LATE COMMERCIAL.

Mataura Ensign, 9 November 1908, Page 2

LATE COMMERCIAL.

BRITISH COMMERCIAL. a* KUtOTBIO TKUIUHAPII OOI'TKiaUT fMM WIIMU turn* twouu.u* Received November 9, 9.80 a.m ci n Nov. 8. hheep.—Canterbury, light 4 l.ifld medium 3.WW, heavy 31d; Southland; tJjd ; A orth Uiand, unchanged, tambs.—Canterbury, light old sv7"l^'. 5 v 7 " l^'.¥av} ' i ■■> S-16d; North Inland, sid. Beef.—Hindquarters, 8 3-10 d. River l'lato Sheep—heavy, 3id ; light, 3 7-16 d. * ' Hemp.—Quiet. OoLuher-Deoeinber, £25 12s Od. Kauri.—ln stock 617 rum Rabbits.—Firm; good damaud (or forward sales; Australian, lb to Ida Od. —Active for South Sea; bag*, Wheat.—l3,ooo quarters of Austra- !!» u J«»uar>--Fchruary wheat «old at •|6s 9d; 10,000 Adelaide lK'CfiisWJanuary, 37a. 'J in and Copper—Market strong in the expectation that Mr Tuft's election will cause an expansion of trade iu America. Copper.—SjKit, £Ol 2 a 0d: threo months, £65. • three months, tIJO 10s. won—£49 os. Jjcad.—£l3 15s. . Antimony.—£<J 10s to £lO.

DALUKTY AND 00., LTD. Received November 9, 9.30 a.m. „ LONIKIN, Nov. 8. Dalgot.v and Co.'s profit is £210,811. A dividend of 6 jier cent, is declared. I here is carried to reserve £36,000: writing down premises, £30,000; benevolent fund, £5000; carried forward, £7031.

The New Zetland lx»n and Mercanf! Co., Ltd., have received tlie tollowmg cablegram from their l.ondon ofce, dated November 7:fi Tallow.—We uuote present spot values for the following descriptions of tallow: —(Jood mutton, 32s fid imt cwt; good beef, 31n 3d; mixed, 28*. Market inactive.

W'NEDW. HOUSE BAI-EYAHDB. Messrs Wright, StopholiMiM and Co. report an follow:—There was a fair entry of horses forward for our last •Saturday's sale, draught* especially ltt<'"K welt represented. Moat of them were kckkl, useful aorta, fit to go Into immediate hard work. The attendant* was good, and included several buyers who had come to town eager to aerure horses. Every one of consignments changed handa after keen competition, at prices ranging up to 1:40. Dining the week we have had numerous iiiniiiries for horses to go to hard work at once, and we hare disl"wd of a larce number at excellent orices. Very few good light hara«i». horses were in the yard, but had aQftl»i»Mr of any merit U-en forward «w are confident 'first-rate .price* would have ! >een obtained.

We quote: Superior young draught geldings, at from £45 to £SO; extra {ood do. (prise-winner*), at from £SO« to £55; superior young draught wire**, it from £SO to £6O; medium draugiltt mares and gelding*, at from £3O to £4O; aged do., atfrom XLS to £10; tve.ll-matohed carriage pairs, at fro* C7O to £100; strong spring-van horasa. it from £25 to £3O; milk-cart *ra hi tellers' order-cart horses, at item ' to £35; light baclu, at trom {t to £l3; extra good hacks and harness torses, at from £l3 to £BS; weedy awl .rood do., at from £5 to £7.