COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10073, 20 June 1910, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

WELLINGTON SKIN AND HIDE

Messrs Levin ■. ■■ '' .. Dalgety and Co., Ltd. Ab-a a h..j Will.ams and the New Ze»i -■< I L—j and Mercantile Agenfv report on Friday's sales as f.' >: — Wu.i: CompLu.ufl was good, any clean crutcnings being keenly eonpeted for, but dingy lots were rather weaker. We quote:—Fine crossoreds, 9dtolo|i; ccarsa crossbred, 7£d to lambs' wool, 7.Jd tu 9d; pieces and bellies, 4Jdto6d; l.'cks, 2£d to 4Jd; cruichings, 4d to 7Jd. Skins. —Dry skins were about a farthing per lb, under recent prices, but green skins sold up to full value. We quote:—Fine crossbreds, 8d to BJd; medium crossbreds, 7dtoYgd; coarse crossbreds, 6d to7|d; hogget skins, 6,1 to 6Jd; dead skins, 41 to 61d; dead hoggets, 5d to 6d; lamb skins, s|d to 7Jd; quarter to half wools, 4dto 7£d; dry pelts, 2Jd to sd; green skins, 3s 6d to 6s 6d; iamb pelts, 2a 3d to 4b 6d. Tallow shows a slight drop in sympathy with London. Parcels in shipping order £2B ss; tins £2O to £23 ss; rough fat' £lO to £l6. Horsehair. -Is t" Is 4d per lb. Horns—ss to 15s per hundred. Cowtails—ls 8d per dozen. Hides.—Hides were again down, oversea markets giving no enouragement, though cow hides held their position at the expense of ox hide. Calfskins were firm at last sale rate. We quote:—Ox hides, heavy 7d to 7|d; ox hides, medium 6|d to 7Jd; ox hides, light 6|d to 6|d; cow hides, 6Jdto6|d; cut and slippy hides, 3d to sd; stag hides, 4d to s|d; bull hides, 4d to sftd; yearlings, 5d to 6gd; calf best, 9d to o|d; calf medium, 7£d to Bfcd; calf cut and slippy, 5d to s|d.

LONDON MARKETS.

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have received the following cable message from tbeir London house under date of the 16th inst.:—Frozen Meat.— There ia an active demand fur New Zealand lamb, prices being as under. -New Zealand prime Canterbury, heavy s§d per lb, light s|d per Id; North Island, heavy ojd per lb, light s§d per lb. Mutton.—Small supplies. Prices firm at following figures : i ~ New Zealand prime crossbred Canterbury, heavy 3Jd per lb, light 4d per lb; North Island, heavy 3fd per lb, light 3£d per lb. Beef.—Poor demand, prices being weaken We quote:—New Zealand prime ox beef, lores 3£d per lb, hinds 4d per lb. The demand for beef has been checked by the increased prices asked. Tallow.— Limited demand, and prices somewhat in buyers' favour. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house:—"Market easier tallow."

MARKET REPORT.

The New Zealand Farmers' Co-op-erative Dißtribcting Co. report as follow: Potatoes, prime Up-tc-Dates£ 7 to £l los per ton; potatoes,

seed, specially selected Canterbury Up-to-Dates £8 per ton; onions, £4 to £4 10s per ton; butter, separator lOd, dairy 9Jd per lb; cheeie, best factors mediums 5Jd to s£d per lb, loaf 6Jd to 7d per lb; dressed pork, 70'sto90's4£d; 90's to 100's, 4id, baconers 4d, choppers, heavy 2d to 2fd; eggs, fresh Is Bd, preserved Is J 2d per dozen; bacon, factory sides 7d, lollb 7Jd, hams B|d per lb; honey, 4d to 4£d per lb; beeswax, Is 4d to 3s 6.1 pe,r lb; fungus, keeu demand at s£d per lb: tallow, ti.-.s 22s per cwt. Poultry: Cockerels 5s fid to 6s 6d for good birds, small 3s 6d, table roosters 4s to ss, table hens 3s 6d; small 2s 6d, ducks large 5s to 6s (d, small 3s 6d per pair; turkey goblers 9d per lb, hens 8d per lb live weight. Maize, 3s 6d to 3s 9d per bushel; wheat, 3s 9d to 4s per bushel; wheat, seconds 36s per bushel; barley, feed 3s 3d per bushel; barley, Cape 3s 6d per bushel; hoise beans, 4s 6d to 4s 9d per! bushel; partridge peas, 5s per bushel; Prussian blue peas, 5s 6d per bushel; barley meal, £5 IDs per ton; pollard, £6 10s per ton; bran, £4 10s per ton; chaff, oaten sheaf £5 to £5 15s per ton; hay, prime £3 15s to £5 5s per ton; sucrosine £6 10s per ton.; straw, wheaten £2 7d 6d per ton; straw, oaten £2 5s per ton; linseed oil cake, genuine £l3 per ton; oats, f t ed 2s 6d to 2s 8d per bushel; oats, Heed, Sparrowbill?, Gartens, Duns, 2s 9d, Algerians 3a 3d per bushel; oats, crushed 2s 9d per bushel.