COMMERCIAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 4206, 6 September 1888, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

DUHEDIN MARKETS. UrDould Stronach (on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, T imiten) reports for the wees ended sth init., aa follow*: Fat Sheep.—229 head were to hand to-day at Burnside for tha week's requirement*, ranging frcm medium to good of the trade, and competition was i airly active, prices realised being about the same aa last week's, especially for good to prime beef. Best bullocks brought L 8 10j to LlO 5s ; medinm, L 5 151 to L 7 ISs: other?, L4to L 5 10«. and cows in' I proportion. Fat Sheep.—Th-re was • very full supply forward for the day's market* viz., 3654, of which 350 were merino wethers (good to prime), the rest croaabreds (representing -all qualities). Notwithstanding this fall supply, competition wu fairly spirited, and with the assistance of graziers, combined with some demand for export, the whole wera cleared at within 6d to la of last week's ptw. Best croaabred wether* brought 15i 6d to 18s (one pen heavy Lincoln* to J9s 9d); others 12s to 14* 9d; best do ewes, 13s 61 to 15s 3d ; inferior to medium. 8a to lis 6d ; merino wethers, 8i 9d to 13s 9d. Store Cattle.—The market continues inactive ; very few of any sort changed hands. Aged bullocks, well bred and in forward condition, are inquired for, but this class «i»m« to be scarce, no suitable lota being on offer in the meantime. Store Sheep.—There are hardly any offering now for sale, and for the present business in this line is only on a very small scale, and not likely to assume any magnitude before shearing. Wheat.—A moderate amount of business )im been put through daring the past we:k, ■Uppers being the princ'pal operators; but aa very little prime milling is nndis posed of, Mwiy purchases in this market have been chiefly confined to second-class qualities when in suitable condition for supping; Millers have also shown more disposition to |Hin lusn consignment* that would hardly be considered good enough for home consumption only a short time since. The market for all aorta his a hardening teadenoy, and although quotations show but little sdvance sales are easier effected, and buyers generally evince a keener desire to do business. Whole fowls' wheat has an excellent demand but buyers at the moment are unwilling to give over last week's prices prioes for lines, We quote prime milling velvet snd Tuscan, 3s 3a to 3s sd; medinm, if hard, 2s 91 to 3s; Inferior snd whole fowls' 2s 3d to 2s 8d (ex store, neks weighed in.) Oats.—A fairly sctive demsnd continues to lie experienced; both shippers and local oonattmers are putchssing. Speculators are now putting their purchases on the local market, which have a tendency to waken values. Meantime, however, well-filled ' blight short feed and milling continue saleable at about late quotations ; medinm, even if a little discolored, are also saleable but at lower prices. There is some slight inquiry for long Tartars fit for seed, but only in ■mil quantities. Black oats are not in much demand. We qoate prime milling, bffeht and stout, la lid to 2s; best bright short feed, Is IOJd to Is lljd ; medium, Is 91 to Is lOd ; long Tartars, clean, in Btna'l quantities, 2s to 2s 3d (ex store, sscks weighed In). Barley: This muket is exceedingly quiet, and hot little demand for any sort. Maltsters at present are careless about buying unless the quality is extra good, and as sellers' prices for th'S c'ass aie invariaby higher than buyers care about giving, little or no business is being done. Millers are are not doi-g much either, their requirements being now easily satisfied. We quote prirre malting.4s to 4s 3d; medium, nomml, 3s 6d to 3a 9d ; feed and miuing, 2a 6d to Si 3d (ex store) Bye-grass Seed.—A little more buslnesi is passing in this, but there is no improvement m price. We quote—Looa'-gTown machinedreased, 2s Sd to 3s 3d ; undressed, Is 9d to 2s 3d; Poverty Bay mschine-d essed, 5s to Gs 6d; undressed, 3s 3d to 3s 9d (sacks extra). Cocksfoot lines of this seed are now moving off, but sales are still on a limited scale. Quotations —For best, 3fd to 4sd; inferior to medium, 3d to 3&J per lb. Potatoes.—The market is bare of Gamaro grown, but the demand is not over brisk, a good supply of Canterbury and southern is ■till on hand. Quotations— For Oamaru, 67* 6d to 70s ; others, 60s to 60s per ton. ABSTRACT OP SALES. By Mr George Compter, on Saturday, Bth September, at the stores —Farm at Awamoko, Town Section*, Fruit and Ornamental Trees, etc. By Me>srs Fleming and Hedley, on Saturday, Bth September, at the Commercial yards—figs.