COMMERCIAL.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 1035, 20 May 1902, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

INVERCARGILL PBODUCE REPORT. Messrs McKay Bros, report on sales for (he week ending Saturday, May 17, at their Exchange Sale Booms, Est street, Invercargill, as follows: — Cows—Three entered, one sold £5 10s. Poultry—24o entered. Old hens, 8d to Is; roosters, Is to Is 7d; pallets to Is lid each ; ducks, Is 6d and Is lid ; geese, 3s 3d each, Pig ß _4B penned, and prices high. Suokers 7s to 9s 3d ; weaners, 10s 6d to 12s 9d ; stores, 20s to 25s each. Wheat—l6s per bag. Oats—lis 6d per bag. Bran and Pollard—Wholesale rates. Potatoes—£s. Onions—los per cwt. Sanative Soap—l3s 6d per case. Oilcake—l2s 6d per cwt. Fruit—Apples, 2s to 7s, Hobart lis ; pears, 7s to 18s; quinces, 4s 6d per case; pie melons 3s 4d per case ; oranges 6s 6d, 9s. LONDON MARKET. The N.Z.L. and M.A. Co., Ltd., are in receipt of the following cable from their London office :—" Tallow market is strong. Fine mutton tallow and good beef tallow have advanced Is per cwt. since last report." DUNEDIN HOESE MAKKET. Messrs Wriohi, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows: — There was a fair yarding of horses for this week's sale, between 30 and 40 being entered. The attendance of buyers was a moderate one, most of them being after draughts, of which about one-half of the entry consisted. The demand for fresh, sound, young draughts is good, and any such coming forward meet with a ready sale at quotations ; while aged horses, on the other hand, are neglected, find sales are snly possible at reduced values. The principal sales of draughts this week were as follows: —A 5-yr-old gelding (a good stamp, but not big), at £43 ; a 3-yr-old filly by Royalist, at £42 ; a 6-yr-old mare, at £4l; two 8 and 9-yr-old geldings, at £4O 10s and £4O respectively; and several aged town horses (much the worse of wear), at from £2O/ to £3l. The light horseß offered were for the moat part a medium lot, and, with the exception of a 9-yr-old spring cart mare sold' at £22, changed bands at from £8 to £l4. Upstanding, active spring-van and spring-cart horses are very scarce, and owners having these descriptions of animals for sale should avail themselves of the present state of the market. A few such horses would bring extreme prices. We quote : Superior young draught geldings £45 to £SO, extra good, prize horses, £55 to £6O, medium draught mares and geldings £32 to £42, aged do £2O to £3O, upstanding carriage horses £3O to £35, wellmatched carriage pairs £7O to £9O, strong spring-van horses £2B to £35, milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses £l7 to £25, tram horses £l2 to £l7, light hacks £lO to £ls, extra good hacks £lB to £25, weedy and aged hacks and harness horses £4 to £7.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MABKET. Messrs Donald Beid and Co. report that prices ruled as under at their auction sale on Monday:— Oats—Advance of about Id per bushel. Prime milling, 2s 7d to 2s 8d ; good to best feed, 2s 5d to 2s 7d; medium, 2s 3d to 2s 4Jd. Wheat —Prime milling, 4s to 4s 3d ; medium, 3s 6d to 3s 106 ; whole fowl wheat, 3s 2d to 3s 4d; broken and damaged, 2s 8d to 3a. Potatoes—Advance of 10s a ton. Best Derwents, £4 10s to £4 15s; medium, £4 to £4 ss; others, £3 5s to £3 15s. Chaff—Best oaten sheaf, £4 to £4 10s ; medium, £3 10s to £3 15s. GORE HOUSE BAZAAR. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co. report as follows: — We had a fair entry on Saturday, some 30 horses of all descriptions being submitted to auction. The entry included some first-class draughts, and these were keenly competed for, and consequently good prices were realised. The demand at present for this class is very good, and prices are as good as ever. Useful draughts of not such good quality are also readily disposed of, but aged and inferior sorts are hard to sell. There is a fair demand for hacks and harness horses, and several changed hands .at satisfactory prices. We made the following sales: — Boan gelding, £4l 10s ; bay mare, £4l ; bay gelding, £37 ;do do, £35 10s; aged sorts up to £25. Fair hacks sold from £lO to £l3. We would remind farmers, contractors, and others of Mr Daniel Nicol's special sale at our bazaar next Saturday. Mr Nicol who has leased his lignite pit has no further use for his horses, and they will be sold without, reserve. Full particulars appear in our bjT vertising columns. / STOCK SALE AT RIVERSDALE. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co. report as follows :

We had a very large yarding at our usual monthly sale, special lines being forwarded from Mount Benger station, Messrs McGelligan and Sorrenson (Bald Hill Flat), Waimea station, and Glenure. There was a capital attendance of buyers, and we sold in all 4292 sheep, current prices being maintained. Prior to the stock sale we sold on account of Mr Arthur Smith, Waimea, several young horses at satisfactory prices.

BALFOUB STOCK SALE. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co. report as follows: About 1000 sheep were yarded for our usual monthly sale. There was a splendid attendance of local buyers and competition was good. One nice line of wethers was knocked down at 14s 3d. Store ewes and lambs sold at current prices. We also yarded a few head of cattle, which sold at satisfactory prices.

CLEARING SALE AT BALFOUB. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co. report as follows: — We held a very successful clearing sale at Mrs Urquhart's farm, near Balfour, on Friday last. There was a good attendance of buyers considering the inclement weather which prevailed during the day. Competition was good throughout, and very satisfactory prices were realised. ' The horses were a good lot, as the following prices will show: Black mare £4l, chestnut gelding £26 IDs, bay mare £lB, chestnut mare £l4 10s, grey gelding £l4 10s, filly (2yrs, by Bothwell) £33, bay filly (lyr, by St. Lawrence) £22, bay gelding hack £6 15s. About 150 sheep were yarded, and sold at current rates. Harness, implements, etc., realised exceptionally good prices. We remind farmers and others of Mr W. Crow's clearing sale at Cattle Flat, on Wednesday, 21st inst. '