COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 5803, 24 September 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

(Bγ Special Wire.) Ciiristciiurcii, September 23rd. The week has been an uneventful one, and transactions have been nbout on a par with the operations of the preceding one. The information to hand from the country districts reports the crops as looking remarkably wll.e Although a slight rainfall took place one night during the week, a heavy rain for a number of hours would be very acceptable to the farmers. Wheat is without material alteration. Oats: Sales of milling oats have been made up to Is 7d and Is 8d for superior lots. The easier tone noted in the last report still continues, and buyers are not so willing to take up lines at full rates. Barley : A few quittances of fair malting and food quality ore reported at2s6d to 2s 9d and Is 6d to Is 9d respectively. Potatoes do not show tho slightest improvement, and continue exceedingly difficult to sell. Grass seed is quieter, and we have to report a weaker inquiry. Prices, however, are unchanged. Dairy produce: Butter is in full supply, and prices are nominal. Cheese is quoted at 4d to 4id. Hams and bacon remaia the same-

The stock market this week was rather dull. Sheep showed a drop, 2d per lb being the quotation. In cattle there was no improvement on last week's prices. Twenty-one shillings per 1001b is the quotation.