Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 104, 19 September 1901, Page 2

Commercial.

o— —- — HORSE SALE.

Messrs Fleming and Hedley, of Oamuru, report ih- sale of drought horses at £32. £35., £39 10-., £4O. £4B £SO (first classman), to £6O (4-year old-fii(yj. At Duuedin, Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co. rej ort b'.e demand for useful draughts as very keen, Tney quote prices as follows :—Superior young draught gelding*, £4O to £SO; extra good prize horses, £52 t) £69; medium •draugh! mar s aud geldings, £2B to £33 ; aged do-, £lB to £2s'; upstanding carriage horses, £25 to £3O ; w 11 uratobed carriage pairs, £6O to £Bo'f strong sP'ing van hors- s, £25 to £3O; milk cart and butchers' cart horses, £l6 to £2l j tram h rses, £l2 to £ls; light tuck*, £8 to £l2 j extra good backs, £lB to £25.

DUNEDIN MA.KKETS, il asrs D*lg*ty and Co. (Ltd) and Donald Rcid and Co , Dunedin, report a fa iofid in <i-its; p-inis milling,. 3s 4d to 2« 6d ■; feed, 2s 3d to 2-t 41; medram, to 2» 2d; The 1< cal demand for whea- is keen ; verrefc and tusi'a*!. 2fs B.J& to 10d ; medium, 2s 7id to 2s 8d; fowl feed '(whole), 2v6d to 2s 7d. Potatoes show a drop of fr ; beßt ©erwents, £4 10a to £4 15s j mtdium, £4 7s 6d. THEPOULTKY TRADE. The shipment of frozen poultry nude by the Agricultural Department to Durban on behalf of various fiims arrived in splendid condition, and in a good market the birds readily sold fo' 6a 7sd per p>ir, which left a good pr fit. The Department has been asked for quotations for a largef consignment of fi\>ss«n fowl, duck, -geese, and cock turkey, to arrive at Durban in the middle o*f November, bub no tarat is; availab'o Arranaement* are being made by the Department to send a trial shipment of egt;s to South Aft tea by the next steamer. ■ ENGLISH MARKEIS,

The Agent-General's weekly cablegram, dated London, Feptember 14 h, and received at Wellington yesterday, is as f.-Hows:—The mutton market is firm. Stocks are 6nnly held in fetr hands. The average prices to-day are: Canterbury mutton, 3sd; Plate, 3§d Trade is very disappointing. There is only a hand to mouth demand and a dull sale. Lamb Canterbury brand, 4§d4 other brands, 4i<i There is an mclinauon to force pales of lamb. Buff—Market quiet. New Zeahnd hin»B, 3Jd; forrß, 2g i. Stocks of New Zealand beef are light. The hemp market ia?very firm. The auction nales this week closed with a strong, demand ; good i ir Wellington, spot, £2B; November.Decemb'-r shipment, £26. Reports from indicate that light shipments 3f hemp are expected. Butter market Very firm; Canadian, 107 s; Danish, 120 s. Thecheeve market is dull; Canadian, 465.: ' ■- " '■ ■■■•