COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1323, 7 April 1877, Page 11

COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

„ „,,. Wem^gton, March 29tb. ivir v jvrna repoi-s produce prices as follows :— Flour. Ade aide, £18 to £18 10s ; oits, 3s to 3s 6d; -bran, lOd . small lots, Is to Is 2d ; wheat, 3d to 3- 6 d"; hams Sid to 9d ; bicon, 7d to B^d : m.iize, 5s to 53 6d ; pollard, £7 10s to £8 ; potatoes, £8 ; cheese, 6Jd to 7Jd! • m . „ CuRiSTcntTKCH, March 29th.' Wheat, 3s Gd to 5t ; oats, 2s 3d ; b -rley, 3s lOd to 4s 6ft ; flour, £15, in sacks ; bran, £4 ; shaips £5 • chee-e, 7d ; butter, dull, Is, market declining • ryegras>s, 6s ; cocksfoot, Gs. Messrs Wright, Stkpiienson, and Co., report for the week ending 4th April, 1877, as follows :— Fat Cittlc— The very moderate supply of 130 head was yarded, consisting for the most part of fair to good quality. We sold, on account of Messrs Wm. Patrick and J. Waldie, 35 head. Bullocks brought from £9 2s Gd to £12 15s; cows, from £7 17s 6d to £9 7s 6d— equal to 3Ds per lOOlbs for good quality, and 25s for medium do. Privately we sold i 0 head at equal to 27s Gd per lOOlbs. Fat Calves.— Only a few yarded, which sold readily at fram 30^ to 45s each. J Fat Mieep.— A large number came forward, 3000 penned, nearly all of which were good quality, but owing to the large number penned last week, aud the trade having bought freely, causing them to have full stocks on hand, not more than two-thirds could be placed, and these with difficulty, at a reduction of fully Is per head on last week's prices. We sold, on account of the Henley Estate, MeESrs W. Gellibrand and Co., Messrs Orbell and Miller, and "others 1100 head. Cross-breds brought from 83 to 9s ; merinos 5s to 7s— prices equal to l^d per lb. Fat Lambs.— About 100 penned, which sold -readily at from 7s Gd to 10s each. Store Cattle.— We have no transactions to report. ■ Store Sheep.— We have buyers for young merinos and for croas-bred lambs. Other sheep are difficnlt to place. We sold at our quotations 4700 full-mouthed merino ewes and wethers, and 1500 cross-bred lambs We quote cross-breds, 4 andG-tooth, 7s 6d to 7s 9d ; do 2-tooth, 6s ; do lambs, 5s to 5s 6d ; merino wethers 4 ! and6-tooih, 53 Cd; do full-mouthed,' 3s to 3s Ctl ; do ewes, 2, 4, and 6-tDoth, 6s 6d ; do do full-mouthed 2s 6dt033. - ' Country Sales.— On Thursday, 29th Mirch, at Mornington.on account of Mrs Marshall, we held a sole by auction of the whole of her dairy herd. There was a large attendance and the bidding was brisk. 50 head cows sold at from £9 to £16 each". Horses.— At our yards on Saturday a considerable number came forward of both draught' and "light horseg. We sold a -mob of light saddle colts at- from £9 to £16 each. We wish to call special attention to the sale of Mr J. Murdoch's very superior team, which will take place at our yards on Saturday,* 7th ApriL We quote heavy draughts, £45 to £50 ; medium do, £35 to £40; light d 0,,.£25 to £30; good hacks and licht harness horses, £25. to £30 ; medium do £12 to £20; -light and inferior; £3 to £10. _.:-_• , Wool.— London telegrams under" date '30th- March report as follows :— " The .wool sales closed, on 28tti March. The neaviest fall was in medium and inferior The reduction was owing partly" to the faulty'condition of the clip— lambs* and choice "fleece*" being scarce, and commanding, good prices." Sheepskins.— We held oiir weekly sale on. Tuesday instead of Monday, the latter being % holiday. There was a good attendance of the trade,- who competed with spirit, pi ices showing a slight improvement We catalogued and sold 2600 skins as follows :— Butchers' green skins, pelts, brought from Is 6d to 2s Sd ; lambs Is 6d to 2s 4d ; station skins, Is 3d to 4s 10d; according to quality. * Hides. — We catalogued only a small number which fetched from 14s to, 173 each. " " Grain.— Stocks "are increasing through the heavy arrivals, and buyers are exceedingly backward in purchasing. Wheit : Prime samples may be quoted tA 4s 9d to- 5? per bushel; medium do, 4s 3d to 4j6d" fowls' feed, 3s to 4s. Oats :In very full supply, with a very slight, demand existing for shipping, Prime milling we quote at 2s 4d per bushel, feed at 2s to*2s 3d. Barley : In the ahsence of transactions, quotations are merely nominal. < '

Mr Henry Driver (on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.) reports for the week endinjr April 4th, as follows :—

Fat Cattle.— Only 125 head were yarded, which were chiefly of good to prime quality, and in consequence a slisrht improvement in prices may be reported. Best pens of bullocks brought from £9 10s to £12 103 • do cows, £7 to .Slo los— or equal to 30s per 1001b for prime quility. At the yards we sold 30, and placed 40 head privately.

Fat Calves.— Ten we-e pennpd, and readily sold at from 20s to 555, according to quality. Fat Sheep.— 2soo came forward, and this rather large number, together with the tact that the trade was plentifully supplied, caused sales to be extremely difficult to > ffoct at safefactory prices, and -half the number had to be held over. Best pens of cross breds brought from 7s 9dto 103 6d ; merinos," from 5 i to 7s 9d— or lsd per lb for prime quality. Fat Lambs. — 200 were forwarded, and -all found buyers at late rates, say, 5s Gd to Bs. -

Store Cattle.— There is a fair demand for mixed lots or for good conditioned quiet battle for win-.er feeding' There are no large transactions to report. Store- Sheep.— The demand for :young merinos previously reported still continues, and during the week we have sold of various descriptions GSOO »t quotations—siy, merino wetners, 2, 4, and 6-tooth 5s Cd • do. full-mouthed, 3s ; mci Ino ewes, 2, 4, and C-tooth' Cs Cd to 7s ; do, full-mouthed. 2s Gi to 3s G 1 ; c-oss-breds, 4-tooth and over, 7s to 7s Gd ; do, 2-tooth a to 1 Cs Cd. _ .'

Wool.— London wool sales closed on the 2Sth ult. ! Greatest reduction in price on medium and inferior!' Choice fleece and lambs' were scares and brought good prices. Ag we have remarked some weeks a<'O' the reduced price was principally caused by the "faulty condition of the Australian clip, which preponderated at these sales. In this market there is a good demand for combing fleece at a slight reduction on iate rates There is very littlo coming forward, the bulk of the clip being shipped. Sheepskins.— At our weekly auction sile yesterday we had a full catalogue, which was well attended by buyers, who competed freely at full rates. Full wool cross-breds, 5s 4d ; meriuos. 4s 8d ; butchers' green merinos, 2s 2d ; cross-tireds, 2s 7d ; lambs Is Cd to 2s 4d ; pelts, 9d to Is Id.

Hides were in good demand, every lot selling at improved rate*. .Light and inferior, Cs to 11s 9d " medium, lis9d to 163 Gd ; erreen slaughters 2lsGd ' Tallow.— There w«w a good demand for all ottered Rough fat, 20s Cd ; medium, 27s Gd to 28s 6d Grain.— At our <-)rain Stores yesterday afternoon we submitt-d 3300 bases to auction. Wheat brought 4s Id to ss, the latter price being offered for 7000 bushels prime Southland wheat. Inferior and damaged barley sold at 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; medium do, 3i to 3s Gd. O.vts feed, 2s 3d per bushel. The market is ful'y supplied with wheat. Oats are only in moderate supply with a ffood shipping demand, at 2s 3d to 2s 4d for good to, heavy feed samples. Barley, prime malting, irscwe, ,iind worth 4s Cd to 43 9d ; second class, 3. 6d to 4s inferior, 23 3d to 3s. Supply pr.ncipally inferior, waich is very unsaleable.

TvTes3rs Maclean Bhotiieiis report for the week' ending 20th March, 1577, as follows :—

Fat Cattle.— The 1 rge supply of about 300 head were yarded for Wednesday's markot ; but the quality being good last week's prices were fully nuintainea, and the whole lot with the exception of about 40 heid, were taken by the trade at the following prices viz--Be 5 t bullocks, £U to £14; medium. £8 to "£9 10s., Cows, £6 lOs to £9 XOs, averaging about 27s 64 to 803 '

for prime; and 22s 6d to 25s for medium, per lOOlbs. Our sales consisted of 60 head an account of Messrs R Moir, Bryee Brothers, George Wallace, R. Miller, and others, at above quotations. Fat Calves.— About a score came forward, and were placed at from 25s to 50s each, according to size and quality. Fat Sheep.— A fall supply came forward, over 2000 being penned, principally cross-breds, but on account of biddinsr beta* rather dull, abou"t 500 had to be held over till next week. Those sold realised from 10s to 13s Gd for prime ; medium and inferior, 5s to 8s Cd— or equal to 2d per lb. Our sales consisted of 500 at quotations. Fat Lambs.— l7s were penned, and all taken by the , trade at from 7s to 10s each. We sold 50 at übove Store Cattle are in moderate request— quotations unaltered. For the week we have no transactions to Store Sheep.— Young sheep of all descriptions still continue in good demand, while n ge d sheep remain very dull of sa'e, with large quantities offdring We quote 4 and 6-tooth c oss-breds, 7s to 83 ; 2-tooth 63 to 7s ; do lambs, 5s ; merino wethers, 4 and G-too'th ss.Gd. Gd to 6s; do. full-mouthed, 2s 6d to 3s; merino ewes, 2to G-tooth. 6s to 7s ; full-mouthed, 2s Gd to 3. Duriug the week we have' placed 4300 at above rates Wool and Sheepskins.— At our weekly sale on Mohday, we catalogued several odd lots of wool, about 31 bales and 15 bags, also 720 sheepskins, which were all disposed of at satisfactory prices, cross-bred skins realising 2s 6J to sa ; merinos, 2s to 4s ; pelts, 3d to Js,; lambskins, 2s to 2s Gd. We annex price list of wools sold :— Greasy locks, JM, 1 bag, 4 1 ; do pieces and black, RKO over 0, 1 do, 2d; washed and greasy locks, M 1 do, 3fd ; greasy coss bred, WB conjoined . 3 do, 9Jd ; do pieces, M, 1 bale," 4id ; do fleece arm pieces,- do, 1 do, Ggd ; do cross-bred, M, 7 bales and 4 bags, lOd ; do merino, do, 11 bales and 4 ba«s 9d • do cross-bred, S over Bankfieid, 1 bale, 9j|d; dodo KKO over 0, 1 do, 9Jd; do do and pieces, do, 1 do, 9d :do half-bred, JM, i bales and 1 b.g, 9£d; scoured locks peeps, and black, horse shoe, 1 Lale, 4d; washed merino and lambs, F, 5 do, 12fd. Hides and Tallow.— None offeieJ. Gi-'in.— Wheat lemams inactive and slow of sale especially medium quality samples, while prime mill! i"*, ?* J* re saleable atss * modium, 4s 3d to4s6dV}*^^' fto 4? - Oat 3 are m moderate request at 2s 3d to 2s 4d for feed; ,2s 6d for milling; old, 2s 6d to 2s U. Bailey is coming forward slowly, price.", nominally 4* to 4a 9d for «ood prime malting ; fetd, 2a Uii to 3s 3u* n^ IrB T , B - M , ARTlN ' leld a sale at the Crown Lands Oftce ' v Dunediu , on the 2nd inst. 'Seation 89, block XXXVII, situated Eden- street, Pelichet Bay— upset price, £150-was sold to Mr Henry M'Dona'd for £177 10s. Section 15, block IX, late Qu rry tteserve, Mac. laggan street— upset pr.ee, £150— sold 10 Mr John Gray for £210. Land in Waihemo district, containing la 3r 15p-upset price, £8 per acre-sold lo Mr John Deem at £8 per acre, with a Valuation of £850." Land m lokomairiro, section 15, block XXXVII, about 18 acres-upset price, 40s pef acre— sold to Messrs Paterson and M'Leod for £3 7s 6d per acre. • Messrs Connell and Clowes, of Oamaru, report the sale of Mr D. Mum's farm at Oiepopo, of 220 acres, for The Lyttelton Times of Saturdaygives the following particulars of the sale of the runs known as 'the St Leonards estate :-" 1 here was a very large attend* ancj. The first lot put. up was the Mount Palm block comprising 11,935 a2r 15p, and 9000 sheep. This was started at £20,0e0, and after some spirited biddinir was knocked down to Mr Robert Chapman, of the Oust, for £27,000. The JSorthCape block, comprisimr 1610 alr 3p, and 2000 cross-bred sheep, was knocked down to the same purahaser for £7000, havin« been started at £5000. The Isolated Hill block, of 17 425 a 21p, wirh 31,000 shiep," w.is stated witH a bid 'o* £30.000, and was purchased by Air John Macfarlane of Rangiora, for £43,500. The Shearing Paddock block of 4094 a2r 12p, with 2003 sheep, was withdrawn at £7250. • The Pahau Palm block, containing 5675 a2r 3p, ind.MOOO sheep, was started at £15,000,- being- finally purchased by Mr R. Bethel, of Selwyn, for £16 500. .The South Cape block, of 796 a2r 39p, was boueht by ;MrT. Grw'g.of Christchurch, for £3700, thefirit bid .being. £3000. . The Homertead block, consisting of 24,446 a ot3Bp, with 26.950 sheep,-82 horses, and 55 - head of cattle; waa started at £60,000; and went up to -£70,000, but the auctioneer then bid £75,000 on behalf of the owners, that being the reserve price put upon -this fine estate. At this price it was passed in. The> KaiwarrVblock, consisting- of 19,189 a2r 15p, with 15,000 sheep, was withdrawn "at £38,500 ; while the .Hurunui block, consisting of 6851 a2r 29p, was with- , drawn at £13,750, the owners' bid being exactly £1000 more thau that amount. There was afterwards a sale of small lots."'

Statement showing the amount of Customs Duties -collected at' the Port of Dunedin from the Ist to the .31st March,-1877:—' • . . '

Comparative Return ..showing the net amount of Customs Duties collected at the Port of Dunedin for the quarters eudiujr respectively 31st March 1877, and 31st March, 1876. ' • 1577. . . 1876.

Spirits „ „ „ £U ggg j^ i j Do (distilled in.]*. Z) .." _'2G7_ 9 9 Cigars and Snuff 430 17 g Tobacco ■ ..- 3,154 19 6 Do' (sheepwash)" .« .. -8 6 6 Wive ...- ciO 17 10 Ale and Beer, *c. (in bottle) .. 375 7 6 Ob (in wood) 148 5 0 Tea .. .. 1858 0 - 0 Coffee, .Cocoa, &c 134 18 3 Do froaskd)' 0 17" 6 • Sugar (raw, refined, and moUsses) 2,365 16 - 5 Opium .. 240 00 . Goods by weight 956 18 8 Advaiorem „ .." .. -.. 3,870 12 • 6 Other duties not specified above 1,130 10 2 Total £22,938 12~~0 Gold. 6SB 17 11 Total for corresponding month, _ ,1876, 1876 £31,473 7 2 Gold 729 9 6

opuii-a .. .. .. *,'.v,ioi 13 a £20,404 11 9 - Do from New Zea- ' land Distillery '. . 916 2 0 1,247 12 8 Cigars and Snuff .. 1,3-13 13 4 1427 5" 0 Tobacco S,C6O 0 0 8A79 10- 6 Do sheepwasli .. 12 17 0 Wine 1,913 18 0 2,195 "l 6 9 Ale, Beer, &c, in bottle .1,151 7fl 1,024 13 8 ■ Do, in wood ■ 508 - 0 0 576 10 O Tea 5.433 3 3 5,749 4 9 Coffee, cocoa, &c. .. 507 -13 6 448 16 'S Do, roasted . . . . '17 6 7 5 5 Sugar and Molasses .. 8,752 7 0 10,448 13 7 Opium 711 3 0 6!8 8 6 Goods by weight .. 4,192 15 7 5.579 3 5 Ad valorem .. „ 27,241 17 7 37,904 4 O Other Duties not specined above.. .. 3,001 8 4 3,097 17 10 Totals .. £34,599 17 7 £99,517 14 6

Summary op Receipts axd Payments by the Collector of Customs at the Port of Dunedin, from the Ist January to the 31st March, 1877.Consolidated Revenue : Customs Duties (gross) .. .. £84,63112 2 Lass Refunds 81 14 7 Net Amount 81,899 17 7 Bending Warehouse Duty .. .. 1,300 0 0 Merchant Seamen Act Fees . . 75 11 5 : Registry of Shipping 7 19 0 Arms Act Fees 52 4 0 Oyster Act Fees 0 7 6 Distillation Act Fees — Brewers .. 15 0 0> Do do Wine and Spirit Merchants.. .. .. .. GO 0 0" Steam Navigation Act . . . 42 5 0> .'-ale of Char's, Hawkers', Billiard, and Publican^' licenses, licenses to fish, and sub-port charges .. .. 35 910 Total Consolidated Revenue . . £36,8<18 15 4 Land Revenue: > Gold Duty £3,128 15 4 Provixcial Revenue : Pilotage Rates £555 12 2 Port Charges 450 4 0> Uarbour Master's Fees .. .. 7 16 2 - -- - -- ~ - £90,980 3 0> Corresponding quarter, 1870 .. 99,817 14 ft Payments. Bank of New South Wales : Treasurer Acclimatisation Society £2 0 0 Bank of New Zealand : Public Account £89,970 10 S Colonial Hant of New Zealand : Otago Harbour Board ... „ 1,013 12 4