COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13210, 17 February 1905, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

Daily Times Office, Thursday evening. Tho amount of revenue coliectcd at tlio Huupdiu Custom llvisn to-ilav nn intmlp cleared for consumption was £1130 fe 7d. The Auckland correspondent of the Christphurcli Pre c s states ibat the Nev.* Zealand Dairy Association (Limited) has just concluded negotiations by cable for the ralo to a South African firm of 1200 boxes of butler in regular monthly shipments.

COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS. LONDON, Februaty 15. Consols aro quoted at £89 13s 9d. Conner: Spot, £67 10s; three months, £67 17s Gd.

Tin: Spot, £132 ss; three months, £130 12s Gd. Lead, £52 8s 9(1. At tho tallow Ructions 035 cases wero offered auu 420 sold. Prices arc unchanged.

MELBOURNE MARKETS. MELBOURNE, February IG. At the hido sales competition was animated at Ibe late rates. Tallow is unchanged. There is a slight improvement in the demand.

THE HEAT MARKET. NAPIER, February 10. The Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company received the following cable to-day:-—London frozen meat market very depressed. Further fall in tlio value of jtl on Worth Island mutton, in lamb of }d, and in the fores of beef Jd. Quotations: Mutton: Canterbury, 4^l; Napier, Wellington, and North Island, Lamb: First quality, 6d. Besi: Hinds, 3Jd; fores, 2ljd.

•WELLINGTON WOOL SALE. WELLINGTON, February 10. At to-day's wocl sales about 2200 bales were catalogued. There was a fair muster of buyers, but bidding was for the most part lifeless. The prices quoted wero ?.cl to below last, sales' rales, Prices rnlcd: Crossbred, medium to fine, fair condition, 70d to B£d; do cocirre, fair condition, 7d to 8d; iambs, 7d to $Ad; do seedy, od to GAd; jiieces and bellies, 4(1 to 6M; locks, 2d to 4(L The bulk of the wool offered was of indifferent quality.

WANOAXTJI UAJE AXD EWE FAIR. "WNGANUI, February 10, There \\Ai ii very large attendance' at Messrs Freeman, Jackson, and Cb.'s yards on the opening day of the ram fair. All Lincolns of good stamp sold with keen competition. The highest prices for Lincoln sUids -was 40?vgs, paid for one.of Mr W. H. Wyboiirne's sheep, whose Hock sheep averflgfcd £G 8s Gd } nnd his stitds 2s Cd. 13. Rayner's stud Lincolns averaged £15, and Ifayner'g Konmcys mcfc with a strong deiiiittld, averaging ft 14s 2d to £G. Border Leiccsters were sought after. The Momahakt State Farm's entry averaged So us. English Xi&ifcgsttirs aiid Sliropshires were somewhat hegletced.' Southdcwns met with a ready sale. Mr. James John's eritrv averaged £5 4s -id, aiid Mr J. J. Raker's £5 ss.

MASTERTON RAM FAIR. MASTEiRTOJf, February 16. At the rarii fair to-day there wa3 t fair attecdsbee of buyers. Leicesters and Lincolns were offered. Liiicoih stiids brought up to 3Sgs; flocks, ig to Cjgs; Ehalisb Leicester studs up to 't?.gs; flocks up to sgs. Border Leiccsters sold lip to similar figures. ■

PROPERTY SALE

..-There was a,very good attendance at Messrs Pfltk, Reynolds, and Cb.'s rooms yesterday, wllen'tjiat firm bfTei-ed for sale a linmber of properties iu Heriot row, Great King street, Sotltli Duliediu, and Mornington. Tlie first property to come under the'hammer was part of" section 27, block XXIV, fronting Heriot row; with a- house of seven rooms thereon. Bidding for tliis proprty commenced at £500, aitU, T>y £25j ±'10, and hi bids the priiie ivas carried to £670; at whicli. it vriis knocked do mi Id Mrs E. Rcid. The iiext property oßerd was tho remainder of seolion 37i block

XXIV, with frontage of lift to Heribt row, containing a cottage of sir tcoras, along with fruit and flower garden. "Bidfling for this started at £<DD, and advanced to £510, at which price it was purchased by Mr J. W. Sctirr. Other properties in the satae locality, also in Great King street, Sonth Duncdin, snti Mbrniiigtdn, were passed in owing to insufncient bidding.