COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1132, 4 December 1879, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

DUNEDIN. Messrs. Maclean Brothers report, for the ' week ending 3rd December, 1579, aa fob "Idnrs ? Fat Cattle. —A amaH supply of 115 heart ■werw yarded for to-»tay'si market, the major portion of which w«re oC good quality,the remainder being prime, and prices showed an improvement on. last week d rates. V\ esold at from LI 1 7s fid to I*l4 12i «tl on account of various vendors. \W f|ttote prime beef at 27a fcM per 1«» lb ; mediant, 22s fit - t e Pat Calves. —13 were: yarded today, ot wlucbi we sold sat from Ila to 20a. • Fat Sheep.—A moderate supply of 1817 forward for to-day's market, and were Weill competed for. Those in the market were shorn, with the exception of a small number in the wool. We sotd, on account «£ the New Zealand and Anstralian Land Company, front their Pareora Estate, 202 at frotn lls 3d to list ©1: and on account ot Mr. P. Aitehison and others, 80 at from Cd to Ms. We tjuote mutton at 2Ad per lb f«r shorn sheep. Fat Lambs.—A very targe supply of B*3 came, toward to-day, which were sold at from 6a fid to> 9s 3d. Store Cattle and Sheep.—"We have no transactions tf> report. Oram.—Wheat: The demand is very limited, and tate quotations are scarcely maintained. Prime milling may be qnote«l_ at 4» ft! to 4» Ittl : medtttm, 4s fid to 4s §d * fowl-feed, 3a fid to Sd. Oats are at a stand-still. Prices nominally the same as Imt week. Barley i» almost owt of the market, but there is little or no demand.