Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XI, Issue 13, 20 July 1883, Page 18

Commercial.

MR. Donald Steonach(oii behslf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile 4 gency Company, Limited) reports for the w«ek- ending July 18 aa follows :— Fat Cattle were in full supply at Burnside to-day, 260 head having been yarded, consisting of medium to prime. Competition was fairly animated, bat last week's prices were not obtained. Bullocks fetched from £5 2s 6d to £12 2s 6d ; cows, £5 15s to £10 15s. We sold drafts on account of various vendors at from £5 10s to £8 for bullocks, and £5 16s to £7 2s 6d for cows. We quote prime beef at 265, and medium at 20s to 22s 6d per 1001 b. Fat sheep.— lo34 were penned. About 200 of these were merinos, and the balance crostf-breds of fair to prime quality. On account, of the large supply forward last week, butchers were well supplied ; and although prices were a shade higher to-day for prinflN quality, medium quality did not participate in the same advance. Cross-breds brought from 14s 6d to 16s for prime, 9s 9d to 13s 6d for light and medium ; merinos 8s 9d to 9s.' We sold on account of the New Zealand Agricultural Company, 76 cross-bred wethers at 13s 6d, 178 do. 1 ewes at 9s 9d to 12s 3d ; Mr. H. Lindsey (Pukeuri), 64 cross-breds at 12s ; Messrs. Anderson Bros. (Waiwera)i 62 do. at 12s 6d ; and quote mutton at 2|d per Ib. Fat Lambs. — Thirty were forward, and sold at 7s each. . Fat Pigs.— Ninety -sis were forward, and sold freely at from 15s up to 100s. Sheepskins.— We submitted a full catalogue to a large attendance of the trade at dur usual weekly sale on Monday. Competition was'fairly active, and'all the lots were cleared at about «qual to last weeks rates. Butchers' green cross-breds fetched 2s lOd to 3slod; do do merinos, 2s 7d to 3s 7d ; station and dry cross-breds, Is 6d'to 3s lOd ; do merinos, Is 7d to 3s 9d ; do in bales, 4£d per lb. Rabbitskins.— We offered and sold at auction 2 bags at 7d, 2do at 9|d, 3 do at Is 2d, 1 do at Is 3£d, 1 bale at Is 4*d, 2 do at is 4|d per lb. " * . Hides continue in fair demand, and steady at recent rates. We cleared all to hand (about 150) at from 3d to 4£d for light and medium, and for heavy weights, free from cuts," cheeks, and offal. Tallow, keeps steady at late rates, especially well-rendered parcels. We -sold on Monday, at auction; 8 casks' prime- at &2s 6d, 4 tins and 1 cask inferior and mixed at-22s to 275, and rough fat at 2l's per cwt. ** ra ' a> — Wheafc: O n ly prime samples meet with any demand at 4s Id to 4s 3d. Ordinary qualities are almost unsaleable. Millers being sufficiently supplied in the meantime with this class— also the depression in the wheat market at Home— prevents shippers from operating Quotations: Nominally, 3s 3d to 3s 9d ; inferior and fowls' wheat, 2s to 3s. Oats in first-class condition, bright and sweet, maintain last week's prices, but of such the market is bare. There are, however, large stocks of very indifferent samples oa handj which vary in price, according to colour and quality, at from Is 3d to Is 7d ; bright feed, Is 8d to Is B£d ; do. milling, Is 9d to Is lOd. The demand has materially slackened owing to the reduction in prices both m Sydney and Melbourne, consequent on the heavy stocks held in each of those centres, and sales during the week have been unimportant. Barley is not in pressing demand, although prime malting samples could be placed at from 4s 3d to 4s 6d ; feed and milling at 2s 6d to 3s 3d. Ryegrass Seed. — Demand still weak. We quote machine-dressed, 4s 3d ; f aTmers' lots, 2s 9d to 3s 3d.

PRODUCE MARKET, JULY 19, 1883.

Mb. I\ Mbenan, Great King street, reports : —Wholesale pricesr Oats, Is 6d to Is lOd per bushel ; milling wheat, 3s 6d to 4s 3d pebushel; fowls' wheat, 2s to 3s 3d ; barley, malting, 4s to 5s ; mill ling, 3s to 3s 6d ; feeding, 2s to 3s 9d; hay, oat, £4 10s per ton; rye-grass hay, £4 ; chaff, £3 10s to £4-; straw, £2 5s to £2 10s ; a t n !,^ 4 7s 6d »' PoUard, £4 16s ; potatoes, £2 to £2 5s ; oatmeal, faa ' flour> &I ° to &U • freßh butte r, medium to prime, Is 2d to is 4d per lb., salt, easier; lOd ' per lb. ; eggs, Is per dozen bacon, sides, B£d per lb. ; rolls, 8d; hams, lOd ; pork, 5d j cheesfe Mbssbs. Mebcee Brothers, Princes street, report :— Fresh butter (in £-lb. and lib. prints), best quality, Is 4d per lb.; ordinary butter, lsper lb. ; egga, lOd per dozen ; roll bacon, 7id per lbi ; good salt butter, in kegs, 8d per lb. ; cheese 6d, per lb.