Commercial.

Press, Volume VII, Issue 804, 29 May 1865, Page 2

Commercial.

* Jhaaa * Office, Monday, Maj 29. Complainte are general of the dtdness prevailing in every class of business. Daring the past week suction sales hare been, veil attended, but goods, -when placed for unreserved been quitted at Tery low prices. At Barnard's Repository, on Saturday, the Messrs Lee's (of Kaiapoi) thoroughbred entire horse, Peter Flat, ms sold by suction, to Mir J.. Page, ibr £60. Heavy draught and other hones can hardly be said to maintain the previous -week's quotations; the rough weather lately experienced has spoiled the look of the animals, and prices are mfcyor of purchasers. ' A few head of cattle were placed for sale, the prices for which showed that good quiet stock can be readily disposed of. Transactions in grain are at a standstill. Millers, oxLaceount of the bad condition that wheat has been defivered lately, have been obliged to refuse taking ft off the fanners' hands.. Tso great re-action has taken place in the prices. Wβ subjoin the following s— Wholesale—Wheat, per bushel, 6s 6d to 7s 6d ; oats, ditto, 2s 9d to 3s 3d; barley,ditto, 4e to 4s 6d; peas, ditto, 4b to 4s 6d; beans, ditto, 4s 6d; bran, S2OOO lbs, £5; sharps, ditto, £7 10s; flour, •dressed, ditto, £22 ; seconds, ditto, £19. Betafl—Wheat, per bushel, 7s to 8s; barley, 5s ; barley-meal, ditto, 6s j peas, ditto, ss; peas-meal, ditto, ss; bran, ditto, Iβ 6d; flour, silk-dressed, 100 lbs, £1 3s6d ; ditto, seconds, ditto, £1 ; sharps, per bushel, 2s; oats, ditto, Sβ 6d to 4a; beans, ditto, 6s6d; ditto, crushed, ditto, 6s 6d. Potatoes remain steady in price at £5 per ton, wholesale, for good Derwents; inferior and mixed aorta a shade lower. : Garrots are fetching £3 to £3 10s per ton, with moderate demand. Bay is being bought pretty freely. Prices: £3 to . per ton, according to quality. Straw is stationary, at previous quotations. Should late weather continue wo may look for the prices of fodder being firm.