COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 3007, 19 December 1896, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

N,.w W wlu. product Tl“c lear ol a duty bei..f[ put on by America niay" ST will he. During tho past week we have „ f.. w by private treaty at prices equivalent lo those tuliiiK »t our sale on hnt. tu most instances owners prefer to hold for our next sale, fixed for 22ml January,'.by which dale wo look to have a very largo and attractive catalogue to offer. HheepskJns—Our catalogue this week was a particularly large one, especially in station parcels, for which an active demand continues at prices lately ruling. Quotations; Full-woolled crossbreds, well-saved, sid to G-fd; good, 4£d to sd; medium, Bsd to 44d; inferior and broken, 1M to 3d per lb; dry pelts, 2d to fid ; green pelts, fid to 9d ; early shorn, up to la each, Hides—These continue to meet a steady market at late rates, which we repeat, viz. Plump heavy ox, well flayed, 17s to 17s fid; medium, lla fid to Ifis ; green cowhides. Os to 12s each; damaged and sloppy, Id to 2d per Jb. Tallow—Market dull, with limited quantity offering, Having no change in values to report wo repeat last week’s quotations:—Prime mutton, 15s to 15s Cd; good mixed, 14s to 11s Gd ; inferior and badly rendered, 12b to 18s Gd per cwt. Hemp continues in fair demand at from ill to £ll 5s per ton, f.o.b. for good fair average. Wheat —Wo have no change to report. Good whole Iced rules at from 4s Id to 4a 3d ex store, sacks extra. Oats—Southern markets are reported to bo a little easier, but in view of tho light stocks we do not anticipate any material alteration before tho new crop is available. Wo have no change to record in tho local rnarkot, there being a steady business at from 2s sd. to 2s fid for good stout feed Chaff Is-a shade firmer, but the supply is equal to tho demand. For prime bright oaten 1 sheaf we quote 65s to 67s fid ; medium, 00a to C2a fid, ox wharf or rail, sacks extra or returnable. Maize is in full supply, withbut a moderate demand. Quotations are, 3s Id to 3s 3d, sacks In, ex store. Fungus—During tho week wo have placed some good parcels at from 3d to 3Jd per lb. The Now Zealand Farmers’ Dairy Union report that during the last month they have made 104,G711b of butter from 250,295) gallons of milk, supplied by 18 creameries cost of £2583 5s 9d, tho average price of milk being 2Jd per gallon on a standard test of B'G. Tho Union have shipped 1185 boxes of butter, totalling OG/JlOlb in weight, during tho last month. Tho average price of the factory’s butter sold in Wellington is 9Jd per lb, tho prices ranging from Bid to lid. During the past month 11811 b have been quitted locally. * In the produce market Messrs Laery and Co. quote tho following prices for to-day:—Flour is steady at £l2 5s pur ton; wheat (whole), 4s sdper bushel; bran, £3 10s per ton; pollard, £4 per ton (tho two latter items show a decline); wheatmeal, £l2 per ton; maize, 3s 2d per bushel (very steady) ; oats, short, 2s 4d; long, 2s 3d ; duns, 2s 4d per bushel ( a slight decline of id all round); chaff, best oaten aheaf, £3 7s fid per ton ; best oaten straw, £3 E or too (the latter lino shows a decided advance); alcd straw, £2los per ton; baled hay, £3 ISs per ton; oatmeal, £l2 10s per ton; beans, 3s Id per bushel; barley, feed, 2a 9d pet bushel; poirl, £l3 6s per ton; blue peas, 4sj6d per bushel; partridge peas, 4s per bushel; split peas, 13s fid per bushel; potatoes, £0 to £8 per ton; onions, JE9 per ton; eggs, Oja per dozen ; cheese, 4s<lpor lb ; butter, separator, Odper lb ; bacon, s£d per lb ; hams, 7d per lb. Messrs J. H. Bothunc and Co. yesterday sold by public auction at their mart, in tho estate ol the fate James Edward Fitz Gerald, C.M.G., a freehold block of land containing 2 roods 15 perches, being part of section No. 387 on tho plan of tho city of Wellington, having a frontage of 208 ft Otn to Clyde quay, by » depth of 132 ft, the purchaser being Mr James Trevor, at £1251, equal to £6 per foot. Three other blocks in tho same estate were also offered, but as tho bidding for these did not reach the reserve price they were withdrawn, and remain in the hands of the auctioneers for private sale, some of them being, we understand, already under offer to likely buyers. Messrs Harcourt and Co. yesterday offered at auction two country properties to a large audience. Tho first, a section of 105 acres level land neat Linton, ran from £3 per aero to £9 per acre by 20s bids, and afterwards mounted to £lol2s fid poraoro under spirited competition. Tho buyer at the lastmentioned figure was Mr Wm. Akers. Tho Tiraumoa station, of 10,300 acres, with 12,500 sheep and other stock and plant, was next offered, but did not roach the reserve, and tho auctioneers are now submitting it privately, Messrs Laery and Co. sold between 500 and COO bales of flax from tho barque Alice yesterday. A further Jot will be offered to-Jay.