Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 258, 12 April 1878, Page 13

Commercial.

Mr. Henry Driveb (on behalf of the N. Z. L. and M. A. Co "> reports for the week ending April 10 :— The following fat stock was yarded at the market to-day :— 2OO head cattle, 20 calves, 2881 sheep, 303 lambs. Fat Cattle.— The number forward was a good supply, but only one-half were fat, for which late prices weic fully maintained, the balance being either withdrawn or sold as stores. Best pens of bullocks brought from £10 10s to £14 10s ; ,do cows, from £7 10s to £10 i^rTT Ol^ 1111 ? equal t0 30s P er 1001bs fol< P rim e beef. We have placed 100 head privately at quotations. " Fat Calves.— All found buyers, at from 16s to 50s, according to weight and quality. s rrnr* . Fat , s . hee P-— Tao market was somewhat over-stocked, and about COO head had to be turned out. Those sold found buyers at late quotations—say, for best cross-breds, 9s 6d to 12s 9d ; merinos, 7s to 8s Gd—or 2id per lb. for former and 2d for latter. We sold 500 at the Fat Lambs.— All found buyers at from 6s to 9s, according to quality. We sold 145. h Store Cattle.-— There is but little demand for this description of stock. Crrown quiet cattle arc worth from £5 ]0s to £6 10s- and mixed herds, £ 1 10s to £». ' Store Sheep.-— There is no change to report in sloro sheep. During the -week we have sold 3000 of various sorts, at prices last quoted Our London office advises by cable :—" The sales closed at an 0 ? 1110 °I t d l 0 Vl'V 1 ' About 213 ' 000 bales were sold > and 37,000 held over for future disposal ; 125,000 taken for expoit. The principal decline has been in medium and inferior greasy, average 1(1. per lb. since the closing of previous series. Lambs' wool firmer • < cross-bred descriptions easy. The home trade purchased but sparine-ly ' and there was only moderate competition on French account Trade i n the manufacturing districts unchanged." We sold a few small odd lots at very fair rates ; competition strong at our auction sale on Monbred qmry ls ce ° od for wcll ' br ed wools, either merino or cross-Sheepskins.--.At our weekly auction on Monday we offered a catalogue of about 1000 skins, which all sold at prices fully equal to last week s rates. Bare pelts, 8d to Is 2d ; cross-bred shearlings, ls f>s Bd° '" mennos ' ls 8d t0 2s 7fl 5 Ml-woolled skins, 5s scl to Hides —There is good demand for well-conditioned salted hides at 4d per lb ; dry and inferior are neglected. v9P i5 n ? W^J Ye haV< ? Old SOmo small Parcels of inferior to medium, .126 10s to £28 ; rough lot, 20s to 21s 6d. . Grain.— Wheat is in fair demand for prime milling at 4s 6d • initTVT neglected ; fowls' feed scarce and inquired for X *aY a n i ? Ve 1 more fr eely and are in good demand at ir it- -T for good to heavT feed » milling, 3s 9d. Barley • Malting samples are in active demand, but little offering. Values 5s wLFTT J° Bs 6 i f ? r very cboice ' Feed and millin S sa^les wanted, but none offering. i . Mr A Merger reports for the week ending April 10 :— retail prices only, fresh butter in ±lb. prints lsldto ls 2d ; in lumps, itpowdered and salt butter, ls ; fresh butter is still keeping plentiful and the market is well supplied. Salt butter in kegs, good is scarce aud enquired after at present %l to lOd per lb ; chlese. best quality Fn PiV Sld °, a S d ? olled bac °n> 9d to lOd ; colonial hams, lid to Is ; English ham, Is 2d to Is 4d, no demand ; eggs are in good demand aud rather scarce, retailing at 2s 9cl the dozen? Mr. Skenb reports for the week ending April ll:—The0 :— The raoid approach of winter is causing the usual reflux of people into Dunedin of course, no ono with country experience need turn his back on farm2™ C - " * E^y Ploughman is now needed and there is a steady enquiry for shepherds, both these lines will be short of the incoming seasons demands. Couples are moving off every day. Masons, bricklayers, carpenters, and all in the building trade are very well employed Curls m every degree can get their own terms. Hotel servants of experience are in fair demand. Dairy people, big and little are very scarce. Well trained shopmen and clerks only can get place! Wages --Couples £65 to £104; ploughmen, £52, £55, £60, and ~bo ; shepherds, ±.65 ; day laoour, 8s and 9s ; dairymen 20s and 25s • shop message, and dairy boys, Bs, 10s, and 15s ; hotel hands, girls', los, 20sancU0s ; private house girls, 10s 12s and 15s ; cooks, waiters barmen, gardeners, and groom's, etc., 20s to 60s. Mr J Vezey reports for the week ending April 10, 1878, retail • pasting beef, fid. to 8d per ft ; boiling do., 3d to od per lb ; stewi ug vo, 4d to 6d per tt> ; steak, 6dto 8d per lb ; mutton, 2£d to sdper lb : Tartef *** '' *""* 6d *° 8d P6r * J lamb 2*2 * 6d to * s P er * -^a" F^5 MINO reports (wholesale prices) for the week endintr wl.w 1 . i 10 '-i{- 878 '^,foll^:, foll^ : ~ Oats < feed >- 3s 4d P^ bushel Wheat-milling, 4s 6d ; chicks, 3s to 3s 4d. Barley, malting, 4s to 4s 6d; feed 3s to 3s 6d. Foliar A, £5 10s per ton. Bran, £4 6s, bags included Flour, large bag-. £12; small, £12 10s. Oatmeal, £17 New Potatoes, 4s. iterewt. Old Hay, £7 10s per ton. New Hay Li 10s per ton. chaff, £4 10s per ton. Straw, £2 per ton