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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 10014, 3 December 1908, Page 4

Lead. £lo 2s 6d. The Peninsular and Oriental Company shows a profit of £267,225 for the year, and have carried forward £58,425. Keceived December o. at- 10.55 a.m. London, December 2. The wool sales were postponed owing to the fog. The American visible supply ot wheat- is 82,205,000 bushels. ADDIXGTOX MARKETS. (Per Press Association.) Christchui-eh, December' 2. At the Addington live stock market todav there were good entries of stock and a fair attendance. Fat cattle were easier, store sheep sold at about last week's rates, fat lambi were not up to last week's level of prices, and pigs sold without change. There was a somewhat larger entry of store sheep than hist week, and all classes were represented in the entries. There was a good demand right through the sale, and a satisfactory clearance was effected at rates fully equal t-o those of the previous sale. Some lines of forward made 13s, shorn 2-tooths (mixed sexes) changed hands at 10s 6d to 12s, and a line of very good 4-tooth ewes with lambs 13s 4d, shorn 4, 6, and 8 : tooth ewes (with 100 per cent of lambs) made 9s 9d, ,aged ewes with lambs 6s 9<l (all counted ill each case). A few cull 2-tooth shorn wethers brought 6s 2d. There was a rather larger entry of fat lambs than lasL week, mostly of good to prime quality- Competition was again confined t-o the butchers, and with the larger supply there was not- the same briskness in the blading, and the prices were much easier, lambs made 15s to 17s 6d, one pen to 18s Bd, and lighter 10s 6d to 14s 6d. There was a fairly large yarding of fat sheep, the bulk being in good to prime condition. There being less keen competition among the butchers, prices lell about j.s per head, and some business was done for export by speculative buyers, and this kept the market from going lower. The range of prices was : WooUv wethers 19s 8d to 22s 3d. best shorn wethers 15s to ISs 6d, lighter 15s to 14s 6d, best shorn ewes 14s to 16s, medium 12s 6d to 13s 6d, others lis to 12s, shorn merino wethers lis 6d to 12s 3d. There was a large yarding of store cattle, and the" quality was much above the average the entries including some good lines of 3-year-old steers. There was a i;oi,d sale, yearlings making 30s to 40s, 2-voar-iiM steers £3 os, 2-year heifers £2 lis 6J. 2i-year steers £4 lCs to £5, 3year steers £5 10s to £5 12s 6d, steers £7 10s, 3-year heifers £3 10s, drycows 35s to £4 10s. _ Dairv cows were dull of Side at £3 lls £<] to "£8 ss.

The supply of beef comprised 332 head, including a fair proportion of prime handy weights, but no large bullocks. The competition was slacker than the previous sale owing to there now being a greater demand at this season for lamb, and values for all classes showed a decline of aboutIs per 1001b. The range of prices was : Steers £5 cs to £9 17s 6d. heifers £4 15s to £7 12s 6d (equal to 24s to 26s 6d for good, medium 20s 6d to 23s 6d, and cow and inferior 18s to 20s per 1001b). There was a <rood yarding of pigs, and baconers sold at last week's rates, while porkers were easier. Choppers sola up to £3, heavy baconers 57s to 67s 6d, and lighter 47s 6d to 55s (equal to sjd to 5Ad per lb), porkers 35s to 43s (equal to 5Jd per lbi. large stores 32s to 45s 6d, medium 28s to 31s, large weaners 18s to 225, and smaller 13s to 16s. DUXEDIX MARKETS. (Per Press Association.) Dunedin, December 2. Cattle.—2l9 were yarded, a- big yarding of good quality. In consequence of the big supplies forward prices, although better than last week's, were not according to the quality of the cattle. Best bullocks £9 les to £lO 17s 6d, medium to good £8 12s 6d to £9, inferior £7 to £B, heifers £5 ss.

Pigs.—l4s yarded. Porkers and baconers were in very large supply, but prices did not suffer" much. There" was a rather small yarding of slips, suckers and other pigs, and prices were equal to those obtainable last week. Suckers 19s to 265, slips 28s to 335, stores 34s to 395, porkers 4Gs to 465. light baconers 40s to 565, heavy up to £3 ss, choppers up to £3 16s. Sheep.—2oCo were yarded, a large proportion being shorn sheep. The quality of tha sheep and wool was not up to the j average, very few of good quality being j forward. Bidding was keen but erratic, | nn<» prices taken all round were much | firmer than last week's. "Wethers (woolly) I best 22s 3d to 26s 6d, medium to good ! 21s 6d to 2ics 6d. inferior 17s to 18s 9d, i best shorn 18s'3d i< .good 16s 6d to l?s 3d. inferior 14s to 15s, best ewes up to 2Gs 6d, shorn 14s 9d to 15s 9th Lambs.—2Co were yarded; a fair yarding, but not sufficient to meet the demand. The quality was superior to that of last day, and prices showed an of fully 2s per head. Best lambs 16s to l&S extra to 19s 6d, medium 14s 6d to 15s 6d. light up to 14s. Oats.—There is fair inquiry for good to prime (bartons for shijmient, but few of this class are on offer. In good feed lines buyers are not anxious to purchase for speculation, and present limits will not allow of any improvement on late values, and holders are not disposed to quit consignment* at current quotations. Business is restricted and confined chiefly to the sale of small lots to supply actual orders. Prime milling Clartons Is 7£d to Is Bd, good to best feed Is 6d to Is 7d, inferior to medium Is 4d to Is s£d per bushel (sacks extra).

Wheat.—ln the absence of stocks of milling quality there is no business to report, and values are nominally unchanged. Fowl wheat is scarce, and commands a ready sale at improved prices. Prime milling 4s 6£d to 4s 7d,- medium milling and best whole fowl wheat 4s 4d to 4s 6d, medium fowl wheat 4s to 4s 3d, broken and damaged 3s to 3s 9d per bushel (sacks extra).

STOCK SALES. The entry of sheep at Ueraldine yesterday totalled 2500, but the demand, though fair, was not- so brisk as might have been expected. The entry of cattle was the Jargest for some time past, and prices for best dairy cows were very satisfactory-. Pigs. of which there w;js a good entry, also sold well at iate rates. Actual sales were:—Sheep: 150 dry ewes 14s. 25 fat ewes lis Id. 100 aged ewes iw'ith Jamba) 8s sd. 30 fat ewes lCs 9d, 150 two ami four-tooth ewes 13s bu, 31 fat wethers 12s Bd, 16 fat ewes 9s, 14 do lis Id. 53 wether hoggets (culls) 7s 3d. 74 ewes (with 63 lambs) 7s Id. 32 fat ewes lis. 6 fat ewes 12s Bd, 19 fat ewes 9s 3d, 4 ewes with 4 lambs 5s 6d, 23 aged ewes with 26 lambs 7s od, 119 good ewes, mixed aires, with 129 lambs, lis, 130 ewes with 128 lambs 6s. 24 ewes 7s 3d, 6 ewes 7s 6d. 35 dry ewes 9s. Cattle —Fat steers £6 15s and £5 ss. fat cows £5 17s, £5 ss, £5 and £3 17s, heifers £4 7s 6d, two two-"«-eai'-old do. sJI 2s 6d, one at £2, seven two-year-old do. _£l 13s. steers £2 2s, £3 17s 6d. and £o. cows in milk £6 10s, £5 2s 6d. one at £3 ss. two at £4, springers £5 ss. £3 15s. and £3 7s 6d, heifer in profit £3 12s 6d. Pigs—Two slijxs at £l, four at 19s. two stores 20s, two weauers 17s. two do 16s. three do 14s 6d. four stores at £1 7s, one weaner 13s, baconer £2 10s.