Commercial.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1829, 7 May 1886, Page 2

Commercial.

Wiukmm, H.r«. Laary and Campl*.*!! report that there aw #o atumo whatever from hat week's price*. It i» a*fll j hard to get inuiers’ 'al.joj fur dip heat brand* of float while there are i:i(« rior *ort* offering r» cheaply. R ! M and pollard i* hard to procure. K'»r o»t»r>eal there ia not much enquiry. Oaia hare been offering pre f tT freely during the week, but without any material alteration in price Maize baa been but at price* that wbl not leave a margin to sell again id ihn market, There are but few sample* of chickwbewt being offered : parcels of whole wheat are almost unattainable, for such as there is considerably advanced price* are asked. Potatoes are in a most unsatisfactory condition, there bem,' large quantities of very inferior borl-.. which are htrd to quit, and for which holders would take almost any price that was offered, while really rood potatoes are acaa*e. Salt butter i* inactive, and the same may be said of hams and b«con and cheese, in all ui which lines there is but comparatively lit Me busmens doing. The entries at the bora# sale on Saturday were not very numerous, but the attendance of buyer* was good, and several boraea passed at very lair pi ices.

Melbourne, May 4. The local manager of the Rational Mortgage and Agency Company ol Now Zealand (Limited) reperts on the grain market a* follow*shipping wheat >• »l good demand at U3d per bu*hal, malting barley if quiet at 8s 6d to 4* *W. New Zealand oata —Feed sorts show a slightly improv« d tendency, although inferior lots are below ia*l week’s price*. t<»-dav’« quota* tion* being 2* 3d to 8s per bushel; milling oat* are firmer, at 3* Id to 8* 8d per bushel ; New Zealand oats under bond, 3s 8d to 3* ftd per buahel. Lokiwjx, M.yS. The wool market remains quiet in tone. For the next colonial wool auctions 340,000 bales have arrived to date.