COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2586, 25 November 1893, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKET. At the Addington Yards on Wednesday business in nearly every department showed a lack of animation. Store Sheep—About 2500 store sheep were penned, including a number of crossbred and merino ewes with lambs. For these there was hardly any demand, and hoggets were disposed of at barely up to late rates ; merino ewes and lambs 5s to 6s 6d, crossbred hoggets 7s lid to 10s 3d. Fat Sheep —About 3000 fat sheep were penned. The quality, except in the case of a pea or two, was only medium. Business dragged, and there was no improvement iu prices. Crossbred wethers fetched 9s 9d to 15s Bd, ewes hs Gd to 15s 6d, maiden ewes 13s, mixed sexes 10s Id to 14s 7d, hoggets 9s, half bred wethers 10s 3d to 16s 3d, merino wethers 4s 6d to 10s 6d, ewes 6s. Fat Lambs—About 500 fat lambs came forward, and as buyers for export had ceased to operate, the demand was not equal to the supply. The prices realised were from 6s 6d to 10s 6d, although a good line reached 13s 9d. Fat Cattle—9o head of fat cattle, mostly light-weight steers and heifers, with a few cows were yarded. Steers brought £7l2s Od to £9 15s, heifers £7 10s to £7 17s Gd, cows £5 to £fe 2s 6d. Store Cattle—There was a small entry of store cattle, and sales were effected with difficulty. Figs—There was a small supply < f pigs, and competition, except for young stores, was anything but keen. Baconers about held their own. Porkers showed a decline, and good useful stores improved slightly. Baconers fetched 22s to 425, stores 7s to 15s, porkers 15s 6d to 26s 6d.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday ; Wheat—Prime milling, 2s 9dto 2slod ; medium quality, 2s 7d to 2s 81. Fowlswheat, 2s 4d to 2s 7d. Demand quiet; prices low. Oats—A small inquiry for local consumption ; very little doing in shipping. Primefeed andmilling, 2s; other qualities, 1s lOd to Is lid. Potatoes Derwents very scarce, £8 to 18 10s; ue.v kidneys,. 2£d per lb. Chaff—Prime quality, £3 12s 6d to £3 15s ; good to medium, 13 5a to £3. Salt Butter—prime quality, at 7d per tt), packages Is each. Cheese—Prime factory, 4fd; loaf, 5d ; Akaroa, 4Jd to 4|d. Grass Seeds—Ryegrass, 2s 6d to 3s; machined from 3s 9d to 4s 6d; cocksfoot, 3£d tosd.

Sheepskins—At auction on Tuesday green skins sold at prices pretty well up to late rate rates, but second and third class dry skins were bought on terms more favorable to the purchasers: —Green crossbreds, average to best, brought 4s 6d to ss; light to medium, 3s 6d to 4s ; green merinos, 2s §d to 3s; pelts, 4d to lOd; lambskins, 8d to Is 3d ; dry skins, somewhat lower rates in proportion, Hides—These continue to meet with a fair demand at late rates. Prime heavy ox, 2yd to 2|d extra heavy to 3d; medium, Ifd to 2d ; damaged and light, Id to IJd per Jb, Tallow—Prime rendered mutton tallow is worth 21s 6d to 235; medium to good (mixed), 18s to 20s; inferior, 15s to 17s ; clean unrendered caul fat, J4s 6d ; mixed and second quality cauls, 12s to 14s.

DUNEDIN STUCK MARKETS,

At the Burnside Market on Wednesd? y the following business was transacted : Fat Cattle —104 head yarded, ranging from light to gopd average weights, though the best cattle op offer vpgre considerably below last week's top peps, t)ofh in bullocks and heifers. There was a very keen demand and prices were relatively higher than those ruling at the previous sale. Best bullocks brought £ll to £.12 5s ; medium to good, £1) J 0s to £lO 10a ; light to medium, £7 10s to £!) 5s : cows ani.l heifers, £4 5s to £8 10s. Fat Sheep—Only 1021 penned. About two thirds were in the wool, 1 11 ' proportion of prim® sheep being confined to a few small consignment®, tjjp balance being made up of merino wethers ffttc], second and third-rate crossbreds. There was a very keen demand, and a very coiißiderabln advance in prices for any lots which might be considered good mutton. Other descriptions also sold at higher rates. Prime crossbred jyethera brought 18s Gd, 19s, to 19s Cd, as high as 19s 9d and 20s being paid for several pens of the best sheep ; medium to good cro?sbrede sold at 17s to 18s; light weights, 16a to 16s Gd; crossbred ewes, to 18s 3d; merinos, to 16s 3d; shorn crossbreds, Xls 9d to 15s. Fat Lambs—7lß penned, overstocking the market, and p••icer were much loner than last week, The beat lota on offer

bi ought 9s to 10s, average lines 8s toßs6d, light to medium 6s 6d to 7s 9d. Pigs—lo 3 yarded. Bacon pigs, which were not in demand, brought 30s to 40s ; porkers, 23s to 28s ; suckers, 10s to 13s. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, November 22. Wheat, chick, 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; milling, 3s 7d. Oats, fair feed, 2s 8d to 2s feed, 2s 9d. Maize, 3s 7d. Barley, Cape, 3s. Bran, 7fd; pollard, 9d to 9£d. Potatoes, local grown, new crop, £3 15s to £4 ss. Onions, £l2 to £l2 10s. Butter, dairy-made, 6d to 7d ; factorymade, 6d to Bd. Cheese, 3d to 4£d. Bacon, 5d to 6d. The wool market is easier, especially for better sorts. For merino greasy, general values are aJd lower. Crossbreds sold up to BJd ; the demand being strong at the lower rates. Melbourne, November 22. Wheat, 2s lOd to 2s 10£d, Flour, stone-made, £6los to £6l2s 6d ; roller-made, £7 ss. Oats, Algerian, Is lOd ; Tartarian, Is lid; stout white, 2s Id to 2o 2d. Maize, 2s lid. Bran, 6|d ; pollard, 7d. Peas, Prussian blue, 2s 3d. Potatoes, £9 to £9 10s. At the wool sales greasy lambs’ wool is bringing up to lljd ; merino fleece, 9Jd ; crossbreds, 9£d; scoured, Is l|d. One of the witnesses before the Tariff Board suggests that Melbourne should be made a free port for vessels seeking freights. Such a course would enable produce to be exported at lower rates than at present, and help to build up an export trade. Adelaide, November 22. Wheat, 2s 9d. Flour, £7 5s to £7 10s. Bran, 7Jd ; Pollard, 7 id. At the wool sales 15,300 bales have been offered up to date, of which 13,300 bales have been sold. Crossbreds are a |d higher, and inferior merinos are slightly easier.

MONETARY AND COMMEROI A L. London, November 21. The Australian Chilling and Fm zing Company have declared a dividend of 7J per cent., and will shortly increase the amount of capital. A heavy fall has taken place in the price of English coal since the strike was settled. Eight hundred boxes of dried apricots, from the irrigation settlement of Mihiura, have been sold at 98s per cwt, which is 15 per cent, above ihenew season’s article from California. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,928,000 duartera, and for the continent 1,084,000 quarters. Australian wheat, oil' coast, is quoted at 23s 9d. The wool list has closed, so the Matatua’s shipment will not be included in the series. New South Wales sci;ip is quoted at £5 premium; Victoria, £4 17s 6d. It is reported that the Rothschilds are buying both. Tasmania will float a loan of £OOO,OOO early in January. The following cablegram has been received from Messrs Henry S. Fitter and Sons, colonial meat salesmen, Loudon, by their Christchurch agent : —Canterbury mutlon, 3£d to 4J-d ; Wellington mutton, 3-Jd to 4d; Australian sheep, 3£d; beef (hinds), 2|d to 3d; (fores), 2£d to 2*d. DISEASE DEFIED ! HEALTH RESTORED 1 CLEMENTS TONIC HOLDS THE RECORD. More lives saved by Clements Tonic than by all other medicines combined. A GENUINE ARTICLE COMMANDS SUCCESS. t CLEMENTS TONIC IS GENUINE. CLEMENTS TONIC IS SUCCESSFUL.