Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume v, Issue 232, 12 October 1877, Page 12

Commercial.

Mr. Henry Driver (on behalf of the N.Z.L. and M.A. Co.) reports for the week ending October 10, as follows :— Fat Cattle.— l 34 head were yarded, all of good to prime quality, and prices shewed a slight advance on last week's KeS Best pens of bullocks brought £11 10s to £15 ; do. cowl £7 Jim 10s, or equal to fully 32s 6d per 100 lbs. for prime quaUty. Fat Sheep.— Only 970 came forward, and in consequence there was much competition on the part of buyers, resulting in" pricesconsiderably higher than late quotation. A few of the best offeSl "S£%r£&S&: Wequote pure breds afc *^™**2 JJafc Lambs.— The market was over-supplied with 230, only one- * ?™^^y^g pod quality, the balance being too small for market We quote best at 8s te 14s ; medium, 4s to Gs Gd. Store Cattle.— There has been a considerable demand on Canterbury account and several lots have been sold for that market durimr the last ten days at prices ranging as high as £6 10s for well 400^Soffer WS '^ bulloCks - We have sold 150 > and h^e placed , + s t«« Sheep.— Merino wethers and cross-breds arc enquired for. after^arin"^' anticipate no im P<»-tant transactions until W °?'^ S % t < h l dat £ 0f Tr 01ir last we have reived telegraphic advices to the effect that the Home market was unusually steady and every prospect of continuing so ; that foreign buyers were operating wei fir' ParC reaUsin " *°P P rices ' but ™* inferior qualitiei Sheepskins.— Our catalogue on Monday comprised about 2500 Sf fft« ICh ?- r LTrA Vei ?- fair com P e «tion, and the prices leahzed fully sustained the late ruling rates, notably in merinos which brought high figures ; and with the favourable nevvs by last telegrams, we think that better prices should rule in future. Our quotations are for dry cross-breds, up to 5s Gd ; green merinos, 4s lid ; and full wool SKlllSj OS */Cl» Hides —Still the demand is rather slack, but prices arc sustained calf a skin^ P \oTs S 6d? y ""^ M ">' ' haUm ' 5S and 7^ Tallow.— We can hardly advise so firm a market, but prices have suffered no material decline. Shipping parcels would realize 30s to 335, according to quality. We obtained 31s for mutton in small lots. Inferior and mixed brought 28s, and rough fat 22s Gd Grain is in a very unsettled state, and sales can only be forced afc slight concessions on late rates. Wheat is still held at 7s to 7s 6d fop prime samples ; fowls' feed, 4s to 4s 6d. Some malting is inquired for at 4s to 4s Gd. Oats can only possibly be placed for immediate eonsiunption at 3s 2d to 3s 4d ; for milling, 3s Id to 3s 3d mmeCUate PnwT-iv- CS '~^ We b ? ™*° re £ ort hayin « soltl ' ia conjunction with Robert Wilkm, Esq., of Christchurch, on account of Messrs Rhodes their magnificent estate known as « Seadown," near' Timaru to Messrs Fenwick and Hedley ; price, £115,000. Ye also i™ Lav? Wu' °^ COUUt of ¥ c ? S Rich and Bu <*land, at Oamaru, on the 2ijth ult., 3,000 acres, subdivided into farms, in the Waiho Valley Prices realised at from £5 10s to £7 2s Gd per acre. Mr Skene reports :— The labor market opens well for the sprin°and willing, industrious people need not fear for steady wao-es and work, with the exception of the iron trade, which is still overstocked with men. Mostly all other trades are fairly active. The busy season is all before us now, and station aud arable farm hands will all he absorbed. Couples are more asked for, especially those accustomed to station life. Hotel servants, male and female, arc at last wakincr up ; it is high time, for they have had a dull winter. Female servants m alHmes are eagerly picked up— the last shipment by the " Nicol b lemuig was literally swallowed up instanter. Bushmen are starting for the season ; so also are dairy people. Experienced dairymaids are very scarce. A few country and town storcmen are asked tor, but generally those colonial bred are preferred at all times, and let things be as they may, a goodly number are always seeking work, and grumbling because they cannot get their exact fit— it will ahrays be so. Wages :— Gardeners, 25s and 30s per week and found : day labor, 7s, Bs, and 9s ; shepherds, £70, £75, and £80 ; musterers, £$ per week, or more if short time ; ploughmen, £52, £55, £60, and *,6o; couples for farm and station, £65 to £80. and found; cooks, grooms, &c., 25s to 40s ; dairymaids, 15s to 26s ; ordinary girls, 10s! Jfto^Os 5 12S ' 15S m3L 25S ; storei ° cn ' 3Os 60s ; boysl Mh A. Mercer's market report for the week ending October 10 Retail prices only. Fresh butter, in £ and Ift prints, 9d to Is. Fresh butter in lump, 9d per ft. Salt butter lOd. Fresh butter very plentiful, and the grocers are getting a great deal more than they care about. Moderate demand for salt butter. Cheese, best quality, lOd to Is per ft. Side and rolled bacon, 9d per ft ; Colonial hams rSu^ffis^ p E e?to?en. amS ' 1S EggS aTC ™* &«** «* n * A }» J :^J; EMIN «i lc PolttsP 01tts (wholesale prices) for the week ending wi \l V JftV'l follow « : -Oats (feed) per bushel, 3s 3d to 3s Cd. Wheat, (chicks), 4s to 4s Gd. Barley, malting, 4s to 4s Gd ; feed, 3s to 3s 6tl. Pollard, £G 10s. Bran, M ss, bags included. Flour, large bags, JA7 to £17 10s ; Oatmeal, £18. Potatoes, £2 10s per ton. Hay, £5 per ton. Chaff, £5 per ton. Straw, £2 per ton. Mr J. Vezey reports for the week ending Oct. 10, 1877, retail :— Koastmg beef, 5d to Sd per ft ; boiling do, 3d to 5d per ft ; stewing do, 4d to Cd per ft ; steak, Gd to Bel per ft ; nvutton, 2d to 5d per ft : veal, 4d to 8d per ft ; pork, Gd to 8d per ft ; lamb 3s Gdto 4s Gel per