COMMERCIAL.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1696, 29 March 1889, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Mr G. C. Tntliill, Auctioneer, Invereargill, reports under date, 27th ir.st., as follows Only a small catalogue, of t-he pskins, hides, etc., was submitted for Monday's sale, caused, no doubt, by the farmers being busy with tht ir harvest, Prices realized were e 4 ual to last sale as under: — Sheepskins.— Medium to good crossbreds sold from 4ifd to yd per lb ; inferior, lower ; pelts, lid to Is 2d each. Wool. Several bales and bags were offered, and sold it Gid for inferior crossbreds, up to 7£d for merinos ; pieces, 4j;l ; and scoured, do, C: ; 'd per lb. Rabbitskins.—A few lots of summers realized to 6M per lb. fat. 10s 9d perewt. Hides still remain without any alteration in value, all to hand sold from 2Jd to 2£d per 11), Horsehair readily saleable up to Is per lb for best quality. LATEST QUOTATIONS. Dunedin, this day. Wheat.—Prime milling, tuscan, velvet 4s od'to 4s 7d ; red straw, 4s od ; culinary. to 4s 3d. Oats.—Prime heavy milling, :1s 7id; heavy feed, 2s 6.1 ; Danish, 2s 7d ; long tartars and seed, 2s 8d to 2s lOd. Barley.—Prime malting up to 4a 3d—sacks, 6d ; ordinary, 3"s Sd to 4s ; malting, 3s Bd. Chaff,—Prime oaten sheaf, £3 12s 6il to £3 17s 6d; ordinary, £3 7s. Potatoes.—Derwents, £4 to £4 7s 7d. At Adelaide New Zealand oats are quoted at 4s to 4s 3d.