MONETARY & COMMERCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 317, 21 December 1906, Page 1

MONETARY & COMMERCIAL.

I -MsfjSi' Stock report. * '"*»**: J '-, "it i 't* < Mcs'srs. .Bisley Bros, and Co. report ' as foHo^a:^- , ' Sheep;i-Buring the winter monthf price* oj fat sheep ruled high, if any- ' tljingj beiri^ equal to the best markets \ in fcKa colony, ;£hat is to say for butchers':, quality,, caused no doubt by the -sbaj-city- 1 brought about by our heavj' .operation^'.- iij/storos last year. Price? ••geii&rally ; ,rjjiid'from 18s up to 22s 6d, 'with ocpasiofl'al advances for extra prime upj {o Fat shorn sheep arc . showing, V- heavy fall. Some few' "^-viged nfcjnds', early at 16s to 18s, but _•. fell/qmckiy t<J,' 14s, and for lighter 1 weights dowj]i.,to 12s. Stoi-es in conse--1 quence' have;, jalleft in proportion, thr ' market, hayinjt a falling tendency, brought about, to some extent by drv 'Weather, t>tit'' -principally owing to th* noi tqo goodHoUtlook for either shipping '' -or. 'driving fO'Autsidc markets. We expe^ct to See itgrcs lower than for many yeai? pfcst '• For November, valuer • pranged {tAr-.^.^hd 4-tooth forward weth- , cr^, lls.to - v l2»..'Sd ; ewes, mixed ages, 8: : to, lls\9di:'- A rfurther fall has now tak"en places [as. ,jjsicated at our sale at 1 Richmond; on. ihe 19Lh, when ther<- • jiWas » .f air .iit^endance of farmers aijd | fiihers '•'• . ThoV fallowing piires were realised :-?— FatreW^s and wethers mixed '118 9dj stbrifi^es in forward condition mixed, agesvy^' 4, 6. and 8-tooth, 10fi Sd ; strong JifoJ! wethers, mostly 4 anr 1 little |owep".^n.-' condition, 8s to 8s 51. ■ Mi- £.t'q«t}v,siM)re wethers. 9s; do., .- . little, ,;lowe '.VilSv condition, Ps to 8s 5d ■ Privacy sa'les'ihave been effected, ewe. 1 and 'wetWs"<7s 9d to Bs. It is pos sible, hoWfevSr,, \ we think in February. '' unless anything unforseen happens, prices will" shqw^ft' lower ranpe of values. '(^ttle.-^-^at" /cattle during the winter ' tnohths > was,Vfjfc B usual, mostly import { ed, ihere biyrijc practically no supplier lacftlly. thlj'few wo offered ruled ir 'vij]nayifroihV?2s 6d to 25s per lOOlbs. The •'presontfiaie is much lower, from I 17s 6d toiEOs-per 100 lbs. Store cattl. have, in keeping with prices through I out New,,2!^and, ruled very low; ir rfac'tj almopt unsaleable ; but at the mo -ment, filing to' the scarcity, have an up wai:(}..teh'denc,V, and we think February and March sh'ftiild soe considerable adIvaiife. ■ ■ : . •) ' Horses. — The market is miuh easier compared with this time last year ■Draughts, ibd.th, medium and heavy, arr lowir,' and we have little inquiry fo> hacks, whilf;. cjb and carriage horse! are. scarce arid fully maintain theii value. . -',•''. ...WooL' Hides, Skins, and Tallow.Wo ar^ handling considerable quantifier of thesa v Prices are well mnintained ir I all cases in favour of sellers. 1 The Maoris are playing bowls in the Wairara'pft— i rink at Carterton in eluding Natives. ■ Advertisement in Southern paper :— "Youi)g*jnah wishes correspond intelligent iaijy; Vie>r matrimony; must bf able to .milk.~Address, 'Lonely,' Kaitaugata." ',-<'