SHARE MARKET.

Southland Times, Issue 3331, 22 February 1879, Page 2

SHARE MARKET.

Mr C,\Wlßrow|i^portt' : the st|te§>f khe jfliaW ma;ket^Oß^^ ; eildin^rriday,\i{l?tJ'ebmary, as f6llowa':- : -B.ank'jof New Zealand,' £'22>105 ; Nationalf £3 10s ;^Colonial,^2 8s ; "InsurancesNew Zealand, £4 5 Standard, 17s 6d; Union, 15s ; Colonial, 6s to Gs Gdj National, 23s tfd; South Britifi^-iArfeijnGaioibSfceanv Sbipping^ompaay^ £B;NewZeUland"Shiplsing, £3"17s (TdTMosgiel Woollen Fa,ctpry, £3 9^i National Mortgage and. Agency Comp>fiyi'£l ;|Scottish amd New? ZeA- , Lrad lnvestm'ent i *Companyt v l7s < ;^Guthrle and' Larnach's Timber and Woodware Factories, £5 ; f So)Xtt^and;Jn.vestment, Coaffiajgfi^linvercargill, February 21,TL87& S

It* (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH). t Sydney, Feb. 21. , lf Brandy, Hennessy (case), 33s 6d ; quarters, 9s 3d ; Kerosene, Devoes and Diamond, Is 8d j rice, ,Patna, 255 ; New Zealand wheat and oats, none ; 'tobacco, Panens twist, Is fid to Is 7d. Adelaide, Feb. 21. \ Flour, £12 to £12 10s 5 wheat, ss. . • Timaiuj, Feb. 21. Fanners hare taken advantage of the change in the weather, and are busy harvesting, and a paucity of sales is the iesult ; growers aie enquiring as to the facilities for direct home shipments, we quote wheat, 2s lOd to 3s ; oats, 2s 3d to 2s (5d j and barley, 4s to 4s 3d. r -'i Oam AKU, Feb. 21. Very little grain remains uncut in this district, and threshing opeiations are in full swings and competent judges say the ci op is more than an average one, while the quality generally is firstclass. Very few transactions have yet taken | place. Wheat quoted at the low figme of 3p, and an advance in price is not expected. Oatb 1 aie worth 2s 6d to 2s Bd. Flour, £9> os to £9 13s. Pollar&i'£slos. j Bran, £4. J/; « From all sides we hear the report that business is fearfully dull. At the same time it is stated that moie goods are changing hands than for some time past. No donbt tiansactions iu lines are a rarity, but the aggiegate of small bales make ug a respectable total. Teas and sugars continue 'comparatively neglected. Bottled ale has met with f air suppoit. Aline of porterg, bull . dog brand, has been placed .to.. -arrive at42^a»d 8g Botl|pd stout is ardrjugjjm; . spirits a mere hand-to-mouth trade is bemg carried on. Sales of Dsvoe's kerosene hive be*n effected at Is 2d in bond, and Royal oil at 2s 3d duty paid. Candles aie quiet. A steady trade is doing in cornsacks. < Sales are reported at from Ss to 8s Gd, for parcels, and 8s od to 8s Odfor farmer's lots. Cement has been placed at 18s fid at the railway with a steady demand. Galvanised iron and fencing wire show no improvement and until shipments cease there is no hope of any. Kent hops -are selling at Is 4d, which must leave a loss to importers. Wheat. — The quotations of last week are still ennent, and sales to a,considerable extent, have been made, first-class milling is quoted at 3s 2d to os 3d, other kinds at 3s. The prices are thought so low that the chance of the home < market has been accepted by glowers to a large extent. Grain is, now coming down pietty freely by rail, and is being sent in quantity to the ship direct. The enquiry for oats bos subsided, the feeling of the market is decidedly quieter, few export orders have come to hand, and th's fact must also have a certain effect upon purchaseis to hold. We quote good milling. 3s to 3s 4d, and feed, 2s 9d to 3s. Tne demand for barley continues active, and show samples fetch full lates. We quote 4s 6d to ss, for good average^ and choice lots, 5s 3d to Ce. ' Potatoes, small letail lota have only been touched", £5 to £6. Flour, a trade, is to be noted at £8 to £9 as per brand. Rye grass has not been at all equal to take up the quantity brought forward during the week, dealers aie indisposed, to operate heavily at : present rates,: preferihg" to pnrchase from hand to mouthy or.as a, favorable- opportunity itself.' Ttfe quantity coining forward ? enables them to follow this policy. We quote for first-class rye gi-ass seed, os to os 6d; higher irates are looked for, inferior -description command 4s Gd to" 4s 9d. Butter, is 9d to 10d; cheese, 6Ad. With regard to stock, we quote .best. mutton atfrom l|d to M ; ■: inferjoiy^dj to lid ; fat lambs,- in over ' siipply, fetched 7s 9d. The supply of :.fat cattle is in excess of trade requirements, andprices'f or- veiy- superior receded ■ to about 225" 6d to 245, and infer for ranged from ,?21s to 22s 6d. -Store'cattle in'fullisuprily, failed fto ifind purchasers, and a large proportion of the passed out unsold. ■■-■- — - ;