COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13645, 13 July 1908, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

REVENUE RETURNS. - The following is. a statement of revenue collected "at Timaru for the period ended, 11th Julv, 1908 : ' ; :>" f : £s. d. • duties 421 7 3 '. Beer duty- 42 15 0 / Other receipts 1.0 7 .'Total £465 2 10 C LAND;ON OFFER. ;Op Saturday, .at their land. sale rooms, the" New Zealand Loan and "Mercantile ■Conipany offered for sale by auction, on behalf of - Sir E-. Bingham, the goodwill of four, rural" sections close to Fairlie, aggreigating' .146,. .acres, together with a four-roomeid,-house and other imprevements. 2so~ offer was made "Sbd" the property , was passed in at the vendor's reserve of £l5O. 5 -- HORSE SALES. At Tatteisall's horee saleyards the Canterbury Farmers' Go-operative Association held their usual sale of horses on Saturday. The entry- numbered about 20 draught, light harness and hackney horses. There was keen competition for young draughts with trials, and :a greater number;could probably have been sold bad been - offered. They realised from £25 up to £33., Goad harness horns sold at £ll to £lB, while a four-year-old cob. entered by Mr J as. Brassell, of Wa.sh-dyke,-was ofj'ht £26. Aged sorts were not in-, dgbjjiiid:* ; . CAIN'S TERRACE ROOMS. G. P. Gerrie and Co. report for week ended, July 11th, as follows: Poultry, etc.:' Hei» small 2s to 2s 9d, hens large 3a'6d..to 3s 9d, roosters small 3s to 3s 6d,: roosters large 4s 6d to ss, ducks & to-5s 6d, geese 6s to 6s 6d, turkey hens 7s 64 to. Ss, gobblers 13s to 14s. Rabbits'.ls, hares le 6d; at per. pair. Pigs, 2, at 13s, 3 'at 13s 6d, 1 at 16s. Fruit: Apples 2d, pears lid, quinces lid, at per lbbananas 8s to 10$, Sydney oranges 7s to .7s 6d, jinandarinis 7s to 7s 6d, lemons Ss 6d, pines 7a 6d to Bs, at per eise. Produce,, etc. i Potatoes 7s to 7s fid, small 2s 6d to 35." carrots 3s to 3s 6d, swedes-. 2a £>d to'3s, parsnips 5s to 5s 6d, .oats (4£ biwL; s.i.) 1& 6d, 2nds oats 8s 6d "to: 9s, crushed oats 7s to 7s 6d, wheat -whole ,17s to- 17s 6d, wheat broken 12s to .14s, at per sack.'" Bacon 90- to lOd, hams lOjd, tea Is, at per lb;

7 BESWICK STREET ROOMS. -, C. Jonas and Co: report for the past .week as follows :—Pooltry scarce and • prices very- high,\ hens 2s 9d to 3s 9d, fqastos small 2.t ?d to 3s 3d, prime 4s 3d to ss, ducks 3s 9d to 4s 6d, gettse 5a 6d .to 6s, chickens Is 6d to 2s 3d. Produce, potatoes prime eating 7s to Bs, second .grade 4s to ss, small 2s to 2s 6d, carrots 2s to 2s 6d, swedes 2fe to 3s, wheat whole 18s, broken 13s 6d to 14s, parsnips 3s to 4s, screenings 4s to &, oits lis 6d to 12s 6d; at per sack. Eggs la 4d to Is 9d per doz, butter Is to Is Id. per lb, hams 9£d to bacon Bid to, 9d, onions Id per lb, 8s per cwt. Fniit: Island oranges (repacks) 10s to lls,:t bananas 9s 6d to 10s 6d, -Sydney mandarins 7s, oranges 6s 6d, pines 7s 6d, lemops 255, to 26s per case, apples Id to 2d, peara Id to l£d, peanuts lid to l|d per lb. Buyers ideas of pictures were out. of ill- reason, and only, a few changed hands. Pigs realised 3 at 15s, 2 at 21s each. " STAFFORD STREET MART. Leslie CCallaghan and Co. (per Sir L. O'Caliaghan, auctioneer),, report on Saturday's sale as follows:—Hens 2s lid to 3s 6d, cockerels 5s 7d to 6s; at per pair. Pigs, .weariers lis*.-to 14s. Produce, fowl wheat met with a ready demand though there 'was a decline in prices; 4 bus. "sacks sold from 12s 6d to 163, s.i.; oats 17- sacks at 2s 5d per bps.; o.s. chaff 40 bags at 3s lid; 25 do. at Zs 6d; straw chaff Is. per sack; straw Is per bale; potatoes Derwents 7s to Bs, Up-to-Dates = 6a .6d tor 95,. rcses 6s 6d, Princess Vic-toria-lis ta 12s, at .per sack; carrots 2s 3s, parsnips 5s to 7s 9d, swedes 2s per sack; • Onions l£d per lb; apples ljd to -2d per lb. Furniture: Large wardrobe £lO ss, small do. £4 15s. Duchess £3 15s, tabk-s, chairs, and a large entry of sundries sold at satisfactory prices. ,