COMMERCIAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 22, 8 June 1868, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Star Oflicc, This Day. Tho land union to-day amounted to 200 noron. Messrs Wll'on and Alport yarded a fair number of cattlo on Saturday, and sold as ■follows'— Good quality dairy cows, £a 17s (Id to X9 10s; a fow Huporior cows woro withdrawn ni from £\0 to Alt, .Several woll-brcd hoi forn hrought M fis to AO lff»j a woll.'iiasorted lot <>£ fruit aud forest trees und evergreen shi'iib-i sold at full rates. 07 onsen apples and pours, rccontly imported por Hon thorn Crims from Van Diomcn'tt Land, in flno ordor, brought a largo attcudauoo of buyers, and obtained good priced. At T. l.raccc'ii sale yards nnd auction dopot, on Hatiintny, woro soldi— Largo pigs, ,'lOn to -10* euch i porkers, Us to 23h do j storos, Cm to I, 'ls (Jd j turkeys, fin to Oi dd por couple •, ducks, ,'lfl to 4h do j fowls, 2» od to 4fl do | cave/we pigs, 3jd por lb j bacon, inferior, Od doj ll'iur. damaged, Ifls por 100 lbsdo, good, 1 .in do* filmrpH, In 2d iter bushel j bran, {id do* onts, l M A<\ to 2s Od do- potatoes for pig feed, Is Dd nor owl j do, rod, 3s* Derwonts, -In, and 4a nd do| carrots, Ib Od do, Tho Sudiwi/ Mnrniny Herald of May 30, roporti? that Manic of' Now Zealand shares Itavo boon hoM nt 17}, Tho Si/dne}/ Mnrnhuj Ihvuld of May 30, reports nn follows, on tho labour market i— This market is niimcrously attonded by mon requiring employment on farms and Hlations, nn well mi by pennons mtllablo for light occupation m HtoreiiKJii, porters, butlers, grooms, waltoni, &n, Tho demand for most descriptions of manual labour Is moderate Ifomalo sorvnnts of cxpericiico and good character aro In request for town and country. Tho Sydney Mornin ff Herald of' May 30, quotes tiio following auctioneer's roporton tho stock market ■•—ln fat cattlo thoro is a decided tendency upwards, in oonscquonco of

■ ■ .iii«-«.«-»».w-wim,H"".'L"- 1 - ■J 1 , j — — tho prevailing droughtiih tlie interior and tho dlfllculty ofifittlng cattlo in,pi«sotflblo condition forWaffl, Tho (uppiy'di'as boon of a tacdlum'pa||tjp durin^iO'lriab' wook, nnd for g'odd/beants'nn Jn^nVriTonibrit is apparent, I quote bent pons from Xt> Oo to M Cs t medium, at .CfllOs to ' l £4 lOfl.' In sheep thero Is still ai hjfavy isnpiily; bu«- w<Hh<M <{trV worth 8a 1 1 ■jin-illum, l ttevA'>Qt US7A 'X&. ;in storo stock j there Is lßtlo doing, -from tho dltUoulty of traveling, tlirough scarolty of water in the Interior. Good atorcß aro worth -€8 IOS in tho Coaufc distriotn, and fiH 10< ftt Donllfcjuln. In sto-o sheep there um ho Innulrios, an most of the stations aro now grqatlv ovorstooked, and many porsonß aro travelling with thoir stock to kcop thom alivo till tho shearing timo, SviiMKY,— Tho Morning Herald ot May 30, roports an follows on iho breadßtuffs toivrlc.ti —Tho flour market has been very much depressed during tho pant month by tho uncertainty which exists an to probablo rocolpls from Chill and Sun Francisco, and tiio quantity which In Mill to como forward from tho Interior of this colony. Tho oxtonflion of tho rnilwnyn has already had tho ollCcot of bringing anout threo mon the' supplies to this market— oomo of < it the produce of former years, It la said th/it there mill remains in the interior a good supply, but thoro io no means of arriving at any npproximato idea of tho actual quantity. Tho mall now duo from Panama is expected to havo a considerable offset on tho mar.kots, and, Bhould no further shipments bo advised, holdcra expect to obtain advanced rates, Tho only shlpinontaof forolgn yot received' hnyo boen tho Knto's cargo afc Sydnoy, tiio Ethan Allen's nt Auokland, and tho I'rospcolor'fl at Otago, Homo portions of Now Zealand . fleem to ho depending on 'foreign nuppllos, whilo oil tho other hand, ndvlcos from Lyttolton report tho shipment of a considerable pnrcol of wheat for London, ox Quoon Hoo, A large quantity of Now Zealand wheat has al«o found its way into this market, and assisted in supplying our requirements. Country flour haa obtained a good reputation, particularly that from tho Western distriots, and nalos havo boon mndo at ' X2O 10s to 422, Adelaide brands rango from jG22 to Jim 10sj Tasmanian; jGQOj Victorian, £21 1 Sydnoy millfl, £21 to jC22. Somo of tho sound portion of tho Kate's cargo of Californian huo been placod privately at X22, mid tho damaged portion by auction at XI (I 10s to XI B IBs, Old Adolaldo wheat hint mot a limited Inquiry at 10«, now On to Os Od. Sales of largo parcciß of Now Zoaland wore mado at 7n fld to 7s 9d, and country wheat at 7s Cd to 8s (Id, the latter prico can only bo had for very ohoico samples. Maize, after advanoing, to 3s,' ban again docllncd, and in now quoted at 2a fld to 2s Bd. English harloy is iicaroo, and wantod at (la to fia fldj Capo dull, at 2« fld to >')s, Oats aro lowori a Bhlpmont of Now Zealand Hold at 3s, and other pifreols at 2h Od to Os Od, Oatmeal brought .Os to 2ls, Od por owt at auction- pearl harloy is quotod at 255.