MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. Daily Southern Cross office,

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5725, 28 January 1876, Page 2

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. Daily Southern Cross office,

Thmsduy evening. The Customs duties receiv eil to clay amounted to £.">44 3s Id.

HUNTER AND NOLAN S KEPOKT. Hordes. — A laige minibei offeted, but the demand was blackei than the previous week. Theie weie a large minibei of eiitucs on Fuday —but bidding was ratlioi slow. Howcvei, neaily all in were disposed of. We quote hacks from £"i 10b to t'l"i ; light h.iiiiesj> hoises. fioni t'lS 2s (id to t'-'l 1'2s (nl ; medium di night, tt'. L \i n i - The supph li fi been modeiate, and demand spmted. At Xevmaiket, on Tuesd ly, thcie weie not s-» ni.uij j aided as on the pieviousweek. The demand was good, and pucd \ven> sustained. Theie is an unsatisfied inquny forgoo.l daiiy cows of medium descnption, fiom £10 to £14 wa-> gnen. Sbtoies sold .it last week's quotation. Fat beasts, with the exception of top soits, weie a shade easiei, selling at fiom Ms to 32s (id pei 1001b. Shfei 1 . — Numerically theie was a good supply, but those in the butchei-*' pens weie not suih cientlj' up in condition, and sold at fiom Is Nl to Is lOd pei Sib fetoies weiem good demand; halfbied wetbeis sold at fiom 10s 9d to 14s. l^ambs weie in mcieased supjily and -ipmted demand, but \anud \eij lmu'li m ([Uahty, lc.ilismg fiom '.K Ixl to 17s ltd. I'K.i. --Offeimg in \eiy limited numbeis, jjiessing w uits cninot be supplied eitliei for stoic pui poses oi slaughtci.

MR. BUCKLANDH KKPORT. Fodder.- At the Haymaiket, on Fiulay l.mt, small loads of fodder wete more plentiful than, visual. Meadow hay bi ought fiom 14i to 2.">s ; clo\ei hay, 20s ; oaten hay, 24s to 3(ls the loid. Large loads, 2m itd to .-is Ad the cwt. ; in ti/e, 3s :M to Is ; oats, 3s 3d ; bailey, 2s ."id the bushel. Horik — Hea\y di night hoi-,es weio i:i bettei supjily than usual, and m good demand ; they bt ought fioni i.~>2 10s to t>>7e,ich ; inediuin di aught, t'l.J to {"12 10s; unbroken diaught colts, £40 to £42; ndint; hoises, t(i to I'll each "Wool, Hlin«., iVc --The usual wet kly sale of wool, hides, and skins, wis nioie fully sup j)hcil than custom. uy. 'J heie was a full attendance ot the tiado mil prices foi wool weie a fin thing highei tli in the pieuoiid Bale. Jlnlo and skms full} coinpeti d toi .it juexious \.ilue? Vl>out ')') Ink-) of wool, in addition to the usual supply, weio '()!.! Midi-, biou^lit : Damaged, •id ; sound, M tliu 1!» ; sheepskins, 2i 9.1 to 4s M; Lnuliskms islOd; ])clts, 3 I to 8d eacli ; Liiulj, wool, in jj.u'ise, OJd tu '.t.'d; longwool, washed, 11 ',d to \.Vj\; in giea«.i, Sd to ( > |( 1 ; locks, ] ,d to ".',.1 tho'lb Mini 1< vi«< A f the sheep fail held on Monday, at Remucia, tlie number penned, about 10,000, w.is ibose the a\eiage. Lambs weie not so nunieious is last >eai, but thcie was a much lnigei numhei ot two and foui tooth ewes of a good class. The .ittcn I nice was not so full as on piewous ye us, and bid ding was comp.uatively dull. * Yet the j.nces leahsed uoie laghei than was expected by eithei buyir oi seller. Fn it-class ewes weie lower in pi ice, all otheis fully ps high, and in many instances highei than last yeai'.s sale, and one pen only lemained unsold of those catalogued. Pi ice^ given weio • Foi two and foui tooth longwoolled ewe-., fiom 30s to 12s ; tuo and foui tooth half bred ewes, from 1.S-, to 24s; si\ tooth to full mouth longwools, fiom 18s to 2."h ; asjed longwoolled sheep, Ss to 17s; cio-^s bred and mfeiior ewes, fiom 4s; best ewe lambs, IS-, to 37-.; half kied ewe lambs, ( Js to 11-,; wttliei lambs, Ss to Km eich. The show of stock on WediiewL'y was a gie.it nnpioveiiiLiit on last yeai's sale, theie being a nunibei of nnpoited stock sjld, and not .so many infeiioi aiinn ils ]ienned. With one e\ ceptK)u -that of .Mi. Thomas Russell, whose sheep \\cie sold m the W.ukato, and bi ought fiom t'5 to l>\, ioa\.i aging W 11s (»d- all oiu pnnci[)al i,tin Ixcedeis weie lepicscntcd. Theisms in seveial of the Hocks showed a want of ioommess and ti line, which oucahioned then lowci values; and the m uked nnpioveinent in puce when any supenoi annuals weie oficied was \eiy sitisfactoiy. As at the pievious sile on Mondaj, neatly eveiything olleied was sold The pi icls given tor the 1 1 ewes fiom the iJoek of Mi. L 1L Claike, Lincolnshne. England, weie an aveuge of £'J2 Js. Fue lams fiom the same (lock bioujfht fiom 21 guineas to 40 guineas, a\tiig"ing £_'8 Vw Two i,ims iiii]>oi toil by Me*sis. JJuttle, biought irspectnely .">() guineas and 3.! guineas; the two (Jotswolds imported by Mi. >S>inoi>ds, .JJlguineasand2)»l^uineas;2l> twoandfoui toot'i jams sold by Mi J.inies Ddwoith, ranged fiom k> P., to I'S 10s. .iveiagmg t.") 8s ; 22 sold l»i Mi .I.uiils Wallace fi om JiJs to I'lO 10s, avei aging L'J Us ; 151 by Messis. J. and A. Andei son, f loin .57s (id to tld, aveiaging td Ss tul , r> by Mi (.'hailes Shojiheid, troni 412 to HI, iiveuigiug U Ids ; 17 by Mr. Constable, tiom HZ to t.li», m lading £\"'U ; '2H by Mr. McL« in, bioughtfiom tl to tlO, aveiaging L'(i Is (id ; IS by Mi. UiddMon, biought fiom fcl to £17, a\eiiging til 2s (id ; 1 by Mi. \Y. Ken, a\ei.tgcd t4 JO-,; 0 by Mi. John May, fiom fct to i.7, .ivei.iging U. (x ; and _'ii by Mi. .JWph Miy, tiom I!')-, to L'S, i\eiagmg JL'L The two and foui tooth longwoollodPweH bioughtfiom Z~>-> to 3"<s ; ageil ewes, 21s; Ifampshne Down ewes, Ms ; 1 nubs, Us (i.teh. < ' v 1 1 1 1 \mi hm i v. -At Hemueia, on Thuihday, dairy cows weie at, higher values, fitoic cattle in limited nuinheiH and stcidy demand. Fat cattle in full supply ; L"i0 head jienned, last week's pi ices weie obtained. Fat sheep in lens than usual numbeia ; 300 sold ; no

iltei.itiou in values, L.imlis plentiful, ,unl lowei in juice th.in list week l'ncot. j^neii weio D.my cows, .it pioht, i"> to 112; iliv cow-, t» l.">s to i'l) ; dives, '_'Ss to !">■»; IS months steci -., t'l to l'( 12s (nl o ich. V.xt cattle, Tw (id to .°»Js (id the KMHb. Fat sheep li,M to :W tho lb.; lambs, Ss to l.'w each.

TKIH iRAl'IIIO. Mi i not u\f, Jainuuy V.K The iiiiikot ii *oiy ilull. Wheat is "is Od : lloui is up to £12 17s G<1. Fiji sugars, yesteiday Hold at iatct equal to Mauntms. Oats mo quite uegloctpcl. Ik Cnl is asked, for fine niilliiitrs

London* , .lamiaiy 1~>. Money if easier. Foieign oxclianycs me moic favomable. The wheat m.uket i<< turner.