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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12911, 27 February 1906, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

PLEASANT POINT STOCK SALE. At this'sale yesterday there -was a very good yarding of sheep. Stock did not fetch ' as good prices as at previous sales; store lambs being slightly down. lii the cattle ! market the yarding was small, and nearly all stock was passed. The attendance was very goodV Trices wers as follows:—Cattle —I springer at £2 2s 6d, 9 2-year-old steers and heifers at 345, 1 bull at 355. Sheep—4 fat wethers at 17s lOd; fat ewes, •33 at 12s, 17 at 12s, 11 at 12s 6d, 36 at 14s 6d, 25 at 14s, 25 at IDs 3d, 31 at 13s; fat lambs, 58 at 15s' 9d; stores, '2OO 2-tooth ewes at 18s .5d,. 11 sound ewes at 15s 4d, 11 sound ewes at 15sj 117 f-bred ■ewes at 17s 6d, 200 2-tooth ewes and wethers at 135,10 d (small); lambs, 81 £-bred a* 10s 3d, T 25.'. at 12s, 36 at 12s. Bd, 111 good at 13s, 84 good at 13s Bd, 100 at 12s 6d, 200 small at 9s 4d, 234 do. at 9s. 3d, 8 at 125,, 236 (passed) at 10s 3d, 110 at 12s 3d, lis 9d, 257 at lis 7d. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT;., : The Department of ;iiyiust:ries.,aid~Com' i :merce has received "the "foliowing catSle mes-. sage from the, HigTrClonrmissioner,- London,. ,■ •dated. February:24th.;- ..-. C' ' . . "The;mutton^market";is : .quiet/'and -the - rstocks oh hand are light. : -The i- average: price for Canterbury mutt**'is-'4gd : per lb; for other and North.lsland mutton '3-|d per: lb; Australian, 3d ; River-; Plate,: # light weights. There is only a small supply of heavy weights, Australian lamb being used, instead. " The lamb market is weak, Australian "being in large supply. There is an inclina-; lion to.Jlorce sales. It is estimated that there are 300,000 carcases at present in «tore here,..and 200,000 on"the way. The average "price to-day for New Zealand lamb is s£d per lb; Australian 4d. ' . '* "The. beef market is. quiet,, and stocks of New Zealand on hand are light . The average price to-day for hindquarters of New Zealand'.beef -is 3*jd per lb ; forequar"ters 2|d (nominal).",.. "The butter market- is firm for" best quality and supplies will be moderate. The average price for choicest New Zealand butter to-day is 107s per. cwt; Danish; 115s; Australian, 103s; Argentina, 1075." " The cheese market is firm, and there is a good demand at 62s per cwt. •-' " The hemp market is steady, but there is less demand. The price of New Zealand hemp,, good' fair Wellington grade, on spot to-day, per. ton- is £32 10s; April-June shipments £3l 10s. -■ " The cocksfoot seed market is firm, and there are only-light stocks on hand. • '.Heavy seed is scares. . Buyers" have-.-been- offering more freely;. j; -;Thfr average price.for bright clean New rZealandicocksfoot- seed, -weigh-; ing 17 lbs per bushel, on spot to-day, is 55s per .cwt ? , rr ._ " Current '.Bradford .quotations for tops axe 36's,;.lbTr,.pfpssbreds, Is. 3£d; 40 ? 5,.10w.. crossbreds,".' .Is. 4fd; 44's, .medium crossbreds, i5..6d.;. 50's, halfbreds, ls'B£d; 56'sv quarterbreds, .Is ll£d; 60's, merino, 2s 2£d. " . _ " Kauri gum, ordinary to fair threequar-: ter scraped, is quoted at £6 ss; fair, half scraped, 8.55j... brown, fair, half to threequarters scraped, 795; brown pickings, common £a gcn>d,;39s; .bush, fair to good pale,and &mbWscraped,. £B. Pine gum is scarce ; the demand, iks. fallen off considerablv, and ! tlie market, is rather quiet."