COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1188, 7 December 1894, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

WELLINGTON MARKETS. Messrs Laeby & Co. report currfht whole sale values as under : Farm and Dairy Produce.

The following London market cablegram has been received by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) -Wool —Since the close of last sales the following alterations in price have to be recorded: —G-reasy merino, super, medium and inferior, fine scoured crossbred and medium greasy crossbred are fd per lb lower. Scoured merino, medium, inferior and super, are Id to per lb'lowcr. Coarse greasy crossbred and greasy merino lambs, medium and inferior, are par to id per lb lower. Medium and coarse washed and scoured crossbreds are id to Id per lb lower. Washed merino, super, medium and inferior, are Id per lb lower. The sales progress firmly. There is a moderate demand on German account, but French demand is dull. The total quantity catalogued to date is 45,000 bales, of which 12,000 have been withdraw. Wheat —The market is firm, and spot quotations have declined 6d per 4961 b since last report. Messrs and *lorns stock sale report is as follow : —At our Masterton sale yesterday the entries were small but representative. The demand for fat stock still remains good, and the enquiry for stores of all kinds active. Fat ewes brought up to 9s 6d ; fat wethers, 9s 6d ; mixed ewes and wethers in the wool, a job line, 8s ; hoggets in the wool, from 7s lOd to 9s 3d ; fat cows, medium quality, <£s 7s to <£s 14s ; dairy cows in milk, 90s to <£s ss; calves to 43s ; heifers, 60s to 75s small pigs, large entry, 6s 9d to 10s ; a few horses were offered, but failed to find purchasers. Matthew Henßy reports : The market supplies were principally confined to cattle. These were represented by all classes. The bidding was fairly well maintained, but the vendors’ prices were scarcely realised at auction, consequently the greater portion was quitted at quotations. Cattle —21 to 3-year-old steers, to <£4 3s ; yearlings to 20 months, £2 to <£3 7s ; 2-year-old heifer in calf, .£3 IQs ; dairy cows, <£s 6s to <£6 ; weaners, 18s to 32sed. : ‘ Edwards and Mcßeath report concerning the labour market: —There has been a fair demand for servants in town and country. We have good men suitable for business, &c. also a fair supply of working men. A. G. Taine and Co. report holding their usual weekly horse sale on Saturday, at their yards, Harris street: There was an unusually large entry, including fair draught horses and other sorts from tha country. There was & very large attendance but no phenomenal prices were reached. Sdj many horses being entered had its effect, as the market had some difficulty in absorbing, the lot. In consequence a number were unsold. Still the sale was a good one on the. whole, resulting in three-fourths of the. whole] being sold. Owing to the late hour at which] I we finished, we had to hold over some of oud ' eh-try until nest week. We sold draughi

horse* at up to .£2O 10s: unbroken harness colts, £l2 to £l3 10a ; aged harness horses and hacks,) <£s to <£6; polo pony, aged, £5 ss, and other horses on a par with last week. Townsend and Paul’s weekly report of■ the horse market: —At our yards on Saturday we offered the largest draft of horses that have been submitted to public competition for some years—2B ex 'Talune and Iffex Tasmania—comprising really good useful stamps, mostly medium drafts, broken and unbroken. There was an exceptionally large attendance of buyers, who competed protty keenly for some of the more attractive animals. We sold 22 of the Talune’s draft at £llto £l7, and nine of the Tasmania’s shipment at £7 to £lO 10s for the unbroken, and £l2 15s to .£l6 for those that have been handled and partly worked. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) has received the following London cable message : —Frozen meats—The mutton market is better. _ Canterbury mutton, 3|d per lb; Wellington mutton, 3d per lb. Wool —Competition is increasing, and the market is firmer. ButterMarket dropping. New Zealand, fine qualities, 108 s pet cwt.

V London, November 28. There was a fair catalogue offered at the wool sales to-day. There wa3 good competition, chiefly on'German account. London, November 29. The New Zealand Trust and Loan 5 per cents, are quoted at £25. The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,320,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,050,000 quarters. The American visible supply of wheat is 112,209,000 bushels. A South Australian November shipment oftwheat sold at 24s 3d. Eleven thousand quarters, prompt shipment, sold at 24s 3*d. ' -' The wool market has a better tone, cvood combing is firm ; inferior old is neglected. At the wool sales a good catalogue was offered, and there was a decided improvement in the bidding, buyers from the Continent operating more frpely. The Standard doubts whether the proposed shipment of vegetables from Victoria will be < a success. Asparagus, it says, might perhaps pay if it would bear freezing, but peas and beans have a jjoor look-out. London, November 30. The weekly returns of the Bank of. England show the total reserve to be £26,740,000, and the proportion of reserve to liabilities 65‘34. Consols, Three months’, bills are discounted at 1 per cent., the market being firm. New Zealand. 4 per cent, inscribed stock, To7i ; 3| per cent, ditto, 102 f. New Zealand frozen mutton—First quality, 3)d per lb; second quality, 2fd. Lamb, first quality', 4fd. The New Zealand hemp market is flat, and is in poor demand; New Zealand long-berried wheat, ex warehouse, quiet, 24s 6d ; South Australian wheat, ex warehouse, steady, 255. A South Australian wheat cargo, ex Benmoor, sold at 24s 3d. From 10,000 to 12,000 quarters of South 1 Australian wheat, to be shipped in December and January, sold at 243 6d. Victorian wheat, ex warehouse, is steady 24s 6a. Sugar German beet is weaker at 9s ; Java, quiet at 12s 3d. _ P : No. 1 best Scotch pig iron, f.o.b. in Clyde, 42s 6d, market quiet. Silver, 2s 4 7.-16 d per ounce. At the wool sales there is a good catalogue and bidding has a hardening tendency, in expectation of large withdrawals. Buyers show an increased demand, and for good sorts the bidding is spirited at Jfd to id above opening rates. ; At the wool sales to-day a poor selection was catalogued, but bidding continued spirited, aha prices were wpl!maintained. Mr Charles Bergs, representing a leaditig American meat firm in Liverpool, is about to sail for Sydney and Brisbane to ! purchase cattle direct for shipping Home, y Ho has a credit to the extent of £40,000. London, December 2, At Saturday’s wool sales a better catalogue was presented. French and American dealers are buying freely. Good wools are dearer than at the opening rates. ? London, December 1. . Tallow is unchanged. The English wheat market displays a strong tone, but prices are unchanged. The Continental is steady, and the American changing a little for Ihe better. . The cargoes of Victorian wheat, ex Broomhall, and, Soudan sold at 25s , Bismarck, 255. - The quantity of wool catalogued to date is ,97,800 bales, of which 81,800 have been sold. ' Sydney, November 28. Wheat, chick, 2s 6d to 2s 7d. Flour,. Roller brands, nominally, £6lss to £7. Oats —Dnll; prime feeding, 2s Id. Maize, 2s. Barley—Cape, 2s 6d. Bran, B£d; pollard, 7|d. . Potatoes—New, local grown, £3los. Onions, £7 10. Butter —Dairy made, 6dto7d. Cheese, 4|d. Bacon, prime, sd. At the local wool sales greasy merino the highest price for the season, sell- • 1 ing up to Bfd per lb. . ' Melbourne, November 28. Wheat, 2s Oid. Flour —Boiler brands, £5 2s 6d to £5 10s. Oats—Algerian, Is 6d ; stout, Is 9d to Is lOd. Maize, Is 10d. Potatoes, new, £llos to £1 17s 6d. Adelaide, November 28. Wheat, quiet at 2s ljd ; flour, roller brands, £5 5s to £5 7s 6d; bran and pollard, each 6gd to: 6Jd. By Telegraph.—Own Correspondents. Christchurch, November 28. .v: The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report on the Addington market;—Fat cattle —Moderate yarding, and the demand was slightly easier, beef making 22s to 23s 6d per 1001 b. Store cattle —Three hundred yarded. Enquiry good, especially for 2& and 3-year-olds, making £4 10s to £slos; dairy cows to £9. Store sheep— Two thousand eight hundred penned. The I demand for 2 and 4-tooths was keen, the former going up to 10s and the latter to lls. Crossbred ewes and lambs 14s 6d per couple, the quotations being for shorn sheep. Fat lambs- —Three hundred and fifty penned. The competition was keen, and the prices ; were 10s to 13s 6d. Fat sheep—Four thousand two hundred offered, chiefly crossbred ewes. The competition was limited to the trade, and values were a trifle easier. Prime ewes, 10s to 12s 6d ; do wethers, 12s 6d to 14s 6d. Pigs—An average supply, ... the prices on a par with those of last week. ' Wanganui, November 28. Freeman R.. Jackson’s Wanganui report is as follows: Cattle at Waverloy mamtained tlieir values ; at Wanganui we did not clear the whole lot, but prices were without change. Sheep are dull of sale. Pigs sold at full rates. Cattle —At Waverley: Steers, £2 . 14s to £2 15s; heifers, £2 10s 6d to £2 14s ; yreftners, 21s to 38s. At Wanganq;;

fat bullocks made £9 each, and cows £7 15s ; store steers, £3 5s to £4 10s ; heifers, £2 17s 6d to £3. Sheep—At Waverley: A few culls, hoggets, made3s. At Wanganui : Fat wethers, 10s ; fitt ewes, 9s 3d. Pigs —Small baconers, 35s to 44s ; porkers, 15s 6dto2Bs ; small pigs, lls 6d to 14s.

& 8. D. .£ s. D. Milk, quart ... 0 0 3 to: 0 0 4 Butter, fresh farm, lb 0 0 7 Butter, separator ... 0 0 9 to 0 0 10 Salt butter 0 0 7 Cheese ... 0 0 4| to 0 0 5 Loaf 0 0 54 Egg 1 ?, dozen (fresh) ... 0 0 9 to 0 0 10 Bacon, lb ... 0 0 7 A Ham, lb ... ... 0 0 8 Fowls, pair ... 0 3 0 to 0 3 6 Ducks, pair ... ' ... 0 4 G Geese, pair # ... 0 5 0 Turkeys, pair... 0 7 G Flour Market. £ s. D. £ s. D. Stone flour 7 0 0 / Roller floiir ... 7 15 0 Pollard... 3 10 0 Oatmeal 9 0 0 Bran 2 10 0 to 2 '15 0 Hat and Corn Market. £ s. D. £ s. D. Maize 0 2 6 Oats, feed 0 1 8 to 0. 1 10 Wheat, milling 0 2 9 ..„- Fowl Wheat 0 2 8 : "V Bye Corn ".. 0 3 3 Seed Barley ... ... 0 4 0 Carrots 1 10 0 Hay, ton 3 10 0 to 4 0 0 Oaten, ton .... ... 3 10 0 Straw, ton ... ... 2 10 6 Chaff, oaten sheaf ... 3 10 0 Wheat, straw... 2 5 0 to 2 10 0 Onions, per lb ... 0 0 1 to 0 ,0 n Potatoes 1 15 0 Potatoes (new) 5 0 0 Potatoes (kidneys) ... 9 0 0 ' . Seeds. £ s. D. V £ s. i -, Ryegrass, Farmers' lobs 0 2 9 to 0 o u 3 Ryegrass, Machine dressed ... 0 4 3 to 0 •4 9 Cocksfoot, lb .., 0 0 Si to 0 0 4$ Wt. Clover, lb 0 0 10 Red Clover, lb 0 0 9 Alsyke, lb 0 0 9 Cow Grass, lb... 0 0 9 ._ > Timothy, lb ... 0 0 4 Linseed, per cwt ... 12 10 0 Rape, per cwt" 1" 5 0 Circular Heads 3 2 6 . - Breeze's Prolines ... 4 0 0 Brown Rivers 2 10 0 Carter's Red Skins ... 3 15 0 Magnum Bonum ... 4 0 0 Lapstone Kidney ... 4 10 0 Prince Regent3 4 0 6 Oamaru Seed Derwents 2 10 7