COMMERCIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1251, 18 June 1864, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

Lyttelton Times Office, June 17. of Commerce waß f o n (nv inc gentlemen were hOTinB ten r th™ll™s kiter «« red from the Secret.ry of Public Works :— Public Works Office, Christchurch, 9th June, 1864. SirWithjrfjrOT" o %S?rnSaf(feveminent will fool desired to r nf Commerce will appoint a depuabfigod tbo ■ Bov( ,„,„„ t on tin SSSSSBiV <***» rf • -*• *" mM

A. Louision, Esq., a "" Mondca in the opinion of of*ffichurch, as the Triangle w the &c„ should bo and that a « lte^ r ™° B practicable, and tlml a deputudo confer with the Government on was carried, and the meeting broke

W Daily Ti*» of June n "Tomp-wj sf s?siss?fSX, We f^'^SproTUtta'ta will, ere many months elaps, t0 learn fromexpeprice of oats. Many jrf torn Wg pC r aero of root crops Hence tbat.anmcreaßemtheWg the pressure oc-

ULTt'UUIIV VIUIU inilll LllL'll' CUl'll UIUJJrt) i» mviv stock. Many of our arable fanners will find it advantageous to keep a flock of sheep mi well as homed cattle.' They havo learned, at nil events, the wisdom of not placing all their eggs in one basket. Barley ,—Xlio Block is low, but the demand is quite limited. Wo quote at 4s. Crushed is worth 6s od. Brim.—Small lots bring 2a. Butchers' Meat.—Beet', by tho carcass, 7d to fid per lb. Market pretty well supplied. Fat sheep, 7d to Bd, A plentiful Bupply. I'igs, Od to lOd. Supply moderate. Calves, Od to 10(1. A fair supply. Lamb, Od to lOd. Market fairly supplied. to £7 per ton. Chair. —Supply equal to demand. Wo quote £0 to £7. Gram. —Little or nono in marked Price £10. Lfav.—Demand for consumption is now almost wholly supplied by provincial, which is of excellent quality, and commands £0 10s to £7. Maize.—The market is now quite bare. Small lots are worth 0s 9d to 7s. Oats. —New crop is worth, in large quantities, 3s 9d to 4s. Good Colonial and Californian 3s 0d to 4s. Scotch, nominal. Onions are much in demand, and although only a few are coming to hand, the price has declined to £13 and £14 for good samples. Potatoes—Demand has been pretty good during tho week, and prices have slightly advanced. The price for best may now be quoted at £9 10s. *' There have been no imports for the last three weeks. Turnips. —£4 to £0 per ton. _ _ . [ , Wlieat.—£o few. transactions are taking place, that it is difficult to quote a price.

California. —By the bare; ■ T which arrived at Auckland on the siu the; Southern Cross has the following extract from the San Francisco Mercantile Gazette of the Ist April:— Our market for breadstuffs has been, unusually quiet for a fortnight past. The speculative fever raging the first week in March subsided on the first appearance of rain, and the frequent showers since havo been at least sufficient to check all wild speculation. The few sales now recorded by us are chiefly for export to foreign markets. Our farmers have not been inclined to press their wheat iov sale of late, preferring to wait the. probable result of the threatened'' drought, and now" that the prospects of drought have measurably vanished, they are disposed to enter the market with caution, offering to sell moderate parcels of choice at 2 cents, per pound. This offering has been accepted to a limited extent. . Barley .has been in. fair request for inferior marts at full prices. Oats are in very light stocks, and the parties executing late purchases have been obliged to exercise more than the usual care in completing orders, buying the small cargo from at least fifteen different parties, in order to secure the quantity required. Hay has declined, owing to : the improved prospects of the growing crop. Beans are a perfect drug in the market, the consumptive demand like that of rice, having apparently fallen off greatly, whicli is in a measure attributable to the very low price of superfine flour ruling for a twelvemonth past. Potatoes are tower, and, prices quite nominal. • - • ■- •• . The clip of spring wool has thus far come to hand in very small quantities, and it is therefore difficult to give any reliable data concerning the market, though, from present indications, prices will rule very low as compared with those of last year. The cargo of Oregon apples just at hand by the Bro. Jonathan, say 4000 boxes, has been placed at about 5 dollars 7 cent, per lb, according to quality. . ..