COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2259, 26 September 1891, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. The following is the Corn Exchange report (perN. P. Meyers, Secretary), for the week ending Sept. 25th - The local wheat market has seen not l change in the week, prices are firm a \

quotations. Oats—A few parcels changed hands, but in the absence of . side orders, the demand is limited. Ba r —But few samples offering. Peas ar [ Beans—Little doings growers have had to accept exceptionally low prices for wrinkled varieties of the former as.com? pared with previous seasons. Grass Seed and Clovers—The recent rainsr have: not been general throughout the country, and though an improved demand is noticeable, it is not up to the average. More rain is necessary to give promise of ah average crop of seed for the ensuing season. Potatoes-?—Little or, .no business doing, parcels going forward are principally on consignment,, quotations nominal. Dairy Produce —No particular change. ; cam be -noted. Quotations as follow:

Wheat—Tuscan, 4s 1 6d ; pearl, 4s rsd; hunters, 4s 3d to 4s 4d; second quality, 3s 9d to 4s; broken chick, 3s 3d to 3s, 6d: Oats—Milling, Is lOd; bright heavy feed, Is ,9d; long danish, and inferior kinds, la fid to 15.7 d.: Barley—Prime malting, 3s ; second quality, 2s fid; feed, lß>lod to 2s. Beans—2» 9d to 3s. Peas—Blue Prussian, 2s 9d to 3s; feed, 2s 8d to 2s lOd. Rye Grass—Machine dressed, 5s 3d to 5a fid; cocksfoot, heavy seed, s|d to 6Jd. Dairy Produce?—Butter,- farmers’ keg* 8d to 9d; cheese, loaf shape, 4Jd; large size, 3fd to 4d; ■ ; The above quotations are those paid to farmers, f.o.b. Lyttelton, sacks extra (potatoes excepted.) CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS. 1 At the Addington yards on Wednesday the total number of stock yarded comprised 6135 sheep, 405 head of cattle, and 148 pigs. Fat Cattle,—Best bullocks mad© -from £6 5s to £8 12s fid, and £9 7s 6cl.for extra quality, and £5 upwards for medium. Best cows and heifers £slss to £7,medium . and inferior £3 2s fid upwards. ; j Store Cattle —265 head yarded, for which there was an improved demand. Limited 1 business was done, as owing to the forward | grass owners were not prepared to sell except at a considerable advance on recent values. Fat Sheep—There was a moderate yarding, amongst them a fair proportion of good crossbreds. Prices were not quite up to last week’s values. Pens of best crossbred freezing wethers made from 18a to 225, medium 14s upwards, best crossbred maiden ewes 15s fid to 18s 3d, fat ewes 14s to 16s, medium 11s upwards, . best pens of merino wethers 14s to 16s 7d, medium and inferior 8s fid upwards. A fair clearance was effected. Store Sheep—A medium, entry of. the usual mixed varieties, for which there was a good demand. Crossbred ewes. with a good percentage of increase, made from 15s to 19s ; good four-tooth crossbreds,, 14s to 15s 7d; crossbred hoggets, 10s to 12s for best lines ; and merino wethers from 5s to 8s 7d, according to condition. A good clearance, was .effected. : Pigs—A smaller entry than usual, with very few baconors on offer. All lines were cleared at about last week’s values: Sheepskins, Rough Fat, Hides, and Calfskins—At auction there was the usual attendance of fellmongers, ,but ip : consequence of the unfavorable reports of the London wool market, skins suffered a further decline in values. Butchers’ beat crossbreds made, from 5s fid to 6s 9d for the top lots, and 4s upwards for medium; butchers’ best merinos 4s to 5s 3d, medimp 3s 3d upwards; the decline in country skins was in proportion. Rough.; fat Id; l£d, l§d, l|d, to Ifd for best parcels: Hides and calfskins are without alteration. DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday : Wheat—Market has inquiry ; prices; are firm, and must further rise in value,; as same are. rising in Australia, owing to Shortage ere new crops preto hand; same; holds good here also. Prime tuscans and; velvets, 4s 8d to 4s lOd ; other good mill-! ing sorts, 4s 4d to 4sfid; fowls’ wheat; .good whole, 3s 8d to 4s. Prime Nelson hops, Is, Onions—£4. Barley—Malting, 3s to 3s 3d; milling; 2s 4d jto 2sfid; feed, 2s to 2s 3d. Pearl barley) £13.. j Oats—Best milling and, seed, Is fid to; Is 7d; bright. plump feed range from; Is fid to Is 7d; other l sorts, Is 3d to ls 4d| —all sacks extra, off trucks, and ex store. 1 Flour—Roller, £l4; stone, £ll ss, Oatmeal—£B 10s to £lO 10s. Bran—£3 10s. Sharps, £4 10s. Potatoes—Glutted; 30s per ton. Pigs—l4oft) to , 160 ft); well fed,, 3£d :j large sizes npt saleable ; hams, 7d to 8d; ; bacon, 5d to fid. Chaff—Up to £2 15s for prime. Turnips—Geting out of date, as feed is more plentiful. : Straw—(Oaten and ■ wheaten), 30s to* 355. Hay, (oaten), £3. Clover and rye-, grass hay, £3 6s to £3105.. Butter—Prime salt, 9d to lOd, scarce and in good demand., Eggs—ln short supply. Honey—sd per lb. Cheese—ln demand ; stocks are now ; getting short. Factory, 5d to s£d; dairy; 4d.to4Jd. . Grass Seeds—Ryegrass, 3s fid to 6s 9d; cocksfoot, 4Jd to fid per lb. Cocksfoot is now in active demand. Sheepskifis—On Tuesday, dry skins, crossbreds; Ipw to medium, Is 4d to 3s Td.; medium to best, 3s 8d to 6s 4d; merino, low to medium, 9d to 2s 3d; medium to best, 2s 4d to 6s 2d. Green skins, crossbreds, 5s fid to :7s; halfbreds, 5s 9d to 7s fid; merinos,4s to 6s; Hides—Quotations for 605), hides, 2fd to 3d; 651 b and upwards, £d to Id more; medium weights, 2d to 2Jd; light do., 1 £d to l§d; inferior, Id to l|d per lb. Tallow— Quotations for best rendered mutton, 18s fid to 20s; medium to good, 15a to 17s fid; inferior to mixed, 12s to 15s; and for rough fat, best clean caul, 13s to 13s fid; inferior to medium and good, 9s to 12sfid per cwt. DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS. At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday the following business was transacted : Fat Cattle—26o head yarded, and most of them were light of weight and medium 1 quality. The demand was good but last week’s improved values were not main-

tained, Really prime cattle were not much lower in price, but ordinary and low quality pens ruled from 10s to 16s per head below last week’s values. Best. bullocks brought £8 to £9 2s fid; medium do, £6 to £7 10s; light do, £3 10s to £5 10s ; best cows, £6 to £7 17s fid;: ordinary do, £4 to 5s 10s; aged and inferior do, £2 to £3 10s. Fat Sheep also were in over supply, 2833 being penned, and of these 372 were merinos. Bidding throughout the sal© was. very irregular (there was no demand for export) add prices generally in favor of /jbuyers.Best *■ crossbred/- wethers, brought from 18s to 20s 9d; ordinary do f do;. 16s to 17s fid; light do do, 14s to 15s fid; best do ewes, 15s to 16s fid; medium do do; 12s6d to 14s; merino wethers, 9s to 14s. Fat Lambs—32 small and of medium quality penned, and sold at 12s fid to. 9s 3d. Pigs—2l4 of all jsorts penned. Wellbred storesiand good porkers'; sold fairly —the former especially; but-bacon, of which a large portion of the supply consisted; were almost unsaleable—in fact sales could only be effected by submitting; to very low prices. Bacon pigs sold at 24s to 365; porkers, 16s to 235; stores,, 12s to 20s; slips, 10s to 16s; suckers, 6s fid to 10s fid. ENGLISH AND FOREIGN MARKETS London, Sept. 23. The total quantity of wheat and flour aflpat for the United Kingdom is 1,816,000 quarters and for the Continent 2,605,000 quarters. Shares in the New Zealand Trust and Loan, Company, £6 15s; Australian and New Zealand Mortgage, and Agency Company,£2 ; National Mortgage and Agency of New Zealand, 10s; Otago and Southland Investment Company, 10s. Sept. 24. The,.estimated visible supply of, American wheat is 32,000,000 bushels. The wool sales are showing a slightly improved tone. The New Zealand Shipping Company will declare a dividend of 6 per cent. Washington, Sept. 22. ; The iAmerican estimate i of -,the world’s, deficit in wheat anti rye is 200,000,000 quarters.