Commercial.

Western Star, Issue 861, 19 July 1884, Page 2

Commercial.

, -O Cnatowi# Beyenuo for the week eniing 18th July, 1884:

DUNEDIN MARKETS. 3. H. Kilgour, grain and produce broker, report! under date July 16, as follows • Flour. —There is no change in price' since date of last report— via., £8 10s in-sacks,. £8 25c io 1001 b bags, and £9 in fifties. Oatmeal. —£11 to £ll 10s per ton. Potato*. There bare been very few arrivals, bat ftil the demand is limited to local consumption prices boro not improved. My Betas hare been prime Knkanui at £2 15s per ton. Butter. Bert ml shipments hare taken place,'but owing to the overstocked state of the market there is no improvement in price. Prime batter in kegs may be quoted nt 81 to B}d per lb (keg* extra). Hams and Bacon.—Prime quality smok.-d hams, lOd t« lOid per lb j bacon, 8d to B|d. ». Cheese.—4id to 5d per lb for prime Akaroa. Honey.—Thsre is a fair inquiry, and I Imre placed several tons at up to 4id p»r lb (kegs swtrs). fifedns WbKOHT, and Co. report for tbe week ending July 16 as follows : Fat Cattle —The number yarded was 183, gad consisted mainly of goo I qualify. Price* cftiawdd a drclir.e on last week’# ra'es. We cold 80, head from £7 to £9 for bulloeks. and £8 10b lo £8 10s for enws—prices equ;»l ta 294 0d per 100'b Pat sheep—2ll4 were p«nn*d, ol which SK) were merin-s. We sold 800. Be-t twossbreds brought from 16« 61 to 18s 61; nMSitum, 13* 6d to 14s ; h**t merinos, 8* 6d to 13s. We quote mutton 2jd per lb. Pigs—Only 14 came to-hand, all bacon pigs, whieh we sold at from 52s to 65s each. Sturts Cattle awd Store Sh-op—No transactions. Horses—Onr entrirs on Salurd <y co-.slsted of 104 hrisd of all drsc.-i: lions. There is an .. eietdlent d*mand for good young draughts, especially mires, tor shipment. We sold in all 58 head. We quoie first-class draughts, ]y£9>) ?o £35; m*d'hm do, £2O to £25 ; good 4 heels and light hariiMu horses, £ls to £2O ; medium do, £lO to : £12; light, and inferior, 80b to £5. Sh-epskins.—On'Monday we offered a large catalogue, which was idearel after spirited competition Butcher's gr**en ski* ft. crossbreds, brought 8s 2d to 3* 3d ; merino', 3s to 3s 5d ; dry station skins. Is to 3s 6d ; skins in bales 4Jd ta 4fd per lb for merin-s, and 4i prr lb for crossbr-ds. Hi lei.—Our sa’os during the week consisted of 374. Best, hides are worth 3id to 4d; medium do, 3d per lb. Tallow —We quote best rendered, £.3110s ; medium £27 ; rough fat, £l9 to £23 Qf*r».—Wheat s ‘ here i< a good demand for prime sampl*s, particularly of velvet and Tuscan, whieh we quote at 3s 81 to 3s 5d ;red straw, Ss Id Ip 8s 3d ; medium, 2» 9d to 3s ; fowl-’ feed, Is 6d io 2s 6d. Oits aro in fair Inquiry for shipment, at price* about equal to last quotations; as follow; Heavy bright, milling. 2*’ Id to 8s lid j bright feed, 2s to 2s OJd ; discolored, Is 10 i to Is lid ; Danish, Is 9.1 to Is lOd. Barley ; Best samples are in* qnir -d for at 4* to 4s Id ; medium may be -quo'ed »t 3s 6d to 3s 9d, bags extra ; milling, 2s 9d to St.

London, July 16. Adelside wheat lias advanced to 40s 61 ; N. Z. do is quoted at 34 jto 40s fid. Adelaide flour, esc store, 2Ss. Australian tallow, averjge quality—Beef, 35s 6d ; mutton, 375.

CHBiSTCiUTRCrt, July 17. Wholesale produce prices—Barley, malting, 8s 6d to le per bushel. Batter, 8d to 9.1 per lb nominal. Cheese, 3Jd to per lb. Flour, £9 10s, Hams and Bacon (in cloth), Bd. Hay, £3 to £3..IQs. Oats (milling), 2s 3d t > 2s 41; feed, new, 2s to JJs Id. Wheat, mrling (sound), new, 3s 21 to 3s sd. Peas, 3s 9d to 3» 5.1. Potatoes (Derirenfg), 27s 6d to 80s.

Betsil Prices—Fresh butter. Is p»r lb; eggs, Isfldper dos; cheese, 8d to 10 J per lb; milk, 41 per quart. Beef, 41 to 81 per lb; mutt m, 3id to sd; pork, 7d; ham, Is ; bason, 101 per lb; Urnb, Ss 6d to 3s 6d per quarter ■ —j r-%

Melbottbub, July 17. Tin*msnigcr of the National Mortgage and Ag»not Co. of New Zealand, Limited, reports of the local grain market ns follows Shi-pping-wheat is dull and drooping nt 3» lOd to 3' f ll l« Malthv; barley is depressed, with rather more enquiry ; quotations, 4s to 4s 6d. New Zealand oai« (feeding) are in favor of buyers otr 2s 10d In 3s Id; milling is in fair demand at 3s.ld t>S» iI. New Zraland oats, under bind,are weak, at 2s 2d to 2* 7d.

CgtfiWßLti, Whitk, & Co. report having held a sale of fat stock at.Thnrnbury on Wednesday 1(5 h hist., when abou- - 400 «lieep and • Or 20 load of medium-weight cattle were yarded. The attendance was rdher limited, H bring the Wallace nomination in Riverton nt ih.»-s«nio hour. However, we sold everything at ih-* following satisfactory prices : Sheep.—Mixc I lot of ewe* and wethers were #>ld in one lot, at. I4s lid each. Cattle —Cows an! bullocks reslised from £6 t« £7 5s a head.

Priva'rly we have sold 600 fat sheep at a satisfactory figure. Land.—We ha< e sold a farm of 200 acres n"count of Messrs Lush and others of their Winton estate at a fair price.

' £ S. d Tobitco ... 23 2 0 Draper/ ... 7 19 6 Musical instrument ... 2 19 b Spirits ... ... 56 6 8 Tea ... 7 0 0 £97 7 7