Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XII, Issue 26, 17 October 1884, Page 20

Commercial.

Mb. Donald Stbonaoh (on behalf ot the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company .Limited) reports for the week ended October io, as loiiows :—: — f noJ 8 !,?" 16 '" 18^ K ° ad . were yarded for t°e week's requirements S Ptime * e Com P etltlon was active, all qualities selling freely at an advance of 2s 6d per 1001 b on last week's prices? Best bullocks brought from £10 2s 6d to £12 10s. One prime pen from i Gladbrook Estate brought up to £14 10s ; others, £5 10s to £9 10s • best | cows, up to £10 2s 6d ; others, £3 to £8 10a. We sold 21 prime bullocks from the Adamson Estate-at from £10 2b 6d to £12 10s • on account of other .vendors, 15 cows at from £3 to £7 ; and quote prime beef 27s 6d, and ordinary 22s 6d to 25s per 1001 b. Fat Calves.— Fifteen were penned, and under fair competition were all disposed of at from 5s 6d to 28s. . t^™° Fat Sheep.— 2,os2 were pennei, of which 730 were merinos, the balance cross-breds, representing all qualities. Bidding was moderately bnek. and prices obtained- were about equal to last week's. Best cross-breds brought from 18s 6d to 22s 3d ; others, 15s 6d to 18s ; shorn do., 14s 9d,to 17s 3d ; merinos in the wool, 12s to 16s We sold on account of Messrs. Cochran and Robertson, Palmerston, 149 merino wethers at 14s 9d to 16s; W. Sheath, Pomahaka, 116 cross-bred wethers, 17s to 19s 3d; D. Proudfoot, Barewood Station, 193 merino Xfo? a p \ irh X ' Dri « er> , Horßeßhoe Ba8h » cross-bred ewes at 19s 9d ; Peter M'Laren, Otakia, 89 do., mixed, at 15s 6d ; Kuriwao Sd^'r lb W^ hers . at 18s 9d to 19s3d 5 and <l uot e mutton 3id to Fat Lambs.--150 were penned, and under moderate competition wo lots were disposed of at from 4s 3d to 15s 9d. We sold on account of Messrs. J.and S. Aitken, Papakaio, 48 at 14s 6d. Fat Ptgs.--303 were penned, representing all sizes. On account of thennmber forward, competition was rather dull. The ranee was for suckers, 8s to 15s ; porkers and bacon pigs up to 60s each Sheepskins.— There was a full attendance ac our weekly sale on Monday, when we offered 2,600 skins of all descriptions. Comoetiturn was moderately brisk, and the whole were cleared at about equal to last week's prices. Butchers' green cross-breds brought 4a !«'«? JS? l° d 'J* ] 14 & B ! 2d ' 5s 4d ' 686d ' 6s 7d id - m «i«i» iB 6d, 4$ 7d, 4s Bd, 4s lOd, 4s lid, and 5s ; lambskins, 6d to 9d • country dry skins— merino, Is 6d to 4s 8d ; cross-breds, Is 9d to OS XUa Rabbit-skins.— The market for theae is decidedly lower. At our auction on Monday we offered a small catalogue to a fair attendance of the trade, and sold as follows :— 4 bags broken and mixed, at 5M £ J^'i 6 £% m^ vm > at ls 2d to Is s*d ;20 do good to prime, at Is l^v^Ji^^i^""™ atls6 * d; and p as9ed Hides.— The market continues firm, and all coming forward in clean and sound condition realise from 3i to 4*l per lb., accordine to weight ; damaged or cut and bulls, 2d to 24 I" Tallow.— Home advices are again unfavourable, but stocks here are not large, and prices cannot be quoted much lower than last week Fat we quote at 17s to 19s per cwt. Grain.— Wheat : The market for prime -milling is stationary at about from 3s 5d to 3s 7d; medium, 2s 9 J to 3s Sd" ex store/bags weighed in. The demand is not by any rueaus s r»n<r, and the Drospects of any improvement slighr. Chick feed has been in fair demand. During the last week we disposed of about 4,000 bushels at from la 6d to 2s 6d per bushel, ex store.— Oats :On account of no stocks being on hand prices have kept up, and any comiug forward now are easily disposed of at last week's quotations, viz., Stout bright f} l^ 2 A 9d to 2s 9 * d ; Bhort feed ' 2s 8d '• itJ f e ™r to medium, 2s 4d to 2s 6d, ex store, bags weighed in.— Barley : We have no transactions to report in malting. Milling we qur>te*at 25 9 1 to 3s ; feed, Is9d to 2s 3d, ex store.-Ryegrass Seed : The markeTfor this is quiet, and quotations about the same as last week. '-