Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 265, 31 May 1878, Page 13

Commercial.

rf.^'f DD f VB ? (on behalf of the N « z - L - and M. A. Co.) reports for the week ending May 2i)th • ' feh2a S£?»Si ffip! etl with fche following fat stock to - da^ : - Fat Cattle.— Those forward were principally of good to prime per lOOlbs. Best bullocks brought from £10 10s to £13 10s • do C ° W Fat sit' 0 r T?\ tO - fltll 3OS P er lOOlbs - for prLe b oef dO ih* T,n k P ' a^ efc haym ° been well supplied of late, and SffioT ?r £- nned bem /i u excess of requirements, there was some * wTw 7 "i? 08^ 01 sbee P at our !ate quotations. Best cross!l rr UU f mfr ° m 10 , S 6d t0 13s 6d 5 mennos . 5! > 6d to 8s 6d-24d P rr ' a ?; d2d . latter - ' We sold 700 at the yards as abovl btore Stock.— There is no alteration in this description of stock. oirt, •°°r a? m ° ur London office we advice per cable to the 24th mst. Sales were progressing firmly, 56,000 bales sold. We s^isssats^*^ 1^ iots - wbich found b^ ers PnmS P^ in 'tTn T f 7 this week, which were well competed for at full rates. Best cross-breds bringing 3s 3d to 3s 9d • merinos, 2s ad to 2s Bd. '

Tallow.— Market dull ; few buyers ; most of the lots passed in. Oriain.— Wheat : There has been more business doing in secondclass quality, several large parcels having been placed at 4s for fine wheat ; 4s 3d to 4s 4d is offered, and choice Northern, 4s 6cl. Oats are still wanted for export. Quotations are unaltered-3s 4d to 3s 5d for good to heavy feed, and 3s 6d for the milling. Barley • Fine malting samples are m good demand at 5s to 5s Gd : very choice full gram, 6s ; milling, 3s 6d to 4s. J ulljC iUU w™ SKEEN ' S J- ab °" r . ma^ ct re P° rfc for the week end **g May 29 : -We are now getting into what is always understood to be the dull?owiM?n°W eaX) Hlth f to work has at tMs P cliod slack ; iKt^C *c reverse A working man has a very fair prospect 1n L nn TZ% 7 °? T^ bwlderS and outdooi> must calculate on a good deal of broken time, but these breaks are triflin" compared to which those workmgmenhaveto put up with in the oldcSuntry. Ploughmen and farm couples are in excellent demand. As for girls they seem all to get married. Hotels are quiet. Now is the weather to try the unsuitable classes. Wages— Girls 10s 12s IBs 2oT ™d £60, and Abß ; day labour, 7s and Ss ; cooks, wa ters, glooms, and gardeners, 25s to 40s ; barmaids and housekeepers, £40 and £78 • " , A> ™ re P 01 'ts fi» the week ending May 29— Retail prices only-Fresh butter in half and one pound prints, "is 3d to Is ?m \\ Tt t Vu TT J n 1 - Umps ' ls 3d ; Powdered and salt butter, Is 2d to Is 3d. Fresh butter is now selling very scarce, and several of 617 ,^ 0^"-- ,S, S e lt butter ' ke S- lOdto lid; side and roHed bacon, lOd ; colonial hams, ls ; caeese, best quality, 8d to lOd. Eggs are still scarce, and retailing at 3s Gd per dozen .„? J ; yy f z^ fPorts for the week ending May 29, 1878, retail : Eoasting beef, 5d to 8d per ft ; boUing do., 3d to 5d per lb ; stewing do 4d to 6d per ft ; steak, 6d to 8d per lb ; mutton, 2Jd to 5d per lb ; veal,^d to Sd per ft ; pork 6d io 8d per ft ; lamb 2s 6d to 4s per

TVf w ?o i <!7ft * ?% OTtS O hole^le prices) for the week ending ™ 7 ? ' \?? B> a f follows : — Oats ( f< *cL), 3s 3d per bushel Wheat-imlling *>; chicks, 3s to 3s 4d. Barley, malting, 4s to 4s 6d; feed 3s to 3s 6d. Pollard, £5 10s per ton. Bran, £40s, bags included. Flour, large bags, £11; sma ll, £11 10s. Oatmeal, £18