PRICES CURRENT.

Southland Times, Issue 3319, 8 February 1879, Page 2

PRICES CURRENT.

WHOLESALE. Butter, fresh, lOd per Ib Cheese, 7d do Bacon, 7d do Hams, 9d do Potatoes, 13s to 16s Eggs, Is 6d per 'dozen- t -. , ," ■ • Oats,'Bs;6d to 3s 9d per bushel ■ i- ; , Wheat, 4i to is 9d do Barley, 4s to 4s 3d do Hour (town made) £11 in sacks per ton Do do an half and quarter sacks £12 10s do Do (Otago). £12 do Do ' (Adelaide); £20 ' • Oatmeal (town made) £19 per ton retail. . Fresh Butter, Is per Ib - . »-. v Cheese, 10' d per,3t» -,, ' ' - - **> I Onions, 3d per tt> Potatoes, 2dper 1b.,. Oats, 4s per bushel Eggs, Is 9d per dozen Bacon, lOd to Is per Ib Hams, Is per Ib Fowls, ;5s per pair ' Pollard, Is 9d per bushel , Bran, Is 6d do Milk, 4d ppr quart Bread, Gd Beef, to 9d per Ib Mutton 4d to 6d do Apples (cooking) Gd per Ib > ' . Pearl Barley, £22 Pollard, £6 10s per ton, including bags Bran, £5 per ton do Chaff £6 do . . - Straw, £2 do -

G-. F. Martin ; (on behalf ; of the N. 31. and A. Co.) reports :— . : ; ; Fat Catte are plentiful and prices ruling low ; prime beef may be quoted at 30s per lOOlbs ; ordinary, 24a to 265. We have placed 25 head at quotations. : -■ ; Fat Sheep are nq'w coming^forward in fair supply , : but- there is 'no; 'alteration to note in value ;best crossbred? bring from lls 6d to 12s ; mediunijlOs to lls. We have sold 300 at these prices. . ■ ; Store, GatQe are. in very moderate demand, and except for well-grojfri bullocks low figures are obtainable. -At the 'Jnnction,:on the 4th inst., we offered 100 head, and sold bullocks, £6\7sGd; three-year. ; old steers, £5 10s; cows, £3 3s 6d to £5; yearlings, 42s 6d. We hold our next sale at WaUacetown, on Thursday, February 20th. _.._' Store Sheep are in great demand, but we hear of no actual sales as yet, bnt have several pending for forward delivery; .. ' .J.y ■r:- ,; " , Wool -advices received by last .mail show a heavy reduction in all : descriptions at the late sales in London, and .local buyers are now very cautious in operating. We shall hold our next sale of small lots about the 14th of this month. Livercargill, J Feb. 7th", 1879. v ' - Macrorie & Guthbertsoh report : — We held a sale of properties on the 4th inst., in our room, and while the attendance_was, on .the" whole, good the ; indisposition; .i» invest was manifest. 'fWe -offered first Beacbrisfield-(Wai-kiwi), subdivided into 5-acre paddocks, and realised the following prices, viz: — No. 1, south end, £130; No. 2, £112 10s; No. 3, £115 ; No. 4, £115; No. 5, £105; No. 6, £105; No. 7, £107 10s; No. 8, £107 10s. Having reached the sum the trustees found it necessary to raise, and the,: price being unsatisfactory, it was deemed advi- «; sable to retain the rest of the property on behalf of the family. We then disposed of Littlebush Farm, Waianawa, 524 acres, at the upset price of . £5 per acre, and regret to add we consider this property" would not have been dear at an advance of £2 per acre. Invercargill, Feb. 7th, 1879.