COMMERCIAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 4987, 30 May 1891, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

** Oamakc Mail Office. ; 1 Saturday afternoon. *5 Wheat holds its price at quotations thi3 j 1 week, and though there has not been much ' business transacted outright,ami lint few lots p, have ehanged hands still the enquiry iB good and prices show no inclination to re- % cede rather the contrary. Sellers do not care to sell nor buyers to buy at present prices, both parties being a little bit afraid to speculate. There is not much outside demand for the cereal, and millers seem to be fairly well stocked for some montlis to J, come. Oats are dull of sale. There are very few good samples forward, and inferior, of which there are plenty, arc practically unsaleable. Barley is quite a dead letter. Only the very best samples arc .looked at, and as there is very little prime malting in the district, buyers are purchasing outside, and local business is consequently restricted. For potatoes there is no demand, and no sates are recorded. Merchants have had lots thrown upon their hands, and do not care to operate even at ' the low figure of 20s at sidings, which is t the best price obtainable. There seeni3 to be little hope of their improving, on account of the great surplns of the tuber in north and south Canterbury. Chaff is in poer demand. Batter aud eggs are cheaper, feed being more plentiful. We quote:— Wheat—Prime Tuscan, -Is Id to 4s 3d for exceptionally good tots; velvet,4s to4s Id : Mold's Ennobled, 4s ; red straw, 3s lld to !' 4s. Oats —Prime short. Is 4d to Is -h1; Danish, Is 2d to Is 3d. Barley—"is 3d to & 6d, quotations nominal. Potatoes—Prime Derwents, 2Us at sidings. Bran, L 3 IBs. Pollard, L 4. Flour—Roller, 2tJo"s 1.12 ; oo*s, Ll2 I.la ; L 100*3, Ll2 10s. f ' Dairy Produce Butter, Sd to lOd : eggs. Is Id to Is 2d ; pork, 3d to 3.Jd, heads and feet off. _ • CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. " Tlie following is the Corn Exchange report fper N. P. Meyers, secretary) for the i week ending Friday, May 23th, ISO 1: ' Wheat.—Basiness daring the week has been limited. Some growers are holding, anticipating an increased valne, whilst buyers are not anxious to put up prices bef yond present quotations. Oats continue firm, more particularly prime milling, but no advance in valne can be noted. Barley.— Only really plump malting is wanted, and maltsters are not particularly anxious to buy any but really prime parcels. Beans.—An export enquiry is noticeable for wellthreshed lines. Pea3.—A better demand can be noted. Potatoes are going into pit, as growers decline to accept the prices offering. Quotations are nominal. I)airy produce is unchanged. Our quotations are as follow : Wheat Prime milling Tnscan, 4s Id ; pearl, 3a lid ;Hunter's, 3s lOd. Oats—Prime milling. Is 9d; short stout feed. Is 7d to Is Sd ; long and discolored sorts. Is ad to IstJd. Barley Prime malting, 3s to 3s Id : second quality, 2s t»l to 2s Od ; feed. Is M to 2s. Potatoes—Derwents, 20s at country stations within a 12-mile radius of Port. Peas—Blue Prussians, 3s ; duu and other varieties, 2s tfdBeans—"2* Sd to 2s ftt. Dairy produce—Butter, factory-made, U<l to IftI: farmers' keg, 7d to Stl. C'iieese, loaf, 4d; larger size, .'ttd. The above prices arc those paid to farmers for delivery, f.0.b.. at Lytteltou, sacks tjs t»d per dozen. ABSTRACT OF SALES. Bv Fleming and Hkdley.— Oil Tuesday, 2nd June, at Junction Yards—Stock. By Brcce Christie am» Cm— On Tnesday, 2nd June, at Junction Yards—Stock. Br Mk CSeokce Soiftek— On Saturday, fith Jnne, at the stores— Sections at Eveline. On Monday, Sth Juno, at the Stores — Property On Saturday, KStti July, at the Stores— Property Br N.Z.L and M.A. Co.— On Tuesday, 2nd June, at Junction Yards—Stock. Oil Monday, Sth June, at Palmerston— Freehold Property.