Commercial.

Western Star, Issue 969, 1 August 1885, Page 2

Commercial.

Customs Revenue collected at Riverton during the week ending 31st July, 1885; Tobacco... ... 11 4 0 Gold 13 4

£l2 7 4

PRICES CURRENT

WHOLESALE. Butter fresh, Is per lb Salt butter, lOd Cheese (provincial) 4£d per lb Bacon, 8d Hams (provincial) 10d do Potatoes 3s Eggs, 9d per dozen Oats; Is 6d Wbea h , 4s Flour (Otago) £8 10s per ton Adelaide flour, none Eivorbcn flour, £8 Oatmeal, (town made) £l4 per ton Pearl,barley, £23 do Pollard, £3 Bran, £4 Oaten hay (new), £2 15s Chalf, £3 Straw, £2 Onions, lid

retail. Fresh butier, Is 3d per lb . .... Bailor (potted), Is Oiioose (Pror : "oial),6d do ' i; ’ Onions, 23 per lb Hams (Provincial), Is do Eggs, Is per dozen Potatoes, 4s 6d per cwt. Oats, Is 81 per bushel Barley, none dour, £9 10? Bacon (Provincial), 101 per lb. ChilT, 4s 6d per cwt. Bran, Is per bushel. DUNEDIN MARKETS. Burnside, July 29. ■i'Fat Cattle—l 23 head yarded,'the greater portion, light-weights and only medium quality, with a few pens prime beasts. The moderate supply caused brisker competition than has been observable for some time past, and good beef brought an advance of quite 3s 6d per 1001 bon last quotations. Best bullocks brought from £8 15s to £lll7s 6d; others, £5 10s to £8 10s; cows, £5 to £8 7s

Gd. Fat Calves.—None forward. Fat Sheep.—2oss penned, 1184 of which were crossbreds and 871 merinos. Of the latter a few pens were really prime, but the bulk were littlo better than stores. The

crossbreds were for the most part good useful mutton, with a small proportion of prime i sheep and about an equal number of inferior. For really good crossbreds and merinos competition, was animated, more particularly during the early part of the day, and a slight advance on late rates was made, but as the sales progressed bidding was less brisk, and prices’'more in favor of buyers. Best crossbreds brought 13s 6d to 15s 6d; others, 10s Gd__to 13s; merinos, 7s Gd to 13s 9d, Pigs.—3l9 penned. For bacon pigs and porkers there was good demand at prices fully equal to late rates, but stores and 1 suckers were not much sought after, and sales were difficult to effect. Bacon pigs sold at 35s to 5Gs ; porkers, 21s to 325; suckers ■and slips, 7s to 20s. Sheepskins.— At the usual weekly sales competition was again more active, especially for green skins, which slightly improved in value. Dry crossbreds, low to medium, brought Is 1 7d to 2s 7d; do good to prime, 3s to 4s 4d; dry merinos, lid to 3s 7d; green crossbreds, 3s to 4s Id; do merinos, 2s 4d to 3S 9d ; ■ lambskins, 7d to 2s 6d; dry pelts, Id

to7d. Eabbitskins. —The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report :~our London circular, dated June 5, received per s. s. Ruapehu, reports as follows: “At the ““periodical public sales held on the 29th ult., 1071 bales were catalogued, and of these 756 bales found purchasers under the hammer. There was a good attendance of buyers, and a better demand was experienced than was the case at the auction held on April 2, but a further decline in values took place in almost all instances. Good to prime pelted New Zealand skins brought last sale rates to Id per lb decline ; while common stout pelted descriptions were slow of sale, and marked a reduction of fully Id to 2d per lb. Good Australian varieties, which were in small supply, sold without material alteration; but low wormy parcels were on saleable at lower rates. Black aud fawn were in request and realised about late rates. Next auction will be hold on August 7.” Locally the sales have 1 been well attended, and prime skins continue in good demand at late rates. Fair to good winter skins bring 12d to 14Id ; late , summer skins, lOd to lOfd; inferior sorts in

pool- request at from 2d to 9d. Hides. —An active demand, and prices firm for all descriptions, local buyers finding difficulty iii supplying their needs. Ml'ullovV.—Prices continue low, and some vendors purpose shipping ou their own account. Quotations are: Best rendered, 22* ; jiiepihm, 17s to 20s; inferior, 14s; rough fat, 11s t ■ 11s per cwt. Wheat. Since last report there has been a decided change for the better. Millers are more disposed to operate, and prices have hardened not only for prime velvet and Tuscan but for other classes as well. Quotations are: For prime milling Tuscan and white velvet, 3s Id to 3s 3d ; red straw, 2s 91 to 3s Id; medium milling sorts, 2s 7‘l to 2s lid; inferior and chick fee i, Is 9d to 2s fid per bushel.

i -• Outs inn c 1 improved in price, and shippers readily lake all eligible parcels coming forward. As gnawers are apparently resolved on holding lor higher rates, only a limited business is h:’ina ilone. Bright raiding is quoted at. Is <)d io.l= ; good bright, feed, Is 7i 1 to Is SH ; sjig d.ly discoloured, Is 7Jil t«> Is 8 • ; jiantsh, is 7d to Is 74d; inferior end dark, Is ’ 3(1 to Is (id per husln l. , 3 Barley.—Little or no demand for any description. Any small transactions made have been at a decline of 3d to 6d per bushel on late quotations. •'Potatoes.—Dcrwents are firm at 62s 6d to (55s pur ton. Grass Seeds are firm in price. Fjuedressed ryegrass seeds have been sold At 4s

■ld to ii lid , foment’ lots at 3s 6d to os 8d ; coqksfous is vvoilh to 4jd per lb, and timothy 4d lo 4ld per lb. «- Horse Market.—Wright, Stephenson and Co. report as follows: —Tho supply for last B turelay's side consisted chiefly of strong

bght harness horses suitable for the trams, for whi h purpose most of them were bought at fn m £ ) to ;£l3 10s. For the very young draughts there is a fair demand at quotations We quote, first-class draughts at from £2Q to

£3O; medium, £ls to £22 ; first-class hacks and light harness, £l6 to £23 ; medium, £9 to £l4; light and inferior, £3 to £5.

Melbourne, July 29.’ , The manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, reports of the local grain market as follows: —Shipping wheat, firm at 4s 2d to 4s 3d. Malting barley steady at 4s to 4s 6d. New Zealand oats — Feed sorts are in less demand, and occasionally easier at 2s lOd to 3s ; ditto, milling, dull and heavy at 3s to 3s Id ; New Zealand oats, under bond, 2s Id to 2s 3d.