COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1133, 5 December 1879, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

t'itfvESTCICt'EICIt. |nt TKtunß.trFr.f IV.i:i:rtil)«r 4. The piwt w«efe has not b»»:n. chacact»:ris>-d by much activity, and transactions havr 1',,-kii on a» nasntfsti » scalw as marked the penvioiis week, \\hcafe—Little business has hi-i-n done. Ttfic«s continue the Kunw. «*.. 'tfi t)d to<3R- Chick wheat ha» hern soM in smalt lots at 3s 6'f to 4s Id, according to. condition. Oats remain; at about last week's values—ls loil 60'3» fwv f«ed: milting, 'Zi to. at. Melbonrwn advices report a weak • nmetbst, anil the presence of considerable J shipments from New- Zealand. Flour--A fair business, in this has fwen done at LIK)t» to L.13. CJcxsa seed—Catting has commenceilvand the yield will fee heavy. Opening rates have not yet come under much notion, but it is prstty generally accepted that the prices will be a long way under tho«e «f last year. Dairy produce Rotter is coming to Band in quantity, and prices are consequently not so. strong. For good samples 7d to- is the price C heese ii# l atso ati 3*l to llattw atit-E bacda r#maia"at about the same. Ovring ta tin® weather having set in. the majority oi the country people are busily en«ag«« haymaking and shearing, and as far fa-'mu nww.nmtß the diitferent crops Shsoughou't the province are looking better than they'have done in any former year. Stock atw corrrrng forward itt first-class condition! in conseituence »f the abundant supply ol grass. Watt on commands ljd pwr |IV TOT fot SfftßKp l J fcwTV&S* 3* ft! to eachStnres arie ia active demand. Reef. -4s per tOOlba.