Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 46, 15 November 1900, Page 13

Commercial.

(For week ending November 14.) PRODUCE. London, November 9.— Butter : There is a fair trade, the mild weather depressing prices somewhat. Choicest colonial, 106s to 108 b; occasional parcels, 110s : Danish. 120-t. The wheat markets are tending upwardn. There are further reports to hand of the serious damajri' to the Argentine crop. A Victorian January shipment bold at 3Od (Jd , for a carg-o off the coast 30s 9d is asked. Napier, November 10.— Mesi-r". Nelson Bro^. have received the following cable from the C.(J and D. Cunpuiy, London — ' Kio/.en meat market. To-day's quotations — 15. >-i Canteibury I^l, best Napier, Xorth Inland, 3Jd ; lamb, first qaainv, 1* 1 ; -," tnd 1 1 i * London. November ID. — Frozen in»- it N'rvV /eilind ,tini t<iv>r Plate unchanged. Lamb Unchangcl Bet (I^'Jio to "JJUib t.ur average quality) . Ov fi>'\qu irter- '.', "i-lild Wellington, Novem In i 12 — The V/ncil-uiiil D-'pirrmenr has receiv d the following ci.bl gn.u 1 „m \\w A^ent-On* t.il, da'ed London, 11th nine — ' Die average pri es for ih" w< ek huebei-u Butter, llWs (jnark- t dull) ; cheese, :>'>< (_• spect, to remain quiet) Uuder d »te October 7> the London iiun,i,'cr of th Nai >nal Mortgage and Agency Comp my write- — ' Km/ -u rabbits are going off well, up to l'ld beni:,' pudt )r priinu New / almd. T'lc arm ah are heavy. OATS KEQUIIir.D I'OU TIIC CUM:. The Imperial authorities have cabl •<] a king the \> \v Z" iland Government to act as their a/* im in the purcaa ,eu! a fin thcr .ii-pply of 5,0* 0 tons of oats. ■ Messrs. Donald Reid and Co . Ltd , report as follow* — Oath — There has been a fair demand ;it late quotations from exporters during the pintp int wt-k, and nearly all sound hue-, hav\ been cleared on arrival. F'.r anything but feed grades rlk re is lifle inquiry. We quote • Prime milling. Ih :,Jd to ]-.(»!, good to b. at feed, Ih 4d to In od , inferior and medium, li 2 i to l-> J\ 1 per bu-hel (eacks extra). Wheat — Millers' operations a^e sompwhat rrstneted, and are confined chiefly to prime sample^, medium being slow ot sale. I owl wheat 18 in fair demand at late values. \V ■ quote Prime milling, 2s 6d to 2s 7d ; medium. I.M to 2s 51 , whole to.vl wheat, 2a to 2a Id ; broken, etc., la Si to Id lid ptr bubhel (si,l« ia). POTATOES — The market is glutted, and values have given way. To-day we sold Derwent* at 2">s to IH)s per t)u (^auk-" m) Chafk — Prime oaten .sheaf is m moderate supply, and meet? vrith ready Bale at quotations. Medium and inferior quality is not in request. We quote: Be«t oaten sheaf. 1,2 los ; t -\tra bea\y, L 2 12a 6d ; medium to good, LI 1 ~>i to L 2 7s 01 per ttm (hiiga extra). MB. F. MEENAN, King street, reports • — Wholesale pricts only — Oata : Fair to good feed Is 4d to N M ; milling, 1m tj i to ls~7d. Wheat: milling, 2s ."d to 2s 01 ; fowls', Is ( .M to Js Id. Potatoes: Northern, LI 15s ; Southern, LI 104 ChaiF Inferior, 30-. to -ios ; good to prime, 47s (i Ito 5 )s. straw- pre-i-" 1 27s ; loose, 2>s. Flour : Sacks, L 6 I'irf; .>olbrJ, L 7 ; 2"ilbs, L 7, quiet. Oatmeal : 251b8, Ly 10s. Butter: Dury, lid to i$ I ; lactiry, l^d to IOJd. Cheese : Dairy, 5d ; iaotory, s^l. Eggs, "d. Ouions : Melbourne, 18a. Messrs. Stronach Bros, and Morris report ai follows :—: — Wheat. — Market quiet. Milling, velvet, and Tuscan, 2s 61 to 2a 7d ; medium, 2a 2d to 2a od ; fowl wheat, Is lid to 2j Id per bushel (sacks in).

Oats —There has b^en a sligrhtly bettor demand during the week, but prices remain unchanged. Milling, Is 3Jd to Is 6d ; feed, Is 4d to 1» 5d per bushel (saekn extra). Chaff— ln fair demand. Prime oaten f-heaf, L 2 7a 6d to L 2 10s ; medium. L 2 to L 2 ."is per ton (baps extra). Potatoes.— Market glutted. Beat quality, 27s 6d to 30a per ton (bags m). WOOL, SKINS, TALLOW, ETC. London. November 7 — At the tallow auctions 1423 casks wera offered, and 112") sold. Mutton Fine, 28s ; medium, 26s ltd. Beef: I'ine. 27* yd : medium. 2fis. The Antwerp wool sales will be held from the 13th to the 22ad. The catalogue consists of 22,070 baled, including 1 1410 from the Cape and 12 "> from Australia. Melbourne, November S — U the wool sales there was good competition, but p-ioes showed a distinct decline except; for fine quality menuoes. Th- drop h mo^t mirkei in fair average wool. London, November U — The Bralfurd wool market is quiet. Common -ixti^-j. 1 7 J-l ; Mip-rs, Isi 1, S>dney. N'ov.'inbcr 12.— At the, wo .1 «ales better classes were bn-k a.i'l lully up to I i->t W e k' 3 prices. Inferior were in slow request. Messrs. Dili; >ty and P i have recuvd the foil ■> vm<r cablegram from their Lo'id m utfi <\ dit d Nobeinber 10 — 'The wool market is strong, and there is a fair pnv ite inquiry ' Under dire Octob.-r 5 the. London manager of the National M irt^-a-re and At^-iey Oompinv writer — ' The report-* from the Di.tmiiacturniir d'-ttnets a>-H nither confiictingr In some dif-triots cons'imptKm h «hi 1 t» be trdin^ on on a ar^e scale, but in others the r-'v. r~e flu re in .i general tone of he«.itmcy p-nii'i^ the op nirnr ot the fi th seruM of sties on the tkh m-'t. A further fall ot 7, to In per ce-n. oil menu >es and fine wo >1> is ifener.il ly talked of wi'h ;i steily d".iv.id for lower croia-broda, pjrh ips even an advance ' Mo^rx Stronaeh Bros, and Morris report as follows :—: — Karihtmuss— Market firm, but very few offerin/. Winter gr. y-i. l"nl to 17 1 ; meiium, 1 id to 14 Jd ; blacks, up to 2Jd per Ib. Mli.U'-Kt ns — M irk''t firm at late quotations. Hinrs— Market firm Prune heavy ox, Id to 4Vd ; medium, 3Jd to 3} l ; cow hidu-,, .\\ Ito )j 1 per IW. Tallow —Best rendered ni'itton, 10< M to 17s (3d ; medium to good, 14s to IG-* ; rou<jh fat, Us to 13s per cwt. LIVE STOCK. DUNKMN FIOKt" X SALKYARDB. Me^nrp. Wright, St"phen«on and Co report as follows :—: — There was a. fur entry of hordes at oir s t ley irds last Saturday and al-o af ur ritri-n Union of bo f h to'\n ;uid eouutry buyera. Tha result was that yor.il prices were ruhntr throuurhout the Hale, and a total clearance t ffi-ct -d. Dniu^rhts : Tliere w.ire a few horses in thiM elav of more ti.au ordin.ry merit, and for some of them there was kci-n coaiptti' ion at pries ran/in^ fr. m L3(J to L."> 9. Light horse^ : Tin re was al*>o a fair f how of lit, r ht harness horses and hack*, and for thc^i there was al-o jrood demand. We would Btrongrly recommend vendors uho have horses for sale at present, whether th»-y be dr.m^hts or hpht sorts, to Hend them in to our Rattirdiy sules, where they will meet with both town an l country competition We quote: Superior younjr. draught (j^ldinj,^, LV) to L(5O ; extra priza horses, L6U to L7O ; medium dnujrht m ire-j and t?eldiii^s, L 33 to L 45 ; aued do, L 2.") to L 33 ; upstanding carriage horses, 1,23 to L3O ; well-matched carnage, pair-, LC.o to LbO ; strong spring-van horses, L 23 to L3O ; milk-cart and t)utohe-H' ord r-c.irt hors s, 1,16 to L 22 ; train horses, Ll4 to L2O ; hjrht hacks, LlO to Ll2 ; extra trood hack*, LlB to L 23 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness hordes, L 2 to L 5,

PEDIGREE STOCK SALE AT CHRIBTCHUBCH. At the pedigree stock pale in conneotion with the Metropolitan Show there was a pood attendance. There was a demand for shorthorn cattle, hut ro horses were sold, and only a few cheep. The SouthHown ram ChicheHter King 20th (imported) was sold for 80£ B, and an Eijrlish Leicester ram (imported) brought 20gs. The shnrthorn bull Knight of Roses sold for 3(>gs. A superior second bull of the name breed was bought for the Agricultural Department for 20gs. The shorthorn bull Milburn Hero brought 18gs, and Russell's Hero was sold for 31gs. THE WEEK'S DREDGING RETURNS. During the week ended Monday, November 12 (gays the Otngn Daily Time*), returns were reported from the following 36 dredges, the total yield being 9590z 14dwt 12gr, or an average of 260z per dredge :—: — Matau (Clyde), 670z ; Earnscleugh No. 2 f Alexandra) 640z ; Enterprise No. 1 (Alexandra), 560z 12dwt logr ; Perseverance (Alexandra), 550z 18dwt ; M>g and Annie (Kawar.iu River), 128 hours, 530z lOdwt ; Golden Beach (Alexandra), 130 hours, 470z 16dwt 15*r ; Golden Treasure (Miller's Flnt) 440z ; Charlton Cre< k (near Gore), 4fc days, 40oz 18iwt; Molyneux Hydraulic (Alexandra), 390z ; Upper Waipori (W .ipori). 134 hours, 340z Bdwt ; Empire (Waipori), 2 dredges, 330z loiwt 9gr ; Sucjesw (W'aipori), 330z 12dwt 20gr ; Alexandra Eureka (Alexandra) 120 hour-, 320z ; Junction Electric (Cromwell), 31 z 15dwt : Olrig (Manuherikia), 176 hours, 270z 6dwt ; Chicago (Alexandra), 128 hours, L'ooz 2dwt 6gr ; Waimumu Central (near Gore), 114 hours 240z 7dwt; Waimumu Extended (near Gore). 120 hours, 220z Isdwt ; Gold Queen (Dumbarton Rock), 123 hours 21oz sdwt ; Tuapeka (Tuapeka Flat), 18oz 17dwt ; Karnncleu^h No. 1 (Alexandra), 18 z 3dwt ; Lawrence (TuapekiFlat), 18oz; Waikaka Forkn(\V'aikaka),22l hours, 16uz0dwt lOgr ; Waimumu Queen (near Gor^), 124 hours, 16oz8dwr, ; New Alexandra (Alexandra), 10 day i, 14oz lWiwt; Nevis (Nevis River). 110 hours, 13oz 17iwt ; Jutland Flat (Waipori), 129 hour*, 12'»z lfidvst; Otago (Miller's Flat), llnz lodwt ; Mornincr Star (Manuherkia), 170 hours, lloz; Evans Flat (Tuapeka), lOoz tidwt ; Waimumu (near Gore), 70 hours, 9oz 15dwt ; Cbatto Creek (Manuhenkia), 126 hours, 9oz lOdwt : Merrimac (Kawarau River), 9oz 7dwt Isgr ; Cromwell (Cromwell), 30 hours, Boz 7dwt ; Central Charlton, S days, 6oz 3dwt. Total, 0590z Hdwt 12gr. Central Mataura (amalgam), 230z Udwt.