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Mataura Ensign, 2 November 1911, Page 10

COMMERCIAL.

DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. PEE UNITED l".:i-:SM ASSOCIATION. DUNEDIN, Nov. 1. There is little or no change to report in the grain market this week. While prices are firm, business is limited. Prim© .milling Velvet realises 3s lid to 4s; do. Tuscan and Velvet Ear, 3s lOd to 3s lOjd. Medium is taken up for fowl feed at 3s 8d to 3s 9d: inferior, 3s 5d to 3s 7d. Oats.—Owing to the absence of demand from the North the market is dull. The small business being done is confined to local requirements. The quantity held here would not take long to shift if there were any demand from outside. Prime milling realises 2s HJd to 3s; good to best feed, 2s lOd to 2s lid; inferior to medium, 2s 8d to 2s 9d. BURNSIDE STOCK MARKET. PER UNITED PRFRS ASSOCtATfO*. DUNEDIN, Nov. 1. At the Burnside stock market to-day 220 fat cattle were yarded. Sales opened with prices about 15s per head below last week's rates, "but as several pens -were passed rates improved and taken all round showed a decline of 10s per head. Prime bullocks realised £ll 10s to £l3 15s; extra, to £ls 15s; medium, £lO to £11; good heifers, £lO to £ll ss; extra, to;-£13; medium, £8 10s to £9 10s. Pat Sheep.—27l4 were penned, including some very good quality wethers and ewes. Sale was slow at the commencement, but improved later. Prices showed a decline of Is per head on last week's rates. Best wethers brought 22s 6d to 245; extra, to 27s | 3d; medium, 19s to 20s; inferior, 17sj to 18s; best ewes, 22s to 235; extra, to| 275; medium, 18s to 20s 6d. Fat Lambs.—ls2 were penned, making a large yarding. Best sorts were 2s lower than last week, while medium quality declined 3s per head. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. t»EK UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 1. At the Addington stock market today the yarding of store sheep was barely as large as that of last week and quite one-half of it consisted of hoggets, the balance being ewes and lambs and a few pens of shorn sheep. The hoggets were mostly of a medium class, with a few pens of ewes. Among the wether hoggets was a large line of good halfbreds. Shorn sheep consisted of a few pens of two-tooths and an odd pen of four and six-tooths. The ewes were mostly medium, full and failingmouth sheep. There was a large attendance of buyers and last week's prices were about maintained for all classes, with little or no allowance. Goodlewehoggetsmadelss2d to 15s 8d; medium mixed sexes, lis 6d to 12s 8d; wether hoggets, 12s to 13s 3d; one extra good line, 13s lOd; a large line of halfbreds, 12s lOd to 13s Id; soundmouth ewes with lambs, 10s to 10s 9d; full and failing-mouth, 8s 6d to 9s lOd; aged and inferior, 7s 4d (all counted) ; forward wethers in the wool, 17s 8d; small two-tooth dry ewes in the wool, 13s; shorn two-tooth wethers, to lis; small and inferior, 8s lOd; four and six-tooth shorn wethers, 13s 9d; six and eight-tooth dry shorn ewes, 10s sd. Fat Lambs.—3ll were yarded, being little more than half of the previous week's offering. There was a good proportion of prime lambs; good demand existed throughout the sale and the decline of the previous week was recovered by about 3s per head. Best lambs made 15s 6d to 19s 9d; smaller, lis to 15c?.

it Sheep.—There was a large yarda good proportion being from Southland, and there was also a number of lines of shorn sheep. The quality generally was good and the market opened well but eased a little towards the close. The range of prices was: Extra prime woolly wethers, to 425; prime, 23s to 265; others, 19s 2d to 22s 6d; a few shorn wethers, 14s lid to 17s; extra prime woolly ewes, to 265; prime, 20s to 24s 9d; others, 17s 2d to 19s 6d ; shorn ewes, 13s lOd to 21s; prime woolly merino wethers, 18s Id to 20s 6d • prime woolly ewes, 20s to 21s 6d. Fat Cattle.—297 head were yarded, the North Island being well represented by a number of consignments of prime .steers. The yarding generally was of good to prime quality, and the demand was fairly brisk till towards the end of the «ale, when business was more difJjpasK to effect. There was practically in price, prime beef being firm at the previous week's rates. Steers made £8 5s to £l2; extra, to £l6 ss; heifers, £5 17s 6d to £8; extra, to £ll •4 12s 6d; cows, £5 5s to £7 10s; extra, - - to £9 15s—equal to 18s to 33s 6d for prime, extra 38s 6d, medium, 26s to 27s 6d, cow and inferior 24s 6d to 25s 6d per 1001b. There was an average* entry of veal calves and they made up to 50s.

, Store Cattle.—A fairly large entry was mostly of poor quality and condition, but there was a fair demand at late rates. Yearlings made 30s; 15 to 18-months, 47s to 50s; two-year steers, £4 7s 6d; two-year heifers, £3 8s to £4 12s 6d; three-year steers .passed at £7 10s; three-year heifers, £4 10s to £5 15s; dry cows, £3 10s to £9 ss. Fat Pigs.—The offer was below the average. There was a keen demand and prices were firmer, especially for pork. Choppers made 50s to 82s; large baconers, 60s to 74s 6d; smaller, 50s to 57s 6d (equal to 6d per lb); large porkers, 40s to 47s 6d; smaller, 35s to 39s 6d (equal to 7d per lb). Store Pigs.—There was a keen demand and all classes sold well. Large sorts made 28s to 345; medium, 20s to 275; smaller, 14s to 18s; weaners, 6s 6d to 16s. A line of halfbred Tarnworths, tea weeks old, bred by Mr H. Stuart, brought 21s 6d. GOLD AND SILVER EXPORTS. PEH UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, Nov. 1. During October last the export of gold from New Zealand was 38,183 ounces, of the value of £152,964, compared with 31,825 ounces, value £126,236, in October, 1910. Silver experted last month amounted to 93,007 ounces, value £9351, as against 124,786 ounces, valued at £12,524, in October, 1910. THE TALLOW MARKET. 81 ELECTP.IC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received November 2, 8.5 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 1. At the tallow sales 909 casks were offered and 486 sold, prices being unchanged. NATIONAL BANK PROFITS. 8T ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPTMGHT. PEE UNITFD PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received November 2, 10.30 a.m. MELBOURNE, Nov. 2. At the half-yearly meeting of the National Bank of Australia it was stated that the profits amounted to £67,564. A dividend of six per cent. was declared, the sum of £15,000 was added to the reserve; carried forward, £8037. AUCKLAND FRUIT MARKET. AUCKLAND, Nov. 1. Fruit is scarce and prices are high in Auckland at present. Local supplies are usually small at this time of the year, and merchants rely on, Australia and Tasmania for supplies, but owing to the waterside workers' strike in Sydney no fruit is coming to hand. Auckland is the home of the strawberry in New Zealand but the opening of the season has been characterised by small supplies and poor fruit. At to-day's sales best quality berries brought up to Is 9d per box, while inferior fruit was sold at lower prices. It is expected that in a week or two the supplies will increase.