COMMERCIAL.
Nrw Zealand f"krat.d Olliee, Satnivlay evening. | C. Arthur and Son report the following prices realized at their stile to-day : li\>vrU, 2s 7d to 3s 3d each ; Spanish fowls, 53 each ; ducks, 2s lo lis each ; geese, 5s each ; potatoes, 2s Gd t.o 3j ewt. ; new potatoes, 1.'.d1b.; bacon,'id to S',d lb. ; hams, Sd lb.; cheese, G-id to 7d lb. ; rice, 2d lb. OAiIAUU. First-class wheat is worth from -Is Gd to 4s 9d, net. Oats, 2s Sd to 2s lOd, supply and demand both limited. Barley is in ample supply, but unsaleable. Flour as quoted, .1:1:2 10s to jClli. Oatmeal, .CIS; bran, £4, no demand, large: quantities at lite mills might bo obtained at a s.imewli.it lower rate ; sharps, JUt to £5 ; chair, .I*3 10s ; clover hay, .CIS ; potatoes, .CI 17s (id to £2. — Tinas, October -i. Con?iderahle sliipments of grain liave been mailt; since our last, but there have been no transactions of magnitude. b'urir.ers are !io!'iitig for 5s Cot* wheat, anil 3s for oats, but buyers decline to operate at these figures. The utmost, price obtainable is -'1s lOd for lirst-class whe.at. Owing to the great diU'creuce between samples, prices have the wide range of from 3s (Jtl to the figure given. Oats continue at. our last, quotation, viz., 2s S.I to 2s 10.!, with t;oo.i enquiry; barley, 2.1 ij.l ; llour, to CUi ; potatoes, .lit loa, with iaf_ie iptant.ilti's otlcrmg. A line of -10 tons changed hands on tlic-l.li at the price quoted. We understand that- certain firms ill Dunedit) hold fully 100,00.) bu-hels of wheat, ao that biners in this market arc cautious in tiieir purchases.— Timt*, October 7.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume VII, Issue 2099, 17 October 1870, Page 2
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