FINANCE AND TRADE.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4084, 23 June 1900, Page 6

FINANCE AND TRADE.

The Customs returns for yesterday amounted- to £BUI 15,-. Hid. The -Vow Zealand Loan and Mercantilc Agency Company, Limbed. hav.nj; since its inception closely idcnule-tl itself with the fanning interests oi tho colony, and having done ninca lo adi mice iottloiiient, us success will doiduless bo a source of gratification to many. It L a trite say mg that' ••huecess begets success,” but with an institution like tho Loan and Mercantile, success means tho kucccws of the 1 aimer, who is unquestionably the hack-bone of this country. It will be scon bymm announcement appearing elsewhere that ibis company has added a now brunch to its business in the Manawatn and 1 Wairarapa districts, having acquired Mr Matthew Henry's interest in tho stock business in the districts named, and as tho company act as brokers and aucv.oncers only, and do not niter into any stock venture on their own account., this new venture will doubtless meet with approval and receive Hu: support it merits of its many clicnto m ti,e districts referred to. Mr Henry remains in the district , and will continue to trade in live stock as hitherto, but in no war whatsoever dinner tod «;tn the company’s andionecr and commission agency business! The company lias also acquired Die business of Mr (.’■null's Carr, of Foihliiu;. and having retained his services. Mr Carr will, on behalf of tbo company, bold auction sales of stock in Palmerston .North, Foildiug, Kimbolton, ,Itang:i within, Apiti and Mangawi'ka. Mr James Kwart. the company’s Maslcrion representative and and ionecr, will have (ho control of tin; company’.:; stock sales at Pabiatua and llamna, a-sisU'd by Mr James Tullock, an experienced fanner, who will act in the capacity of local agent. Lacry and Co., Limited, report the following wholesale .soiling prices on tbs Wellington produce market.: Wheat, 2,s 4d per bushel; oats. 2s to ;.*S 2d per buslicl; barley. Capo 2s 3d per bushel; maize, 3s■ per bushel; flour, £7 per ton; pollard, To per ton; bran, £■! per ton; oatmeal. TUI I'm per ton; .chaff, (ids per ton; bay. 80s )icr ton; Held beans, 3s prr bushel; field peas, 3s lid per buslicl; potatoes, £2 7s (id per ton; onions, 7os per ton; butler, dairy Sd, separator Od per lb:, cliceso, ml per lb; bacon, bid par Jb ; hams, t'dd per lb; fowls. 3s per pair: roosters, i’s 3d per pair; ducks, -Is to -is (id per pair; turkeys, Gs to Os per pair; geese, .•s per pair; fresh eggs, Ls a! to is Gd, limed Is Id per dozen. Messrs Levin aiid Co., Limil<’d, report:—We. olfcred to-day thirly-livo bales of wool aiiu 800 skins. Tim wool was chiefly criitchings, and as the quality was superior to what has been nfloring so far this season, wo obtained advanced prices for these lots. Jb or inferior .crut things ~--e market was. however, woakor. Skins were weaker also. We quote :, —Crulcliings—.Superior, 3,']d to '<ld;. medium, 3;d to 3J.d; -inkirior, 2,1 dto 3d. Skins—-Crossbred fnliwools, did to bd; half-wools, did to 4,U1: short wools. 31(1 to 4d; -icad, 3d to 3 Id; hoggets, <ld to 4Jd.

The New Zealand Loan, and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, Report as fallows Grain—Uats— ln sympathy with tho ■'Southern market a slightly weaker tone lias characterised the local market during the past lortnigiii, particularly in. short descriptions, while Tartarian duns and Danish show no m n ked change. Quota lions— -Sparrowbill, cals, prime, suitable for seed, 2s to 2-i 2d;„ prime fee.,. Is lid .to is 11 Cl; 'medium’ to good. Is 'bid to D -Uld; duns, prime liedvy, 2s • Ojd to 2s Id: gpod. Is Hid to 2s; Danis!;, U 10.'.J1

in Is lid. sacks extra, ox store. Chaff—Market linn at 00s to (ids 6d per ton, ex store, sacks extra, or rciuraable at option of buyer. liifcnor d'r-.criptions range at from 30s .to bits i-c- ton, acurding to quality, same conditions. ' Maize-—Moderate, inquiry; market well supplied at Ah Old to ‘ls I'd. sacks.,in. Who,it_ in supply, with active demand. , Prime whole iced, ‘As Ad to As 3d; "gobd, As to As Id; inferior and broken, Is 9d to is Bid. I’en-s—Market own: snnplnid. Prussian blues, 2«' u<)' to As Gd, nominally. Wool and .sheepskins—Wo held our usual fortnightly sale fo-day, when wn offered a catalogue of 2701) skins and AO bales wool. In sympathy with the reported decline in the values for .skins ruling in London, prices of all descriptions .were Jd to Id per lb below those ruling a fortnight ago. For wool, Into rates were ju;d- maintained. (.(nota-tions—Half-bred and fine wool, old to o:]d; crossbreds, -ltd to ,'kl; medium to good, id to did; damaged and faulty. 3d to 3:]d; inferior ami broken, I’pi to 2ld ; lambs, od io old; medium. -Id to -Bid per lb; pelts, -Id to Is.fid; damp skins, 2s 4d to 3-s 7d each. Wool— Crossbred, 4;Jcl to AJd: inferior and logstained, 3;;d to 4jd; pieces, 2d to 3ld; locks, Id to lid; crutchings, 3d to 3‘,d ; inferior, 2d to 2,'Ju; seedy, Ijd to lid.

Murray. Roberts and Co. report—We offered j'7.00 sheepskins and _ 20 bales .of wool at to-day’s sale. Skins suffered an all-round decline of id told per lb. This was only to be anticipated after tho drop in last week’s j.-on-dun sale, and compared with wool values prices for skins still remain- at a comparatively big!) level. Good end chi lift* maintained .last Riles’ i-dce, but Nile nor lots and. other oddments of wool were td down. We quote—Skins—Half brads and lino cvo:;sb r G'J>, -e* to -; ld per u>: coarse crossbreds and lamb:-. -Jld to 4Jd pur lb; short wool:-. 3ld la’ -Id per it; dead', and -inferior, Aid to 3ld per, !b. Woe!—Mixed fleece, -!,l to •><! per/lb; good cnd.cbings, Aid to ojd pur io : inferior do. Apl to 3d per ih; Icclis and piece.'-, lid to 3d per lb. Thu date of post sale is 6th'July.

Messrs Freeman R. .F.t* h.-on end Co. report of their. Si. Hill fliti: 1 . stock sale as folio-,vs;—There v,::? a full yarding forward. Young rattle sold briskly: full prices ruled throughout;; cows and heifer beef in good inquiry. Springing heifers wore in heller di mand, (.hough not all sold. In sheep wether:-; wine ‘ easier, ail being pa ed n. Cattle— Fat cows brought £-1 fix to Ci 19s; fat heifers, ill 2s fid io XT I I is: lighter sorts, Ids; forward mwl fat cow, £3 Ills 6d : choice spring}!’,'? heifer;, £l, 11s; ‘heifer? in calf, .£•> (is Gd ; milch cows. £2 to £1 Ids ’ \.> aiding heifers, 26s 6d: -small wcen<’-s. /0---; yearling steers. £2 4s : 2-yeai» empty be for-' £2 13s 6d; choice yearling c-airy heifers, £2 os to £2 Bs. Sheep—Store wethers. 12s. to 12s 4d; 2-tootb wethers, 11s 6d half-bred wethers. 8s 6d; lambs. 6s to 7r, 9d: owes in Jsmb, 9s 7d- fat and forward ewes. 10s 4d; fat owes, 11s 6d; fat and forward 'v/steers. 1-K Pigs—Baooners, 28s to 38b; porkers. 16s to 265; forward stores. 8s • medium stores, 2s to. ss: slip:-;, to Is 3d.