FINANCE AND TRADE.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4289, 23 February 1901, Page 6

FINANCE AND TRADE.

The Customs returns for yesterday amounted to £1913 17s Bd. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report as follows on their Palmerston North sale on the 21st instant:—We had a largo yarding of both cattle and sheep, shook coming forward greatly in excess t of advertised numbers. There was a good attendance, but bidding was very slack, and prices for all classes of stock were easier. Although several lines were passed in under the hammer, we were successful iu placing the bulk afterwards. The dairy cows sold on account. of Mr T. H. Morine averaged £5 12s Gd. In the absence of Mr Carr, Mr Ormond Cooper kindly sold for the company. We quote ; —-Sheep—Fullmouthed' ewes, 12s and 11s 6d; cull ewes, (is 9d and 7s lid ; forward wethers, 14s 7d; store wethers, 11s Gd and 13s; shorn lambs, 7s 9d ; wether lambs, 8s; fat and forward lambs, 10s (id; cull lambs, os Gd. Cattle Three-year steers, £5 ss; £5 Is; eighteen-momhs steers, £3 3s Gel; fat cows, £4 13s (id ; store cows, £3 10s; weaners, 2ds, 355; dairy oows, £3 10s to £7. Messrs Laery and Co., Limited, report the following wholesale selling trices on Ihe Wellington produce market;—Wheat, 2s Bcl per bushel; oars, 2s, 2s 2d; barley. Is lOd; nnize, 3s j flour, £7 per ton ; pollard, £4 ss; bran, £3 15s; oatmeal, £10; ohall, £3 us; hay, £4 10s; field beans, 3s Id per bushel; field peas, 3s 3d; potatoes, £5 to £5 10s per ton; onions, £G 15s; ryegrass seed, 2s 9d to 4s 3d per bushel; ; cocksfoot seed, 2pi to 3jd per lb; butter, dairy 7d to Bd, separator 9d; cheese opl; bacon, Gpl; hams, 7;Jd; fowls, 2s 9d per pair; roosters, 3s per pair; ducks, 3s 9d per pair; turkeys, 7s to ( 10s per pair; geese, 4s Gd per pair; . fresh eggs, Is 3d per dozen. i Messrs Murray Roberts and Co. rei port: —AVe offered 2560 sheepskins and 1 a large quantity of oddments of wool to-day. There was no material change in values from last sale. Well-saved : skins met with a good demand, but inferior and damaged descriptions were difficult of sale. We quote : —Merinos 1 and halfbred, 4d to 4fd per lb; crossbreds, 3£d to 4pl; hoggets and dead, 2d to 2jd; lambskins, 2pl to 3'd; dry pelts (sound), Gd to 8d each; dry pelts (mixed), Id to 4d. Bag wool—Fleece and lambs, 3d to 4d per lb; locks and pieces, Id to 2pi. Messrs Levin and Co., Limited., report that at their nsual fortnightly sale yesterday they offered 75 bales of wool, and about 1500 sheepskins. The wool ■ consisted chiefly of scouring lines of fine wool, and prices realised were quite on a par with those recently in vogue. Wo ■ quote as follows;—Wool—Clean crossbred, 4jd to 5a per lb; coarse crossbred, 3jd to 4id; log-etainod, Sd to 3d; I limits wop), 3)d to 4fd; Jocks, Id to 2d ; orutcl/ljigs mid! pieces, Sd to Sid; fine pieces, Sjd to iUd, SkeqpsklijsVFiilh i wool crossbred, 3[d to 4d per lb; half. wool crossbred, 2|d to 3' f d; dead skins ; Sd to Sid; wprinos, 3i|d to 4id • pelts. Id to 9d eatib, The New Zealand Loan upd Jderoap, tile Ageney Company, Limited, report as > follows; ™,There was a fair ftttondkPris of buyers at opr fortnightly sale today, and prices wore firm at late rates. Our catalogue comprised some 1100 skins, 35 bales and 55 bags wool. AVe quote: —Sheepskins'—Good full-woolled crossbred, up to> 4jd; dead skins and hoggets, 2jd to SJd; broken and balfwoolled skins, l|d to 3fd; full-woolled merino skins, dpi to 4ifd per lb; , bare pelts to Gd each. Wool—Looks, Id to lid; pieces, Id to 2id; dingy fleece, 3d to 4d per lb. Messrs F. R. Jackson and Co. report that at their Waverley sale prices were a? follows: —Cattle —2i-year steers, £4 to £4 ss,' 18-month to 2-year steers, £3 to £3 9s; 18-months heifers, £2 8s to £3; 2to 2j-year heifers, £3 6s to £3 i 12s Gd; fat cow's 1 , £4 12s to £5 11s; store cows, £3 18s to £4; mixed weaners, £1 16s to £2 8s; others, £1 10s; cows and calves, £4 9s. Sheep—Webers, 13s 6d; smaller sorts, 11s to 12s; woolly lambs, 8s Gd to 9s> 3d; shorn lambs, 7s to Bs, culls do., 4s Id; breeding 'ewes, 7s Gd to 11s; cull ewes, 4s 3d to ss. At their last Wanganui sale, prices were; —Cattle.—Fonvard steers, £6 6s; fat cows, £5 Is; forward heifers, £4 ss; empty cows, £2 17s to £3 15s; 18-month to 2-yoa.r steers, £3 2s Gd; empty heifers, £3 7s 6d to £3 10s; weaners, £1 5s to £1 18s; smaller sorts. £1 Is Gd. Sheep—2-tooth wethers, 12s Gd to 12s 9d; breeding ewes, 9s 9d in 13s 8d; others, 8s lid to 9s 6d- fat ewes, 12s 3d, in wool 15s Id; lambs in wool, 7s 9di to 8s; forward lambs, 9s 6d; shorn lambs (small), 3s Gd to 5s Gd; culls, 1 woolly lambs, 4s Gd; rams, £1 5s to £1 10s. DUNEDIN WOOL SALES. PRESS ASSOCIATION. DUNEDIN, February 22. The fourth wool sales of the season were held to-day, when 2513 bales were submitted. The total offers for the series show a falling off of close on 2000 bales. The attendance of buyers to-day was well up to the average. .The decline noted in the North was not reflected, owing to brisk competition. Prices, although irregular, were slightly firmer all round than at the last preceding sale. The range of priceis was as follows : —Greasy halfbred, 43d to 7J ; crossbred,’ 44 d to 6fd ; merino, 5-J-d to 7Jd ; pieces, Sfd to sjd; bellies, 2jd to 4>d ; locks, IJd to 3d: slips, lamb, Gd to scoured crossbred, G.)d to 7.)d. AMERICAN WHEAT. LONDON. February 21. According to “ Bradstreet’s ” estimate the American visible supply of wheat east of the Rockies is 85,095,000 bushels.