COMMERCIAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2410, 10 May 1900, Page 32

COMMERCIAL.

We learn that a change has taken place in I the old-established firm of W. Brown and Co., j accountants, .Mr William Brown having re- I tired. ' Mr Herbert Wilson, for many years with Messrs Ross and Glendining, has taken. j Mr Vv T . Brown's place as a, partner, and the business will be continued under the old title of Mi\A. J.,""O V Brown find'Mr Wilson. i The- S.out-hland Gfr'ain Brokers' Association reports an increased inquiry for oats, quotations for which may now^Se- given 'as Is lid for aVIs 10|d for B, and Is lOd f or"O grade (f .0.b., Backs in). The weather during the past week was wet and sunless, and no progress is being ' niade with the late ingathering. -j The Egmont Farmers', Union (Limited) re- , port tinder date Hawera, April 19: — At the \ G-loyer Road Yards on the 12th inst. "we had a • large yarding of both cattle and sheep. There j was a large attendance,' - and biddirg was spirited,, especially for fai cows and shorn > lambs: We qu,ote — Forward bullocks' £5 to £5 , 65.6 d, fat cows £3 5s to £,3 16s, fat heifers £3 to : £3. lls. 6d; store cows £2 to £2 6s 6d, 18-month ' to two-year Keifers £1 -J.ss to £-2 Bs, yearlings ' .-?! Is to £1 lls ; weaver's IGs to 18s. Sheep— j '2-tooth .-ewes (small) 9s, ewes and wethers | (iriixed' ages) 7s, to' 7s -4d, shorn lambs 4s lOd to J ,Bs 3d, 'woolly lambs 6s lid, cull lambs 2s. j 'At,Manaia, on the 18th inst., we. submitted a , large entry of cattle. Although there was a t good attendance bidding was not very spirited, ! but we' succeeded in placing most of the lines cf cattle before, leaving the vsids. Fat cows brought £3 5s to £3 17s 6d," fat and forward cows £2 10s to £3, store cows £2 5s to £2 lls Bd, aged cows £1 2s 6d to £1 14s, 10 to 14-month mixed £1 4s to £1 12s 6d, calves 8s to 12s. AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL. SYDNEY, May 9. •Wheat: Chick, 2s 3d to 23 sd; milling. 2s 3d to 2s 9d. Flour, £6 5s to £5 10s ; Mamlo"ban, £9 5s to £i) 10a. .Oats: Prime New Zealand feed, 2s 4d to 2s sd. Maize, prime, 2s 7d. Barley: Cape, 2s 4d; English, 2s 3d to '2s 4d. Bran and polinrd, 9^l. Fe"as: Prussian blue, 3s 2d to 3s 3d. Onions: Prime Victorian, £3 10a. Potatoes: Circular Heads, £2 10s to £2 i 12s 6d. Butter: Daily. 8?. d; creamery, lOd. Cheese.. New Zealand, 5Xd to 6d. Bacon, p.ri:me, Gd.— [The above quotations arc those '^•rjing between merchant and retailer, and •do rot re-present the slightly lower values ob- ' .talned ,by the recognised broker.] MELBOURNE, M&y 9. Wheat, 2s 9Jd. Oats (dull) : Algerian, 2*s 4d ; Ecr-d, 23 6d. Maize, 2s 6cl (ex store). Brsn _10I«l. Pollard, lid. ADELAIDE, May 9. "V\ heat, ?s 9kl. Flour, £G 5s to £6 10s. Bran, JOid. Pollard, 11 Id. Potatoes, £3 as. Onions, 'fi ss. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. (Per United Phess Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, May 9. The entries at the Addington market comprised 4400 fat sheep, 1500 fat lambs, 8000 store shes"., 371 cattle, and 333 pigs. Fat Cattle. — 234 head yarded, the bulk being rer. T ]y good sorts. The large yarding caused brycr=? to hold off, and there was little life in the sale, but last week's rates were about upBeld— viz., 17s to 19s for prime beef, and 13s to 16s for other sorts. Fourteen North Island bullocks brought £8 5s a piece ; best local steers, ~&1 to £8; others, £5 15s to £6 10s; heifers, M 2s 6d to £7; cows, £3 10s to £5 15s Gd. Fat Sheep. — A mixed entry. All classes met with keen competition. Freezing sorts were j 6d clearer owing to the cheap winter freights , coming in, and butchers' ewes advanced Is to Is 6d 'per head. Hea-vy wethers brought up' to Ids 4d; freezers, 16s 6d to 19s; lighter sorts, ■ftown to 15s 9d; prime ewes, 16s 6d to 18s; good, 14s to 15s 6d; others, down to 13s; merino wet!) era, lla 9d; ewes, 10s 6d. Fat Lambs. — These included a few 1 extra prime lines. A very fine conaignnient from, the

Acton estate was taken fo>- freezing at 24s and 255, and another line of 142 at 16s 3d. Ordinary freezing qualitj sold at from 13s to 14s Sd ; butchei& ; &oitb and inferior, fioni 10s 6-d to 12s 6d; good shorn lambs, 13s. Freezing buyers competed keenly, but butchers were not anxious. Store Sheep. — The y aiding contained a good proportion of wethers, very few of which were m leally foiward condition. The demand ior wethers, lambs, and ev.es was scarcely so keen as last week, and a laige number oi all sorts were passed in. Forward wethers brought Irom 13s lOd t<s lls lOd; and others, lls Gd to 13s, including 400 at 14s 3d, 362 at 14s lOd, 748 at 13s 2d, 821 at 12s 2d, 330 at lls Gd : 390 hoggets 10s lid to lls; 349 yoiuig helfbred eves, ]os; fair crossbreds, 10s 7d to 10s lOd ; ased, 8s 5d to Us ; others, 9s lid to 10s 3d. Pigs. — The entry of pigs was small, and this caused a slight rise in the fat soils; but theie was no improvement in stores. Baconers brought 32s 6d to 36s Gd; porkers, 24s to 325; stores, 8s to 14s; and suckers and weaners, 2s 6d to 7s 6d.