COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 9 July 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

AUCTIONEER'S REPORT. Mr. George Greenfield reports that he has sold the lease .of section .1, block _ B,' comer of "ftaniei and Ribble streets, having 19 years to ma,'to jVlri R. "Davidson for the sain of Mr. A. H. Maude reports the sale by i auction, oi! the" Bth fast. (untlet instructions from the Registrar), of the remainder of the of allotment numbered 8 on the pl*n | of unb-diviaiiin' of Francis Block, Oamaru Town, which was knocked down to M<*. H. Walden for the samof.LlCO ? the Lease has about 16 years to run, at a rental oi L§, ♦— ; -CHRISTCHURCH. (by telegraph.) July 8. Althoogh the past week has been quiet, business m the' grain njarkfii Jim shown in certain lines s little more life. Wheat remains at 6<L foe. good milling, and 9s 3d to 3a 4d for average samples, but tfae bpfineaa passing through hand has not been imr portent. Feed samples are plentiful, and ore selling at 2s for low, and up to 2s Bd_£or better kinds. Thereis a slight improvement io osii—Good feed is footed at Is 3d. to Is 4d, while milling ffre readily-saleable at Is sd; several»lines p£ only moderate feed quality quitted at Is 24 to Ja 2Ad. Barley—The' niarkefc for thi/5 grpin is nn?, altered; firiit-clasaTis,saleable up to ?s 3d, j while good-milling commands 2a 6d to 2s9d; lower grade*<xa£ge.-froin Is fid to 2i, " Pota- 1 toes for immediate delivery »ra reported a| "22s 6d to 255. Flour i 3 moving j off in small" trade Jots at L 9 to LlO, according to brand. |

' : —r* — DDKEDIN. MARKETS. Mr. Donal<J Sfcronach.(on .behalf of the New 2etlaod Loon and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited)'reportß &s follows for the ' we«k ending July 7 :— _ fat Cattle were in fair supply atßurnside to-d*y, when :SHslheads?eie: yarded. -The demand was rather slow, and prices experienced a declineof about6d per IOOUx upon thoseof, last . week. BcUocks fetched from L 7 53*toiLl2 lib; and cows L 5 23 6d to 1.10 7s 6d per head, "We sold a draft on yeconnt of Mr. Willfaoi Shand at" from 318 to LIO 5s for fo? bnllo«ka,'jand L 7 for 1 cows. Quotations—for prime beef 25a, *«4, medium 22564 per ?00H> f . ..... Fat Calves—Fourheaa yarded, which ■old »tfr>oi%7*«s4 29rper head.' ' Fat Bbeep r r-2223 head were, penned, con■Utingof 7Krr&erino« andlolO crosKibreds. Tha latter fe«lstesd&om 10b 9d to 20s, and the formerjJSfeto ios-£4»;*fcese prices abont jrapportinstTaat week's quotations. We sold . ub account-'of Mr.' John Duncan, of CJiejrry * Farm, 170 .head o£;croasb reds ftt 10s 9d te J3a{ and on behalf .of Messrs. Smith and Vezey 713 head of merinos a3 quoted above. We quote prime mutton 3d per lb. Privately we ourc placed about 2000 head at quotations. Sheepskins.—We offered a small catalogue 1 on Monday, which was cleared, with fair competition, at prices fully equal to those of previous week.. Batchers* cro33bfads ranged from 3s 6d to 4s 7<F; and merinos, 2s 3d to 2* 6d each. L c.- , Bides. —At our: late quotations we have mada considerable sales, and can place all coming forward at the same figures. ( Tallow.—Quotations remain unchanged, ■ay 2£m per R¥rt. for well-rendered tallow, *r,A for rocgji fat, at which several parcala {j.een disposed of. Grain.—Wheat: Very few parcels are pooling to hand, and stocks ace held for tetter prices, so that business has been very tueafted. We repeat, :oor quotations of 3a JOd for prime milling; 3s 6d to 3s 8d for jmedi#<B { fowls' feed, 2s 3d to 2s 9d, with ilix Aemwlj . o>ts : There is a fair demand 4 for sfaipment; SHthont, however, any change * in valuas. fcjquky for local trade requirements very. WJiaJl, ; Prima milling may . be quoted at la 5(1; and feed, 1# 3d to Is 4d per bushel. " Barfey : No movement } any would, be only nominal.