Commercial.

Western Star, Issue 1383, 24 August 1889, Page 2

Commercial.

PRICES CURRENT. WHOLESALE.; ,;;■' Bntter, fresh lOd per lb Salt butter, 8d Cheese (provincial) 5Jd per lb Bacon, (Hd BTams (provincial) 9d do Eggs, sel per dozen Oats, 2b 3d Fowl Wheat, 3* 9d Hour (Otago) £l2 per ton Adelaide flour, none Oatrntal, (town made) £ls per ton Pollard, £6 Bran, £4 Qatenghay (new), £2 Chaff, £4 Straw, none Onions, 15s per cwt 'BETin. Fresh butter, Is per lb Buttf" f potted), HM Obeeso (Provincial),Bd d > Onions, 3d Earns (Provincial), lOd do Eggs, 6d ner dozen Oate, 2s 9d per bushe'. Barlej, none Flour, £l4 Bacon (Provincial), 8d per lb. Chaff, 5s par cwt. Bran, Is 6d per bushel. INVERCARGILL MARKETS. Q. A. Birch (on behalf of the Nations Mortgage and Agency Company of N.Z., Ltd.) reports on the markets for week onding 16tb August, as follows : There is very little alterations to be noted in our markets, and business remains quiet. Shipments show a slijrht increase on the figures of the few preceding weeks, and they may be expected to increase considerably before very long. Wheat.—The demand for this cereal is still very sluggish, but as the Home market is fairly firm, and the Sydney one shows some slight signs of activity, we should not be at all surprised to see a movement here in the course of a few weeks. At present, values are quite nominal, at last week's rates, via, prime quality, 3s 7d to 3s 8d; ordinary, 3s 4d to 3s sd, delivered in town, sacks weighed in. —Fowls' wheat is good property at from 2s 6d to 2s 7d, on trucks, for good quality. Oats.—This market shows very little activity, in sympathy with Melbourne, which is at present dull and flat. We see very little prospect of any advance in values for the next few months; although it is certain that Melbourne will have to draw on New Zealand for supplies before the Victorian new crop is brought in. We quote prime milling 2s 5d ppr bushel; feed, 2s 4d to 23 Sd, on trucks at country stations, sacks weighed in. Ryegrass.—Prime keivy machine dressed samples are in request, and command 4s 3d to 4s 6d, ex store, sacks extra. Timothy.—Prime qualities are scarce and are worth quite4jjd tosd,exstore,lnvercargill.

Tothill, Watson and Co. report on the hide and skin market as follows : At our weekly sale on Monday, 19th inst. we submitted a large catalogue comprising 43 lots to the usual attendance of tho trade, resulting in every lot bringing highly satisfactory prices, especially was this tho case for sheepskins and rabbitskins. Following are the prices realised :—Sheepskins: Best dry crossbreds and balfhreds, s:]d to 6d; good do, 5d to sld ; medium and inferior, 4fjd to Jd; dry merinos, 5Jd ppr lb; heavy conditioned long wools, 5s 2d to 5s 3d; medium green skins, 2s 4d to 3s 2d; inferior do, Is 3d to 2s Id ; pelts up to la; merinos, Is Sd to 3s 3d each.—Rabbitskins: We offered a c msiderable quantity, and sold wintprs at 16id ; medium do, 131 d; inferior do, 8d to 9d; '-rokeu lots, sid to sjjd, and sucks, 3d per lb with a good demand.—Tallow realised 15s 96. Rouijh ft. 10s 9d to lis 3d ner cwt. —Wool: We sold inferior crossbred fleece at 7d and pieces at 4 : : |d per lb.— Horsehair; None to hand this week. Best quality worth Is per lb.—Hides: We sold all (o hand at from Z% to 2Jd per lb, and damaged lots 6s each. DUNEDIN MARKETS. At the Rurnsido sale on Wednesday, fat cattle sold at equal to last week's rates. Eat Sheep: There was a very large entry —300 merino wethors and 5000 crosshreds, half tho nnmb'jr being prime weth'-rs, which brought up to nrices ruling hist wo«k. In ordinary wethers, there was a drop of about is a head, while owes sold at 2s to 2m 2! per head lower than the previous week. Pigs aro selling at late rates.