Commercial.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 10, 10 September 1874, Page 2

Commercial.

» " * Balclutha, Sept 9. Driver, Stewart, and Co. (Clutha Branch), report, for tbe weekWholesale prices of Oats, 38 5d to 3s id per bushel Wlieat, Ss 9d to 4s per bushel Potatoes, L 4 15b to Lo per ton » Harley, 4s to 4s 3d per bushel Chaff, L4 to 1.4 iOs per ton i Kyegi ass— no demand Eggs, ls fld per dozen Butter, ls per lb Hams and bacon, 8d per lb Cheese, BJd per lb . - A. Mercer reports :— Ketail prices only : Fresh butter, in half-pound ' B and one pound prints, best quality, 2s per lb.; second quality, ls 9d to 18 lOd per lb.; iv lumps, ls <5d to s 8d per lb, 'The fresh butter is coming in very freely, and the grocers are now able to class the quality— t prices a little on the decline. Good salt butter, new season, ls 6d per lb, ; second quality, Is 4d per Ib. Side and rolled bacon, lid to )s per lb.; Colonial hams, ls to is 2d per lb; English haras, Is 4d to ls j 1 6d per lb; beef hams, 9d per lb; cheese of*the best quality, lOd to ls per lb; eggs still continue to be ' I very plentiful, and are in good demand at ls 4d per dozen. " The Guardian of Saturday reports, under *' Free and Duty paid " — Brb adstuffs remain at our last quotations, viz.: — Flour, Lll 10s to Ll2 per ton. Oats . are being-sold 3 at 4s 3d for prime samples, butthe inquiry fa limited at present Bran and pollard, £5 to £0, with a brisk \ demand Hay, L 6 JOs per ton ;. Straw, L 2 >0s per ton Oatmeal, L 24 to L2l loa per ton Flour, Lll 10 to Lll 15s per ton Prime wb^at, 4b 3d to 4s 9d per bushel Good fowls' wheat, 4s 2d to 4s 3d Oats, good feed. 4s to 4s 2d . Bran, L 5 per ton Chafl, L 4 '08 per ton Potatoes, L 7 per ton Onions, 60s per cwt. r Bacon, 9d per lb ; ham, ls od ; cheese, 7£d to Bjd Pollard, L 5 ll*s to LO per ton Barley dust, L 5 per ton — rather scarce Beef 20s to 25s per cwt ; 3d to 7d per lb retail Mutton, 3d to sa. per lb ; real, 4d/to 6d . , Turkeys, plentiful ; fowls, per pair, As to 6s Apples, 4d to 8d per lb ; oranges, Ss per dozen Lemons, 3s "per dozeu ; curraiits,.4£d .Carrots, L 3 per ton ; celery, ;;s to Os per dozen Messrs J. and A. Maclean report: , Fat Cattle.— Our sales consisted of 57 head on r account of Messrs Wallace Grant, and others, which realised from L9 to LH 7s 6d for bur-ricks, and irom L8 to Ll2 !0s for cow*. We have also sold 26 head privately during- the week at fuli market rates. . We quote prime beef 3<>*fo 32s fid. per luOlb -, medium _n-1 inferior, VOs to 255. Fat Sheep.— The market was again largely supplied. Those -told realised, for croas-breds from 16s .to 235 ; merinoes. 13s to Ila U c have also sold several lots privately at full market rates;' We quote prime quality cross-bred mutton 4d to 4jd per lb; do merino, 3Jd to 3f d". Fat Calves sold at from 22s to 60s each, according r to quality. Store Cattle.— There is a goo&demand arising- for this descriotion of stock, with fe-v offering, We quote— Well grown and bred bullocks, L 4 >os to L-; cows. L 2 10s to L3 ■ 10s;- mixed herds; 10s to ©is, according to breeding and condition. We have so.d 60 bullocks at L 5 per head, and a team of working bullocks, bare, at L 9 per head. ' Wool and Sheepskins.— We sold several odd bales of wool, and a large numuerof sheepskins, butchers', half-bred skins re»li»in<f from 55;t0,58 9d each; merinoes,>4s to 4s ttd; dry station skins, from 3s to 5s 6d, according' to weight. Grain,— There has been very little, doing in grain of all .- orts for the last week or two, and Quotations i remain unaltered. „-. i Auckland. Mr G. W Binney reports the ; grain market improving. Flour, Ll3 10 to Lll; bran, L 7 10s; pol- . lard L8; wheat, 6s yd; barley. 5a fid; maize, 6s; peas and beans, ;>s; hams and bacon; scaice; Kid and lid;; cheese, 8d; butter, in demand at Is 3d; malt, 8s fld. Kauri, plentiful on the.j East and West Coasts. Freight scarce to southern ports. Wellington. Mr. O'Shea report B:— Flour, LIS to L l3 los- oatmeal, L2l to L 25; potatoesrLß to L 9; wheat, ohioken's, 4s 3d; oats, 4a lodtos-!; bran, ls 4d to la 6d; pnllard, L7to L 8; clu-e^se, 8d to 9d; hams and bacon, lOdtols; butter, Is Gd to 2s; barley,- none. Zr . CURIBTCHDROH. Produce quotations: (f.ob.) Lyttelton— wheat, 59 to 5s 3d; oats, 5nJ barley, ns 9d; flour, Ll2 to Ll3; bran, L6; pollard, L6; sharps, L7; potatoes, L7. Oats are very scarce. London, Augnst 18. The London Colonial wool sales opened this evening. The arrivals amounted to 2<i0,000 bales, and upwards ot 5000 were oilered. The attendance, of home and foreign buyers was large, and biddings commenced with great spirit,- and closing rates of last sales well maintained. . • Augusts. - At the wool sales the competition continues extremely vigorous, and pdces show a general advance compared with previous sales, of id to ;Jd Foreign arrivals of wheat are abundant, arid prices have fallen. At the sales of hew wheat yesterday pur chasers were made reluctanlly, at a reduction of 7s. The corn market has experienced a considerable fall. The weather is favorable for harvest operations. 'August 27. There is an advance on scoured wools" of lgd; greasy is unaltered; crossbreds higher; lambs*, Helimg well, English buyers principally. DUNEDIN LABOR MARKET. Wages: Servant. "yirW,. L2JS L3O, L3l; ditto, superior, L4O, L 45, L'V2 ;; ploughmen and shepherds : (genuine), L6uandL's; if married' aud wife to dairy,. L7S, LSD, £85 ; masons,' carpenters, bricklayers, 1 2fl to 15s per day, according to ski;l; labourers. 83 to 10s per day; cooks, -waiters, barmen, and ship's stewards, 255, 80s, 40s, up to 60s per week and foun^j" boys and girts, 6e, 7s, and 10s per week.