Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 49, 11 September 1891, Page 13

Commercial.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited, rep'jit for week ending September 9 as 'ollowh : — Store (Mile — A few lots are occasionally being placed, chiefly grown bullocks. With a continuation ot favourable weather, an improvement will doubtless be experienced. Store Sheep — The demand now is only to a very moderate extent, chiefly confined to good lines of crofsbred and half-bred hoggets, which are not off ei ing freely. Wool — Telegrams report the Autwtrp wool sales having closed flat, 8000 bales Australian being sold at from £d to Jd per lb below prices at close of last sales in London. Sheepskins. — A very active demand continues to be experienced for these, and although the supply is pretty considerable there is no lack of buyers in the market. Country dry crossbreds, inferior to medium, brought 2a 2J to 4a 2d ; on do merino, Is lOd to 3s lOd ; fnll-wooiled crossbreds, 4s lid to 7a 6d ; do do merino, 4a 4d to 6s Id ; dry pelts, 41 to Is lid ; batchers' graen crossbreds, extra larsre pelted, 6s 5d to 7s ; best do half-breda and fine crosabreds, &i lOd to to 6s 3d ; good to medium, 5a 3d to 5s 9 1 : coarse-woolled and small, 4s 6d to 5s 2d ; green merinos, 2a 8d to 4s Bd. Rabbitskins. — The demand continues strong, resulting in keen competition. Prices ruling tbis week showing but little difference compared with those of last week. We had a very satisfactory bale on Monday, whea we disposed of a lengthy catalogue We quote — Best skins, la 5£ i to Is 6Jd ; medium to good, Is 2^:l to Is 4^d ; autumn ekine. 9d to Is Id ; summer do, 5d to 8d ; suckers and half* grown, 3d to 4£d ; black anl fawn (beat), Is to Is l^d ; medium, 6d to 10 1 per lb. Hides— The market is unchanged, demand and value remaining the same for months past. We quote— 6olb hides, 2|d to 3d ; medium weights, 2d to 2£d ; light do, l£d to l|d ; inferior do, Id to l£d per lb. Tallow— The regular demand for local consumption continues unabated, but there is very little doing in shipping lines. We quote — Medium to good rendered lallow, 163 to 183 ; inferior and mixed, 12s to 15a ; beat rough fat, 12a 9d to 13a 6d ; inferior to medium and good, 9a to 12s 6d per cwt. Grain — Wheat : Telegrams to hand this week are less favourable, advising that the English wheat market has a downward tendency, while the Continental is declining, and the American changing for the worse. Meantime, this report will, no doubt, check any inclination for purchase except of actual requirements which are becoming more pronounced. A few sales are being effected, principally prime. We quote— for prime milling (Northern, velvet ani Tuscan), 4a 9d to 4s lOd ; medium to good (Southern), 4a 2J to 4s 6d ; inferior, 3a 9d to 4s ; ex sore, sacks wei^hel in, terms. Oat 9 : The market continues Bteady. We quote — for best milling, Is 6£d to Is 7d ; best abort bright feed, Is 6d to Is 6£d ; medium, Is 41 10 Is 6£d ; inferior, Is to Is 3d ; fcmall lots for eeed occasionally from la 8d to Is 101 ; ex Btore, sacks extra, net cash ; |i per bushel more f.o.b. Dunedin. Barley : There is no business of any consequence bting done in malting lines. We quote— for malting, nominal, say for prime, 2s 3d to 3a ; medium, 2s 5d to 2s 8d ; feed and milling, 2s to 2s 4d ; ex btore, sacks ex'ra, terms. Grass Seed —Moderate demand for ryegrass seed. Best machinedreßsed, off old pasture, 5s 6d to 5a 9d ; Pacey's imported, 5s 3d to 5a 6d ; Poverty Bay, 6s 6d to 6a 9J. Less demand tor cocksfoot seed. Bes: dressed, 5Jd to 6d ; medium, 2sd to 5i per lb. Potatoes — There is no improvement to report. Best Derwents, 278 6d to 30s ; others, 20d to 25s per ton ; sacks we ghe t in. Cbaff— Quotations for best, 47s 6 1 to 50s ; medium, 42s 6 1 to 45s ; inferior, 25d to 35a per ton. Dairy Produce — The market is quite bare of piime salt butter, and would realise 9d to lOd pir lb ; medium plentiful and no demand. Factory made cheese has a slightly oetter demand, principally for intercolonial orders, but prices do not show much improvement, say 4|d to 5d for medium and 5d 10 5|J per lb for bes>t. Flax — i'he position of the market at Home stems to be less satisfactory, prices slightly declining, but at the moment the small business done locally will not be much affected in consequence.