COMMERCIAL. (Bv TILEGRAPH) Wellington, Friday.

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COMMERCIAL. (Bv T ILEGRAPH) Wellington, Friday.

Oats (new) in snort nupph , and selling at is 3d ; old, 4s 7<l to 4« 9,1. Flour (Cmitcrbim ) umn'rable «t £12, Oh.mhi-u, U 6 to £14. Enron (Canterbury) 9t' to lO^d. Cheese, 6fcd to 6il. No wheat or barley m the mm ket. " <- bnstcliurch, Ffiday. H hea*. in caxier and quoted at 4s Cv\ ; flour, in sacko, £11 10s ; o»ts, brisk nt 3s ; b»rleT, -i^ to 4s 6d ; butter, 9id to lOci ; chrese, dull at sid ; bacon, 9id to lOd, f o.b. The new flt-ur is better than hai been the caso for yean pa»t.

Mr Alfred Bucldand reports :— At the Haymarket on Friday lttst. fodder of all kinds was in request, at fully pre-v-ous week's price* The mob of horse* from Poverty Bay, '•ri'iiDioiied a numerous attendance ; but in cnnsoquenue oi : m- •H-arciU ot tood, prices were, low, and bareiy Averaged W cHoh. Tnere is a steady inquiry for pood draught in -•xcvss of supply, but small-sized ctock are- not in demand. Jfc'wuei'a on Thursday, dairy cows were m average biipply -r\d dull of mle — many withdrawn No yearlings offeiod Other description of stoic rattle m limited* numbers and at nominal prices. Fat cattle in n-ual supply, 130 iiead sold, but tiiuitilj of inferior quality. Those were no b< II *r worth, bin h,. h ( quality oManied an advance ol fn the lOOlbs above °' '« quointions. Tlie ewe* olfered were of a veiy 1 '• ' >"• Gnod ewes would sell freely. Store wether l ' Cii .over value. F»t sheep in usual Mipply, and •i de.rjind at lully 3i lb. Pijjs in moderate numbers, id in 'air d-miß'i The ,-ncei obtained were :— Dmn •■y ••. ,Ui ro 0 -"\cn ■ (irv c'o»vs Jrom 40s each ; fat cattle >^ to ,-te- (ju th' \ou I'j : u^-hI loniTwnol ewes, 12i ; merino ■ >''"•«. 10s to 12</>n'jn » More wthrr lirab«,f,i fid to 8a each ; •a' Ini.iba, 12. to iSs; «»il-bi-od smah-^izeu pigs, 3d to 3sd tbe coast pigs, 3d the lb.