Commercial Intelligence.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 2113, 1 July 1881, Page 2

Commercial Intelligence.

„„'.._,.... ENGLISH ; MABK^TB. i .. If eaan . Sfilw ,Bros., and Co.' riport irider - 'sfaU "tendon/, J^ ' ' JfltH, i&t, as followix—'■* i f; J '- -■'- ■•'- ■' I;r .'-'"•'"■.-' ; '-' wool. „. ! •'■ '•'■' TBS kecom? uries of auctions of colonial Wool for the cnrrent jesr commecced onthe -' : IOtK-fi^itl., AhW ffa'e' aVwUtrfe AuppUeai iniliiding -■ "' j^" <' : ;r- :: -'u: 11 . -'■•-. '::;:r ; "BiW, 1 '"■'"Stanifafid Qneendaud ' ' '..; 95i<)00 , ■'^-■'ifmvbfflv - 1 .;. 1 J • ;.; : ■ ..'.■' ii^obci ' — aaaeae ... ..." ..., 40,000 X F^AB«&>BKrtr: ••-,;?'-" ' ...' 7' .v. 1 *0M) Tmiqidm '.';"..-.. •'- "/. i •'-' ':.'.'■ 7,000 761000 GmftrwnA-TMMh- — -T^-r^rrr-itflflQn " Total-V'l";'. 1 - ;.°~ r .... 870,00 d Of th^B^amYftl*, 16,000 Anntralians anff 18,000 Cape* hara been sent forward to til'smanufacturing districts. _. '-i'.w :;.. i^3 j ''' ».?<;sii33ie<Je»S«? "iOpenedimtif ».»ety,2«rg« aifeiid' "i*u<!«HJf ttojft; JJomoiand Contulental buyers, ana oompetiticn wai bruk< but,inflTerthoi«a7 pricM were a shade below thojajjUisg at tiie pretloj»j«.lHt iBiiiica,>th6ifint~iiight the de r , JiHSdllu'* uioreaMd, and the markbt hu*.

neis being chiefly marked iv middling scoured Cape» and conrtOfCrosa-bijßjQ's, whioh are id to Id per lbch.«»jM«', the fi^arsdesotiptions of «K>B»-bTe6» t»i&. m good ( 3smand. L»mb» wool v woli<idSpflt«d for, e^dis worth.-ld p<w. lb mote mraey.S''Oood ttjsinds W.(>i» ; n<> oJlcratioD, bqSJJfoaUT varces%ire ratSti racier. IVn to t&<i^§re«taV tvmefftbovit *J9,..briil di»cotHßging"i(ccoßiitt t ,t!Mit:ii4'j'fl b<sq?i-aEe;ef*S from-tte- woolly ,'6\>trict», the TtSplt °» <r th« >al«j udo far satufactory. The fresh «rriTal» for the August writs to date amount to 170,504 bales, including 47,605 bales Sydney, 47,592 balea Port Phillip, and 40,775 bale* Naw Zealand. WJHMT XKJ> TLOVS. •-^Dnida-Qti "whetit-mwket h*»- been, ituggish dnijng the post l ortDighl;, there Veirig *ioiSI : .anse(nce of speculation, our millers m«r«ly supplying their immediate wmtt, but pricSft*iKbSrnita« alteraßon. '^haVage i ihipj" meats of AmmioanjjloTO haTe rather affected aax-xailiuag.uiterestiunece, -out homo muinfactm^.Juwgtbropgh^ into; <?ynpetttianxwi{h the cheaper ftrticla impoitations of Au»tr»lian whea,t« Jujtb b»en .heavy; ': pnd pri?e^have DYCRiiw»y ,pf>>bput 14 per quarter. : S*T«si» .pnißpotfhave^been.iola »t 47f „§d',.to ,^B»,«?i' ship, .per r 496 lbs, and cargoes on passage io London hare been, sold at isa 6dU> 46s af.i. New.Ze. aland! cargoes are "still" offered at about 44s ■ 61,, feer 480 lbp, TJnitßd Bjngdom. Samples of New Zealand wheat of the new crop ;: la(j;ly 'to hand. 1 ore excellent,.. _both m " quality aud cpttditipn, and.ss. English; wheats »re scarce, the e»rliir_»hipment« of this grain chould, ws think, CQmmand ; attent4?u. • ;I n pato.good New. Zealand feeding qa»litigo are scarce, and bring good j prices. , : We qnjqte,ex granary : — Australian wh'eaV-»*. fiaip 48s ; ;New-2e»landlpng-berried,;4as-t0..50s ; New Zealand good ordinary ,s46s to* 49s— all per 49§lbs.: A.ustialianVn > qur t <:auperfi.aer, S2slta S4sf househo'ds, Sostp3lsper 2801bs; New Zej^nd ; fleur t ,295; to,:.B2sperj 2golbsj tiest njdtin&.Urjoy,. ,30s to . 38s, per . ,4481bs j New Zealand beans, 44s to 46s per[ 4481bs j fine .New Zealand oats, 27» to : 3li, ap,d common feefl 24a to Zii^-bqti 1 P. fl r Imperial quaTter. + New Zealand 'peas, 46s to 48s, and Aust«ljan 88s to/365-ibpth, per 5041b5 ; New Zealand o*tmealj;i9Ce.to 210sper ton. .• >; ' .."_'!"_'. TALMW. tW HIDES. '■ The demand^ for Aiutralian taUow has been^ good, and we now quote good to fine mutton," 85s 6d to. 365, and fair to fine beof, 33s 6d to p45..6d.. .Inferior- desonptions are sfiilj m request,' and bring" higK oomparatite prices. The, imports for the month compriss 4800 casks) and 'the stopfc" m first handsrnow »m;onnts.t6,abou.t,ipiO()o'ca9ks. .Salted hides •re In fair request, Ist heavy ox, 4}d to^sd i lights 5d to,6id, and cows, 4Jd to sid per lb. „\y ■' ■'■"..... • ;.'- "koNET. •: . j . jS^.lSi?i-2i; EStcent. '_ j rBi^Ts'iSOBAPH.T i

' ' CKEISTCHTTRCH. : ...... r . "~ Thursday Kvening. "Wheat Js,iu'shade better, best' milling br^ig-ing-Si'Bd'io'3s.lld'y oats, 2s to 2s Id ; parley is .unaltered. ' Potatoes are m: better enquiry. Tfie'dein'and for export has revived, and considerable; purchases have been made, tlie price now beinjs'SZi 6d" to 35s per' ton. A correspondent m, one of tho morning papers suggests" the Cape as' a' market, where potatoes are eeT©ig,hesiys,>t £20 a ton. Ketail prices— I>esh butter, Is '4d' per II?; cheese, 6d to 10 J per lb j ' beef, 2d to ISA per lb ; inntton, 24 to 4d perlb; pork, 7dpeV lbj hata, Is per'lbj bacon,,ip4»pdlsper lb. • : ' '■;• P