy, Id to l£d. Tallow—ln this market also there! is no change to report, but all lots; coming in are readily disposed of. For prime rendered mutton, 18s ,6d to! 20s; medium to good, 16s to TBs mixed and inferior, 12s Gd to los 6d ; rough fat—best mutton and caul, 13s to 13s 6d; medium to good, 11s to 12s 6d; inferior, 9s to 10si 6d.

DUNEDIN; STOCK MARKETS,

At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday the following business was transacted :

Fat Cattle Only a moderate supply, 225 head being yarded, medium to good quality, with a few pens prime. In consequence of the large supplies lately to hand cattle were quite as cheap as last week; but the prime bullocks, for which there is always a fair market at, Burnside, sold comparatively better. Quotations are —prime bullocks, £lO os to £lO 17s 6d; good to prime, £8 to £8 17s 6d; medium to good, £6 .2sj6d to ,£7 17s 6d; light to medium, £4los to £6, and cows in proportion. .Sheep The market was poorly supplied with 1224 head, consisting chiefly of medium quality, only a few pens of extra heavy weights. The wethers yarded were also mostly of medium quality. - The: kales opened 1 well, showing quite 2s advance on last Aveek’s quotations, and this continued throughout the day. Best crossbred Avethers brought 17s to 19s ; medium Aveights, 15s 6d to 16s 9d; do do cavcs, 17s 6d to 19s Id, a few pens extra prime up to 21s 9d, and merino Avethers up to 16 s. Bigs—Only 139 were penned, consisting chiefly of slips, consequently other classes sold at a distinct advance on last Aveek’s prices. Suckers brought 6s 6d to 9s ; slips, 10s to 14s ; porkers, 20s 6d to 80s; baconers, 32s 6d to 46s ; and one extra large, 535.

ENGLISH MARKETS.

London, July 29

The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,224,000 quarters, and for the Continent 2,188,000.

The wheat market is 6d dearer. The American visible supply is 29,200,00.0 bushels.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited 1 , have received the following cable advice from their London office, dated 28th July;— Wheat market steadier. The weather is unsettled. New Zealand; wheat has advanced 6d per 4961 b, since last report. New Zealand wheat* f.a.q., to arrive l -iron ship, is worth c.i.f., 37s 6d per 4801 b, April-M;ay. bill of lading.