Commercial INtelligence.

Timaru Herald, Volume 2990, Issue XL, 24 April 1884, Page 2

Commercial INtelligence.

Timaru Herald Offico, Wednesday Evdiiinif. j Daring tho past month farmers haro boon buty stacking and threshing tbiiir grain, and the delivcrien of the now crop aro increasing every day. Tho samplot; of thia season's •wheat are hardly irhat could bo desired, b<;inp Boft and showing signs cf, m many cases, mijtnre of seed. Oats art? coming forward m mu'jh better condition tbun wheat, mid arc gradually hardening. Largo Bliipments aro Dtiiii),' mado for Syilney and Adelt.ido. Several veawls arc under charter to load (Train for Homo, principally on account of the Now Zealand Grain and Murcantilo Agency Company, Limited. f J'ho Lxlonu. m now taking m cargo on account of that firm. Fi General business continues without any material alteration. Tho principal imports at port of Timftru lor tho four weolt» ondci'l yeetorday wcro an follows: — General morchundite, 435 tons- '" caal, 2596 tons ; Umbor, 1C3 S OO<> foot. Tho principal exports for tho smuo jmriod wore : *- Wheat, 9872 bnshele ; o»t», 41 ,032 bunh«-]H ; •*•■

bran, 900 jacks : flonr, 17C7 sack 9; malt, 120 sacks : irool, 808 bales. Messrs Jo mosßrnconnd Company (Limited), of tho Soya! Flouring Mills, report <vs follows : —Flonr m sacks, L 9 10a por ton ; m 1001 b ba^s 1,10 10s : m 501 b bags, LU. Bran. L 3 7s 0.1 ; dictc (feed), IM 10s— f.o.b. Sir R. Bowio reports as follows :— Flonr (wbobsalol is f etohing -C lo los t0 .£12103 por ton ; best oatmeal, £13 10m ; sharps, .£s lo*. f.0.b. ; bran. £ i 10s. f.o.b. ; potatoos, old, 20s per ton . new do, 5s por cwt. Mr Alpheus Hayes reports m building materi.il— Timber : "rod and white pino from lls per 1001 1 ; black pino and totara, from 14s to ISs; ks.uri, from 21s; blno-gum, from 21s; flooring and rusticated boards, from 14s : and lining, frora 12s Gd. Fiien-ood, long, at. 2(!a to 3js per cord. Firoivood, cut „ 28s „ 42s „ Split pos:s, from HDs per 100. All kinds of building and fenoirg material are m good supply. In building mvteri.il, Mr John Jackson report! as follows : --Timber— No w Zealand white and red nine, lls per 100 ft; totnra and hi u>k pino. Us to ISs per 100 f t; flooring and riiiticntfd bjnrdn, from 14s; luring, from Ss : Vl'.L palings (Oft), 25s ; do (sft), 235; do timber, 2ls ; Gospel Oak galvanised iron, J)'Jii jiit ton. IW (No'veiistlo), m the yard, screened, 3Cs ; do. dolivorml, 40s. Firewood is at from 35s to 40s por cord. Firewood (cut), -U'Hb.p. GRAIN SALE. Tho New Zealand Loan and Morcantilo Agency Company report having offered at auction ycsterdr.y l(!l>5 sacks of wheat and 4770 sacks of oats, Tho attendance of tho trade was small, and those present seomod afraid to show their hands by bidding. The result was that only ono lino of some 114 sacks of last yeir's wheat was sold, at 2s 6d per bushel. SYDNEY MARKETS. From tho Tovn and Country Journal of April 12th. wo niako the following extracts : — FLOCK. Homo advices do not affect the flour market to tho extent that it applies to wheat, flonr having been for some time past at a relatively lower quotation than wheat. A; tho same time v.-c muy exp?ct the Adelaide ard Victorian markets to feel it somewhat, as they fire large shippers to European markets. Qnotationa are as follow : — New South Wales flour, L 9 10s: to LlO 10s : Adelaide. L 9 to Lll ; Victorian, LS 10s to Lll ; Tasmanian, LS 10s to LSI ; New Zealand, LS to LS 10.~ : bran aud pollar.l, Is ld to Is Sdper bushel. WHEAT. Thii) market has a- considerable) downward tendency, ul though ((notations arc about tho sams, owirg to the great reductions m tho Kuropeau narkets. Tho shipments from the coloaies hhhorto show a positive lo3s upon the last three months' transactions, nnd present shipments Homo show an absolute loss at even a consider ible reduction on present quotations, which are as follow: -Now Sonth Wales wheat 3s lid to 4s -Id, Adelaide 4s -id, Victorian *:3 2d. Tasmanian 3s 9d to 4s, Now Zealand 3s Gd to 3s ild per bushel.