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Lyttelton Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 5010, 10 March 1877, Page 2

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L'jiUlim Times Office. Friday Evening. GRAIN AND PRODUCE. Grain is coming forward rapidly, and we regret to say that the old complaint has again cropped up, viz., the supply of railway waggons. We hope the Government will see their way to avoid a repetition of last year’s confusion. The wheat market is still firm —sound samples commanding -5s Gd to Gs at the bands of millers, who are keen purchasers. Exporters have withdrawn from purchasing this cereal, preferring to take their chance of executing orders after millers have laid in their stocks. Private Sydney telegrams indicate that a fall in value of hreadstuifs is looked lor. Oats and barley are in fair supply, at last •week's rates, and millers’ quotations for flour of guaranteed quality range from £ls, in sacks. Bran, i'3 Urn to £4. Sharps, £lloa to £5. Butter is held for Is 2d to Is 3d; and cheese is an good supply at s id to 5Jd. STOCK AND STATIONS, Since our last report we have no material alteration to note in this market, except that, os harvest approaches ft conclusion, greater activity is manifested. At the yards on Wednesday, 5251 sheep wore penned, and biddings were not so animated as they were last week. Best cross-bred fat sheep sold up to 10b 9d, and merino wethers to 7a Od each. A few lambs of prime quality reached 10s, whilst those of ordinary quality sold at from 5s Gd to Gs Gd. Crossfcred stores in good condition sold at 7s Gd, which may be taken os tho present value for this description of stock. Merino ewes, broken and failing mouths, went at 2s 3d and 2s 4d —a good pjricc, considering that sound-mouthed sheep of tho same class are only worth from 4s to 4s Gd. We quote mutton for tho week at l;d per lb. The number of cattle yarded was 175, comprising tho usual variety, and prices showed that a good demand for this class of stock still exists. Beef langed from 25s to 35a per 10'dbs, leaving our quotations of last week, viz., 27s Gd per lOGlbs, to stand as tho average. Of pigs, 354 were disposed of at prices ranging from 7s to It's, according to age. Tho Customs’ Revenue collected yesterday amounted to £ISG 8s id. The following wore tho items;—Spirits, 303,' gals, £lB3 2h 10.1; wine, 145,’ gain, £25 2s 5d ; tobacco, 400 lbs, £SO; boor, 348 gals, £2l 15s; sugar, 15,423 lbs, £44 5s Sd ; tea, 3405 lbs, £.35 2s Gl; stationery, 3 cases, £1 Ms; drapery, 10 cases, £55 2s ; apparel, 2 cases, £4lßs; sundries, £7 Cs. Messrs H. Matson and Co. report on the live stock market, Ac., for the week ending Friday, March 5, 1877, as followsAt tho market, on Wednesday last, 5256 sheep, 175 cattle, and 354 pigs came forward for tho week’s supply. There was an average attendance. Biddings came slowly throughout tho Bheop sale, and in many cases last week’s values were not realised. The cattle saie was marked with Spirited competition; all Jots offered realised extreme values. Our entry for tho day comprised 101 cattle, 1546 sheep, and 38 pigs, for Messrs George Holmes. .8. Ward, O’Cailaghan, H. I'fiteh, A. Sutherland, James Graham, John Sharp, M’Betb, J. Twigger, H. haing, 11. Metcalf,; F. Britton, Vass, i-onuy, Bailsman, J-ougbnau, Rankin, Harrison, Tubman, Mursden, Kinloy, Haughey, Ueaalield, Chapman, and others. Wo cleared our cetry at, for merino wethers, 7s 5(1 Vs (si and 8a per head; er-ss-bred do, 10s 10s Gd: do ewes, IDs. Fat lambs, Ga Gd to 10s each; and nun dry lines of stores at current rates. Outside wo have disposed of several hues at market values. In cattle wo sold fat light weights to £5 7s Gd per head, and stores at very full rates. S 1" demand for all classes is extremely brisk. Wool Sheepskins, Hides, and Tallow—At our rdl.lT 11 ?’ °V lhurH,la y hm!-. wo catalogue! when 'n. ’T'u * * IUrKU Tianiity «< fudges and bags. Toni in pnees were obtained i-lfll conjoined, locks and pieces. G bales at V4d M cross-bred 2 at bid. ’l£^ cross-bred, 4 at £»,d- J H conjoined under —. merino, 2 at Od ; cross-bred. 2 at 10.1 JW, cross-bred, 1 at K.'d Jr, merino,,li at lujd; cross-bred 1 5.1 rlu lambs. 3 at 10? 1. US. lambs, 21 ,-t 5!.d A over I, cross-bred, I at H;d. H over W W, cress-bred 22 at S*-I. Jo, x-bred, 3 at 9d. SH, x-l,red, 2 failges at lod. Circle with a bar, merino, 3; bales at loid. Circle wi h a bar over H, x-bred hoggelt, 3 at l'.‘d! JJ crossed, lambs wool, 3 at Is ( id. Best butchers’ x-bred brought from2s Gd to3s 3d; beat merino’s from '2a te< 3s Gd each ; best lambs from 2s Gd to -is :id ; country skins at full value. Salted hides at 4d; green, 3;J per lb; calf at Gd. Mr Robert Wilkin reports for tho week ending 'March as follows : —Woo!.—At my sale to-day the catalogue consisted of only 119 bales 47 bags, the majority of which was cross-bred. Notwithstanding the mail nows of a decided drop of Id to lid per lb on faulty sorts, the whole sold at prices

quite on a par with those of last sale. Good light cross-bred, fairly cleaned, OJA to lid peril); inferior and heavy ditto to medium light condition, BJd to 9Jd per lb ; merino, good light-conditioned, fairly cleaned, i*d to PJd per lb [ heavy and badly cleaned do, 7Jd to BJd per lb. Lambewool—Oross-brod, , long and clean, 10}d to 11 Jd per lb; merino do, ' SJd to Old per lb. Hood, clean pieces, GJd to 71d. 'j twr lb; inferior and heavy do, 5d to GJd per lb; i locks, 2d to bid per lb ; daggings, IJd per lb. Sheepskins—There was a full attendance of buyers, J and prices are about the same as last week’s, with j perhaps a slight decline on dry cross-btod pelts and B lambskins. At my sale the catalogue consisted of 2M'7 pelts, ;UG lambskins, mid 2it full wools, largo cross-breds, none to hand; medium-sized do, fillin'oo Hod, 1» (!d to 5a 3d each; merinos, medium-sized, ’ full-woollod, 4s Od to 5s each; small and inferior to half woolled medium, 3a 3d to 4s 4d each; lambskins, largo and woll-woolled, 2s (Id to 3s od r each; small and inferior, Is 4d to 2s 3d each; cross-bred pelts, largo, early shorn and wollwoolled, 2s 8d to 3s 3d oaoh; late shorn, small, and t inferior, lOd to 2a 3d each. Merino Pelts, largo, early shorn, Is Pd to 2s Gd each; small, inferior, and Into shorn, 2d to Is Gd oaoh. Hides are in ro--1 quest. My catalogue contained 25 green ami .0 . salted, the salted wore knocked down at 4d per In.; the groon were bought in at 3;’d, at which price , they wore disposed of privately after tlio sale. Calfskins, sound, well flayed, bd per lb; out and damaged ditto, 3d per lb. Tallow.—72 bags rough fat woro submitted, and all sold at prices ratuor easier than last week’s, owing to the reported drop of 7s per cwt. at homo. Good clean, carefully saved, 21d to 2£d per lb.; boated and infonor, 1,(1 to 2d per lb. Uuo cask good muttou tallow was sold at 27s per cwt, and 3 casks withdrawn at -5a per cwt. INTERPROVINCIAL COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS. Auckland, March 9. Current quotations aro ns follows:—Beef, Is higher per hundred sheep at lower rates; Hour, £lB ; southern, £l7; sharps, £8 10s ; bran, £n; potatoes, iM; outs, 2s lOd; luaizo, 4s IM; jiiius, os J bacon, Sd to lOd; cheese, 7d. Wkllinoton, March 9. Prices are as followsPlour, £IG for Colonial; £l9 for Adelaide; oats, 3e 3d to 3s Gd ; bran, 10d to Is; wheat,ss; hams, lOd ; bacon, 9d; choose, od to Gd; maize, 5s Gd; potatoes, £4 to £5; pollard, £7los to £B. , „ Dunedin, March 9. Share quotations—Dank of New Zealand, £l9 lOf ; Colonial Bank, £1 IGs ; New Zealand Insurance, £4 Ks ; National, £1 ICs ; bouth British, £4 10s. The wheat market continues in rather an unsettled state, but some largo contracts have been made for forward delivery. Prime samples arc quoted from 5s od to 5s 7d; medium, os to 5s 4d per bushel. Oats are in good enquiry at, for milling samples, 2s Gd to 2s Sd; feed, 2s 4d to 2s 5d per bushel. Barley: none of the new crop is yet coming forward.