COMMERCIAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 4282, 3 December 1888, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

OtscAßU Mail o?ncz, Monday afternoon Wheat has folly maintained last weeks quotation and good Tuscan and Molesenoble are worth from ,4s 6d to 4* 8d at store; velvet, from 4s 3d to 4s 6d eccordlng to quality. There appears to be a readier desire on the pirt of farmers to sell at the pilots offering. Some bnyera are unwilling to give over 4s 6d for prime natrplea, and at this price several lots have been bought. The ship Fritzoe, which is loadiDg here, will help materially to lessen stcoke, as close on 18,000 sacks will be seat away in her. Oata an still telling well, at prices highly satisfactory to «el'erß. One buyer states lh»t he purchased some f<ir ramples of Danish at 3s 9d, and short at 4« on Saturday, bat ptrfimpi from 2d to 3d advance on these prices is the value of prime sample?, a difficulty Is experienced in getting freights to Sydney, but, as the Waihora will be here next Monday, she wi.'l help to ease the ■train somewhat. The quantity of oat* ofleriag la very limited, and those are readfly bought up. Fowl wheat is exceedingly scarce, and that of good quality sells readily at from 33 3d to 3s 9d. Potatoes are at almost any price, and no certain quotations can be given. New are selling at 12s per ewt., and old at something like L 7 per ton. Barley Si scarce at from 3s 6d to 4s. Flour Is at last week's prices, and bran and pollard are at L 5 lOi and L 5 reapeotively.