COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12036, 7 May 1901, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

Daily Times Office, Monday evening. The amount of revenue collected at tlio Dnnedin Custom Homo to-day on sroodi cleared for consumption was £H2(> 8s lCkl. INVESTMENT STOCKS. The Dunedin Slock Exchange, report Hie following quotations: — National Bmil:—Buyers £3 15s. Bank of Xcw Zealand-Ufiyera fl ISs, sellers National Insurance—Buyers ISs Gil, sellers 10s c<l. Stsuu'ard Insurance-Buyers 17s, sellers G<l. Union Steam-Buyers £11 Is, sellers £11 2a G-J. Lake Wakalipu—Sellers £1 Is. Wca'.port Coal-Buyers 13 IGs M, sellers £3 lis Gd. Commercial Property-Buyers 3s 00, ecilers •K National Mortgage—Sellers £2. liiver Plate—Buyer* ISs M, sellers £1 03 9d. PcTptttial Trustees—buyers 13s c<l, fidlcvs 14s. Trusteee Executor?— Buyers ,10s. Mosgiel Woollen—Buyara £4 Is. (lodward's Pin—Buyers Is Gd. COMMERCIAL CABLEfiKAMS. LONDON, May 5. (Received May C. at 9.31 a.m.) Frozen mutton: Crissbrcd weathers maiden twc3, Canterbury, -Id; Duncditi, Southland, 3Jd; North Isleiid, :!Jd. Lamb: Prime Canterbury, old; fair average quality, including Dune-din, Southlmd, Wellington, and secondary Canterbury, sd. River Piute crossbred or merino wethers—heavy, 2}d; light, 2Jd. Bed, unchanged. Hemp: Steady. Good WeHinobn, March anil Slay shipment,' £-23 10s; April 'and Juui- shipment. £2-2 15s. At the kauri sales 2C73 packrges were offered, afd 1300 sold;- three-quart'.ra seraued is firm, and all bought in. The sleek is 17-17 packages. Copper, £101 Gs 3d. Silver, 0« 3 9-lCd per o:.

PROPERTY MARKET. Mr Duncan Hume, house, lard, and ealale asent, Princes street, reports the sale of the following properties »t very satisfactory prices: On account- of Mr Abuin, modern four-roomed house, Cumberland street south (leasehold), ground 3M i 82Jft; on necorint of Mr Thomas, Kensington (leasehold), new four-roomed house and about quarter ncre of ground, allotment 9, block VII; on account of Mr J. Mcikkjolm, jun., modern four-roomed house and about quarter acre of ground, Maryhill terrace, Morningloii, allotment 17, Glen estate; on account of Mrs Milligan, six-roorord house, Alexandra Btrwt, Cavmlnun, allolmml 23. (jround cir-lit poles; on account- of Mr Ak-liley, four-roomed house, Atthiir street, MorniiiEtoii, allotment Id, Wtst btinediii; on account of a client, fiveroomed house, Maryhill terrace, Morningtou, »!id quarter acre of "tTounil; on account of Mr A. James, (hat well-known aud nice'ysilualeil property knovm as " dempton," Caver•hani, residence of nine loom,land 11J '.teres cf ground.

WOOL SALES. Mee3rs Wright, Stcphenson, and Co. report as follows*—The concluding t:n)e o[ damaged wool ex ship Strathgryfe took plp.ee on Monday itternoon. Tliero was a .full milkier of buyers, and excellent competition, prices being quite ou a par with those current at the two earlier sales. We sold 73 bales. Merino fleece in the grease brought from £7 t.) I'll) 15s per halo; pieces and bellies from £4 15s to £7 3s; locks at £> 15b. Only a few bales of scoural wool were offered, and these sold as follow?:—Bellies and pieces at j£G 10s to £7 10s, ar.d locks at £1. In addition to the Australian wool, we offered about U balen of local growth—stragglers' lots. These sold at from -Id lo 5d per ll> for crossbred fleece, and at from 3d to Cd for merino. Messrs Dalgety and Company (Limited) report 05 follows:-We held our third Pale of wool ex Stratugryfe in the Agricultural Hall buildings on Holiday afternoon. The quantity offered was not sufficient to induce outside buyers to attend, but there was a lull attendance of Dunedin buyers, who bid with great spirit for all the lots offered. The selection as a whole was not equal to that offerer! at pur lost Bale, but tho prices obtained wero highly satisfactory. The 41 bales wb offered averaged £8 G3 7d per hale, making the average for the total offered (138S bales) at the three sales £7 10s Gd per bale. The Jo! lowing is the range of prices realised at Monday's sale:— Be3t merino fleece, fit) to £10 Iss per bale; medium do, £& to £9 10a per bale; medium pieces, iC 10s toil 5r per bale; p.cwircd jJiecoa, £10 15s per bale; burry pieces, £i 10s to £5 15s per hale. Wo also offered a small catalogue on account of Otago growers. The greater portion of it consisted of crossbred wool, which brought fair priges, considering the very discouraging reports of (lie market in London for this class ot wool,

GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS. Messrs Dnlgoty ami Company (Limited) report having held their usual weekly auction Pale on Monday, when there was a fair attendance of buyers. Bidding was fairly jjocxl, 'ami yrices ruled as under:— Qats.—The rnijrket continues steady, prime milling nnd bright feed sorts being in good demand, but interior oats aro almost unsaleable. We quote: Prime milling, la 4Stl to Is 6d;good to best feed, la 3Jd to Is ii; inferior to medium, Is to Iβ 3d (bags extra). Wheat—During the past week the market has not shown much animation, but the demand, it anything, is slightly better for prime samples, Medium quality, however, is still hard to sell; unless as towl feed, which meets a ready sale. Quotations: Prime velvet and Tuscan, 2s Ci lo 2s 7d; medium do, 2s 3d to 2s sd; fowl feed, 2s to 2s lid; broken and damiged, Is Od to Is lid (hags in). Potatoes.—Consignments have not been quite so numerous during the week, and prices are rather firmer. Prime Derwenls, £3 to £3 53; medium do, £210s to £217s Cd (bags in). Chaff.—Tho demand tor prime oaten sheaf continues steady, but medium quality is overplentiful, and very difficult to sell even at quotations. Prime oaten sheaf, £2 7s Cd to £i 103; medium do, HI to £2 os; inferior, £1 las to U 17s 6d (base extra). Straw.—There is a good demand for both oat and wheat straw to 32s Cd per ton. Messrs Donald Ecid and Co. report as follows : — Oats.—We catalogued medium quantity, for which competition was not keen. Good to best feed and prime millin" meet with ready Bale for shipment, at quotations. We quote: Prime milling, Is 4|d to Iβ sd; good lo best feed, Is 3Jd to Iβ Id; inferior and medium, Is to Is 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat,—Primo milling is in good demand at late values, but medium porjs are not greatly in favour. Good, wlioie fowl v.-hca! is in (air demand. Wo quote: I'riine milling, 03 Cd to 2s 7d; medium to good, 2s 3d lo 2s sd; whole fowl, wlf eat, 2s to 2s 2d; broken, etc., Is Sd to Is lid per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes.—lfodwatc supplies are coming forward, Mid all good lots are readily placed at lor prime DerwcnU £3 to £'3 3s, and medium £316e to £2 17s Cd per ton (each in). Chuff.—We catalogued about -10 tons of medium to prime oaten shoal, and under fair competition clearcU tho lot at prices on a par with late values. Best oaten sheaf sold at £2 7sW to # 10s (1 triick choice to £2 12s Cd); rrlcdium <o good, i'l 17s Cd & ,£2 63 jcr ton