COMMERCIAL.

Evening Star, Issue 10394, 16 August 1897, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

The amount of revenue collected at the Customhouse on soodn cleared for consumption to-day was £92612s lid. :■■ The export of coal from Greymouth last week was 1,879 tons and from Westport 4,838 tons, of which the Westport Company sent away 4,563 tons and the Cardiff Company 273 tons. PROPERTY SALE, Mr Neville Sievwrigbt reports having sold by public auction part section 12, hlook 10, Pine Hill, at £450, to Mrs Anderson and Mr E. Prosser. MINING NOTES. Mr Thomas Callendev reports 320z 18gr retorted gold from the Sew Hoy Big Beach Gold Mining Company, Limited.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE^ MARKETS. Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report that prices ruled a3 under at their auction sale to'day : Oats.—Prices show ho improvement on those lately ruling, although within the past few days there has been more inquiry and several fair lines have been placed for shipment. We quote: Seed lines, 2s 2d to 2s 6d; prime milling, 2s Id to 2s 3*d; good to best feed, 2s to 2s OJd: medium, Is lid" to Is Hid per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.—Milling quality is unchanged, with little business passing except in prime quality ; fowl wheat, 3s to 3s 6d per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes.—Supplies are now heavier, and in the absence of anything like strong demand values are easier. We quote: Prime Northern Dcrwents, £3 to £3 2s Cd ; Southern, £2 15s to £1: medium to good, £2 10s to £l lss per ton (bags in). Chaff.—The market is moderately supplied with prime oaten sheaf, and prices to-day show a slight improvement on those of last week. We quote - Best oaten sheaf, £3 7a 6d to £3los: extra prime to £3 lss; medium to good, £2l7s 6d to £3 5s per ton (bags extra). r Messrs Dalgety and Co., Limited, report having held their usual weekly auction Bale, wheH prices ruled as under : Oats.—The market for these is still dull, and prices are, if anything, a little easier.? We quote: Best Sutherlands and seed" sorts, 2s Id to 2s 34d: good feed, 2s to 2s o}d ; medium, Is lid to Is Hid. Wheat.-The demand for prime ia still good, and prices are equal to last week's rates; but, medium and inferior are hard to quit. Barley.—Rrime sorts are easy of sale, but very little is offering. Medium and inferior same as last week.

Potatoes—Demand for these is verydnll, and prices are easier. • Prime Northerns up to £3 2s 6d: E nme S?S th „ e , rns ' & sto £3 > inferior descriptions,£2 7a 6d to £2l2s 6d. \? ll> . Chaff.-The demand for really prime chaff was Better, to-day, and^ m consequence prices were ranging from g« 6d to 5s per ton higher. We quote: ReaUy prime chaff, £3los to £3lss; good 1 £§?* 6& t0 £S 7s M : medium, hard to quit, £2l2s cd to £3.