COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8274, 30 October 1906, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

'WELLINGTON WOOL, SKINS, AND HIDES SALES. " Mea«9 Levin and Company, Limited report as follows regarding their eal® Inst Friday: -We offered a small nataloguß of wool, 5,700 skins, 399 hides and n quantity of tallow and horsehair. Wool—Everything is being hel'J for the large sale onjthe 16th November. We qnote: Coarse crossbred, 7d to inferior and logstaiued, 6d to 6%d; pieces nnd bellies, to crutchinge, Rood, to fid; seedy and inferior, i}£(i to 5%r». Skins— Stronger competition and prices advanced a farthing to a halfpenny. We q'tote: Merinos, to 8d; fine crossbred, 8d to B%d; coarse crofssbrad, t6 • B%ddead skins 6, l 4'cl to dead bogged, 6%& to short wools, 6d to lamb skins, 7d to woolly green skins, Gs to 8s 91; green lamb skins, Is fid tO|2s. j Tallow— Strong competition. Parcels in shipping order sold at £26 sa. Tins £lB to £2O. Rough fa% £ls. Horsl'Bir—ls 4 r J to Is 6<l per lb. Horns—7s to 20s per 100. Hides— BiddiDg wrs very keen end crioes Bdvanced still further to tbe extent of per lb. We quote: Oxhides extra heavy, 7d to 7>£d: ox hides, 70 lbs and over, to 7d; bx hidef, 50 lbs. to 70 lb?, G l /£d to 6%d; cow hides, 50 Iba to 60 Ibe, 6d to 6 J-fcd; cowhides, 40lbs to 501 be, 6d to 6%rt; calf skin?, bes*, to BJsjd: slippy, 3d to 4V,d; cut, to 6-1; cot ami slippy hides, •id to 5%d; 'Stag bides, 4%dto 5(1; bull bides, to The next sale will be held on I'bnrsday, November Bth, irsfewti of November '9th. The New Zea'nud Loan and Mercantile Agency, Company, Limited, report:—We offered a large and representative catalogue comprising 1,600 'sheepskins, 60 hides and calfskins, and a quantity of tnllow and several lots of woril and horsehair. There whp a good attendance of buyers; the competition wrs butter than at last sale and the decline in sheepskins theo recorded was recovered. Hides were in demand nod tallow sold well at a futther advance of 6d per owt. We qnote: Sheepskins— Merino, 8d; 'b<ist halfbreds. ro 9d; good crossbred?. 8d dead bozgetr, (!dto7d; faulty and inferior crossbred, 5%d to 7>.<d; Greer skins—Best 8s to 8s 4d; good 'medium 7s to 7s 6;?; light and inferior, 3s Gd to 6s Gii. Wool Our offerings were chinfly baps of dead wool which sold Rt 6d to SJ-ijd per lb. Hides and nalfskiue—pood to best ox, 6d to G%d; good to best cow, 5%<1, to medium ox and cow, 5d to yearlingp, ~sd to 5%d; cnlve c , - best, 7%d to calves, faulty, 5d to calve?, damaged and inferior, 2d to 4d. Tallow—Fat, in sacks, 15s to 16a per owt.; rendered, in tins, 199 to 21s.per o"»t.; shipping, mixed 25e, : to 26s per cwt. Messrs Dnleety and Co;, Ltd., report as followH:—lhere was a firstclass attendance of buyers and the sale was marked throughout by keen bidding. Sheerskins These advanced all round, being up to per lb on good lots, nnd 34 d per 'lb on inferior lot*. We quote:— Pine crosatreds BV&d toß%d; medlam crossfcreds, 8d to B%d; coarse crossbreds, 7%d to 8d; merino, hoggets, to 83; lambs, 6%dto dead, 7}£d,to 7%d; damaged, to green, 8s Id; green pelts, 2s 2d. Hides- All Jots advanced to %d |)er lb on last sale rates, and we quote:—Prime ox, 651b to 751b, 7d; medium, 551b to 651b, 6%d tb 6%d; cows, heavy, 551b to 601b, 6%d to medium, 451b to 551b, 6Jfjd to 6%d, prime calf, 8d to medium, 7d to 7%d. yearlings, 5d% to 5%d. fallow —ln tins, 18s to 20s in sacks, lis to 18s 9d per owt. London markets. Messrs Dalget.v and Co,, Ltd., "Wellington, have received the following cables from London, dated tbe 25th instautßutter -The tou« of the market is rather better, and Copenhagen official quotation is higher by one kroner (about la per owt. Better tor spot than dis tant. We expect no immediate • change in prices. Tallow—All sorts are higher fcy Gd. Although prices seem high, yet we think tbey may advanoe still further, and there is no symptom at present of an immediate decline. •HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. WELLINGTON, October 80. The Department ot Industries and Commerce has received the following cable trora the High Commissioner, dated London, October 27 th: —The mutton market is very firm, as small shipments are expected from New Zealand for some time. The average >ptfce tor Canterbury mutton is 4j^d; North Island, 4d; River Plate. 3gd; Australian, 3£d per lb. There is a good demand for all iamb, on account of the fine weather. The average price for all brands is 4|d. The beef market is very firm. Hind quarters are quoted at 4d, and forequarters at Chilled beef from River Plate is selling at lower rates than those ruling for New Zealand shipments. The butter market is steady, but the demand is only ■moderate. This season's Australian is • selling at 115s. Danish is quoted at 1225, and Siberian at 106s per cwt. The cheese market is quiet, with a tendency in favour of buyers. Canadian makes are quoted at 635. The hemp market is very firm, and prices are strong on the London market. Eeports from Manila indicate that only light shipments are expected from there. - G.F.A.Q. Wellington on spot is quoted at i:36 58. October-December shipments ,£36, and January-March at £'6s 10s per ton. Pair current Manila on spot is quoted at £42 10s per ton. The ■ cocksfoot seed market is quiet, but there is a better demand for bright clean dressed 171b seed, which is quoted at 44s per cwt.