COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 741, 24 August 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS. At Mr* George Greenfield'® sale to-day * lot of household furniture wm disposed.of at fair rates. Derweot potatoes fetched L 5 10s; baas, 8d ; and a quantity was passed in at that figare. The attendance was moderate. Messrs- Brown, Sutton, and C>> report holding a gal(» of groin, &<?., at. their rooms, True atreet, this day. The attendance was mod and bidding spirited, alt lota submitted realizing very satisfactory figures, .100 bags ntima barley brought 6s 'Jd ; 100 bags feed do72a lid ; 60 bags towl-fe*>cL. 2a IOJd ; 40 bags milling wheat, 3a 6d; 89 bags prime oats, 3a ll|d; 5 tons potatoes, 1-6 Also, on account o£ consignees*—23 half-cheats tea, la 7§fito Is !-d ; twist r.obicco 4-> 2d to 4* 3d ; and Cape tai ins. sd. t'USEDIN [BY TBtEURaIiPH ] August 24. Produce prices : Oats 3a 10«t to 4- ; ■wheat, 4a; barley, 5a to 5a Kd ; polhtrd, t.b : bran, 5a lOd; tWr, HO lUs to Lll; oatT.9Q; potatoes, L 6 IDs. CHRIST. CHURCH. fBY TELEGRAPH. ] Angus*: 23. Market quotations Fat cattle. LIO to LIS; light weight heifer*, LBto 1.10; stores, 16 to LS 10s. Sheep—Cross-breds, 6s 6d to 7a 2d. Baamcsa in the grain market has been qufet during the week, and there have been few sales. Trade tu beer and spirits has been brisk. AUCKLAND. Fry telegraph.] August 23. Mr. Buckland reports r—Fat sheep in short supply, at slightly higher value; pneta ranged at 3§ to 4d ; hogsrebi. in low condi--42 steers averaged Lit) 3a each. NEW PLYMOUTH. [Hy Telkoraph.] August 23. At Mr. Courtney's cattle sale 154 head were yarded. Calves brought 1/2 17s 6d to L 3 3s ; yearlings. f.37a to 1.3 lis 6d ; small two-year-old steers and heifers, L 4 103 to Jt 5s ; store cows, L 4 5s to 1.6 ; dairy cows, in calf, L 7 to LS ; springers, L 8 to L 9 10* ; working bullocks, L2S 10a. TIMARU. (From the Timaru Herald of to-day.) Wheat is without activity, at 3a 9d to 3s lld. Oats continue to harden, and best sorts are now quoted np to 4a id, but little is offering. Malting barley remains nominally at from is 9d to 5s 3d, but purchases are almost nil. AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL. [BY CABLR.] Melbourne. August 23. Floor, LlO 12a 6*d ; wheat, 5a 2d to 6s 3d. Sydney, August 23. Case brandy, 32s ; quarters, 6a ; rice, LI 1 10s to Ll2 10a ; Mew Zealand wheat, 4s lOd to 5a ; oats, 4s Gd to 4a Od ; tobacco, Raven and Cable, Is 6d to ts 7d. Adelaide, August 23. Wheat, 5a 4d.