COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2646, 14 April 1894, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKET.

At the Addington Yards off Wednesday there were large entries and a good attendance, but the business throughout showed a want of animation, and the sales generally were unsatisfactory to vendors. Fat Cattle—l6B head of fat cattle were entered, mainly light weights. The sale was not a brisk one, and last week’s prices were scarcely maintained. Steers sold at £6 to £8 2» fid, heifers £6 to £7 17s fid, cows £5 to £9 7s fid. Store Cattle —in store cattle a large entry met with a poor demand; and very little business was done. Springers sold from £4 10s to £7, dry cows £2 to £5, two and three-year-old steers £4 to £5, eighteen months old cattle £2 10s to £3 2s fid, yearlings £llos to £2 15*, dairy cows, £5 to £8 10s. Fat Sheep—ln fat sheep thb entry comprised 6000, the bulk crossbred ewes and merino wethers, with a few pens prime crossbred wethers. All sheep fit for freezing were taken for the Home market. Prime heavy weight crossbreds sold at 13s to 16s, secondary 10s to-12s, best crossbred ewes 11b fid to 13a fid, secondary 6s to 11s, best merino wethers 8a 3d to 10s 3d, secondary 5s 5d to 7s fid, merino ewes 2s lOd to 8s fid. ' Fat Lainbs—ln fat lambs over 1000 were yarded, but the quality was poor and very little business was done, any changing hands doing so at a reduction on late rates. Prime sold at 8s fid to lls, secondary 6s fid to 7s fid. Store Sheep;—ln store sheep over 6000 came to hand. There was very little enquiry and a dull sale. For ward turnipers were quitted at lls to lls lid, secondary 7s fid to 10s, good crossbred breeding ewes 8s 3d to lls fid, aged 3s to 5s fid, crossbred lambs 4s to Bs, sound mouthed merino ewes. 2s fid, culls Is to Is 9d. Pigs—Prices were slightly easier; and baconers barely averaged 4d; per lb. Heavy baconers sold at 40s to 50s, light 35s to 40s, porkers 25s to 30s, stores 8s tb 20s.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS.

The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday ; Wheat—Prime tuscan up to 2s lOd; pearl velvet, 2s 9d; really extra-hard, goiod old wheat is saleable up to 2s lid; medium to good qualities, 2s 7d to 2s Bjd; fowls’ wheat wanted, 2a 3d to 2s sd. Go d to prime samples find buyers at quotations. Oats-; Market is very unsettled. Prime milling and feed from Is 5d to Is fid; medium to good, Is 4d to Is sd. Barley—Cape, 2s 4d to 2s fid; chevalier, 3s 3d to 3s 9d. Potatoes—Derwents at from £3. Chaff—Good prime well-cut old oaten sheaf up to £3; new chaff', 30s to £2 15s. Pigs—Prime quality and suitable sizes, would sell readily at 4Jd to 4Jd. Salt Butter Prime 5d to fid per lb, cases in and extra. Cheese—Prime factory (medium sizes), 4|d; loaf, 6d per lb; Akaroa (large sizes), 4Jd to 4Jd; loaf, 4jd. Bacon—Scarce, 7jd for rolls; hams, 8d to B£d. Onions—7s fid per cwt. Honey—(Extracted), 3|d to 4|d. Ryegrass—For farmers’ best dressed 2s fid to 2s 8d; extra good, 2s 9d; medium, to good, Is 8d to 2s 4d ; machine-dressed, 3s 3d to 4s 3d. Cocksfoot From 4jd to sid f.o.b. Lyttelton. Sheepskins —At auction on Tuesday catalogues were all cleared early at most satisfactory prices. Country dry crossbreds,- inferior to medium, brought 2s to 2s lOd; do merino, Is fid to Is lOd; medium to full-woolled crossbreds, 3s 3d to 4s 3d; best crossbreds, 4s fid to 4s lOd; extra up to 5s 3d; good full-woolled merinos, 2s to 2s lOd ; best do, 2s lid to 3s lOd; extra, 4s to 4s fid ; dry pelts, 5d to Is 7d; butchers’ best green crossbred pelts, 2s 4d to 2a 7d; extra good, 2s 8d to 3s 3d ; medium to good, Is lOd to 2s 4d; lambskins—best, 2s 4d to 2s lOd; medium, Is lOd to 2s 2d. Hides—This market is steady at late quotations. Best well-flayed ox hides in good condition, weighing 601 b and over, are worth to 3d; medium, l|d to 2 [d; inferior and light, Id to lid per lb. Tallow Quotations: Best rendered mutton, 20s to 21s fid; medium to good, 17s fid to 19a fid; inferior to medium, 13s to IGs fid ; rough fat, best mutton caul, 13s to 13s fid; medium to good, 12s to 12s 9d; inferior, 10s to lls fid per cwt. ’

DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS,

At the Burnside Market on Wednesday the following business was transacted : Fat Cattle—llo were yarded, and this number included some 20 head from the North Island. All penned were disposed of at an advance on last week’s prices. Best bullocks brought £lO 2s fid to £ll 5s ; medium to good. £8 to £9 : light, £6 10s to £7 17a 01 ; best cows, £7 17s 6 1 to £8 17s fid ; it o ’him to good, £5 10s to £7 ; light tttfd B£C £3 to £5. Fat Sh&ep—Qlß9 bpjug penned, and of these 300 JlLCriuo All good quality muitou met a fafr sa}e, whjlepoor quality was somewhat harder to quit. Best crossbred wethers brought 13s 3d to 14s fid, one or two peus extra heavy 14s 9d to IGs; medium wethers, lls 3d to 13s; best crossbred ewes, 12a to 13s; inferior to medium, 0s 9d to 10s; and merino wethers (the majority of which were inferior), 3s to 10s. Fat Lambs—724 were penned, ranging from fair to good, with a few choice lots.

Best sorts were well competed for at up to 10s 3d, but most offered were sold at from 4s 6d to 8s 6d. Pigs—ll 6of all sorts came forward, And sold fairly well, although suckers mid slips had not so much attention as of late. Suckers'brought 8s fid to 12s, slips 13s to 18s fid, stores, 19s to 22s fid, porkers 24a to 30s, baconers 36s fid to 60s—one or two extra heavy 57s t0 : 67fl fid.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

Sydney, April 11. Wheat, chick, 2s 2d to 2s 3d. Flour, best roller-made, £7 10s .to £B. Oats, quiet; best heavy feeding, 2s 3d; best seedy 2s 7d. Maize, prime, 2s. Barley, Cape, 2s lid to 3s. Bran, 8d ; pollard, 7jd. Peas, Prussian blue, 3s fid to 3s 9d. Potatoes, local grown, £2 10s to £2lsa; 'Circular Head, £3 to £3 ss. Onions, £slos, Butter; dairy-made, fid to Td; factorymade, 7d to Bd. Cheese, 3£d. Bacon, 6£d. Melbourne, April 11. Wheat, 2s to 2s 6d, with small demand. Flour, roller-made, £5 17s fid. Oats, Algerian, 2s 8d ; stout white, Is 9£d ; Tartarian seed, 2s. Maize, 2s fid. Barley, Cape, 3s 4d ; malting) 5s 2d. Bran, pollard, Bd. Potatoes,'£2 7s fid to £2 10s. Onions, £5. April 12. The Metropolitan Board of Works loan of £500,000 has been covered threefold at an average of £IOO 4s 7d. Tenderers at £IOO 2s will receive 65 per cent;, 1 and those above that in fall. The Union Bank offered to subscribe the whole amount at £IOO Ids, principal and interest to be payable in London, but as the conditions attached to the loan provide that the money must be repayable in Melbourne, the Bbard was unable to accept the! offer. Adelaide, April 11. Wheat, 2s 4Jd Flour, roller-made, £6 2s fid. Bran, 8d; pollard, 9d. Barley, malting, 4s 8d to 4s lOd.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

London,- April 10. The American visible supply of wheat is 88,000,000 bfishels. Mr H. Gardner, President of the Board of Agriculture,‘states that the Govenment do not propose to introduce further legislation dealing with'the question of marking imported meat. April 12. •Sir Saul Samuel has publicly delared 'that the excess of New South Wales’ exports over her imports will enable the interest on the public debt to be paid without depletingthegold in the colony.