COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Volume 1509, Issue 1509, 6 November 1886, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

7 t ■ > f (DHII|TOBCptOH CORN’ EXCHANGE. Ths Corn J for the week ending Friday evening, the sth mat.:— Their is extremely little business being transacted in the grain and produce line. Orders for shipment, which are small and. limited in number, are chiefly drawn from shippers’ stocks in store. The weather has been all that could be desired for the past few weeks, and looking forward for its J cofatinuance for the great carnival. r Wheat has a firm market for limited parcels, the local millers being geherfclly at band ready to replenish rthiein*;light stocks, pearl being moat wanted.iatAa Sd to 4s 6d ; Tuscan is readily aalAKfe iat 4s fid, and Hunter’s white at 4a.(4dtft 4s 6d; second quality ranges from 4« Id to--4s 3d, and chicken wheatat 3 s Bd' to Sa lOd. Oats continue very; dull -j 'few orders are coming to hand, and difurther decline must be expected as the season advances. Milling, however, are not plentiful at 2s 5d ; short feed are held for 2s 2d to 2s 3d, and Danish and Tartars for Is lid to 2s Id. Barley has bad more trade, several buyers being in the market for moderate quantities, consequently seven! parcels of fair malting have changed hands at 2s 9d to 2s lid; feed is quiet at 2a 4d to 2s sd, Beans aod peas have no inquiry. i Grass Wsy.Se said; to Lave closed,'and quotation's now must be considered >honaitfßl J ( Mab|ine-dresßed, sstoSs3d j-iarmiiisl palcela| 3s 9d ta.4s ... 3d,-—Cocksfoot . Potatoes—Tery little is the tuber j local demands are smlfllpana there /lifeno prospect fprjsbippEjrs, Prices remain W2oait couotry._at«tiona (sicks extra). 1 Dairy Ptoduco—Battqrofowfet «t 7d for the best in tubs. Cheese has fair trade enquiry for small sizes at 6sd to fid ; larger makes range frouk.djfd-'.tO'Rt./j A . i jTho AaJWvie prices, (potatoes excepted) delivery

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK HaAkETS. At the large ectriel of stock were seht forward to the doable market, andvfhp ijttqDdanco of buyers waa somewhat “above .the spade, up principally of [prime .quality r medium tWeigbt cattle, the .demand {about epfficiept toimagp Rood clearance at : a eliade ’bettor prices. than lately quoted.! Steers sold at from £5125.6d to. £lO sa; heifer?. and,,fat qpwp, from £4 5a to £lO, being from 225.t0, icoordiogto thequality. 'Theresasagain a large entry of store cattle,, but. *he demand was in no sales were stow ; late values* appeared to rule in ail cases. The demand for wellgrown cattle was bettor than for young stock, la the dairy stock market very little business was done. Sheep The ttie been in the yard* for a long time past. A large proportion consisted o of shorn sheep, and the demand .Mftifojriy! good , throughput, little alteration, taking place in late recorded* mues. Crossbreds in the wool feiched from 15s to 17s 9d for H heavyweights pmediUm 12# 6d to 14s J 1 shorn crossbreds, from 9 s 6d to 12s; tpefjpo,wethers, ip t,he a jvoo), from ( 8s 9d to 14a 6d ; ditto, shorn, from 13s to 17s, the two latter values for sheep of magnificent weights and quality, as the prices, indicate. The entry of store sheep showed a marked increase Tber demand also seemed ‘improved ”one,very few lines being passed out unsold. Lines of owed and ‘lambs sold at from 11s ' to l2s 6d | lineaot hoggetsin the f wool, very prime, 10s5d and Us; shorn merino two wethers at 4s Id; a large line of shorn and four-tooth mixed ewes, and wethers, at 6a 4d. A very.Jarge entry of fatlambs yarded, many more than the trade could wjell absorb, and sales -were made at a* great reduction of values, except for very sold we|U ;£Hms were, for prlmest 9s 3d ? -tp,l2s, medium sorts 4s 3d to 8s 6di.SiA;(Bmall entry of pigs met with a little-better market; porkers, , from 17a to 255. * There will be no market held next Wednesday.- i-i 'v 0 v - ■