Commercail.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVI, Issue 17, 17 August 1888, Page 19

Commercail.

wuam mamms ilffPßßl pastwSk^'JhfsS 8 h°- Ohang^ t ° re r t in operations of the Wimmm rendered mufton, ITsW A^JX^™*^?. lSto'i&SJTwJ 1 9i ; medlum t0 good - 9d 6d to lls 6d > b <*t> esTecfa Satin* "h 1^ "P"*' f ° r the time'oeing.Te may foSuscar 8, Ulto^-^^ ° T tW °' mea * li^ quotations are ior luscan, da d£J to 3s yd ; other prime sorts such as velvet and ™>ri straw 3s Id to3 8 3J, medium nominal, 2s 5d to 2."d • JhoS fowta wheat i Bi B in unproved demand at, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; inferior and broken"

2a i to 2s3d ; (ex store sacks weighed in). Oate.— The market is oaietoi with leas demand, and while odd lots are occasionally placed at equal to last weeks quotations, sales are not so easily effected. The tone of the Australains markets continues firm ¥ut at the prices at present ruling, shippers are unable to operate. Quotaturns are for prime milling, Is ll^dto 2s ; short bright feed, Is lOd i m ' me<ilum and discoloured, Is 9d to Is lOd ; Danish and ; On £,T artara fit for Beed ' in Bmall lot8 ' 18 10 dto 2: 3 d 5 black,slow sale is lid to 2s (ex store, sacks weighed in).— Barley : There is Terr little business passing in malting, prime, bright, samples only are saleable. Milling is inquired for, but holders of the class are indisposed to accept prices offered. Quotations are for prime maltine 4s to 4s 8d ; extra choice a shade more ; medium only saleable for milling, 3s to 3a 3d ; feed, Is 9d to 2s 3d (ex store). Byegrass Seed.— A few sales are being made, bat the basineu doing is still on a limited scale. We quote machine-dressed. 2s 6d to 3s ; undressed, Is 9d to 2s 3d (ex stor«, sacks extra).— Cockffoot does not sell freely. Late quotations are unaltered— yiz , 3*d to 4*d perlb. * Potatoes.— Owing to an increased supply, prices at the moment are easier. At auction during the week price 3 ranged from 75s to 82s 6d per ton. Dairy Produce.— Butter : The market is over-supplied with inferior and second-rate quality, which is almost unsaleable, while prime is scarce and hardly any coming to hand ; 9*d to lOd could be obtained still for such. -Cheese of prime quality is also scarce but medium is more plentiful, selling at 3d to 4d par lb, aooordingto

• i ?"; p « Mkkhak, King street, reports :— Wholesale prices, bags included : Oats, medium to prime, Is lOd to 2s. Wheat : milling, 3s to 3s 3d ; fowls' Is 9d to 2s 6d; Barley : Malting, 4s to 4s 6d ; milling 3s 6d ; feed, 3s. Chaff : Best, £2 15s ; medium, £2 6a. flay : Oat, £3 ; rye-grass, £3. Bran, £3. Pollard, £3 10s. Potatoes : Northern, £4; Southern, £3 16s. Butter: Fresh, lOd to Is 2d; salt, prime, B£d. Cheese, 3d to 4d. Egea. lid Flour, roller, £8 10s to £9; in 50lb stone, £7 15s to £8 ss! Oat' meal, £10. 801 l bacon, 7d ; sides, 7£d ; hams. 9d, both scarce.