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Otago Daily Times, Issue 8145, 31 March 1888, Page 1

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Daily Times Office. 1-Viday evening. To day being a holiday, there was no revenue collected at the Custom House. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS. Sydney, March 29. Bacon, Sijd ; keg butter, 6d to «J ; factory do. 8d to lOd; hams, l!'d; bran, scarce.nt f-d ; chaffmedium, 3s 2d to 3s lid; best do. Id to in 5d ; maize, dull—prime, 2s to 2s 8d ; oat s-milling, 2s 3d ; feed do, 2i Id to 2s 2d ; potatow, £2 lus to £3 10s ; wheat —feed, 2s Yd to 3s. MKLD'-.irnxK. Marcli 30. It is probable the duties on Oregon timber will bo increased. The grain market is depressed. Wheatmilling, is at 3s 5Jd ; seed do, 3s B£d ; short oats, 2s lOd; maize, 3s: barley, quiet; br.in. active, KM. AI.KLAII.B, March 29. Whoit and Hour am unchanged; bran, Sd ; pollard, d ; oats, 2s 8d to 2s 9d ; malting barley, 5s to Ss lid. &—. OHRISTCHUHCH CORN EXCHANGE. Report for the week ending Thursday, March 29, 1888 :— A large busineaa has be«n transacted In all kinds of grain, and it would have been still greater had bottoms been available. The London market remains easy, and with the available supplies from other wheat growing countries, we fail to see any prospects in the immediate future. A few intercolonial have come to hand during the week, which has had the effect of enlivening business. Wheat.—Prime Tuscan is still in best demand at 2s 9d; aud pearl is alto very saleable at 2s Sd ta 2s 9d; Hunters, at 2s 7d to 2a Ed ; chicken whwit (broken), 2s to 2s 3d, with good demand. Oats.—An improvement lias been noticeable in this cereal, and up to Is 8d has been paid for the best lines of short feed. Duns and »eed tartars are also ■wanted for shipment at a simiUr figure. Inferior kinds, however, are not being dealt with ,to any great extent. Barley.—Prime lots 6till command full rates of 4s 3d to 4s id; but second quality is not so saleable as they were, most of the malsters being to someextent independent for the time being. Beans have a ready sale at 2s 6d, but growers are asking an advance ; business consequently has been restricted. Pease are dull; as 3d to 2s 4d for feeding sorts, and 2s 8d to 2i 9d for Prussian blues are the ruling rates. Grass Seed.—Sales are very slow, orders are coming to hand very slowly, and prices show no improvement on 2s to 2s 3d for farmers' parcels, and 2s fld for machine dressed. Cocksfoot is miiet; a few sales have been completed at 3d to 3J-d for heavy bright seed ; inferior is not being dealt in at the present; gieat difficulty is experienced in getting freight lor London. Potatoes.-Kidneys are selling freely at £,'. to £2 2b (3d at country stutiotiß. Dairy Produce.—liuttcr has only a moderate demand at IJ<l to SJd; cheese, however, is quiet at 2Jd to 3d. The above prices are'for delivery f.o.b. Lytteltou ; sacks included. THE AAVAMOA SALE. By fir the largest attendance of bom fide buyers iieen at a sals in New Zealand for many years past was at the Hon. M. Holmes1 eale on 'Thursday at Osmaru. The following are the only particulars to hand, and are from the Oamaru Mail : — Entire. Awamoa, by Young Banker—Lena Brown, 200gs, Mr John Reid; Allan-a-dale, by Yimng Banker—Nelly Ivanhoe. 30.=«s, Mr John Philips, Auckland; Guy Mannering. by Awamoa-Laura Macphersrin, SOJlfs, G H Mouro, Glenrnark, Canterbury ; Regent, by Awamoa -Lass o' Gowrie, was withdrawn at Mr Spence'a (Dalgety and Co) bid of 3Ssgs ;:m it is supposed that this horse will be sold at a slight advance on this sum; a dark bay by Awarnoa- Jean M'Grcgor, was sold for 50gs to Murray, Roberts, and Co; Athelstane, by Lord Salisbury—Nellie Ivanhoe, was passed hi at 7023. The first mare soid was Lass o' Gowrie, by Sir BeDJamin. at 3?gs, to Mr John Reid ; Laura M'Pherson, by Sir Colin, at MDgs, and her foul by Young Banker, at 50gs, to Mr John Reid; Young Gipsy, by Sir William Wallace, at 27gs, Mr A Chrvstal; Minnie, by Sir William Wallace, at OOgs, to Mr John Heid ; Gipsy Countess, by Young Banker, at 22gs, and her foal at 7gs, to Mr A Thomson • Nonpareil, by Younglßanker—Lass o'Gowrie, Bogs and foal at Ktoa, to Mr A Chrystal; Belle, by Duke of Buccleuch, bred by Mr Stalker, at lTgs.to Mr A Chrvstal ; and her foal by Young Banker, at. 3Sgs to M"r J Dalgieish (this colt was christened General Fleming by Mr Steplienson, who prognosticated that lie would make a name as a stallion); Hawthorne, by Young Bunker—Lily, at 32gs, to Mr A Thomson; and her foal at i'ga, to Mr Fleming; Mary Beaton, by Young Banker-Mary Queen ot Scots, at 39gs,to'Mr A Thomson.