Commercial.

Clutha Leader, Volume III, Issue 148, 11 May 1877, Page 4

Commercial.

A. Mercer reports for the week ending May ? 10, as follows : — ' g

- Fresh butter in _ lb prints, ls 4d to Is 6cl per l=* lb ; fresh butter, in lumps, Is 3d ; powdered and f salt; ls3d. Eresh butter has been more plentiful I at tbis season of the year than has been for Isome years, which has kept the price from rising \ '■ 'as ib 'would have done. Salt butter in kegs, Is j Id : but at present no demand. S. . Cheese.— Best.quality,, lOd'to Is'; English and 7 - America'n'cheese, Is 4d per lb, but no demand; I side and rolled bacon,.* lOd to 1 1 d. 9 Colonial hams r ls to Is 2d ; English hafns, .Is 4d'per Ib. Eggs ; have been very scarce, and have beott' retailed at V 3s 6d per doz;; but the demand ia not brisk "at = that figure. i

Messrs Maclean Brothers : report for the i week ending May 9, as follows :— Eat Cattle.— About 200 were yarded for "Wednesday^ market, of which only a few prime, th? balance being very ordinary to : inferior quality, Eor really prime quality, pricesruled very nearly equal fco last week's rates, but for ordinary and 7 inferior, but little over store prices were obtained, the trade having considerable stocks in hand from X; , ihe previous --week, and about GO head Iwew i turned - out unsold. Bullock? brought from 17 K : to Ll2, and Cows from L 5 to-L8 10s -or equal to !'- ----25s to 27s per lOOlbs. for prime quality ; onlinarr " and inferior, 20s to 225. (k1. . -At. the yards, ws 7 sold on account of various vendors 45 head at r above quo.tatibns, and turned' oufc-40 head. 7; Eat Calves.— About 20 v. were, penned, which - 7 sold at 30s to 52s 6d each.. .... 7 I . FatSh .ep.^A full supply of 2800 came for- A X. ward, which were throughout of ordinary to in- ; c ; ferior quality, Eor the best descriptions of cross- 7 breds, the demand was fairly active, and prices % ran from- -9s <to 10s each.- For inferior and I ordinary,- however, tlie market was very dull, X, and these made only 7s 6dto 8s 6d each ; merinos 7 sold at 4s to 6d, according' to quality. Afc the 7 yards we sold 1100 as under,, viz., on account of John Ried; Esq , of Elderslie, 031 cross-bred*) at 8s Gd to 9s 3d, and 167 at .7s 6d to 8s 6<l : on ac- , count of John M'Kenzie, Esq., Shag Valley, 9J £ do, at 7s 6d to 8s • on account*, of the Henley Co., St • - 155 do, at 8s to 8s 3d. We turned out 400 un- '"* sokl. ; .... |j ' Store Cattle.— We have placed a number of § small lots at country sales, but otherwise therai* 7 '-■■ little or no business ; doing in this description of >■ stock. . '-. : Store 'Sheep.-^Prices '''are without nnterial change-, the tendency,. : however. .being toward* lower, rates pn -.account, of tlie depression in the • wool market. We have enquiries for youn? • - merinos and 4 and 6-tooth cross-breds, and of these wo have several, sales pending, but no v transactions to report. Country' Sales.-— At Koau Bank, Inch Clutha, on tbe 4th inst., we held a clearing sale on account of the trustees of Mrs Bowler, whose farm has been leased to.Mr M'Donalcl. The attendance was the largest we have seen. in tho Clutha district, and although for fat cattlo there was but a poor demand, o\yipg no doubt,, tq the low rata ruling in Dunedin, all other descriptions of stock, implements, furniture 7&6., :kc:.-. ..met with brisk competition , .and* very - full. pYices were realised _ Sixty head of fat cattle,' cowsi and bullocks, sold **** at from Ltj 15s to L 8 15 • '80 head unbroken coirs \ and 3*oung stock, a mixed herd,- at L.2 to Lssi, ■'& Draught horses, fetched up to LSI, and your*** ' and light harness horses LIO to L 24. Tmpl* ments, dairy utensils, furniture, tic, of which there was a large collection, brought very satis- A factory, prices. '• Property.— ln pur report of last week, J& |*" M'lntosli's farm, Clutha, was erroneously re- \ ported as having been sold to Mr PatersoD, instaid of -to F. S. Pillans, Esq M and the name of , the purchaser of .Mr Holland's property at Kaitangata was erroneously given as D. H. Niflholl, instead of D.,Nicholl, Blueskin, an old resident . m the district. We would direct attention to our sale of the' Avondale station, Southland, oa 25th May inst. • Wool.— Catalogues to hand confirm the de* . cline reported per cable some weeks ajjo. andth-* r„ few small lots offering iri this market 7luring ths & week have, consequently suffered, fche demand * being dull, even at reduced rates. On Monday next we shall offer about 100 bales. Sheepskins.— At our weekly sale on Monday , last.there. was a full attendanpe and fair compe- * * tition, but prices were lower by about Cd p * b skin, and- for bales quite l Id per lb. We sold about 2000 skins at- for butchers' skins, 2ssdto 2s 7d for cross-breds ; aiul 2s to 2s 3d for**>erin<* Dry skins at ls 5d to 3s 9d, according to quality! and in bales, 4Jd to sgd per lb. Hides.— None, offered. . The demand is ffoo-l. and best wet salted may be quoted at 'M to *> per lb. ' . * y Tallow is in request, ond good parcels in ship* ' ping condition are worth £30 to £33 10s per ton. q4 Grain. —Wheat has made rapid strides dun"* the past week—the demand for prime snmP 1 " being active, while the supply is comparative limited. Even ordinary and inferior samp v L' »

have advanced considerably, and we now quote prime at 5s 6d to 6s ; ordinary, 5s to 5s 3d • in ffcrior milling, 4s 6d to 4s 9d ; fowl feed, at 3s 9d to 4s. Oats have been in better request, but few sales of importance have transpired. We quote best milling at up to 2s 8d ; old feed, at 2s 6d to 2s 7d; new do, at 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Birley of prime malting quality is saleable at 4s 6d to 5s • ordinary, about 4s ; inferior, very difficult to quit— quotations nominal.

On Saturday last Mr Wm. Grant of Southbridge, Tokomairiro, sold his farm of 200 acres to Mr Thoa. Howie, at the rate of £10 per acre