Commercial Intelligence.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2007, 6 April 1878, Page 3

Commercial Intelligence.

Timaru Herald Office, Friday Evening. Wheat is variously quoted at from 4s Id to •is 3d, according to quality ; oats, from 3a 2d to 3s sd, and barley nominal. The grain market generally shows a weaker tendency. §§As instancing the value of hotel property m Timaru, we uuderstand that Messrs F. A. Sims and Co. have sold Mr C. W. Wood's Old Bank Hotel for £6650, and the stock and furniture extra at valuation, to Mr J. E. Beckingham, Cabinetmaker, of this town. Messrs Sims and Co. also recently effected the sale of Mr Stansell'a Criterion Hotel for £4000, and stock and furniture extra at valuation, the purchaser being Mr Josephus Murphy, late of the Point Hotel. We wish the new proprietors every success m their new ventures. [By Tele&eaph.] AUCKLAND. Friday Evening. Mr Binney reports : Flour (new), £14 ; old, £13 ; oatmeal, £22 ; pearl barley, £22 j oats, 4s 9d ; bran, £6 ; pollard, £6 10s j maize, 6s 6d ; potatoes, £3 ; cheese, 7d ; butter, 9d. Mr Buckland reports : Hides, ljd to 3Jd per lb. ; pelts, 4d to 8d ; sheepskins Is 9d to 3s 6d; lambskins, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; woollocks, 6Jd to 7£d ; m grease, 7d to 8f d ; lambswool BJd j fat cattle, 24s to 27« per lOOlbs ; fat sheep, 2\A to 2id per lb, good condition ; pigs, 22s 4d, live weight. Share market — Bank of New Zealand, £24 ; National, 74s to 755; Colonial, 51s 6d to 52s 6d ; Nutional Insurance, 78s ; Auckland Gas, 10s ; Thames, 295 ; Union, 15s to 15s 3d ; New Zealand Insurance, 945; Guthrie and Larnach's Company, 47s 6J ; Moanatairi, 62a 6dß to 655; Albumian, 51s, (sellers), 535; Tokatea, 4s to 4s 6d ; Union Beach, 15s, (sellers), 20s. WELLINGTON, Friday Evening. Mr George Thomas reports : Flour, £13 to £13 5s ; oats, 4s 3d to 4s 6d, scarce ; bran, Is 2d m good demand ; wheat, 4a ; hams, 9d ; bacon, 8d ; cheese, 7Jd ; pollard, £7 10i : potatoes, £5 ; maize, 5s 6d. CHBISTCHUhCH. Friday Evening. The graiu market ia very inactive, buyers showing no disposition |to meet farmers' demands Wheat, 4s 3d ; oat?, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; barley, 4s to 4s 6d ; flour, £12 ; bran, £4 10s ; sharps, £5 10s. The statistics show a large acreage under potatoes, and low rates are expected to rule. The amount of tonnage on the berths for London is large. OAATARU, Friday Evening. Grain is now coming m m large quantities, but farmers ask more than buyers are willing to give, owing to the crops turning out better than was expected. Wheat shows a downward tendency, and has receded to 4s ; beat Bamples of oats are m good demand at 3s to 4s ; breadstuffs are quoted f.o.b. :— Flour, £11 10a to £12 ; oatmeal, £18 ; pearl barley, £20 ; pollard, £5 10a ; bran, £3 ss ; potatoes. 45s to 50s.