COMMERCIAL.

Press, Volume XXII, Issue 2719, 27 April 1874, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Mr Charles Clark's monthly auction sale was held at Mr Loe's Hotel, Leeston, on Friday, April 24th. There was a numerous at« tendance of buyers,-and ; the bidding throughout was most brisk. Subjoined are the quotations :—Cows, £4 17s 6d to £5 10s ; c Ives,': 23s to 38s ; fat bullocks, £6 2s fid; young steers and heifers, from 2 to 4 guineas ; store pigs, 10s 6d to 43s < 6d, according to quality ; lambs, 4s to 10s, and sheep, from 4s6dto9a6d.

Mr deßoUrbet reports the share market as follows:-—Sellers, National Insurance, 355-; National Bauk,. i 76 ¥; South: British, 55s ; Shipping Company, 20s ; Standard Insurance, 188. Buyers—Natioual Insurance, 34s ; National Bauk, 74s 6d; South British, 525: Shipping Company, las 6d.

Mr H. E, Alport reports having had entries of head of'"cattle at the Carlton yards otf Wednesday: last, sold as fol-iOws?--Eighteen-mouihs-old heifers, £2 6s per head; yearlings, 31s do ; dairy cows, £3 to £5 do. H. E. Alport reports a sale of furniture, &0., held on Monday last, at the pre.mjses._of Messiy and Klein, Marketplace. second-baud sold for £22 oTf superior I dining-room furniture realised full rates j harness and saddle -gelding, £15 5s. r On Thursday last; at Shadbolt's, head of Akaroa harbor, Mr Alport held a sale of cattle, sheep and horsei! J 'l|T#& to t^ee-y ear-old good quality £3 2s 6d to £5 ss; fat cows, £5 15s; nearly fat steers, three year_ r 6ldy„5 f l0s; store cows, £3 5s to £4 7b 6d ; full mouth merino ewes in good - condition, 3s 6d; two-tooth fat half-bred wethers, full weights, 13s,|6d ; half-bred ewe lambi, SsV'fat merino 'wethers, 6a. Ihe horses, not realising owner's limits, were withdrawn.

I" Melbourne.—The "Argus" of April 14th reports :—ln the import market business for the week has commenced with a fair prospect. BreadstuffS' show little animation, and only trifling sales are' reported. Flour is quitted in bakers'lots at from £14 las to £15, but there is only a very moderate demand. There is no inquiry for parcels ; we, however, continue to quote £14 10s for quantities. Wheat is moving off at 6s 6d to to 6s 6&d for good samples, and sales bave "eflßected at our quotatiouß ; but the quantity offering 'is so trifling as to present no inducement 'to the larger buyers to come forward. Oats are keeping very firm; "We hear of a" parcel of 1200 bushels common feeding having been sold at 5s 4d, and _oie_are_saleable at SB;-"€4;" to 5s Bd. Maize is lower in value; parcels are how offering -at 5s Bd, while small lots are disposed of at up to 5s lOd. Dried fruits still command a considerable amount of attention. A parcel of 200 barrels currants was placed at od,.and 'sales of Eleme raisins are now making at 7£d. Candles are in good-request and there is; a. fair business doiug. -A line of Brandon's was placed at and a shipment of 300, boxes D.R.O.'s was quitted for export at 9|d iv bond, 'are going; off very freely ; sales, as 'yet,-however, have been confined to refined sorts. About 130 tons fine ..yellows have found buyeis at very full prices. Rice is beginning to be offered extensively at auction. W_ observe that the cargo of the Parmecta, fiom Japau, will be t suumitted to Woolpacka meet, with Speculative inquiiy, chiefly to arrive; 150*h_i_9 _$y«i_eea,again sold'afloat at 3s lOd. feociug wire are mentioaedat £_57siSObr No 8. Iv liquids, we learn 'of heavy sales of Teunent's bottled ale iv pints; Three entire shipments have been quitted at 7s 6d for laige parcels.