Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 49, 6 December 1900, Page 13

Commercial.

(For week ending December 5.) PRODUCE. Napier, November 29.— Messrs. Nelson Bros, have received the following cablegram from the C.C. and D. Company, London, today :— ' The frozen meat market : To-day's quotations are— Beat Canterbury, 4±d ; best Napier and North Island, 4d.' London, November 29.— Batter is firm. Choicest oolonial, 110s • a few special lots, 112s ; Danish, 1255. ' London, December 2.— Frozen mutton : Crossbred wethers and maiden ewes-Canterbury, 4*d ; Dunedin and Southland, none offering ; North Island, 4Jd. Lamb : Prime Canterbury, 6d • fair average quality (including Dunedin, Southland, Wellington and secondard Canterbury), 5Jd. New Zealand beef (1801 bto 2201 b fair average quality) :ox fore 8 , 4*d ;ox hinds, 3Jd. River Plate* mutton : Crossbred or merino wethers— Heavy, 3 10-lOd ; light, SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Invercargill prices current : — Wholesale : Butter, fresh 6d, factory, bulk, lOd ; pats, 10£ d ; eggs, 7d per doz : cheese, farm, 3Jd ; bacon, farm, 7d ; do (rolled) farm, 6d ; hams' 8d ; potatoes, L 4 per ton ; barley, 2s to 2a 6d ; fowl wheat 2s ; chaff, L2 los ; flour, L 6 10s to L7ss ; oatmeal, L 9 10s to LlO • pollard, L 4 ; bran, L 3 10s, including bags. Retail— Fresh butter, 8d factory, bulk, Is; pats, lsOJd; eggs, yd per doz; cheese, 6d ; bacon, rolled, Bd, sliced 9d ; hams, lOd ; potatoes, 5s per cwt • flour 2001ba, 14s ; 501 b, 484 8 ; oatmeal, 50lb, 6s ; 251 b, 3s ; pollard, 6s 6dper bag ; bran, 4s per bag ; chaff, L 3 per ton ; fowls 1 feed, 2s 9d per bushel. F Messrs. Donald Reid and Co., Ltd., report as follows :— Oats— During the past week there has been strong inquiry for all good to prime feed lines of short oats, and most of those on offer have been readily quitted at late quotations. We quote • Prime milling, Is 6£d to Is 7d ; gooi to beat feed, Is 5Jd to Is 6d ; medium 1b 4d to Is 5d per bushel (sacks extra). ' "Wheat— The sale of milling quality is confined chiefly to prime samples, medium being difficult to quit. Fowl wheat is in good demand at late values. We quote : Prime milling, 2s 6d to 2a 7d ; medium to good, 2s 3d to 2s 5d ; whole fowl wheat, 2s to 2s Id ; broken and damaged, la 8d to Is lid per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes— The market has been moderately supplied and pnoe* are a shade firmer. We sold good to best Derwents at L 3 to LS 5a per ton (sacks in). Chaff — Prime oaten sheaf continues to meet with good demand, other sorts being out of favor. We quote : Best oaten Bheaf, L 2 10s to L 2 12s 6d ; extra heavy, to L 2 16s ; medium to good, L 2 to L 2 7s 6d ; inferior, LI 10s to Ll Us per ton (bags extra). r v Mb.F.Meenan, King street, reports :— Wholesale prioea only— Oate : Fair to good feed la 4d to Is 6d ; milling, Is 6d to Is 7d Wheat: milling, 2s 5d to 2s 6d ; fowls', Is 9d to 2s Id. Potatoes : Northern, L3ss ; Southern, L 3. Chaff : Inferior, 30s to 40s • good to prime, 47s 6d to 50a. Straw : pressed 27b ; loose, 28s *lT : f^'n? 6 8; sOlb8 ' L 7; 251 b8 ' L7 > <l uiet ' Oatmeal: ?nS 8 ' r£ 9 1Oa \, Buttor: Dair y> 6d to 8d; factory, 9Jd to Mllbou *Tl'' y ' M; faCtOry ' sid< Effgß> 7id * ° aioUa:

WOOL, SKINS, TALLOW, ETO. London November 28.— At the tallow sales 1825 caaks ware offered and 400 sold. Prices for all kinds are unchanged. Melbourne, November 29.— At the wool sales competition is lets animated and gales are dragging. Prices are inclined to ease a little. London, November 29.— The Bradford wool market has a tendency upward. Common sixties, 17£ d ; super, 18$ d. Sydney, November 30.— The week's wool sales closed with a brie* demand for good sorts, prices being well maintained Of faulty there was an over supply, and sales were dragging. * Mdbo*™, November 30.— At the wool sales there was a deoline oi id to Jd per lb all around. i. November 30.— The fir B t wool sale of the season wu held to-day. About 1700 balea were offered, but many were passed £' ,J /^T a e ° od att «ndanoe of buyers. The top prices were • Half bred, 7id ; merino, 7d ; crossbred and three-quarterbred, 6Jd. LIVE STOCK. Dunedin House Sai.eyabds, Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co. report as follows •— There was a rather email entry of horses at our sale last Saturday. Ihe attendance of farmers was fairly large, and prices realised were highly satisfactory. Draughts : There were i few useful animals in this class ; the top price reached was L 55 Light harness horses and hacks : There was a fair entry of these, and prices ranged from Lll to L 34, the latter price being paid for » four-year-old 14 stone hack, which has been shown six timJs, and has taken six first prizes. Spring-carters : Only a small entry and few sales; prices from Lli) to LSI 10s. We quote: Snperior youmr draught geldings, L 47 to LSO ; extra good prize horsesf L 55 to L,bs ; medium draught mares and geldings, L 36 to L 42 • * gG v I K2K 2 to . L32 >- "Pstanding carriage horses, L 25 to L3s '; 75- £t^S Tu 1^ Pai^' Lt; ° t0 LB ° ; BtroD * «Pring-van horses L2o to L 32 ; milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, Ll6 to L2B LlB to L2B ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, L 2 to L 5. Addikgton Stock Maeket. i J h ! cc e nn QQ A tr i ea at u Addin *t°n comprised ]f,OO fat sheep, 350 fat lambs, 4500 store sheep, 323 cattle, and 339 pigs F( i, 177 head yarded, with the exception of a show bullock and two steers from Palmerston North, were mostly cows and heifers. The market was irregular, with a slight decline! ShnThnfi i™*^ 2 ! 8 t0 T 2:Ja 6d ; other ' 18s t0 2»BPer 1001 b Show bu locks sold at from Ll2 5s to LIS 10a ; show steere, LlO to ™^A™\TLB*i£ 159 t0 L 9 5B ' heifer8 ' L 53 108 t0 L 8 17a 6d >' ««/«n M HK^. P ~ The^u WaS * BmaU ""PP^ Of fftt 8h6 eP. Which were mostly shorn. There were not many of good quality The wfth r a L^ th r handa ° f 2" local butchers, and was irregular! 7«^f *S5 « l° hll u e> exC , ept for P rimelotß - Woolly wethers brought *£&, 22 9 s to isflT d0 ' Ua t0 2 ° 8 M ; ™ U * —' 16S to 2?9 I Fat Lambs— This class included some of good quality and. 16s r id WaS co "Petition. Sales were effected at from ISato

r.?M7rS KB^ TI ? 8^ ld wel1 ' Woolly Wet^rs realised 1,8 Id to 17s 5d ; shorn, 14s yd to lla lid : woolly hoggets, 14s to lbs 9d; wooly ewes, with lambs (all counted), 7s 5d to 9a 8d for aged, and lls 4d to 12a 7d tor good ; shorn do, 10s 7d to 10a 8d « , nA S ~^ ere was a moderate yarding of piSs and a good safe resulted, with an improvement for baconers, which brought 31s to 45s averaging 3*d per lb. Porkers realised 21s to 30s, equal to Bid to 4d per lb ; stores, 13s to 17s 6d ; suckers and weaners, 5a to 111

THE WEEK'S DREDGING RETURNS. Daring the week ended Monday, December 3 (says the Otago Daily Timet), returns were reported from the following 37 dredges, the total yield being 9930z 16dwt 4gr, or an average of 260z per dredge : — Mataa (Clyde), 770z ; Earnscleugh No. 2 (Alexandra), 11!) hoars, 730z ldwt ; Meg and Annie (Kawarau River), 630z 14dwt ; Golden Beach (Alexandra), 129 hours, 560z 2dwt 12gr ; Enterprise No. 1 (Alexandra), 51oz 16dwt ; Hartley and Riley (Cromwell), 136 hours, 470z 19dwt ; Golden Treasure (Miller's Flat), 440z sdwt ; Goldeu Gate (Miller's Flat), 6 days, \3or IMwt • Alexandra Eureka (Alexandra), 420z ; Empire (Waipori), two dredges, 390z lldwt; AUnuherikia (Alexandra), 130 hour 9, Moz lldwt 22gr : Upper Waipori (Waipori), 130 hours, 31oz 16dwt ; Nevis (Nevis River), 126 hours, 30oz ; Success (Waipori). 132 hours, 290z Odwt 18gr ; Chicago (Alexandra), 130 hours, 28oz ; Junction Electric (Cromwell), 260z 6dwt ; Waimumu Extended (near Gore), 132 hours, 230z 7dwt; Waimumu Central (near Gore), 122 hours, 220z ; Morning Star (Manuherikia), 110 hours, 20oz sdwt ; Magnetic (Cromwell), 2} days, 19oz; Lawrence (Tuapeka Flat), 17oz ; Waimumu Queen (near Gore), 129 hours, 14oz sdwt 12 ; Unity (Clyde), 14oz ; Manorburn (Manuherikia), 123 hours, 14oz ; Richard's Beach (Cromwell), Hoz ; Waimumu (near Gore), 120 hours, 13oz lOdwt ; Jutland Flat (Waipori), 86 hours, 13oz ldwt ; Otago (Miller's Flat), 13oz ; Central Electric (Cromwell), 12oz 16dwt 12gr ; Evans Flat (Tuapeka), lOoz 18dwt ; Enterprise No. 2 (Alexandra), 112 hours, lOos 7dwt; Waikaka Forks (Waikaka), 137 hours, lOoz sdwt ; Clyde (Alexandra), lOoz ; Electric Extended (Cromwell), 9oz sdwt ; Olrig (Manuherikia), 106 hours, Boz 4dwt ; Ngapara No. 3 (Nevis River), 122 hours, soz lOdwt. Total, 9930z 16dwt 4gr.