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Southland Times, Issue 3361, 29 March 1879, Page 2

SHARE MARKET. Mr C. W. Brown reports the state of the share market for the week ending Friday, March-2'Bth, as follows :—Bank of New Zealand, old-£lB ss, new £17 10s; National, £3 ss; Colonial, £2 2s to £2' ss. Insurances — National^.. 193 6d to 20s ; .Standard, 17s ■ (cum.'div.) : South British, £216s ; Colonial. 5s ; Union,' 13s 6d to Us ; New Zealand^ £3 2s Cd. Scottish and New Zealand Investment Company"/' 17sj National Mortgage and AgencyCompany, £1; Guthrie and Lamach's Woodware Factory, £5 : New Zealand Shipping Company, £318s ; Otago and Southland Investment Company, £T 5s ;-' Mosgiel Woollen Factory. £3 8s ; Union Steam Shipping Company, £8. Invercargill, March 28,1879. Mr G. F. Martin<on behalf of the N.M:& A. Co.) reports : — Fat cattle axe in fair supply, and meet with a steady market at fiom 27s Gd to 30s for very prime, aud 25s for medium to good. We have placed several small drafts at the latter quotations.- ' ' " , ' Fat sheep are without alteration. Prime crossbreds are worth lis 6d to 12s, fair quality 9s 10s'to 10s Gd. We have sold 250 during the week at these figuies. Store Cattle. —All descriptions are at present very dull of, sale, and very few sales taking, place. At Wallacetown, on the 21st' inst., we sold about 50 head'by auction.' Young mixed cattle, 57s Gd ; quiet heifeis. £1 to £4: 17s 6d; mixed cattle, £3 7s Gd to £3,103. / i ' .• Store Sheep are in active demand and changing hands veiy rapidly. On the 21st, at WaUacetown, we: had 1400 of various kinds yarded, 7 and all were cleared at satisfactory, rates. . l^alf-bied ewes, 5, 6, and Btooth, 'brought 8s id to 8s lOd ; wethers, 8s 6d to 9s ;' lambs' (cross-bred), is id to 6s od ; one veiy superior lot, bied by Mr C. C. Sproull. 102 brought 9s : pure Lincoln ewes brought from 16s, to 21s, the latter figure being obtained for some very superior 2tooths, from the* X)atlands Estate. At Gore, on the 2Gth inst., we submitted 6500 veiy superior sheep, from Cauterbuiy, aud sold 42Q0 at satisfactory, rates. 2j i, and 6-tooth ewes bringing from 9s to 9s 6d. Grain. —Wheat continues dull at late quotations viz., 3s 6d t0.,3s 9d for good' milling, prime ',do, 4s. Oats aie-.coming forward freely,-,but no definite values can yet be quoted, fair feed,is offering at 2s Gd to 2s Bd. and prime* milling 3s. March 28th, 1879. -