LATE COMMERCIAL

Evening Star, Issue 11697, 1 October 1902, Page 5

LATE COMMERCIAL

The as. Kent takes from this port mutton, beef, - poultry, and rabbits totalling 18,000 carcasses, fbr. South Africa. The New Zealand Assdciatiop have reduced the: price of bran and pollard, to £5 10s per ton—a reduction wf 10s—which takes place from to-da£. •- Wheat.—The inquiry is still for the best milling Wheat, which to-day is Worth Up to 4s 4d per bushel in DUnedin. For second quality milling there is ho inquiry at present, although it seems probable, considering the great difference in value between first and second quality grain, that a demand may spring up for these later on. Oats.—During the' past two days therb has been a steady inquiry for gSod milling oats and best feed qualities, and as these descriptions are hot very plentiful buyers .are having Some little difficulty in filling their requirements. Although there is not likely to be any sudden rise in values, a small advance in prices may be louked for during this week. Present stocks are light, and the steady inquiry is having a hardening tendency, and if the demand continues, as no doubt it will, in all probability prices will see a considerable advance before the end of the year on those at present ruling. Inferior and damaged bats are still but of favor with buyers, as they are of no vte for the Australian and South African markets, and the local demand is very soon eupplicd. These, however, will be Useful for mixing purposes, and will most likely find purchasers at full rates in due course. Barley.—Most - of the maltsters, and brewers having laid in good stocks at the beginning of the season, there, is little business passing in this cereal. Inquiries are continually coming from Australia, but the American grain can be landed in Australian ports a good deal cheaper than can the New Zealand grain, and the business passing between the Australian and local merchants is very limited. Potatoes.—The local market is being bately supplied, and all consignments corn-* iiig in are readily taken up at full rates. Should consignments be any smaller than they are at present, another advance in prices is probable. To-day's value for prime fresh picked Derwents is £5 to £5 os per ton. Retail prices of meat at Sydney are just 50 per cent, higher than they were this time last year. A fortnight ago these prices ruled at two of Sydney's largest butcheries: Joint of bsef,* lOd per lb; best nimp steak, 10d; mutton chops, lOd; corned beef, 8d ; gravy beef, 8d; shoulder of mutton (111b), 5s 6d.