MISCELLANEOUS

Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 17

MISCELLANEOUS

Messis Woddel inform me that stocks of New Zealand wheat arc nea-rlv exhausted, and' for the small quantity oftcn>:g an advance of 6d per quarter can be obtained. Tuscan is quoted ' at 29s to 30s, and Hunger's aud pearl at 28s to 29s per 4961b. Supplier of New Zealand oats are said to be limited, and to consist chiefly of the commoner qualities, which are ro fair i request at firni rates. Good Canterbury j Canadians are quoted at 27=? 6d to 2Ss 6d ; ordinary Bluff and sparrowbills at 25s 6d to , 26s 6d per 38-llb ; duns at 20a to 21s per 3361b , Danish at 19s to 203 per 3201b. Recent arrivals J of New Zealand beans realise rather more ', money, and ordinary qualities are quoted at ' 36s to 38s per 50ilb The Otarama and the [ Matatua have arrived from .New Zealand within ] the last fortnight, the former bringing wheat and seed and the latter seed j The National Moitgage and Agency Company i state that at the tluee last public auctions of ■ tallow, 2179 cables have been offered, with thr- j result that 715 were sold. Upon the lower basis ot values reported three weeks ago there has been rather a bolter demard on the rpo', although the maiket closes very quiet. Them has been a good inquiry for distant parcels to airive, and considerable sales have been mad" For shipments near r.t hand, however, there :s only little demand. Imports for the past throe weeks have included 3009 casks from New Zealand. The latest quotations given by the National Mortgage and Agency Company for j New Zealand tallow ?rc- Mutton, good to fine, 34a to 38s ; fair to good, 30s to 32i 6d ; common, 28s Cd to 29s 6d , low and mixed, 27s to 2Ss ; beef, good to fine edible, nominal, fair to good, 29s to .Us, common, •27-> to 29s The leport of tli3 Ne.\v Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company contains practically the same information, but it is added that the bulk of j the business lat°l> transacted has been on | Home account, the Continental demanel being j very inactive. j With regard to N^w Zealand flax, the same i company say that tlu market remained firm for oim: days three weeks a^o, but during the j pa-it week, wi'li heavier receipts in Manila and vn expected increase in shipments in the ne?" future, buyers have helel aloof, with the result that business is only possible !>t a reduction upon last quotations. On the spot about 50 tons have been sold at i'.ji) duwn to £3b l(l«, while for arinal about 200 tons, chiefly April June, at i.'.!ti 10s ha'-e changed hands, wth solleis at tbe close at £iO per ton Ju-t the si'me information is sent nif> by the- National Moitgage and Agenty Company ennevrniii" New Zealand flax. The latter company <-enc's me miurination about the following itema of New Zealand pioduce -Very few New Zealand pelts of the new season have yet come forward, and theie la nothing of special interest to note Prices ,ue firm, with a speually good demand fcr medium and hglit ucigths of good quality. Whethei pi line heavy sheep pelts v.ill continue to sell ,it the high prices which ruled thiougout last year remains to be seen. The demin tl horn the United States at present seems to be rathci tending toward the hghtei skins. At thp same time heavy New Zealand pelts aie :n good demand from the Home trade for splitting, with the exception only of the high priced btoek Lamb pelts seem likely to njle at fully last season's price-*, but 8O far very fpw have (.orne forward Quotations remain unchanged. Sales of r?bV>!t c kiiT- are to take place to-day, when abeiit 756 bales of New Zealttnel and Aus tiahau skins will be offered, and 't i= expected that puces will rule very firm. In preserved meats there is only a modciate inquiry for rabbits, at nominal rates. At tho last sales of basils 9397 skins were put up, and 4187 skins were sold. The demand was not quite so active, and values declined Jd to M per lb The National Mortgage and Agency Company tell me that tlieie was a fair demand foi leather at the last sales, when 496 sides were di'-poseel of out of the 1101 available. There was little

Nimmo and Blair's stocks of Artificial Manures for root crops, grass lands, grain, potatoes, etc., are very extensive, and having erected expensive machinery for treating them, splendid results may be expected.

thange in values. Privately, business has been Bone at slightly easier rates. At the la=t sale Df hides there was a fair demand at previous k-ates mostly, 6567 lucles weie offared and 1310 Were cleared.