COMMERCIAL

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3789, 29 May 1885, Page 3

COMMERCIAL

Times Office, Friday Afternoon. Deliveries to store still continue heavy, but there are absolutely no buyers except for small coastwise orders. Millers’ requirements are thoroughly satisfied. Quotations are :—Piime milling wheat (velvet and tnsoan), 2s 8d ; bright short oats, Is 6d ; do long, Is 2J ; discolored, Is; barley, 2s 9d to 3s 3d.

The following are the Christchurch Corn Exchange quotations for the week ending May 29 Wheat—Prime milling, 2s 8d to 2s lOd second quality, 2s 21 to 2s fid ; chick wheat Is 9d to 2s, f.o.b. Oats—Heavy bright feel and milling, Is 8d to Is KM; discoloured and inferior,ls 4d to Is fid, f.o.b. Barley—Prime malting, 3s fid to 3s 9d ; second quality, 2s 9d to 3s 3d ; feed, Is 9d to 2s at Christchurch.

Grass Seed.—Farmers’ parcels, 2s 6d to 3s 3d ; machine dressed, 4s to 4s Sd, f.o.b. Cocksfoot,—Bright samples, 3£d to 3Jd; f.0.b., Teas, —Prussian blue, true to name, 3s 6d ; feed, 2s 4d to 2s 6d, f.o b. Beans,—2a 6d to 2s 7d, f.o.b. Potatoes—Derwent, 32s 6d to 355, at country stations within twelve miles of Christchurch. Dairy Produce, —Butter, 9Jd to lOd. Cheese, 3Jd to 4£i f.o.b. DUNBDIN MARKETS. Bobnsidb, Wednesday. Fat Cattle—lo2 head yarded, about onethird of which were good useful quality, the balance light weights and inferior. Beet bullocks brought from £7 10s to £9 12s 6d ; others, £4 10a to £6 15s ; best cows £6 to £8 ; others, £2 15a to £5 10s. Fat Calves—Ten penned, and sold readily at from 7s to 25a. Fat Sheep—l 933 forward, about 300 of the uumber being merinos of medium quality. Best crossbred wethers brought 14s to 15s 6d; two extra prime pens, 17a 6d; others, 12» 6d to 13s 6d ; ewes, 10a to 16s 9d; merinos, 5s to 10s 9d. Fat Lambs.—None forward.

Pigs.—Ninety penned, nearly all being heavy bacon pigs. Slips and suckers were not in much request'. Bacon pigs brought from 48s to 645; porkers, 26s to 40a; suckers and slips, 7s to 20s. Store Cattle.— Bullocks in forward condition suitable for turnip feeding are in request, as a r e also young and mixed lots. Store Sheep.—There are inquiries for young merino wethers ; also for yonng cro-isbisds of both sexes. Wool—Transactions are unimportant. Sheepskins—At Tuesday’s sale, country dry cross-breds (low to medium) brought la 6d to 3s each ; full-woolled, 3s 3d to 4s 4d; do merino (low to medium), Is 81 to 2s 81; full-woolled do, 2s lOd to 4s 9d ; butchers’ green crossbreds, 2s 6d to 2s lid; do merinos, Is 8d to 2s 6d ; skins in bales, 3d to 4Jd per lb; lambskins, Is to 3s Id each.