COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13463, 9 December 1907, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CUSTOMS RETURNS. The following is a • statement of revenue collected at >lwmvaf : d"jing the period ended 7th December, 1907 : £ s. d. • , Customs duties 1228 14 9 Beer duty 39 3 9 Cther receipts 56 4 7 Total £1324 3 1 ST. ANDREWS STOCK SALE. There was a fair yarding of sheep and cattle: at the St. Andrews sale on Friday. The following prices were realised:—Fat steers, £8 7<s 6d to £9; fat heifers to £5 ss, fat cow £3 6s, springing heifers £2 15s to £4 &, springing cows £3 to £4 lOs, dry heifers 24s to £2 7s, bull 37s 6d. Ewes and lambs (all counted) 9s 4d, fat ewes 14s to 19s .3d, hoggets in. wool; 16s 4d. . CAIN'S TERRACE ROOMS. G. P. Gerrie and Co. report for tlw >veek ended December 7th, as. follows: Poultry: Hens 2s 6d to 3s 6d, roost-em 3s 6d to 4s 6d,'"ducks 4s to 4s 6d, geeise 6s to 6s 6d, turkey hens 7s to 7s 6d' gobblers 13s to 14s 6d, at per pair. Produce : Potatoes, table, 4s to ss, 2nd grade Is 9d to 2s 3d. pig potatoes Is to Is 3d» wheat, whole, 22s to 23i5, oats 14s to 15s, at per s-ack. Bacon 8d to 9d, ham 9d to per lb. Fruits: Bananas lCs to los, pineapples 8s to 10s 6d, at yev case. Peas 9d to Is per peck. TATTERSALL'S YARDS. The Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association, Limited, report oil the horse market at Tattersall's yards on Saturday, ess follows: The yarding comprised 24 draught, light harness and hackney horses, included in which were- some exceptionally good, youug draughts and light harness horses. Bidding was very slow under the hammer, and sales hard to effect. Prices realised were as follows—Draughts young, with trials, £3O, £32. £34 "lOs to £36, light harnres sorts, £l2. £l3 to £ls. Hackneys, and weedy sorts were v-.'ry slow of sale. PROPERTY SALES. At their saleroom? on Saturday, the Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association, Limited, offered for sale on account of Mr D. Ennis the goodwill of 6 acres. Li!p., and 7 acres riverbed leasehold, at Orakipaoa Settlement. Milford. There was a fair attendance of buyers, butbidding was dull, and commencing at £l5O, tl»e price rose to £175, at which " figure the property was passed in unsold. The auctioneer stated, that there \r.v> a reserve of something over £2OO for the goodwill.

BESWICK STREET ROOMS.

C. Jonas and Co., report for the \ve<Jc ended, Saturday, as 'follows:—Poultry : Hens 2s 6d to 5s 6d, roosters 3s 6d to 4s 6d, ducks 4s to % 6d, geese 6s to 6s 6d, turkey hens, 7s to 7s 6d, gobblers 13s to 14s 6d, pullets 2r> to 3s 3d; at per pair. Produce : Prima eating potatoes 4s to ss, second grade Is 9d to 2i> 3& P'S potatoes Is to k 3d, -wheat (\vholi>) 22s 6d to 235, oats 14s to 15s. broken -wheat 16s to 16s 6d, at per sack. Bacon 8d ito 9d, bonis (prime) 9d to 10£ d per lb. Fruit: bananas 10s (o 13s, pineapples 3s to lGs 6d, peae 6d to Is .psr jteck.