COMMERCIAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 1934, 19 March 1891, Page 18

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Dalgety and Co. have received the follow in* cablegram from their head office, dated London lHh inst :— "Antwerp wool salfji opened with less Efiirit. Prices show a decline of £d par lb on closing rai.es of last aeriee." Millers' lines have ruled during the week a« follows :— Flour, £9 5a to £9 15s per ton ; oatmeal. £8 109 to £9 per ton ; ohaff , 40s to 42s 6d per ton ; bran, 60s per ton ; pollard, 7t'B per ton ; pearl barley. £13 to £14 per ton. The arrival of the Ben Ni vis, from Calcutta, has bro ;ght about a little bminer sin cornsa.-ks. Stocks are not large, and holders expect aupplies available will be required before later sti patents can re-tohthe market. Prices, however, keep low, and are below importers' ideas. The nominal quotation for trade lots is 5s Sd per dozen, but business has beau done in parcels at less money. The Sew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) have received the following cablegram from their London oflijo. (l»t:*d March 13:— -Tallow: There ia a Ro>d demand. Pino iputton Is worth 27s 3d per owt ; m-od beer. 25a Od. Frozen moat : Beef market Is bettor. Ne.v Z aland hindquartero are worth 4id por lb. Other quotation* unchanged — N>w Zealand hemp ; M<irkut unchanged.— Wool : The Autwerp sal a of Australasian wools closed at level of priois of last J_qndon ales." The wliole of the animal* submitted at the recent North Otago A. and P. Association's ram fair were cold. The following were the sales: — By Mr IS P Burbury (N.Z. and M.A. Company) — On account of Mr A Murdoch. Njjapara : 1 4-tooth Border Leiciater ram. at 4Jgs. to Mr John Bsrraclough ; 1 2-toofch Border Leicester ram, at 3ga, to Georgo ''liver; 4 2-tooth Border Leicester rms. at 6,js. to Messrs A A «nd It M Maßter; 14 2-toirh Border Leicester rame, >\t 3gs, to Mr George Olivr-r. On account of Mr John Keid. Elderslie: 3 2to >th Border Leicester rums, at s(js, to Mr John Hunter; <J 2-tootJi Border Leicester rams, at 4;js, to Mr John Hunter ; 3 2-tooth Border Leicester rame, at i\gi, to Mr John Barraclo'Jgh ;'<! 2-tooth Border Leicester rams, at 4gs.'to Mr W S Buxton, Waimate; 3 2-tooth BO'der Leicester ram«,at3f ga, toMr Mitchell, Weston; 3 2-tooth Border Leicester rams, as 3g*. to Mr Jasper Nicolls ; 4 a tooth Border Leicester rams, at 4gs, to Mr Jdtn Cameron, Winds >r Dawns; 2 2-tooth'Uorder Leicester rams, at 3Jgs, to Mr Godd3rd ; 1 2-tooth Border Leicester Mm, at 3|gs, to 'Mr Mitchell; 22 2-tboth Birder Leicester rams, at ?ga to Mr WilEon. On account of the Olarki«fiL<ld estate— l 9 2tooth Border Le'cestfr rams, at ajx*. to Mr G Oliver; 5 6-tooth Border Leicester rams, at zgs. to Mr Simpeon ; 6 6-tooth Border Leicester rams, at 2gs to Mr Grant ; 4 6-tooth Border Leicester r» en s, at 2^s, to Mr J Porter j 1 6 tooth Border Lf-lcester ram, at 2ga, to Mr 0 Shine ; 13 4 and 6 tooth Bolder Leicester rams, at 2jge, to Mr Chapman, On account of the Hon E Oliver, Corriedale-SO 2 tooth Border Leicester nnu, at 3gt, to Mr Jasper Nicolls. On account of Mr B Menlove. Windsor Park - 2o 2-toith Border Leic ster rami, at 3g2, ta Mr Ja«per Nicolls ; 5 4-tooth Border Leicester rama, at i'fgs, to Mr W Stringer (Duntrojn); 10 4-tooih B^rdor L-icester rams, at 2ks. to Mr Jasper Nicolls ; 5 6-tooth Bonier Leicester rams, j at 2Jgs, to Mr A Thomson. On aocouut of Mr John Borton— 3 Shropshire Down mm lnmbs, at l£g*, to Mr X P Hay. On account of Messrs Little Bros., JSgapara— 6 2 tooth Border Leicester rums, at3fgs,to XIrWS Buxton, W:ilmdte; I 2 ioothßjr-Jer Leicester rani, at B§gs, to Messrs P.u-ker Bros , Klephaut Hill ; 1 2-tooth Border Leicester ram, at 3^-js. to Mr W S Buxton • 2 2 tooth Border Leicester rami, at 4gB, to Mr W -.tringer Privately, on accoun 1"'1 "' of Mr John Reid, Elderolid - 60 Border Leicester rams at 3gs to Mr Alfred Sutton, Wsitangi. By Messrs Fleming and Hedl«y :— On account of the Hon. M Holmes— l stud Lincoln ram, C W Keid, 25gt ; 1 stud Leicester ram, H X Parker, s|gs ; 1 flock Leicester ram J Carter, 4g6; 1 fljck 1 eicester ram, B Paton, 2£gs ; 1 flock Leicester ram, G M'DonaM, 3igs ; 1 flock Laicaster ram, J Garrow, 2f gs ; 2 flock Leicester rams, J Budge. 2£re ; 44 flock Leicester rams, A Thomson, yfgs each. On acoount of Mr Eobertson — 1 Leicester ram, Skevington and Dowthwaite,4gs. On «ccount of Mr G Rutherford — 5 2-tooth Lincoln rams, J. M'Lean, 3gi. On account of Messrs Little Bros— 2 2-tooth Leicester rams, J Cameron, Windsor Downs. 4{gs ; 3 2-tooth Leicester rams, 0 J Hurst, 4|gs. On account of a client^-10 cull Liacolu rams at fgs. Privately afcer the sale they sold 35 Leicester rams at 3gs. There was a lively Interest shown In town on Saturday over the rise in wheat at Home (says the Timaru Herald), and many farmers were heard deploring that they had sold " just too soon." Some prime Tuscan was sold at 3s 6|d and 3s 6d refuted by another holder. A Chrlstehuroh paper says there was quite a flutter in the corn trade in town on Saturday, and the offer of 3s 8d f.o.b. for prime samples of Tuscan, with every probability of a further rise in price, has cheered the hearts of many of those who, at the eirly part of the season, found a difficulty in getting any quotation whatever.