Commercial.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 20, 26 November 1874, Page 4

Commercial.

„ .Balcldtha. R. Grigor reports : — Land.— On account of Corporation of Balclutha, I sold half of section 5, block I, Battrick's subdivision, Township of Balclutha for L 102; also, privately, on account of English Church Committee, section 8, block I, Battrick's subdivision, Township of Balclutha. for L 145. : Miscellaneous Goods. — I sold on Saturday last, on account of C. V. Brewer, a miscellaneous lot of fancy goods, jewellery, &c, &c, which brought satisfactory prices. Grain.— l have no changes to report in the grain market. DDNEDtN. The Guardian reports :— "We have to report a better feeling in the Import market during the week, and several houses are experiencing a good demand irom the country districts. Cartage is fast being reduced to something like a reasonable figure, ana it is expected there will be a considerable business done between this and Christmas. Breadstuff's have a lively tendency, and the millers continue towork full time. Flour maintains its advance, and is not likely to be lower than Ll2 to Ll2 10s per ton. Wheat continues firm, and any prime samples offering wiil readily fetch 6s 3d to 5s 4d per .bushel. Oats Btill command attention, and holders of prime samples will not accept nothing under 5s 9d per bushel. We notice theCaiifornian oats shipped to Auckland do not find favor in that market, and holders are sending a portion of the shipment down to Christchurch. This does not speak well for the quality, which we are given to understand is a fair average sample ol the oats produced in California. Oatmeal is firm at L 26 per ton, and the millers are not anxious sellers. I A. Mercer reports, retail prices only:— ' Buttet, fresh, ls 2d to lsddperlb; lump. Is 2d per lb ; salt, ls*3d per lb. Wggs, scarce, Is 6d per doz. Side and rolled bacon, ls per lb. Cheese, lOd to ls per lb. Mbssre "Wright, Stbphbmsoh. and Co. report .- — Fat Cattle— 2oo head were yarded, which being in excess of the demand caused a decline on last week's rates. We sold 92 head on account of Messrs Little Bros, Maitland Bros, James Wright, and A. M'Master. Cows of middling to good quality brought from L3 los to LU ; bullocks, do L 9 to Llo 15s ; prices equal to 40s per luolbs lor good quality 1 and 32s for medium doFat Calves— Only a few were yarded, fetching from 22* 6d to 3i*B each. i Fat Sheep— "so •of all sorts were penned. We sold 56 hafbreds at 255 ; 500 merino wethers, medium quality, at from lis 6d to 13s ; 200 shorn half- ' breds at 5s 9d. We quote prime halfbreds in ■ wool, 5d per lb ; do merino, do, l-Jd. Horses— There continues a good demand for both I heavy draught and light harness horses. "We sold during the week, on account of Mr James Giaeson, a shipment of heavy draught, ex Otago, from Melbourne. Some really fine prize draught mares among them, bought by Mr Mos'.ey, of the Clutha - and Mr Grant, of Oamaru, fetched from L7O to L 125 each. Ordinary mares brought from LSO to L6o • geldings, L47to L 62. We also sold, on account of Mr Grant, 10 saddle and light harness horses LI2 to LlB 10s. We quote first-class draught mares L7O to LIOO ; do do geldings, L6O to L 75 ; medium draughts, LSO to L6O ; good hacks and light harness horses, L 25 to L3O : medium do, Lls to L 1 8: light and inferior, L 5 to L 7. Sheepskins— At our weekly sale on Wednesday there was active competition, and all the lots were disposed of at fuliy last week's rates. The prices obtained were as follows :— Butcher's gr<«a merino skins, 58 5d to 6s 3d ; do cross-breds, 6s 5d to 7s 7dlambs, Is Id to 1 s lid ; dry station skins, 2s id to 5s 7d. according to quality. We also placed a few lotß of wool at satisfactory pricas. Hides— We catalogued and sold a considerable number at *rom 13s (id to 15s 3d for medium weights, up to 21s 3d for heavy. Heifer skins fetched So, and calf skins 2s each. Grain— Wheat continues in good demand and prime samples are saleable at 5a fid per bushel • medium at 4s Cd to ss. Fowls' feed at'3s 9d to 4s' Oats are very scarce. Good milling Bamples would bring (is, and feed 5s 6d to 5s 9d per bushel. Barley —Malting is worth 5s to 5s 3d per bushel ; inferior 4s Cd. * Messrs. Maclean Brothers report : Fat Cattle— At the weekly market on Wednesday there was a large supply, close on 200 head being yarded, some of which were very prime and realised high prices, but a considerable proportion were only of medium quality, and the prices showed a considerable fall on last week's rates. Our sales consisted of 50 head on account of Messrs Wallace Jenkins, and others We sold two very prime bullocks at L2O; ordinary quality bullocks realised from L 9 to Lis, cows, L 8 to LtS. We quote really prime be**f 40s per 1001 b ; medium and inferior, 27s 6d to 32s 6d. Fat Sheep— About 1300 of all soats were penned. 800 of which were taken by the trade, the balance being held over until next week. Those sold realised for crossbreds, in wool, 17s to 22s each • shorn, 16s each : merino wethers, in the wool 12s' to 17s fid each. Our sales eonwsted of 150 wethers at above quotations. We quote prime crossbred mutton 4d to 4£d per lb ; do merino, 3|d to 4d Store Cattle— On Tuesday last, the 17th inst. we held a sale of 240 head at the WestTaieri Yards when bullocks, in good condition, realised up to L 8 per head ; cows to L 5; steers ahd heifers, L4to L 4 6s. Good well grown bullocks may be. quoted at from L 6 to JL7 10s per head ; spayed cows, L 3 10b to L 5 ; mixed herds, 50a to Lfc)», according to condition and quality. Horses On Saturday last we held a sale In the Commercial Yards of hacks and light harness horses on account of Mr William Grant, which realised from Lls to L 26 each. We quote first-class draughts L 65 to L7O ; medium do, L 35 to LSO. Good hacks nnd light harness horses, L2O to L3O: medium and inferior, LlO to Lls VVool— Shearing is now becoming pretty general in the earlier districts, and several parcels of the new clip have already reached our stores. . Sheepskins— At our last Friday's sale we catalogued a large number of green and dry skins, which realised, for ha fbredf*. up to 7s each ; merinos to 5a l Id ; dry skins from 2s 6d to -»s 6d each. Grain, etc— The demand for wheat during the week has been better. Prime samples may be quoted at from 5s fid to 5s 9d ; medium, 4s 6d to 4s 9d ; fowls' feed, 4s to 4s 3d. Prime malting sample* bar ey. t,a 3d to 5s fid; medium, 4s 6dto6s. Oa*s still continue very scarce, and miy be quoted at from 5s 6d to fis for milling samples ; good feed 5s 3d to os Cd. On -Saturday last we sold 10 tot a fif prime potatoes, ex Otago from Melbourne, at L 8 10s per ton.

__ , , _ Chsistchdech. Quotations f.o.b. Lyttelton— Wheat, 5s 6d ; oats, '5s ; flour Ll2 tos to Ll3 los - Ofan- t fi 103 ; pollard, L6 los ; sharps, L 7; cheese, 8-jd ,- hams and bacon, !ld; hams only, Is 2dbacon do, lOd. Wheat and oats scarce. Wellington. Flour is advancing, the price now being from LIS 5s to Ll3 (Os. Of wheat, milling, there is none: fowls' wheat 3s 9d to 4s fid; oats, light stocks ; Oregon, 3s 9d ; heavy colonial, . scaree 1 , 6s 3d : potatoes, L 9 10s to LlO ; cheese, lOd to ild ; baconßand hams, scarce, ls Id to Ib 2d. .-•--. „'..' ATTpkiAND.' Fat cattle are in full supply, lowdr, Ll' -'2s -6d. to LllOsperlOOlb; sheep, in wool, 4id; shorn, 8d; lambj, io»to Jo»j eroMbriid eneep, mlMd. 9e torn MOB.

WW , mi. x.^ , London. October 8. the itu . c tWrd series of wdolsalea opened on Thrk,^ir 4"£ aB *V and concluded \ yesterday, ff^nrt f£? U V he s^es the attendance lias been cW* I* prices well maintained, and towards the earif-J^ rmet * toue - "Foreign consumers in the Thi- n»JS* rt of tbe Bales operated very sparingly. tionf^w que i ,ce i waathattllere was leVcompeti- . le r n v f^ r^^ e aland greasy wools, and prides rad thp\»i!_f ?l^u ly - 'Borne manufacturers towards Drit „,ffi sales competed with considerable SvJl^S" 888 were obtained for good-8-T£L and ha!f " bred wool*-* Washed fleece woo>b. l?^" ence of the demand for home conlr?£l <£ pommatided relative'y better prices than Sver m^' 1 the advance established in the.former Jilif h3 ra /.f! ma 7 be quoted at Id to Hd per lb, evpSV d t0 - d ; greasy merinos have notmuch arVl™rf d M £? r s & i es < For the fut »"? the prospects stinffik harvests everywhere will SrtlU ra A de ' *P a a S ood business may be extfml d f W H h I ? erica a « d Germany. At tbe same viir iiii m i? 8t be borne in mind that the current thonl j- a BUr Plns of about 10H,uOO bales over ™ ®? r A cedlu £ season, jvbich wil go a \ovfr way to ?£*Li. c ' ncr eaßed demand. The following are the fogued * erieB ' * nd the quantities cata-

NW7 i j Arrivals Catalogued Sv,w aland " ■•• 85,856 bales .. 89,958 Sales -tvaelaiae . n 40a kiatq Swan River " " T731 " " • I J^ " Van Dieman'B Land 7,640 " ." 7*758 " Lape •• ••.. 48,966 „ .. 34,157 „ Total .. 260,861 bales ... 261,382 bales