COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2490, 15 April 1893, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKET,

At the Addington yards on Wednesday the entries were good and the attendance was fair. Store .Sheep—There was a good entry of store sheep, the bulk of which sold well. 1500 2-tooth crossbred wethers were quitted at 10s 7d to 11s, full-mouthed crossbred breeding ewes Os Od to 8s Od, 4 and G-tooths 12s Gd to 15s Gd, lambs from 6s Od to 9s 6d. Fat Sheep—ln fat sheep, the quality of which was decidedly patchy, best crossbred and half bred wethers sold at 15s to IGs Gd, medium sorts 13s to 14s 6d, smaller 10s to 12s, crossbred ewes 13s 6d to 15s Bd, medium lls to 12s 3d, merino wethers small ontry best 12s to 13s 9d, medium 8s to 9s 9d, inferior 6s to 7s 6d. Fat Lambs —There was a fair entry of fat lambs, mostly of good quality. Best freezers 12s to 13s 3d, others 10s to 11s 9d, a slight advance on last week’s rates. Fat Cattle—The entry of fat cattle was very large. All really good lines entered met with a ready sale. Best steers brought up to £ll 15s, heifers £7 15s, cows to £9 2s 6d, second class and inferior cattle were hard to quit, there being apparently no buyers for these sorts. Best beef sold at 20s to 21s per 1001 b. Store Cattle —In store cattle the pens were well filled, but the quality was very mixed. Sales were rather irregular and prices consequently suffered to a slight extent.

Pigs —There was a large entry, but prime baconers were somewhat scarce. (Stores sold fairly well and porkers advanced slightly. Prime baconers averaged 4d per lb, porkers 4£d. DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday : Wheat is fairly active, and all good samples are easily placed. Prime tuscan and velvet, 2s Sd to 2s 9d; a really extra good sample would fetch 2s lid; demand quiet for old stocks, at from 2s 4d to 2s fid (as per quality) ; fowls’ wheat, good whole wheat up to 2s 2d. Barley—Chevalier, 3s 9d to 4s 3d; Cape, 2s 9d to 3s, with a good demand.

Oats'—Prime short feed and milling, there is a good demand at Is 8d to Is 9d; medium qualities, Is 7d (sacks extra off truck.) New season’s rye corn, 2s 6d. Potatoes —Derwents, £3. Arrivals have been short during the week. Pigs—Good demand at 44d for good quality and suitable sizes. Hams, 9d to lOd; roll and side bacon, to 7d. Lard, 6d per lb. Chaff —In better supply ; prime well cut, 50s to 52s Gd; other qualities from 40s upwards. Butter—Demand at to Bd. Cheese —Akaroa,4d to 4£d; factory, 4|-d, large sizes. Grass Seeds—Ryegrass, 2s to 2s 6d ; machined up to 3s 3d. The demand for old pasture machined is good up to 3s 9d ; cocksfoot, to 4d.

Flour First-class roller-flour at £8 5s per ton, and 50’s at £9 ; stone-made £7.

Oatmeal—£lo in 25’s or long ton bulk.

Bran—£2 15s. Pollard, £3 os. Pearl Barley—£lß. Onions—Best Melbourne. £o ; Canterbury grown, £4 10s. Honey—Prime extracted, A|d ) rutt, 4d.

Sheepskins—At auction on Tuesday country dry crossbreds, inferior to medium, brought Is lOd to 3s 8d; do do merino, Is 8d to 2s lOd; full-woolled crossbreds —good 3a lOd to 4s 9d, best 5s to 6s; do do merino—good 2s lid to 3s Bd, best 3s 9d to 5s 8d ; dry pelts, 2d to ls7d; green crossbred pelts—-best 2s 9d to 3s, selected 3s 3d to 3s Cd, medium to good 2s to 2s Gd ; do do merino, Is 3d to Is lOd ; lambskins—best 2s 9d to 3s Gd, medium is G 4 to 2.1 Od each. Hides—Thg market continues steady at late rates—say, for heavy free from offal and scars, 2d to 2Ad; extra heavy, 2pi to 3d; medium, to inferior to medium, Id to Ifd per lb. Tallow—-Tho market continues firm. Best rendered mutton, fit for export, 23s Gd to 24 i Od ; medium to good 19s Gd to 22s Gd ; inferior t > medium, 14s Gd to ISs Gd ; v nigh fat—l est mutton caul 14s to 14s Od, medium to good 12s Gd to 13s Gd, inferior to medium 11s to 12s per fiwt.DUNEDIS MARKETS. At the Burnside Market on Wednesday the following business was transacted : Fat Cattle—Only 100 head yarded—medium to -good, with a few pens prime. A moderately fair demand was experion ced, also a slight advance in prices. Rest bullocks brought £8 to £9, one only £9 2s Gd ; medium to good, £G 7h Gd to £7 15s ; light, £5 10s to £G 5s ; best cows, £G to £G 15s ; medium to good, £5 5s to £h 17s Gd ; light and aged, £3 10s to £5. Fat fcueep—lG3o were penned, all crossbreds ; about equal portions wethers and ewes; mostly good to prime, For best sheep a slight advance on last wppk’s prices was obtained, while for medium il-jjre was no material change. Best crossbred wethers, 14s to 15s Gd—one pen IGs ; light weights, 11s Gd to 13s ; best crossbred ewes, 11s Gdto 13s fid—one pen, 15s ; light weights, 9s to 11s. Lambs—4G4 were penned, only a few pens fit for the trade. Prices ruling were unsatisfactory. Best brought 8s to 9s 3d, one or two pens extra heavy 10s to 12s 3d; others, 5s Gd to 7s. Pigs—lßl were penned. Prices realised hardly reached those obtaining lately. Suckers brought 7s Cd to 13s ; slips, 14s to 15s Gd ; porkers 23s to 29s ; baconers, 33a to 525; ene or two extra heavy up to 60s,

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, April 12. Wheat, chick, 2s lid to 3s. Flour, New Zealand roller-made, up to £B. Barley, Cape, 3s. Oats, bright feed, 2s 6d; seed, 2s Od to 2s !»d. Maize, new, 3s 9d to 4s 3d ; old, 4s Od. Bran, 9d ; pollard, 9Jd to 9£d. Peas, Blue Prussian, 4s 3d to 4s Gd. Butter, dairy-made, Od to 7d ; factorymade, 9d. Cheese, prime, 4|d. Bacon, New Zealand, Bfd to BJd; hams, from lid to Is. Potatoes, New Zealand, nominal, £3 5s ; Circular Head, £4 ss. Onions, £3 15s. Melbourne, April 12. Wheat, 2s lid. Flour, stone-made, £7 to £7 ss; rollermade, £7 7s 6d to £B. Oats, Algerian, Is 8d ; stout, Is lid. Maize, 3s 6d. Barley, Cape, 2s 3d ; malting, 4s 6d. Adelaide, April 12. Flour, roller-made, £8 ss. Oats, 3s Id to 3s 2d. Barley, malting, 4s 6d to 4s 9d. Bran, 9d to 9(d; pollard, 10^d. Wheat, 3s l|d. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. London, April 11. Wheat at Mark Lane has advanced 6d per quarter. Two Victorian cargoes were sold at 30s. Mr Wilson considers that the potted butter of Great Britain and the Continent is not superior to Australian. Skim cheese similar to that from New Zealand, would not pay for export. April 12. The Central Chamber of Agriculture 1 has approved of a proposal to enforce labelling of imported meat. Mr Wilson reports on the experimental shipment of fruit from Victoria that the pears and grapes were unsuitable, and arrived in a rotten condition. He advises that it is useless to send tomatoes. The passion fruit was also rotten, and apples were only a partial success. Competition at the wool sales continues brisk, and prices are steady at former quotations. The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,600,000 quarters, and for the Continent 984,000 quarters. At the wool sales there is keen competition for medium and low class wools, but prices for superior are barely maintained owing to the lack of American demand.

The Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association (limited), have received the following cablegram from their London office, dated 11th April:—“ The wheat market is Is to Is 6d per quarter dearer. The market is affected by higher prices in America.’ ’