COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13656, 27 July 1906, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

«*» TUB MEAT MARKET.

o— —— THE HIDE MARKET.

Daily Times Office, Thursday evening. The amou.it of revenue collected at the Dunedin Cuttnn House to-day on goods cleared for consumption was £1300 13s 6d. f COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS. LONDON, July 25. The balance slioet of tho Union Hank shows the deposits to bei'lß,G!«,aoS; cash iu hand, 'investments, and balance remittances, J.'10,750,71H; bills, securities, £12,851,530. At tho ta'.low sales 1350 casks were offered, and 950 sold. Fine mutton, 31s 9d; medium, 2«s Kid. New Zealand beef (lfttlb to 2201b, fai: average quality): Fine, 30s 3d; medium, 28a lOd. Silver. 30ltl per ounce. Copper: Spot, £til 7s (A. Tin: Spot, £171; three months. £170 10s. Lead, .till 12s Cd.

KAPIER. July 2(i. The Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company (Napier) has been advised by cable ■that frozen meat prices are unchanged.

MELBOURNE, July 20. There is a good demand for New Zealand hides, the market showing an advance of fully id per lb.

HIDE SALES.

The National Mortgage and Agency Company ot New Zealand (Limited) report as follows:—We held our usual fortnightly suJe of hides at our stores, Cumberland street, on Thursday, when wo offered a catalogue totalling 310 hides, 'comprising ox hides, cow hides, yearlings, and calfskins. There was a large attendance of buyers, and competition was very brisk. Comparing this sale with the ono held a fortnight ago. prices for medium and light-weight hides show an advance of Id' to Jd per lb; heavy-weights unchanged, Quotations: Primo stout heavy ox hides. s;d to liid; (rood heavy do. 55(1.t0 sjd; mediumweight do, fijd to 5Jd; light-weight do, to 5^(1; good heavy cow hides, 5Jd to o^d; medium-weight do, sgd to s|d; light-weight-do, 55d to SJd; inferior do, 4{d to pd per lb; calfskins, Is IM to -Is each. Messrs Sironach, Morris, and Co. (Ltd.) report as follows:—We held our fortnightly sale of hides at our stores, Crawford street, on Thursday, when we submitted a catalogue totalling 325. Competition was good all round, and we are pleased to report that lis;ht and medium-weight hides sold at gd to Jd better than last sale. Heavy-weights only held their own, and are not quotably higher. Our top price for ox hides was lijci, and for cow ojd, the former being paid for one weighing 731b. In money value we sold ox up to Jt'l 17s 2d, and cow up to i't Ss Bd. Yearlings and calfskins were very keenly competed 'for, and sold remarkably well. The following are actual prices paid at our sale:—Prime stout heavy ox hides, Dd to C.Sd; good heavy do. 51d to ojd; medium-weight do. ojd to ojd; lightweight do, fild to 5Jd; sttggy and inferior do. ;)jd to <{d; good heavy cow hides, o\A to SJd; medium-weight do. 3Jd to ojd; lightweight do, iiU to ajd; inferior do. ih\ to -fjd; yearlings, 5d to 5J.d per lb; calfskins, -Is 'id to 5s Sd. Messrs A. Moritzson and Co. report as follows:—Wo held our fortnightly hide si'.'.e. which was attended by the usual attendance cf buyers, in addition to two outsiders, on Thursday. The market for all classes was very firm, and bidding very spirited throughout, not it single lot being passed in. We had a fair catalogue, comprising country and Dnnedir, Ahbatoirs skins. We cleared the whole of our catalogue, and the following are (he prices realised:—Extra prime heavy ox (stout), up to CJrt; heavy do, ojd to ojd.; medium do. 51d to ojd; light do. ud to 5Jd; heavy cow, sjd to ojd; medium do, 63d to SJd"; light do. old to s}d; sla£ and bull sold readily at 31d to -ltd; yearling, 5Jd to std per lb; while calfskins realised Is Cd to 4s, and extra good and large up to fis Gd each, or equal to 7Jd per lb. Horse hides from 7s Cd to 9s each. Messrs Dalgety and Co. report as follows: — We held otir usual fortnightly sale, of hides lit our stores on Thursday, when we submitted ft large catalogue to a. itcoid attend-

snco ol buyers. Bidding was exceptionally brisk throughout, and we cleared our cata-k-guo at prices which show a rise all round on late values We strong'.y recommend consimimontfi to this market. The following quotation'; are bated on actual sales made by us:lfeavy stout ox, C:l to Old; ordinary do, s ? cl !■, Cd; medhmi do, 6Jcl to SJd; light do. to 5Jd; heavy cow, old to Sgd; medium do s*l to o.'.d; light do, s»d to sjd; yearling, ojd to C=d per lb; calfskins, Is Cd to 3s; horse -hides. 81 Cd to 10= each. The Otaeo Fanners' Co-operative Association of Nc-.v Zealand (Ltd.! report :-We he.d our usual fortnightly sale of hides at our stores, Crawford mid Vogel streets, ou Thursday, when we submitted a catalogue of 3f>) o(, cow, and bull bides, yearlings, and calfshins to a full attemk.ico of buyers. Prices were if anything, a little in advance of thoso recorded a'forluight ago. Bidding was very brisk, and 'wo cleared the whole of our catalogue at satisfactory prices. The bull: of our consignments were im.de up of hides chiefly from'butchers and lipcounlry clients, and, taking I belli as a whole, (hey were in fairly £ontl condition. Quotations: Heavy ox, osd to Cd; medium do, 5Jd to s;'<l; heavy cow, old to s;d; medium do, stl (0 sid; stag and bull hides, 3;d to -I'd per ih; yearlings, Cs to Ss; calfskins, up to 4s each.

-a GORE HORSE SALE.

The National Mortgage and Agency-. .Company report having held (heir monthly ht.rse fair in Ward's Bazaar, Core, on the 25th ins.!. The attendance was good and the fa-lo mosv satisfactory. The horses forward were st very good lot. and out of the 52 we offered _we disposed of 33. Young and sound horses were in good demand, and all of this class (hat had any weight sold well. Aged and inferior sorts were hard to scl', buyers 110w.ui.1ys preferring to give the i-stril money for young horses. Wo had several clients for fusi-class young mares, and could have- sold several more had they been forward. Tho following shows prices obtained for the horses sold:—One four-year-old mm p. .C-ttl; 1 four-year-old gelding, i'llj; 1 seven-year-old gelding. £»i; 1 four-year-old mere, &i:l 10s: 1 four-year-old marc, £42; 1 llve-year-oid mare, £11 ,10s; i four-year-old mare. £(1; 1 five-year-old ge.ding, ±'40: 1 four-year-old gekiing, £'1(1; 2 five-year-old geldings.'£'4o; 1 iive-year-old gelding. ±37; 1 five-year-old mare, i':!ti 10s; 1 five-year-old mare, £35; 1 five-year-old gelding, ±35 10s; 1 live-year-old gelding. ±34; 1 three-yew-old filly, £35; 1 three-year-old coll. ±34 Ma; 1 three-year-old colt, ±33 10s; 1 seven-year-old mare. ±35; 1 eight-year-old mare, ±.10; 1 three-year-old filly, ±34; 1 aged mare, ±25 10s; 1 aged gelding. ±22; 5 aged lnwes and geldings at from £i 10s )o £14. Hacks were not in demand, but we sold a few at from £0 to ±10 10s. <$, SALE OF BOEDER LEICESTER SHEEP. The National Mortgage and Agency Company of Xew Zealand (Ltd.) report the sa*o of 350 Border Leicester l'ant hoggets on uccwnt of Mr J. F. Keid (Elderslie) a-t a,*alisfaclory price. _<*,

The directors of the Union Bank of Australia have declared a dividend of £1 5s pel share for thft half year, beuig Squal to 10 per cent, per annum. The dividend is now payable to colonial shareholders.