COMMERCIAL.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5445, 28 July 1879, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

• Gtaldsboroughls monthly circular for July giaes the .prices. 1 of wool .ruling in Melbourne as^fromtCd to 9d per lb for ordinary to average greasy, good to- superiar bringing lOd and Is per lb j washed' and ''scoured, from Is fpxyinferioi^to ls t Bd- and 25. ; for superior, the iye^age^ heing about ,ls, 4cll. They anticipate tliat ith'e. London market will improve as tlie y'ear.prpgress'es. There is a good demand for merino sheepskins, at from 2^d to 5£ per lb for station skins, and 2s 9d to 4s 9d each for buthers' skins. ,• Cross-breds are heavy of sale, even, at . reduced rates. The hide market is very depressed. Ox -hides, average weights, realise from 15s to 23s each ; do, heavy, up to 35s each ; cow-hides, from 2d to 2£d per lb ; Victorian wet-salfced, 2id to 3d per lb ; New Zealand, 3d to 3id per fb ; calfskins are worth lfd-to-2id per lb. In tallow there is no decided improvement, the news from London being anything but encouraging to shippers. Superior mutton (f.0.b.), up to £27 15a; mutton; 'ex store, from £16 to £27 ss; beef (f.0.b.) £26 ; beof, ex store, £24 to £25 10s 5 mixed, £20 to £24 per ton.