COMMERCIAL.

Evening Star, Issue 6979, 13 August 1885, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

Xho amount of revonuo oollootod at tho Oust in. • hous on roods cleared to-day for consumption was LB3l 16j 8(1. , , During the past foitf weeks the following were the principal exports from Timatu : 484 bushels wheat, 29,152 bu.-hfh oats, 90 eaoks pollard, 466 sacks potatoes, 3,985 sacks sharps, 2,393 sacks bran, 6,420 saoks flour, 700 sacks chaff, 263 reels barbed wire, 1,500 cases preserved meat, 1,456 sacks beans, 64 caßks tallow, 818 bushels ba ley, LeMdcs minor quantities chaff, chtcse, butter, wheat, meil, horeos, cattle, hides, etc. At the annual meeting of the Timaru Woollen Factory last night, it was stated that tho machinery was now on its way from Homo, and it was expected that operations would be commenced in four or live months. W. W. Tickle, of London, whose failure Is reported in to-day's cablegrams, formerly carried on business In Stafford street, Dunedin. | |At the ani.ual meeting of (he Bay of Islands Coal Company to-day the report showed that, although 18,233 tons of aoal and iron had been sold during tho jcir, tho operations had resulted in a loss of L 238 THE LONDON MARKETS. The New Zeiland Loan and Mercantile Agency Companv. Limited, have received tho following telegram frbni their London office, datol 10- hj insfc.: - " Harv<Hi, pronpeois are premising. Adelaide whovt is worth 36a flcl; Now Zealand average, 33-i; Now Zeiland long-berried, 35a per 40«ib. Adelaide f.i.q 1h worth c.i f. r-ff coast, 34s wr 48'ilb; nm\ to an i\ e iron ship, p.i.f., is worth 363 Cd per 4801b, Augus, billsof lading. Present pricrs will probably bo nuuitained. Tallow market depressed ; good mutton is worth 28s; good beef, 27s per cwt. Hops: Cr>p prospects 1 ere are excellent." STOCK AND STATION KEPORT. Mr Donald Stronach on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Oosopauy, LhniteJ), reports for tho woek ended August 12 as follows : Fat Cattle.—There was a large supply forward to-day, 228 being yarded ; abrut one third of these were prime, and the remainder ordinary. Bidding was briek for all offered, but prices for the whola were tcarcely up to those obtained bust week. Best bullocks brought L 9 10s to LI I 10i (one pen L 12): other.-, L 6 10s to L 8 10s; cows, JA 10a to L 7 10s We sold on account of Sir William Ackroyd, Temuka, 6 bullocks at L 8 10s to L 9; Mr J. M. Greenawav, Rangltafa, 2 bullocks at L 7 17s Cd, and 13 cows at L 6 5s to L 7 10s; Mr James Guild, Orari, 12 bullocks at L 9 to Lll 10s ; and quoto piinwbcef 22s 6.1, ordinary 17fi 6d to 20s per 1001b. Pat Sheep.—Thcmirkot was fully supplied, 3,219 being penned Ol these 781 were merinocg, the remainder cross-breds, representing all qualities. Coiuyetition was fairly active at the commeiiceincnt, but towards the close less animation was apparent. Taking tho sales all through, prices receded from last week's Is 6d to 2s per head. Best cross-bred wethers brought 15s 9d to 17s 3d ; others, 13s to 15s; mixed, 10s to 13s 3d; merino wethors, 5s to lis. Wc sold on account of Mr J. C. Gilohrist, Oamaru, 112 cross-bred wethers at from 16s 6d to 17s 3d ; Mr John Borton, Marewhenua, 66 do do at 14s 9d ; Mr A. M'Laren, Milton, 70 do do at 12s 6d to 13s 3d; proprietors Glenledi Estate, 68 do ewes at 10s 9d to 118 ; Mr J. S. Brown, Palmorston, 68 merino wethers at ss. We quoto prime mutton at 2-Jd per lb. Pigs. baconera. Competition for all forward was extromely dull. Porkers and baconors woro lower by 6s to 7s 6d each"; others in proportion. We sold 60 at from 14s 6d to 4ls.