COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12912, 1 March 1906, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

GERAJLDINE STOCK SALE. _ There was a very good yarding of sleep . '•"; at.-; this..; yesterday. :■. All stock. prac- .' ticaUy.-changed'iaiidte, but the sale -was. in- i ' clmedxto owing-to' harvesting. .Prices -were, jas fol lows ut ; £6, 1 at £6 2s 6d,-l-bull at £4j 1 springer, at; £4-15si/1 2-year ww at £1 15s, 1 cow in profit at--£2':i4Sl'ri*r2i3fearrold steer at £2:155,: 8- steers, at £3 2s_6d, '4 heifers at £2 -15s-, 1- do.- at>:£4.-ss, 1 £3 15s. Pigs: 1 store at 12s 6d, 4. stores at 125,; ■ 1 larger at 16s 6d, 3at ''.""l6Xi 1 «£» ! Sheep: 4349 were yarded, 3 fat wethers 18s, 33 fat- wethers 16s 9d,'31" fat "ewes 10s 9d, 18 do. lis 9d, 20 at 12s 2d, 14 do. 12s 4dy 20 do.' 12s; store's,? forward 2-bred'l6s sd, 37 do. 15s 3d, 36 and: 246 wethers 16s 3d, 80 2-tooth wethers 13s i"d; ewes :'B7 6 and 8-tooth ewes 15s Id,- 60 f-bred 6 and' 8-tooth 13s 8d; 132 6 and Btooth 13s 9d (passed), 53 aged ewes'3s (passed),- 32 aged ewes 4s 7d, ,48 aged ewes'9s (passed), 15 sound ewes 14s 10d, 368 cull ewes, aged, 2s 6d. (passed), 34 Bound, ewes 15s 3d; lambs: 200 |-bred lis Id, 10 do. lis sd, 37 |-bred 10s 6d, 200 do. 10s Id; 81 do. 10s lid, 67 "do. lis Id, 501 good sorts 12s sd, 80 medium lis 9d, 266 at 10s sd, 200 f-bred lis 9d, 100 5-bred lis 6d, 230 small 9s 3d (passed), 338 good! 12s 2d, 72 at 10s Id, 260 at 10s 6d, 200 small Bs.

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Y CHEISTCHURCH,, February 28. Sheep.—The yarding of store sheep was between tjie. bulk being lambs. . There was^agood/demand for all •classes, : and latfei' rates'; Trere firmly maintained; In fa£ kmbs jif^X)jrere penned including some good lures, <t3iough a considerable proportion, were 'not well finished, .which did not meet, with much competi-Prime-sorts sold at the previous .week's rates ranging from 14s to 15s 9d, an extra prime lot to 16s 6d, lighter sorts 12s • 6d to 13s 6d, an even line of 1369 Shropshire cross lambs were passed in at 14s 7d. Of the lambs sold 838 were token fcy esp;orters r and 406 by butchers. The yarding of fat sheep was a fairly large one I the prineipaJ^pTopbrtion"-being ewes, of t whicb?there~vwe#e some." good lots in. L ' The Biarket : opened well;-.but Owing to the supply of ewes- bemg- in -excess of requirements j)fices.--soon- fell'-away; : especially for medium and r infeii'or- sorts..'■■'A'T-heY range! of. (prices was—Prime; withers lss 6d -to 21s lid, others 16s"3d"to 17s 9d, prime ewes Jl6s to,lßs 6d,-medhmi 14s *to"lss 6d, aged

10s to 13s 6d, merino wethers 12s sd, merino ewes 10s 3d. Cattle.—l 66 head were yarded consisting mainly of steers. The sale was somewhat irregular, but prices on the -whole were about the same as the previous week. Steers brought £6 15s. £8 ss, £9 7s 6d to £9 15s, heifers £5 15s to £7 12s 6d, and cows £4 12s 6d to £7 7s 6d; calves sold at 7s 6d to 455. There was a small mixed yarding of store cattle, and very little business was done at auction. A fair yarding of dairy cows met with a good sale.* best sorts makirg £6 10s 8d to £8 2s 6d, and others £3 10s to £6. Pigs. —The yarding was the largest for some weeks past, and there was an improved demand, all good sorts of both fats and stores selling well. Baconers made 35s to 45s and heavier to 545, porkers 26s to 365; Two lines of rough stores from the Chatham Islands, totalling 84, sold at 17s to 345, other stores made 15s -to 25s for large, lis to 14s for medium and 4s 6d to 8s 6d for weaners.

BURNSIDE STOCK MARKET. DUNEDIN, February 28. Cattle. —201 -were yarded, principally fair to prime. Best bullocks brought £8 15s to £9 15s. medium £7 to £7 15s, cows and heifers £3 to £6 10s.. Sheep.—3ooo fat sheep were penned, which was in excess .of trade requirements. The result was that a considerable drop in values had to be faced; wethers declined all round Is 6d, best ewes about 2s 6d -and medium %uality 3s 6d to 4s. Best wethers realised 18s to 20s, medium iss to 17s 6d. extra good 23s to 245. In fat lambs' 1700 were penned and prices fell Is to 2s per head. Best quality sold at .12s 6d to 14s 6d, heavy prime 16s 6d. Pigs.—267 were penned. Values all round were maintained at last week's quotations.

CUSTOMS. RETURNS " ' The following k a lu JCOmpaEitive state-1 ment of Customs duties collected at Timaru during February 1905 and 1906:— | 1905 1906. . £ s. d. £ s. d. Spirits 506 1 10 792 7 1 54 13 9 43 15 0 Tobacco 263 18 0 404 8 6 Wine,.. Australian... ' 7 10 0 49 18 6 Wine, other kinds.. 8 7' Sr. 4 7 0 Cocoa and ehoco3 15 0 -12 0 3 Sugar ;,... ............ 172 13 458 6 8 Goods by ' weight (general tariff) :.. 323 4 4757 6 2 Goods by weight (preferential)" ... 26 0 -6 32 7 9 Ad valorem general) ' ' .; ... 3249 19 0 2656 17 0 Ad valorem (prefer39 4' 9 37 19 0 Other duties (general) ... 136 W r •412 13 5 Other duties (prefer■6.1 0 ■■-'■ ; .'-■ '■ u -. ■ : " ■ ■- - . 4792 4 0 5268' 7" 4 Beer duty 152 18 3 138 6 9 The previous best collection for. a- month •was £5139 14s 8d in Octobe r, 1906.