Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 174, 11 July 1901, Page 2

Commercial.

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. [by telegraph] . Christchurch, July I'D. ' There was a fair yarding of etc, k a.. 0 a good attendance. Business vus good, in almost all departments. The entry of • store sheep totalled 4309, of which 3500 ewes and hoggets were the flock, of Mi J. Pries, of Birdling’s P-at. There was; a good demand-for all classes, and every; lot changed hands. The -following prices > were obtained''— Bheep.—22oo cross-bred ewes, ranging in age from two-tooth to sound mouth, i made 17s 2d to 17s 4d, and 1300 hoggetr : 11s id to -11 a 7d. Of other lot-, 10b; wethers Sold at 15s 6d and 106 aged ewes at 11s 4d. The fat lamWfe oSersd numbered a little over 1000, and nearly al i were taken by one export buyer at rather ' lower rates than last week, 13s 5d to 16a 2d being the range of prees for freefcers, and 'up to 23* for a special line. Cattle.—There was a good supply of tat cattle, and the market opened well. There w<«B a yarding of 190 head, -almost all of which were of prime quality. Competition was brisk, and list week’s rates were fully maintained. A uplendid line of seventeen steers from Parnassus made £9 IPs 6d to £ll, twelve of the best being taken by Messrs H. B. Lane and Son. Other s'emrs brought £7 5a to £lO 5s ; 'heifers, £5 12s 6d to £8 and three extra good £9; cows, £5 2s 6d to £8 19s, and one extra£9l7a 6<3, equal to 20a to 24a perlOOib, according to quality. Pigs —There was an average supply of pigs, th p re being a small proportion of really prime fata Bacooers sold irregularly at 31s 'to dJSs and up to 49s for heavy weights equal ta SJd per lb; porkers, 18s to 50s, equal to to 3| i per lb; stores, 8a to 15s, and suckers and weaners 4a to 6s.

ENGLISH MARKETS. Jfcly 7. Wheat.—An Adelaide cargo shipped in February sold at 28s, Wool.—At yesterday’s dragging sale the prices were unchanged. The sale included the following clips':—Truelandi ll£d ; Dunedin, lOJd; Dunrobin, 9|d; Lansdowne, BJ|d; Pare, 4§d. To date 55,847 bales have been catalogued and 41,614 sold. Mutton. —New Zeafand and River Plate sorbs fere unchanged. Limb Prime Canterbury, s|d; fair average, including Dunedin, Southland, Wellington and secondary Canterbury, 6J i. New Zealand beef, 18Glb, fair average quality— Ox fores, 2 l-16d ; ox hinds, 3|d. Wellington July 8.

The Agent-General’s cablegram, dated London, July 6, says ihat the mutton market is dud, :nd trade very disappointing, there being only a hand-to-mouth demand. Canterbury mutton is quoted to-day at Southland, 3£d ; North Island, 31 ; Australian 2£d; River Plate, 2£d. River Plate is in large supply, and is being strongly pushed for sale. The lamb market depends on Manila realising The market is over-supplied with heavy carcases. There is be l ter demand for beef; New Zealand hinds, 3|d } fores, 2|d. The hemp market is depending on Manila reports ;good fair Wellington, t)n spot £25. There a>e hght stocks on hand—267 tons, as against 1012 last year. Cocksfoot seed> 17 b standard, on spot 39s nominal. Buyers are not keen to do business.

SYDNEY SHEEP SALES. ■Sydney, July 8. At the sheep sales 4098 were sold for £28,296, as compared with 3539 shefep for £37,668 last year. This is a fall of about thirty three per cent, though the quality be well maintained The decline is chiefly due io the inability of pa»toralists in the drought-striken districts of New South Wales to come into th-> market.