COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 615, 23 April 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

DUNEDIN. The following is from the Times' weekl} report :—"la fencing wire, stocks contirm. heavy, but with large consumption an; • good many shipments having be Northern Provinces, it is not e«£ Wfaeat worse. Flonr tfl is in limited inquiry. -U{, tlota tions, which do business at PJ^ or aamp U. s i n small ma y be given secondary, 4s 4d; inlots, 4s bd are ooming fonvanl f re ely, w''Tiii fair enqniry-they have ranged f £4d for good feed to best milling "mplea- Barley: Choice malting is saleable at from . r ..i to ;w 6d; medium, at from 4a fid to 4s Od. The quantity of thi3 grain in open market is said to be trifling." _ « TIMAKU. Tlie Timarn IT-rald. in its monthly snmmarv. contains t':.e blowing :—"Owing to this" heir,!,' the .-ntn- «f the gram season, merchants .-i.e. »f .•■■nrae. kept fully employed. Delivery: have been very- heavy. and despise the great exertions put forward bv the Uailway L>epa>-traent r they have failed to earrv the L'rairt away from the conntrj stations anything like »s fast as it arrived there Harvest operations are now rapictiv ail pn.achin« completion, the weather havinc been splendid throughout. The quality oi the grain continues very good, the only objection to it being that in many cases il shows unmistakeable signs of being barilj dressed This, whether due to bad machines, or to careless or ignorant usage oi thorn, of course, militates very senoitsi) against Irish prices, and gets our gram a bad name outside. Katu is at present very badly wanted in the district, and all kind: of stock are suffering from want ot tood Th« grain market has shown a weaker ten ■dencv of late, and quotations are lower Wheat is mentioned up to 4s 3d for veri best samples ; oats from 3* 2d to os 4d while barley still continues at a nomuia fic'ire. .Messrs Taylor and Howie report a follows :-Flour (wholesale) is fetching LI10s per ton ; best oatmeal, LI!) ; sharps, L, to L 9, f.o.b. : bran. L 4 It's to L 5, f.o.b. potatoes (new). 4s tfd per cwt.'