Commercial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 30, 24 July 1902, Page 13

Commercial

(For week ending July 23 )

PRODUCE. London, July 18.— Wheat . Tho fine weather is weakening the markets. English has declined 3d. The Aineri-> can visible supply is 27,793,000 bushels. Cargoes are dull. A Victorian March shipment sold at 29s 9d. London, July 20.— Frozen MeatMutton: All New Zealand sorts ha\e advanced l-16th. Lamb : New Zealand is unqhanged ; River Plate ia changed, but mutton is unchanged. New Zealand beef : 180tb to 2201 b, fair average quality — ox fores, 2 id ;. hinds, sfd. Wellington, July 21.— The AgentGeneral's cablegram dated London, July 19, states that there is no alteration in the mutton market since last week , average price for Canterbury ewe, 3|d. Lamb is steady ; Canterbury, 4£d , other brands, 4id. Beef is firm , New Zealand hinds, sfd ; fores, 3gd The hemp market is firm ; good fair Wellington, £28 10s ; July and September shipments, £26 10s Cocksfoot is quiet; : New Zealand 171 b standard, 495. Tho wool market is firm. Auckland, July 21.— The San Francisco mail steamer Sonoma has? arrived. Her cargo includes 2972 sacks, 1715 half-sacks, and 458 quarter sacks of flour.

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET. There is a firmer feeling in the oat market owing to outside inquiries No business of any consequence has passed, but a few small sales ha\e been made at equal to 2s- 2d (sacks extia, on trucks) Invercargill prices current — Wholesale — Butter (farm), 9d; butter (factory), bulk, Is Id ; pats, Is Id cash Is l|d booked , eggs, Is per dozen; cheese (factory), s£d; bacon farm, 6d ; do, rolled, farm, 7d ; hams, 9d; potatoes, £4 p^.r ton barley, 2s to 2s 6d ; chair, A 4 ; flour, £11 10s to £12 10s, oatmeal, £13 10s to £14 ; bran, £4 10s , pollard, £5 10s. Retail — Butter (fresh), lid, Is ; butter (factory), pats Is 3d , bulk, Is 2d , eggs, Is 3d per doz, cheese, 7d ; bacon (rolled), 9d ; hams, lOd , Potatoes, £5 per ton, 5s per cwt ; Hour, 2001t>, 25s ; 501 b, 7s 3d ; oatmeal, 501 b, 8a ; 251 b, 4s ; pollard, 9s per bag ; bran, 5s ; chaff, 2s 3d.

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale prices only — Oats : Milling, 2s 7d to 2s 9d ; feeding, 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Wheat (good demand) : Milling, 4s to 4s 3d ; fowls', 3s 3d. Potatoes, £3 10s to £3 15s. Chaff • Inferior to medium, £3 to £3 10s , prime, £4 10s. Straw : Pressed, £2 ; loose none in market. Flour : 200 tb sacks, £11 10s ; 501 b, £12 5s ; 251 b, £12 10s. Oatmeal : 251 b : £14 10s. Butter : Dairy, 7d to 9d ; factory, Is Id. Cheese : Dairy, 4*d ; factory 6d. Eggs, Is 3d. Onions : Christen urch, £6.

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co leport as follows :—: — There was a moderate demand, many of tho lines on offer having to be passed in owing to lack of competition. Prices ruled as under — Oats. — The market continues to bo inactive and little business is pushing. There has been rather more inquiry within the past few days, which we hope will lead to business Meanwhile sale? of anything like large lines cannot be effected, and quotations are therefore nominal We quote : Prime milling, 2s 6^d to 2s 7id; good to best feed, 2s 4^d to 2s ssd ; inferior and medium, 2s to 2s 4d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — Prime milling liness hava

found buyers on a par with late quotations, but millers' immediate requirements being hlled, the market i$ somewhat quiet. Medium quality is| for tho most part neglected, and only saleable as fowl wheat. Tho latter is offering more plentifully, and late quotations for it are barely maintained We quote . Prime milling, 3s lOd to 4s 3d , medium, 3s 3d to 3s 9d ; best whole fowl wheat, 3s Id to 3s 2d , medium, 2s lOd to 3s , broken and dinmngod, 2s 6d to 2s Od per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — Consignments have not) been coming forward so freely, but thoso arriving, together with local stocks, are quite sufficient to supply the small demand. There is good inquiry for forward delivery, but so far no definite business has transpired. We quote : Prune Derwents, £3 7s 6d to £3 1 2s 6d ; medium, £3 to £3 5s per ton (bags in). Chaff.— Heavy supplies of medium quality have been put on the market and sales for this class are slow, au a reduction of about 10s per ton on; late values. Prime quality is nob offering freely, and commands ready) sale at prices which show little reduction. We quote : Prime oaten sheaf, £4 5s to £4 12s (>d , good. £3 15s to £4 , inferior and medium, £2 10s to £3 10s per ton (bags extra). Turnips. — Steady supplies are coming forward, and prices are practically unchanged, best Swedes selling at 13s to 13s (3d per ton, loosu (ex truck).

WOOL. London, July lo —At the wool .sales the Oreti clip realised 5Jd At the wool sales there was keen competition at top prices. London, July 1 6 —Merinos and line erossbreds are 5 per cent. nbo\e opening i ates ; medium low sorts! am weai-. The Hlackhend clip millsod 4£d and the Eldeislie 20£ d Sales are linn and pnees unchanged. Some merinos ha-\e been with-. drawn. London, July 18.— There is a good inquiry for mci mos at the sales j, they continue brisk and unchanged.' Low erossbreds air nun. The Tarndale clip i ealised "»^d At the wool sales to-da\ bidding was spirited, and all kinds otleied wore firm at late rates London, July 120 — At j estet,d,\\ '» wool sale theie was a moderate selection, bull a. splendid sale, marked by good 'competition in all classes. I'rices are unchanged. The Agolopa dip realised 4^d, the Gear s[d, tlie Ben Oiiau 9\d, the Hall Hid. Up to date 134,668 bales ha\e been catalogued, and 122,022 sold.

LIVE STOCK. DUNEDTN ITORSE SALEYATHJS. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows :—: — We ha\e again to report a Aery small entry for om- weekly sale. All told, only 13 horses passed under the hammer., and with three exceptions these were town horses, aged, and inferior, both draught and light Tho three horses alluded to were fresh from the country, and elicited good competition, one, a light draught (illy bay, 4yrs old, from Mr. Alexander Bannatyne, of Hatanaka, brought £39 , another, a useful spning-cart marc, syra old, from Mr. David Hudson, of Warepa, was sold for £26. An aged draught gelding at £36, and a few inferior harness horses at from £5 10s to £10 were tho onl\ sales put throogh. We note a strong inquiry for useful young draught horses for town work and also for ploughing — Men aged draughts if not too stale, ore readily sold aU good prices. We recommend consign--ment.i of all classes of fresh, sound young horses. We quote ■ Superior young draught geldings, £42 to £50. extta good, prize horses, £52 to £55 medium draught maws and geldings,

£30 to £40; aged do, £16 to £28; i upstanding- carriage horses, £30 to £35 ; well-matched canriage pairs, £70 to £90 , stnong .spring-van hortes, £28 to £«5 ; niilk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, £20 to £2|7/^ tram horses, £12 to £18 ; light, hacks, £10 to £17 , extra good hacks, £18 to. £25 , weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £3 to £7.

AniilNOJ'iON STOCK MARKET. Fat Cattle.— lßß yarded, including; some good bullocks and a few lightweight heifers and cows. There was] good competition and a sharp rise. Beef realised 19s t>o 26s per 1001 b. Best Bullocks, £10 to £12 ; ordi-» nary steers, £6 to £9 ;, prime heifers/ £8 to £9 10s , others £5 5s to £7 i prime cows, £7 10s to £9 ; others, £5 5s to £7. Fat sheep —About 3000 of verymixed quality were penned. Goodl halfbred and crossbred wethers and prime ewes were in demand for export to Sydney, a trade having sprung up with that port. Freezing, buyers were holding ofl except for prime wethers and good merinos on account of the unsatisfactory newsl from London /\ f,.^- henvy wethers from Sou-th Cunteiburv made. 19s 6d to 21s 9d , local hea\ v-weights, IOrJ 9d to 19s 3d , freezing wethers, 15s to 18s bd , lighter, 14s 3d ; pen ex-< tia hea\y ewes, 16s to ISs ; good sorts, 12s to 1 5s 6d , others 7s 6d to 10s Od , merino wethers, 14s Gd to 18s Gd Fat Lambs — 160 penned and all were taken by butchers at 10s 6d, 13s 3d and J2s 4d for a lino of shoih Store Sheep — 112(5 were penned, and Uieie was a better demand Forward wethers fetched 13s , others' Us 4d to 11s <)d good halfhred ewes, 1 2s ] Ocl sumli les ciossbreds, tn 9s lioi^yus, Ss to ( .K (><l. Pies — Mioui 4(M» yaidi-d. There, was a keen demand for lats. and a better sale for stores B.iconers, 38s> 1o 51s, and up to 59s foi extra hea\y equal to 4d per lb , poi kers, 25s to 325, equal to 4dio4^d pel ]).>, big, toi ward stoi.es, 25s to 30s, smaller ,| 14s 1 o 22s , suckejs. and tenners, 53 to Ss (id SYDNEY STOCK SALES Sydney, Jnlv 21 —At the fat sheep sales ilk> supply was below the roquinenieiH s, and juices showed a slight adxance on the previous sale. Pi mie wethers icahsod 22s Od to 31s 9d ; (;£,-> on behalf of New Zealand agents i.anged fiom 2ls 6d to 275.

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