Commercial.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7548, 23 September 1886, Page 2

Commercial.

'■?■'■■ ■-■■.'. - . Hekald Office. - ']:•'■-. - Wednesday evening./MESSRS O. B. nOADLKV AND CO.'S HEPOIIT. ' We holdounisunlßalothismorningof skins, oddments of wool, hides, and tallow. In response to advleo contained in our last roport n larger number of skins, &c, camo forward ' than Ims boon offored for a considerable time . -past; 1 and tho prices obtained wero highly satisfactory; boing almost equal to tho ruling rates of 1881, • OH course, tho majority of skins ' " .>vcre . nearly f uU-woolled nnd well saved. ' .which; togothor with the present splendid wdathcrforfolJmongerlngnndthcsatisfactory 'fetoto o£ the London market, gave a life to tho sale, resulting In keen competition for tho ■'.. various lots. Several consignments camo to Vhand too lato to. bo included in the salo, con--Boquontly our cataloguo only consisted of .1728- sheepskins, 13 bales nnd 13 bags wool; 8 /packages tallow, and 52 hidc3, which all sold as follows:—- • , ,"" „,',, ,/Shoopskins.— Mcrino.good, ,51a, f;d, OJdj • medium, 3d, 3jd, 1 ; hoggets, Gel ; double flceco, . 32d, 4>d: crossbred, good, 5d to Od ; medium, 2id to Id ; hoggots, 4fdto s?d; pelts, ljd ; halfbred soiling nsTligh as Old. .- WooI.— NEWSTEAD, 2 bales dead greasy -crossbred 61; MAXWELL LEA, 2 bales dag■ging 2Jdt 1 bale dead wool, 53d ; D, 1 pale mixed 4}d; GH, 2 bales flagging 3R 1 balo .dirty do 2d; P, 2 bales dead greasy crossbred ;Sd,. 1 bale mixed wool Jd, 1 bnle pieces 33d. , ATalloW.-^Statlon lots H ; rough fat, Id. ' "Hidos.— Country, 2Jd to 3d, according to conOurnoxtsalo wi\\ bo hold on Monday tho -11th, October.. Thiß dato. is fixed to avoid with tho coming races and cattle •.Bhow. In conclusion, wo would again ad viso -our friends to get . thoir consignments Into luarkot boforo shearing commences and tho „ oponing of our local wool sale. . , 1 ' . CHAIN AND PHODUCK MARKET. . Mr -Frederick Fulton • reports that only a, 'Hmitod business was dono in tho past week, .nria that stocks of flour and oats in Naplor ■ aro very heavy. Very littlo disturbaneo lias taken placo in quotations o£ last woek. /Prices o£ . bright, heavy oats, havo coma v nearor' to quotations for ordinary samples,. 1 'whlloany diffcrwico for send purposes has •censed to affect value. Tho-TOwer quotations ■ . 'aro enabling shipmonts to othor colonies, and . prices arc firm at tho present level. Whoat is scarce nnd prices dispoacd to advance;: with fowl-wheat almost .out. of tho market ■inferior grades are going readily into con'suniptlon for mill uso. Blafzo is in conso.quenco Bhowine better prospects. Malting boiloy is in improved demand. Jilr Koocrt 'Anderson, Dunedin, quotc3 prices, free on ■board, sacks included, as follows :— Oats, best ■ milling, 2s fid : good feod, 2s id ; wheat, pnmo 'milling, 4a 8d: ordinary tlo, 4s dd: malting ■barley, 3s 3d; flour, £10 10s; oatmeal, £12 10s; ; ,l>ollard, (65 2s 6d; bran, £i 153; pearl barley, , -«U. „- . . . . ' „', '•; , . .OTB LONDON WOOL SALES. • . • Messrs . F. W. Williams nnd Kettle havo reb colvcd the following roport from thoir London ngonts," dated August 12th :-Tho third series of colonial wool sales closed on the 17th ultimo, .thottotal quantities offered having been as -follows:— victoria, 78,077 bnlcs; New South ■-.Wa1e5, 75,070 ; Queensland, 12,71« ; South Aus•tralia, 28,121 : Western Australia,.lo,4o2; Tasmania, 13,513; Now Zealand, 118,311; Capo, nnd Natal, 27,882; total, 382,251 bales. About 5000 bnlcs were bought in, but thesohayo 'probably "sinco 'been sold privately. The riso ' established nt tho oponing was well main:.tained throughout, tho elosliift rates being 'fully 5 por cent better than thoa; nt tho be- ■' ginning, and tho sorica closed with a very firm' ! tone. Sinco tho close of tho sales about ■•13,003 bales (of which tXX) wero Australian) -have been sold privately at prices showing ■ about 10 per cont. adyanco on July rates., lliis i improvement applies, principally to the finer , wools, coarser sorts showing to less ndvnn-; •. toge. For next scries, commencing on the 7lh "'proximo; about 2C5,t» bales havo already . arrived (188,000 Australian and 77,030 Capo).