COMMERCIAL

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13639, 6 July 1908, Page 4

COMMERCIAL

CUSTOMS REVENUE.

-./ Following is a statement of the revenue collected at iimaru last week: — ' ■ £ • s. d. *_•» Customs duties 340 17 0 Beer duty 22 11 3 ■i Other receipts 10 10 9 • Total £373 19 0 ;; LAXD OX OFFER. -da -Saturday . afternoon, at Tattereall's tile-rooms, the Canterbury Farmers' Cooperative Association offered for sale 135 of subnrban 'property half a mile from town with a , house and improvements, -on account of Mr Xiel O'Boyle. jit "£3l per acre the. property waa passed in_. unsold. I? " . .. HORSE , SALES. : V-Csoiterbuiy Farmers' Co-operative Association report that at their weekly horse - sales at Tattersall's on" Saturday, the" t yarding' comprised 32 draught, light harnessand hackney horses. The demand for.young and active draught mares and geldings - was good. . The following are quotations:—Draughts, young and with .trials, £37, £3B to £4O 10s; ditto., light and' aged. £l4, £lB to £l9 10s; light, harness horses, £ls, £lB to £2O; hackiieys, £7 to £l2 lCs. ... BESWICK STREET ROOMS. "v C. Jonas and Co. report for last week: -—Poultry, hens .small Is 9d to 2s 3d, large 2s 6d to 3s 3d, Toosters 2s 6d to 3e 6d to 55," ducks 4s 3d to 4s 6d, geese 6s to 6s 6d, bantams 2s 9d, turkey hens 9s to 10s, gobblers - 14s ■to 16s atP P r pair. Pigs 2 at at 16s.- Produce,: Potatoes 7s to Bs, carrots 2s 6d to 3s, swedes 2s to 3s, .parsnips 5s to 6s, mangolds 2s, wheat 15s to 18s, oats 10s to-lis 6d, barley 11 at per sack. Frnit: Island oranges lis, bananas 10s, Sydney oranges- Is, lemons 20s, at per case, apples. l|d to 2d, quinces 2d2, pears Id to 2d, tomatoes Bd, dates 3d at per lb, peanuts 23s per cwt. Our usual shipment of. Island oranges and bananas will arrive'here next-Friday. - CAEX'S TERRACE ROOMS. G. P; Gerrie and . Co. report for last weekPonltry, etc.Hens small Is 6d to 2s, do. large 2s 6d"to 3s, roosters small 2» 6d to 3s, do. large 3s 9d to 4s 6d, geese 5s to 5s 6d, turkey hens 5s 6d to 6b 6d, do. gobblers 9s to 10s, hares Is 6d,. rabbits Is all at per pair. Fruit: Pines 9s to 3s 6d, bananas lis to lis 6d. Island oranges 12s to"l2s 6d, : Sydnev do. 8s to 9s; mandarins "8s 6d to 9s, all per case, apples lid to 2£d,'pears ljd to 2d, - quinces ljd all per lb. Produce; Potatoes prime 7s to Bs, medium 5s 6d to 6s, small 5s 6d to 3s, wheat whole 18s to 18s 6d, broken 13s 6rt to lEs, swedes 2s. 3d to 2s 6d, carrots os to 3s 6d, oats 4£; bush.. s.i. 12s 6d, 2nds oats 9s, crushed/oats 7s 6d, all per sack, onicns (Canterbury®) Id, Melbourne lid, .tea Is to ls" 6d, bacon. 10s, hares lid, all per lb. LESLIE O'CALLAGHAN'S REPORTS. Leslie O'Callaghan and Co., Timaru (per Mr L. O'Callaghan. auctioneer), report' as follows on Saturday's auction:— Pigs: Weaners 14s to 17s each. Poultry: We had a very fair entry, mostly cockerels, which met with a ready demand. Hens 2s :3d to 3s 3d ,per pair, cockerels 3s to 4s 3d per pair. Oats 2s 5d per bushel and 9s 6d to ICs 6d per sack. Chick wheat 12s to 17s 6d per rs&ck. Potatoes 5s 6d inferior to 8s per sack for prime sorts for local demand. Oat. sheaf chaff 3s 6d to 3s'9d per sack. Gacks extra. Carrots 3s to 3s Sd per sack, swedes 2s 6d per sack, small potatoes 2s 6d per sack. A large entxy of furniture* and sundries met with a readv sale. " * The came firm fper Mr E. A. Rickman, auctioneer), report as follows on Saturday's sale,: —Pign : A large entry met with a prompt sale, weanens 10s ~6d to 15s, small stores 21s to 37s 6d, porkers £2 10s. Horses, bay gelding aged £6 IGs. Ponltry: A very large entrv including a number of purebred birds. "Hens 2s .6d per pair, cockerels 3s 6d to 4s, ducks 4s, white .Wyandotte, silver wyandofctes, - white Leghorn cockerels sold nt 6d to 5s each. Pullets 33 6d to 5s each, potatoes 5s to 7s 6d, carrots 3s, swedes 2s 6d, chaff 3s 3d to 3s 9d. oafs lOs jpef sack, chick wheat 14s to 16s 6d. Furniture and sundries met with the nsual ready demand.