COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13641, 10 July 1906, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

Daily Times Ollicc, Monday evening Tho amount of revenue collector! ;;t l.lie Ptinedin Gustnn Houso to-day on goods cleared for consumption was £1503 I4s 6il. COMMERCIAL CABLEf! RAMS. LONDON. .Inly S. Frozen meat: Sheep—North Island, 3Jd; best, 3Jd; rest unolianged. Lamb-—Canter-Imry !> 1-lGd; mcdinm. sd; heavy, l.;d; North Island, 4 l'MCd. New Zealand beef (ISOll) to fair average quality)—Ox fores. 21(1; ox hinds, i! 5-llid, River Pts'io sheep— Heavy, 3d; light, 3Jd. 13cof—Fores, 2Jd; hinds. 3<d. Kauri gum: Tho storks are 1154 ca?e?. Hemp: Quiot. October and December, .Cll 10s. No business in rabbits on spot, but a, fev,inquiries for future shipment. Copra: Firm. South Sea loading is quoted at. £9 15s per ton. Tho Antwerp wool sa|ji clored without any improvement on oocu irate;. Sellers are holding back. Seven Uiousaml and sixty-one bates of La. Plata v.crc offered, and 19CG 3old. Silver, 30d per ounce. Copper: Spot, £81 10s; threo months, £S0 10s. Tin: Spot, £172 10a; three months, £169 10s. Tho Hoard of Trade return? for June iihow that tho imports increased by £1,335,302, and the export? by £1,053,790. THE HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.,. WELLINGTON, July 9. Tho Department of Industries and Commerce has. received tho following cable from tho High Commissioner, doted London, July 7:—There is no change in the mutton nwrlrot to report since last week. The lamb market is vory firm. Tho market is advancing owing to tho strong demand, Tho average prico of prime Canterbury brands is s^l; oMicr than Canterbury brands, 45d. It is reported that tho provincial demand is falling off. owing to the higher prices ruling. The beef market is very dull. Il'ho supply exceeds tho demand, and the Tvextlier is unfavourable for sales. Average prices, 3Jd and 2\d for liind and forequarters respectively. The butter ma.rkot is very firm. New Zealand stocks aro almost exhausted, there being great demand in tho market. New Zealand butter is quoted at 100s per cwt. There aro no stocks in the cold stores available. Danish is quoted at Ills, Siberian a.t 90s, and Irish at 104s per cwt. ' Tho butler prospects for next, season sti> encouraging. Tho olieeso market is very firm, and tlicro is a general active demand. Whito makes arc selling at (Vh, and coloured at, GOs lier cwt. Tho hemp market is very firm, there being an exceptional demand. The market ■prospects aro favourable. G.f.a.q.. Wellington, on spot, is worth £34. and the OctoW-Beccin-ber shipments £33 10s per ton. The stocks nn hand aro Goo tons, as against 2i?07 he.ld for the corresponding period of last year. Tho cocksfoot market. i.s quiet, and there is less demand at 4Gs ner cwt for 10lb bright, clean dressed seed. The wool market is qmiet, j and there is a tendency in favour of buyers. Tito following aro tho arrivals from tho River Plato during the month of June:— Mnttoii: London, 54.582-carcases; Liverpool, 13Q.552; Cardiff, 91GG: Ireland. G015; Glasgow. 8700; — total, 211,315. Lamb:. Liverpool, 0776 carcases; Cardiff. 10(10: — total. 777 G. The averago price for Rivor Plato mntton is 3Jd, and for lamb 4Jd. PROPERTY SALE. Arting under instruction from Hie Registrar of tho Supreme Court. Messrs E. L. Macassey and Co. offered at auction yesterday a, freehold properly of Ba. 3r 23.7p at Deborah Ray. . on which stand a four-roomed and a, t?.v>roomed collage and some outbuildings. No transfer was effected, the property being bought ill for .C 291) by tho mortgagee. CI BAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET. Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Ltd.) report as follows: Wo lield our usual weekly sale of <;raiu and produce at our stores on -Monday, when we submitted a large caialognp to a fair altemUucs of buyers. Bidding was not brisk, but any lots which were passed in were disposed ot privately alter tho pale on a par with quotations.

Oat?.—The market remains in much the sanio stato a 9 ln=t report, but, if anything, it is weaker. Merchants, in flio absence of buying orders, aro not opcratm.? freely, shipping being practically at a standstill. Lines passing are confined to small lots for local consumption. To effect sales prices below our liito quotations had to bo accepted. Quotations: Prime milling, 2s 31d to 2-i -id; good to best, feed, 2s 2d to 2s I'd; inferior, 2s lo 2s Id per bushel (racks extra).

Wheat.— I The market is dull, millers apparently being well storked. Business? is confined chiefly to lint"; for mixing inn-poses, Tuscan being, in request. Farmers are not pushing the wile of tl:e consignments. Fowl wheat has a. gocd iitquir;- at late rates.—Quotations: Pviirn milling, lis fid to Us Gd; do milling' Tuscan, 3s 7u; medium milling, 3s 3d to 3.1 td: best whole fowl wheat. 3s id to 3s 2d; broken and damaged, 2s !)d to 3s per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.—The market, is e, little brighter than last week. Seed lets have more inquiry, a'.so table sorts, prices for which show a slight advance on those ruling at our litst sale. Quotations: Seed lots, ill to £11. 10?; extra choice. £12; prime Derwontf, £9 10s to £10; medium do, £S to £> per ton (bags in). Chaff.—The market has been ov-er-Mipplied with chalt of medium and infe.rif.-r quality, which is always difficult to quit. Prime oaten sheaf has pood inquiry. Values are equa.l to those ruling at last week's sales. Quotation' : Prime oaten sheai, £3 liis to £4; medium. £3 7s Gd to £3 12s Gd; discoloured and light. £3 to £•! !is per ton (bags extra). Turnips.—The inwket has been much better supplied during the past week. Quotations: Swedes from ISs to 20s per ton (loose, ex truck). Straw.—There is lair inquiry for wheateu, which wo, quote at 30s per ton pressed (ex ■truck). Oaten straw is scarce, and finds a ready sale at from £'2 5s to £2 7s Gd per ton pressed. Messrs Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd.) report: We betd our monthly auction sale of gran and produce at our stores on Monday. The attondfuice of buyers was not so large as usual, but as mast of the lines offered were in fair demand with the local trade, the bulk of the catalogue was cleared at satisfactory prices. Values ruled as under: — Oats.—Oniy a moderate business has been done for export during the past week. Shippers find a difficulty in effecting sales at prices which will leavo them n margin of profit, and, as vendors p.ro not disposed to reduce their reserves, tho bulk of the business lias gone elsewhere. Quotations: Prime milling, "a 3Jd to is 4d; good to best feed, 2s 21d to 2s 3d; inferior and medium, 2s to 2s 2d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.—The market reniaius quiet, witJi no change to report either in values or demand. Millers aro only buying sparingly, and confine their attention for the most part to prime lines of Tuscan, This class is readily saleable, but. for other descriptions the dc-.niand is not strong. Fowl wheat continues to meet with fair sale locally. Quotations: Prime milling, 3s 5d to 3s Gd; choice Tuscan, to 3s 7d; medium to good, 3s 3d to 3s 45d; ivholo fowl wheat, 3s Id to 3s 2d; broken and damaged, 2s !)d to 3s ptr bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.—For all good sound potatoes, both tor seed ind table use, a bolter toils pervades the market, and all sorts are more saleable at * slight improvement in value. In seed lines, prime Up-to-Dates come first in favour, while for table use good Dcrwents, found and free from blight, have most demand. Quotations: Seed lines, £11 to £12; medium. £10 to £10 10s; best t-ablo sorts. £9 10s to £10; medium, £8 to £); inferior, small and faulty, Si to £7 10s per ton (jacks inllnde^

Ch-flfT.—For the last week consignment® o[ medium lo »og(1 en ten sheaf have* been ntrivi n.i? nic'io freely. o*nl for the?e qualities 1 there litis not bicn such ready sp!p. Choice lots, bright heavy and well viil, pro refidiiv d?n!t with on arrival, but in ninny caws chaff of lower li?.h lo b n union/Jed iMo c -oro to p;tvt* b?ins jwrificftl. Quointionfi: Prime oaten Mb'Vif. i' 3 J7s Od b £\\ choice, to £4 & fol; medium 1 o good. £3 to £3 !"»?; inferior, £3 5s to £3 7s t'd )xr ton (haga cxtm). Turnips.—With full snoplics Iwst swedes realised 18s per ton.

The Local Agents (llrpsrs llceves sue! Co., Vogel street) "for tfio National Explosives Company. London, have a ?liipinout of Gelignite. Detonators. and Fuse to hand, and can give special quotations to mine-ownurp, contractors, and tlio trade...