COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12862, 10 May 1905, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

' Ketv ZEAEAKC "Herald Office,

Tuesday evening'. The sharemarket was quiet to-day. " In investment lines Bank of New Zealand sold at £5 15s, wore being wanted -at£4 ; Hs- 6d. New Zealand Insurance were looked lor at 93.-, without teller?. In mining lines, -NewMay Queens were done at Is bd ami 1* 7d, autl New Moanataiaris at 2- 3d. SVaiolahis were firmly held at 21s, buyers 20s 6d. Golden Bolts (paid up) had sale .it 5s Id, lute buyers 2s lOd, sellers 3s 3d. Talismans;,. '}},%$ weaker, with sales;at 10s <9d and- I<H-Wj Waihi Consolidated soM"at -£s* am! AS(a ; .!ii Kxtendcds at. Ss Id a nil Bs. Jit other - lines late prices' ruled. General business is keepiiig"very good week. The Apurima has; airived with a •-eneral cargo el Eastern goods. The Kumnra has made this the final loading port for London, and a large cargo of frozen meal, gum, flax, etc., i- offering. Indeed there was so much taken aboard at Southern ports tint there was hardly sulucient .-par.' tor the Auckland cargo, and the I'akeha is coming up to complete the loading. The Nairn ►hire will leave about the 20th of this month for South Africa, and West of England per:-, and will be available for frozen meat ami general cargo, it i- satisfactory to nolo that Li nee the introduction of a regular line of steamers on this route the trade from Auckland is steadily increasing. Large lines of timber, flax, ami frozen lamb were sent last, by the Banffshire, thus opening up a regular trade between this pert and the large con-timing centres! on the West of Kngland.

Tito maize market is very quiet, with no business passing in a wholesale way. Thcrw have been no shipments to band since last report. ami any sales from store have been made a* a penny advance on la?t week's rates. The new crop i- almost ready for handling, but it will be another month or so before the new grain will bo available. Potatoes have been in belter supply, 2300 sack- arriving by the Victoria la a bare market. Demand was so koou that heavy sales were made from ship'- side at ~'a 10s, and at £6 15-- from store; 'A similar shipment is due by the Taluno at tin? end of the week", "which will also meet a good demand, many of the country districts that were formerly supplying the city being now in the market for Southern potatoes. The quality arriving continues sound, as in a general way the inspectors at port of shipment reject all questionable sample*. Oats are firm in the -South., the farmers adopting a very independent attitude. The market is rather dull here, and further supplies arrived by the Wauaka to-day, From this vessel lines of B grade' are offering at 2s lid. Milling wheat i* steady at the lower tales now ruling. Fowl wheat is very nlentifui. and the price is a l.'ictlei lo;vo>r, .>< 4.1 <»x: store being now quoted. Local chaff is ottering very slowly. The sample is generally good. The market almost depends on Southern, for which the market i- firmer at £-5 5s ex wharf, and £5 10s ex store, Onions have been taken up in rather large quantities for shipment by the mail steamer, and this leaves the market rather bare. Local are practically done, and Southern are supplying the marker. The quality i- good, and the market has advanced to 9-t. Bran is firm at the recent advance. Pollard i« still cut. of the market. Castor oil and linseed oil have been advancing a good deal lately, and are both firm. An advance in turpentine in America lias been reflected in the local market. Kggs are very scarce on the local market, and (ho price has advanced. Preserved are in fair demand. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. The following are Tuesday's closing price?, tic' ba-it;»>.s done hcie.i :—l!;ink of N\-w Zealand, .'.'■ 1 lis; Xew May Ou"«n. Is (id. 1* M; New Muanataiiri, L'» 3,1; Goi'lfn Holt (pii.l tip). r,< ]■!: T*ll». man. Jits SO. 10« 1;!: \V,4!!;i (" ■:,--■•;; !*'< '. •-'*: Waihi Exten-W, s. id, ?«.

STOCK AND PRODUCT!. **W ?.EiL.4i*r) 1.U.4S AN'D UKnCAKTIT.B acbvc? ' coiirASV's, LIMITED, REPORT. Horses; At, tJie Durham Yards on Friday last, we had a. large muster, but the demand was not tip to the previous week. Wc quote: --Heavy draughts, at from £26 to £33 15s; medium tie. £19 to £31 IDs; light harness horses. £6 10s to £20 10s: backs. £6 10s to £13 153: sulky. £10 10s; doc-cart. £18. The racing ponv Sentinel realised 31 guineas. At Papaknra on Wednesday there was a large muster of stock for the time of year. but prices ruled lower than for many months for all classes of stock, with the exception :< of dairy cows close to calving. We quote: — Dairy rows. £4 10s to £10 ss: backward do., £3 10s to £4 17s 6<l; empty do.. £1 7s 6d to £2 IBs; grown steers. £5 to £5 17?: two to two and a-half year-old'da., 2a Gel to £3 Kb; calves. 17s to £1 14s. , Cattle: At the Kewmurket Yard-' on Tuesday dairy and store stock were penned in usual numbers, and sold at late rates. There was a full muster of beef. Ox beet sold rip V to 2:s per 1001b; cow.' 17s to 21s. Steers sold at from €6 is to £10 179 Od; cows. £4 10s ?;' to £8. Dairy cows sold at from £4 l n ? to £8 lis: empty do.. £1 11* to- £3 4s; calves, 12s 6it to £1 Is. „ , Sheep: At the Newmarket Yards on Tries,- %:'■ day sheep were yarded in scarcely average numbers, and prices improved. we quote:V Wethers, at from 13s 6d to £1 3s 9d; ewes, fc- 12s to £1 os 9d; lambs, first quality 10s Od :'■;>, to 18s. other sorts 7s 6d to ICs. •' " Piss: In lull supply. Porkers sold at Horn. '; . 15s to £1 19s; weaners. 3s 6d to lis. '.' At the clearing sale of live and dead stock held on account of Mr. D. Hutchinson at •><•* Pukekohe there was a large attendance, and. with the exception of the store cattle, very ,:-;' satisfactory prices were realised. J-»aiiy i." cows sold at from £4 10a to £ 2 /» 6d: empty '.■■■■•■: , do.. £3 108 to £3: heifers. £1 17s to .€2 farm horses. £31 10s to £39. An. unbroken two-year-old draught . filly,. £33; "- Thome roadster. £20 10s: Cambridge roller, Xl' 10s, were some of the price? . realised. ||i; v : ; ■,- ._. '%"\;/"' .A.. '..; ..

■\\6 submitted a larsre catalogue of hides, sKins, sunt tallow, on Tuesday, all line* being bold under keen competition, at lute rate?. Hides: VV'c quote— ox, 74<1 to 3d: extra stout ox. 6?<l to 7d; stout ox. 6id to 6i,il ; me-duimox.-6id-to6id; light ox, 43d to 544. Cow. best lines, 4-Jch good, 'I'd to 43d; wet and sloppy, "id to 4gdj kips. 44d to Aid; stags. Sid to fid: calfskins, 5Jd to fu'dj.ut, 4'.cl to 4Jd. Mieep skins; In sympathy with the.' recent, rise in wool, sheepskins advanced 6d per skin, i liest butchers', salted lambs and pelts, 3s to 3s 9ll „ : . ,alt I llll * damaged, lis to 2s-Vd. : . '1 allow: Market mm. Best, mixed. 19s to 20s; good. 18s to 13s 6d: seconds, 16s to 16-: 9d: rough tat. lid to ljd. Horsehair, Is 5d to Is 6id; mohair. IsOdj bones. £5: cowtails, Is od dozen; horns, wanted. Wool: Pino crossbred. 6,' dto 7.M: cro?9bred, a'd tb.<>id: : lamlis, istl to : 7i(\; pieces, 3d to oid: locks.- 2d .to 3d. , Maize: None has come to hand since last report 1 and local stoc-Us-.tre clean run out. Oats: Storks held are large, and market is weak. Shipments due this week are selling at 2?. e-.i.f. ■■ Chaff: Is worth £4 V- 6<! at rail for prime ."ample-. Potatoes'; In good demand at. £6 10*. c.i.f. Butter: Selling freely. Prime separator, at 0 ; d to d ,'d: good. 8U1: dairy, Sd. Cheese: factory is in good demand at. 4,'<! for 40's; tanners', prime. 4d to 4id; medium quality, slow , at 3!.!. t'l.F.AltLNt; s.u.i:. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited. Hamilton, report: -On Monday we held a clearing sale at Te Kowhai on account of Mr. (i. L. Hartinaii. There was a large attendance, anil bidding was spirited throughout, except for the heavy draught mares in foal, ami the prices offered not being up to expectations tlics-o were reserved for private sale. The young cattle realised El 6s each; dairy cows, from £3 Pis 6d to £6 10s; mixed sheep. It's; aged ewes, in lamb. Ss 6il; draught- geldings. £20 to X?) Ills; draught mares, £23 to ,t33; buggy mare. £10 15s; two and three-year-old draught fillies and colls. £17 10s each; double-furrow ploughs. £3 to £12 10*: harrows. £2 ,>s and £2 15s; chain harrows. £4 as; plough harness. 12-s 6d to £t 3s: dray harness. £2 15s; saddles and bridles. £1 lis; dray, .£6: spring carl. £3: sulky. £11 335: harness. £?. 10s. The remainder of farm implements, tools, ami furniture realised about the usual figures. At the conclusion of the sale we sold, on account of other vendor-, a medium draught mare at £20 and a harness horse at £13. London WOOL sales. I'.y Vi —Press At—Copjrislit. • London, May S. At. the wool sales competition is slow. Crossbreds are dearer. r llie \ew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, i- in receipt of the following cable from its Loudon house: — "The sales gain firmness a< they progress. As compared with last sale's closing rate prices for greasy merino, super, and crossbred slipe are about 7; per cent, to 10 per cent. higher; about 10 per cent, for coarse crossbred, and about 10 per cent, to 15 per cent, for medium greiusy crossbred. The American demand has increased and anything suitable foi their requirements is bought at exceptioiialle high rates."

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