COMMERCIAL.

Mataura Ensign, 21 July 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

GORE COMMERCIAL REVIEW. ' Ensign' Office, ■July 21. Oats.—for some time nasb there lias boon an absence of offering)* from farmers and it is evident that there are very feiv oats held ill the country. There a re, however, fairly lifeavy slocks in .stores and merchants are doing their l;est to work these off. No further .inquiries have been received from the linglWh market, which is dull. Locally the only lines ill request are heavy Cartons) .-:uital)!e for milling, and a few sales have been made ex store. Feed oa!s are slow' of sale, there being only a moderate demand from the North Island. Quotations are nominally as follows :—A Cartons Is 7d to ly Bd, A Sparrow bill# Is 6|d to Is feed oats Is -Id to Is Gd, according to quality.

Chaff. —There is only a moderate demand at from £2 10s to £2 15s, according to quality. The Dunedin market is well stocked at present and very little local chaff is being forwarded on consignment Fowhvheat is in short supply and prices .have advanced to 3s 9d. There is a good demand for broken wheat and feci barley.

CORE STOCK SALE,

The fortnightly stock sale "was held in the Gore Corporation Yards today in cold, slwwery weather. Itv consequence the sheep, of which there were 20OQ yarded, looked bedraggled. There was a fair attendance, and on the whole the sale was a. good one, only a coupleof pens being passed as not reaching vendors' reserves. Kwcs in lamb formed the bulk of the yarding, and for good young sheep good prices were realised. A pen. of fat wethers, realised •21s, urnl a fat (pet) two-tooth wether was knocked down for 375. Fat ewe;; and wethers averaged from: 19s to 21s. A fino line of 4. 0 and 8-tootli. ewes (in lamb) realised 255, and another link was passed in at 22s Gd. The following sales were effected:—

National .Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd. : -10 fat wethers 20s (id, -10 do. 20s Id, 22 do. 21s, 30 fat lambs 16s 4d, fat wether 375, fat lamb 15s, 58 s.m. ewes (in lamb) los lid. 115 ewes (in lamb) 1-is, 51 do. 15s 10d, 85 do. 16s. S6 do. ]ss, 93 lambs los 9d. Passed in.: 235 4, 6 and 8-tootli ewes (in lamb) 22s- Gd. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. u Ltd.: 20 fat ewes 19s, 19 do. 19s, 22 do. lis 7d, 60 m.s. lambs 10s 9d, 12G ewe hoggets 20s 2d. Passed in : GO fat wethers 22s 9d, and ICS m.s. hoggets 15s 9d. AVright, Stephen son and Co., Ltd.: 21 fat ewes lis Gd, 2G m.s. lambs 10s 9d, 57 full and failing ewes 1 13s 3d. Henderson and C 0.," Ltd.: 30 fat wethers 235, 31 at 22s Gd, "and 58 m.s. horrrrotg 16s Bd. Southland Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd.: 112 4, G and P-tooth ewes (iir lamb, a fine line) 255. 62 ewes (in lamb) 16» 7d, 13 ewe hinvbs 13s. Daleetv and Co., Ltd.: 77 m.s. hofgets 15s 9d. Passed iir: 41 do. lls 7d. j -T. K. Watson and Co., Ltd.: 43 owe-: and wethers 14s 2d, and 11 oaes lis

DUNEDIM MARKETS,

BT TV.T.EGIi AT H . -I 'luls.—Cl.oi.-,-, !- ivv!'; 10 r "^ l Is <hi to Is lOJd; ' UI 'ii'.iini. Is Od to Is M. , j.S*' I '' V-, Ynne milling Velvet. I■< 1 ' . -"."an. -is lil t.i« -Is I'd; TOiKlium. !J"" \vU<i! ' !i>vv!*vWiU. 1- >•> ; '- ': hi ; 'Mid !Uill, o. 4d if ■l'-' ill: I'-niiien :;!!•! damaged. -s !':! :*i -1',,-,; L". ''V . i-i W, L'l "s : li!--dui.T, tu I "ii'; : ,:i her.-. ;;;. l»e<r oai-n sheai. ca '<■ to I■ *- ; .->] !>l:n■]-: oat. '■ <.' i : IJ 15. I.' . : u. ■. : •:■• ■.!. 10s. H:DH COhUvtsSSIONEH ii i: t-' i; K .. virn*" WELLINGTON. July 20. The Department of Agriculture, Industries and Commerce has received the following cablegram from the High Cu'.nmipsioner for New Zealand, dated London, July 18. (Note. —Quotations, unless otherwise specified, arc arorngc market prices on spot) : Mutton.—There is no alteration in h he mutton market since last \v«vk Canterbury, ojjd per lb for lightweight; heavyweight, 3 15-lGd; Norm jslanl. I;;d i'or lightweight. Lamb.—Tin: market is woakor an-; prices aro slightly loive-r. Holders are ".iinluis to sell as the resu-t ef he-p v arrivals. Canterbury was 6 3-lGil; heavyweight fours, 'ilier than Canterbury, G-Jd for lightweight. Beef.—The market is steady with fair business doing. New Zealand: hindquarters, 4§d; forequarters, 3?d Supplies of American cliilled beef ar<> <W.'l; hindquartei-s, (i-Jd; foroqi'-ariors, 3 ". R'vei l'late shipments rece'/nl <;urjr:rv ,1 i.ne were as follows : Let-doe. 70,001 HA\7 Liverpool ... 171,318 21,238 Cardiff ' 1,001) 200 Hull 0,000 387 Southampton ... 2.-152 7.192 Newcastle 3,310 2,020 Totals 258,713 70,078 Totals June, 1013 278,514 8,04-1

Butter.—The market is steady at an advance. On account of the dry weather in Ireland there- is> a decrease in m'odiu-tkm which has been estimated at from. 15 to 20 per cent. Danish is> quiet at 127s to 129s per cwt; New Zealand is quiet at 110s to 118»; im.salled, 118 st,.> 120s. Australian is steady at 1.0S» to 112s. Siberian is in Sood demand at 10-ls to IOGs. Irish crcamerv is in fair demand at Ills to 115s.

Choose.—Tho v market is steady with' a moderate tlpmati.il. Canadian: Tin; market- is timet; white and colored, G!5» to Gls net" ewt. 'Now Zealand: There is a steady market; white is in small supply at Css to GGs. Colored : The .supply snoots the demand at 63s Gd to 61s Gil. Hemp.—The market is steady with a tendency in favor of buyers. New Zealand good fair, £'2s per ton ; fait - , £'2B 10s. Manila, fair current-. . £'2G; forward S'hipment ahout the same. The out-put from Manila for the week war; O'.lOO hales. Wool.—The market is firm at the. advance.

Oats, Teas and Beans.-—The market is quiet antj. prices are firm.

DRIED FRUITS. i WELLINGTON, July 20. Messrs Huddart, Parker and Co., agents for the CJerman-Au.stralian line in Neiv 'Zealand, luive been advised that (his season's consignments of dried fruits from the Mediterranean "ill he delivered hy a (Jornian-Austra-han .steamer at the ports of Auckland, Wellington, Lyttcltoft and Diinedin instead of being transhipped at Sydnoy aiul (Melbourne for the North island and South Island ports respectively. So f-r as Wellington alone is concerned, this will mean between 7(X) and 800 tons of fruit. It is anticipated that this competition will he felt seriously by intercolonial shipping, which has been picking up transhipments for New Zcalantl at Melbourne and Svdnev. .

j DOMINION EXPORTS. WKI.UMiTON, -Inly '2O. The exports of the principal Now Zealand products during the month of' Juno j wove valued ai £t.G2l ,t>o7, compared | with £l,S:jr)/J7i in June, IL'l3.

FARMERS' FREEZING WORKS. KKiiL'DlX'i, July 20. Tho Oroua and West Coast 'Moat and Produce Company, a new fanners' freezing Company to servo this distiHcL, was registered to-day. The company lias a nominal capital of £]o<),ool>, £IOO.OOO being called up, inul the. sum required for registration has been .oversubscribed. Works are to be erected on the banks of the Oroua ltivor ut on the outskirts of Feilding, and. will have a capacity for 2001) sheep per day. The district from which tho company will draw stock includes Oroua, Mauawatu, Kiwitoa and liangitikei Counties. The proposal was supported with great enthusiasm by farmers, who anticipate making a considerable .saving iu railway i'l'eigh.ls aiul in cost of manures bv having their own works 1 close to their farms. |