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COMMERCIAL.

HOME MARKETS. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) Received December 5, at 5.5 a.nu London, December 4. Mutton—River Plate, light, 3 7-16 d. Lamb —Best Australian, s»d. Beef—Australian fores 2=-d, hinds 3 3-16 d. All tho other brands and grades re-, main unchanged. Rabbits —Dull; price;-, nominally unchanged. Wool —Tho top price realised tor the "Pareoroa" clip was lOd, the average for the whole clip being" ll£d. Shares —Waihi Grand Junction, 28s 9d to 31s 3d.

The Midland Railway (Western Australia) debentures have been allotted.

THE LOCAL MARKETS. Oamaru Mail Office, Monday afternoon. Southern millers have made inquiries during the week, principally for velvet, and any lines offered at a price considered reasonable were secured. It is not likely that much business will be done for some time now owing to the advent of Christmas and New Year holidays and the fact that the mills will shortly be closing down; indeed, one of the local mills has. we understand, already closed. Wo heard of some lines of Tuscan ai'.d r<=d chaff sold in South Canterbury for 3s 6Ad less commission. Nominally this class of wheat may be .quoti-d locally at 3s 6d net at sidings, and velvet at 3s Bf.d to 3s 9d.

DUNEDIN MARKETS. By Telegraph. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Dunedin, December 5. Messrs Donald Reid and Co.' report as follows: - Oats. —Prime milling, 2s Vjl Lo 2s 4d; good to best feed, 2s 2.1 to 2s 3d; inferior to medium, Is Hid to 2s Id. Wheat.—Prime milling, 3-; lOd lo 4s: Tuscan and velvet ear, 3s 7d trv 3o 8d; medium, 3s 6d to 3s 7d; Lost iuwl, 3s -id to 3s 6d: medium, 2" Kid U; '3* 3d; broken and damaged, 2s :id to 2s Od. Potatoes. —New, 14s lo Ifis |.i-r cwt; prime old, £lO 10s to £ll l'b; medium; £7 to £9. Chaff. —Prime oaten, £.> 2s ud to £5 7s Od? medium to good, i. [ l()_s io £5; inferior and ,discolored, £.' !-j-: lo £4 7s 6d. Straw.—Wheaten. 27s f.d to 30s; oaten, 40s to 42s 6d. s

HIGH COMMISSIONERS REPORT. (Peii Pjiess Association.) "Wclliii'it;.-m. DLCcmb-r 5. Following is the High Commissioner's cable, dated Londi.n : , .rd-..Thc mutton market is slightly weaker, w:Hi .less demand. River Plate mutton is Hi large supply, but stocks of New Zealand mutton on hand are light and firm'v held in few hands on nc-oonut of small shipments exported.-Canterbury 4id, North Island 4d, River Plate 3id. The l.tmb market is steady owing to the local demand, but buyers are not iinclined to make forward'purchases of kmb>at present prices. The arrivals lately have been heavy. Australian si-d. The beef market is 'weak, supplies of River Plate beef being heavy. New Zealand hinds 3gd, fores 2Jd. The butter market is quiet but steady for best quality only, the market being weak 'and inactive for second-class qualitv; New Zealand 112s, Australian IOSs, Danish 117s, Siberian 103s. Cheese is in better demand and the market is steady. Colored 575, white 565. ' .

The cocksfoot seed market is quiet, but holders are firm. Brisrht clean New Zealand seed weighing 171b per bushel 745. per cwt. '< The. w;opl market is steady arid prices are well maintained.

PRODUCE REPORT, i William Jardine reports having a very successful sale of poultry, fete, on Saturday list; when 105 pair of 'fowls and ducks were penned. , Prices realised- were as follow: —Fowls frein 2s 6d to" 4s 6d per pair; ducks up to 6s,"per pair; hen and chickens, lis. Produce: —Now Potatoes. 5Jd per lb; cherries, 6d per lb; strawberries, 8d per. lb; old potatoes, barei; ■ Morepbrk bacon, 5d per lb.

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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10629, 5 December 1910, Page 4

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COMMERCIAL. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10629, 5 December 1910, Page 4

COMMERCIAL. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10629, 5 December 1910, Page 4