COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2679, 30 June 1894, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKET. At the Addington Yards on Wednesday there was a good attendance, and business was fairly active. Fat Cattle—l2o head of fat cattle were yarded. Some nice lines of steers were eagerly taken by the trade, and prices for beef advanced slightly. Beef brought 21s to 23a per 1001 b, steers £6 to £9, heifers £5 15s to £7 18s, cows £4 12s 6d to £7 17s 6d. Only the best dairy cows met with enquiry. Store Cattle—The entry of store cattle was small, and practically no business was done. Fat Sheep—4soo fat sheep were penned, a larger proportion than usual prime freezers, which met a good demand. Ewe mutton and inferior sorts were not wanted. Crossbred prime heavy weights 15s to 17s 6d, secondary 4s 6d to 7s, crossbred ewes 12s to 13s, secondary 6s to 10s, beat me'rino wethers 7s 6d to 9s 6d, secondary 4s 6d to 7s. Store Sheep—ln store sheep a small yarding sold fairly well, and there was a good enquiry for 2-tootha. Two-tooth crossbreds sold at 11s to 12s, breeding ewes 8s to 8s 6d, lambs 6s to 6s lOd. Pigs—A small supply caused prices to go up, and baconers and porkers brought 3Jd to 3|d per lb. CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association of Canterbury, Limited, report for the week ending June 29th, 1894, as follows: There is little alteration to record in the value of grain and produce during the past week. Wheat offerings are on a very limited scale, and the market is in a very sensitive state. Oats have good coastwise demand, chiefly for fair short feed quality. Duns of prime quality are in short supply. Beans and Peas are without change. Ryegrass and Cocksfoot find occasional buyers, and values are firm. Potatoes —Derwents have eased and are now being offered freely, but requirements are limited. Seed kidneys are in brisk demand at full rates. Dairy Produce is firm. Clover Seed quiet, but steady. Present quotations, f.0.b., Lyttelton, sacks extra: — Wheat —New crop, pearl or velvet, 2s 6d; tuscan or hunters, 2s od; old 2d per bushel extra. Oats — Milling Canadians, Is 7d, Is 8d ; short feed, and duns, Is 6d to Is 7d; dauish Is sd. Barley—Prime malting, 3s 8d to 4a; medium, 3s to 3a 6d; inferior 2s to 2s Bi. Peas—Blue, 2s 6d to 2s 9d; partridge, 2a 6d, Beaus—2s Gd. Potatoes —25s at country stations ; kidneys, 60s to 80s Ryegrass Old pasture machinedressed, 4a 3d; ordinary, 3s 9d to 4s; samples 2s 6d to 3s. Cocksfoot 3£d to Red clover and cowgras«~-5d to Od. Cheese— i-arge, 4d; loaf, 4|d, Butter—Prim.? fresh, 9d; salt,6dto7d. Bacon and Ham— sd. Oaten Sheaf Chaff— 00s ; f.0.b., sacks included.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS,

The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday : Wheat-Prime velvets (specially wanted), 2slid; tuscan and red chaff (if prime), same price. Second-class wheat, 2s Gd to 2s 7d. Good whole chick wheat is scarce and wanted at from 2a 4d to 2s sd. The demand for prime quality is good, but soft and second-class sorts are neglected. (Juts —The demand is not heavy, no shipping orders being to hand. Prime milling and best bright plump feed, Is 6d to Is 6Jd ; ordinary feed, Is 4d to Is fid; seed varieties, Is 7d—net, sacks extra. Barley—The demand is not heavy. Prime malting, 3s Gd to 3a 8d ; pearling, 2s 9d to 3s ; feed, from 2s to 2s 3d. Hops—Demand not active, 9d to lOd. Ryecorn No demand (nominally) 2s Gd to 2s 9d. Pearl barley—£lG. Oatmeal —£8 10s. Flour —Roller, £7 to £7 ss; stone, £G 10s. Bran —£2 os. Pollard, £3 10s. Potatoes Market fully supplied, £2 2s Gd to £2 7s Gd ; kidneys have little enquiry, £2 15s to £3 5s as per quality. Chaff—The demand is good for best quality at £2 12s Gd to £2 17s Gd; ordinary, 35s to 455. Clover and Ryegrass Hay—(Pressed lewt bales), £2 ss. Onions —£11 to £ll 10a. jLinseed— £lO to £l2,

Pigs—Prime bacon sizes, 4d; others, 3d I to 3Jd. Salt Butter—7d to 7£d (nominally, no demand) ; fresh, fair supply. Eggs—More plentiful and falling. Bacon—Rolls, 6d to 6£d; hams, Bd. Cheese—Factory, 4|d to sd; Akaroa, 4d to 4£d. Honey-Prime extracted, 4d to 4Jd; other quality, 3Jd-Ryegrass—Machine-dressed, 3s 9d to 4s 3d; farmers’ lots, 2s 3d to 2s 9d. Cocksfoot—Stocks are now very low in the colony. 4d to 6£d, f.0.b., Lyttelton. Sheepskins—Avery satisfactory demand continues to be experienced for these. Mostly all sorts have good attention, more especially crossbreds, both dry and green. Prices, however, for any sort do not seem to improve; indeed, on this occasion they were lower by 3d to 6d per skin, buyers, being doubtful as to the outcome of their operations, country dry crossbreds, inferior to medium, fetching Is 6d to 2s 6d; do do merino, Is 3d to Is 6d; medium to good crossbreds, 2s 7d to 3s 9d; extra heavy, 4s to 4s 6d; merinos—good to best, 2s to 2s 9d; extra heavy, 3s Id to 3s 6d; dry pelts, 2d to Is; best green crossbreds, 3s 6d to 3s lOd; extra heavy (at the freezing works), 4s to 4s 6d; medium to good, 3s to 3s 6d; green merinos, Is 4d to Is 6d. Hides —There is no alteration in either demand or values, all coming to hand being readily placed at late rates, say—for heavy, 2d to 2Jd; extra do, 2Jd to 3d; medium, IJd to l|d; light and inferior, Id to lid per It. Tallow—Market slightly less firm. All available, however, meets with buyers at the following quotations—say, for best rendered mutton, 18s 6d to 20s ; medium to good, 16s to 18s; inferior to medium, 13s to 15s 6d; best mutton caul fat, 13a to 13s 6d; medium to good, 12s to 12s 9d; inferior to medium, 10s to 11s 9d per cwt (ex store.) DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS. At the Burnside Market on Wednesday the following business was transacted Fat Cattle —164 head yarded. About one-fourth of the entry was prime beef, the balance ranging from good to very medium. Prices were, if anything, easier than last week, best bullocks fetching up to £lO 2s 6d: medium weights, £7 10a to £9 ; cows, £4 10s to £6 15s. Prime beef may be quoted at 22s 6d per 1001 b; good beef, 20a ; cow beef, 16s to 18s. Fat Sheep—34l6 penned, of which 180 were merinos. The quality was hardly equal to last week, but still there was a lot of very useful mutton forward. The excessive supply following last week’s full market caused the dullest and most lifeless sale seen at Burnside for many a long day. Prices suffered on the average 2s 6d per head from last week, and we must look for a dull market next week, as butchers have now a good supply on hand. Best crossbred wethers brought 12s to 14s—a few extra heavy to 15s 6d; do ewes, 10s to 12s 6d ; merino wethers, 6s to Bs, Lambs—l 3 lambs sold at 6s 9d to 7s 3d. Pigs—sl pigs were brought forward today, and sold at —For suckers, 8s to 10s; slips, 10s 6d to 15s; stores, 17s. to, 19s; porkers, 2ls to 265. There were no baconers forward, and, indeed, this class is hard to dispose of at present. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, June 27. Wheat, chick, 2s 6d to 2s 9d; milling, nominally, 2s lOd. Flour, roller-made, £7 5s to £7 10s. Oats, prime, bright, 2s 2d; seed, 2s 4d. Maize, prime, Is lOd. Barley, Cape, 3s 2d. Bran, 7£d; pollard, 7J d. Peas, Prussian blue, 3s 6d. Potatoes, locally-grown, £2 15s; Circular Head, £3. Onions, £ll. Butter, dairy-made, 7d to 9d; factorymade, dd to lOd. Cheese, prime, 4d. Bacon, sjd. Melbourne, June 27. Wheat, firm, prime 2s 4d. Flour, roller-made, £6 to £6 ss. Oats, Algerian, Is 8d to Is 9d ; prime stout, Is Id ; Tartarian seed, Is lOd to 2s. Barley, Cape, 2s 3£d; malting, 5s 3d. Bran, 7d; pollard, 7jd. Potatoes, £2 10s. Onions, £lO 10s. The Credit Foncier Bill, under which the Government propose to assist farmers in their claim for cheap money, was read a second time without a division. Adelaide, June 27. Wheat, 2s 3d, Flour, roller-made, £5 X6s to £6, Bran, 7jd; pollard, Bd. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. London, June 26. The Deposit Trust Company will allot shares if £1,000,000 is tendered. It is believed in the city that this amount will be subscribed. The depositors’ committee in Glasgow favor the scheme. June 27. Mr Bruce, of New South Wales, considers the protection element too strong on the Continent to allow much being done there with foreign meat. Australian wool is selling at a farthing advance, and a further rise is expected on Tuesday owing to large purchases by Americans. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,320,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,280,000 The American visible supply of wheat is 60,800,000 bushels. National Bank of New New Zealand cheese is selling at 52s per cwt.