Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 47, 23 March 1894, Page 13

Commercial .

A. Todd, on bahalf of The New Zealand Land Association Limited, repert for week ending Marcn 21, as follows : —

Store Cattle— A very Bteady market existp, a moderate number cbange hands from week to week, and very ofien realise prices relatively higher than those obtaining for finished lots All sorts natet with buyers, and the supply is evidently still short of requirements. Store Sheep — The business put through in iheße lately shows a slight increase. Buyers are more numerous, and, doubtless, owing to large areas of stubb'p being available the demand shows some improvement. Nearly nil the borts 1 ft. ring find puicbasiers at prices quite on a par with those ruling the previous week. Wool — We arc in rrceip' of the fo'luwing cablegram from our London office of date 17th inst The s-i'es cosed firmly this day, inf-rior, medium, nnd superior washed and to.iund, are \d per lb lower since close of last sale ; coarse greasy cro-sbre.l b> s Advanced i I per lb ; greasy meiioo lamb*, medium and mferi >r, are 1 per lb lower; other desenptu ns unchanged.

Sheepskins. — I>ry cro9sbredp, inferior to medium, Is !) Ito2s 91 ; do do medium, Is 51 to la 91 ; medium to fu!l-woolled en 8«br( d", 2* lld to 19 2d ; best, is 3d to 4s 6d ; extra heavy. 4s 9,1 to 5s 6J ; full-wooHed merinop, good, 29 10 3* ; best, ,-!» Si to Is 2d ; dry pelts, Is lo Is Id ; best green crossbred pelt*, Is lid t > 2d 3J ; for special purposes, 3d to 61 more ; medium to good. Is 81 t 0 Is 101; green limbpkins, be-**. 2s to 23 3d ; medium, Is Sd to Is lid each.

Kahbitskins — !n the absence of supplies, the business done at the moment is limited The email lo's off; ring, however, are readily taken up at prices equal to lat; quotation 0 , and buyers operatu g with more freedom. Quotations for spring skins, (ij to 7}<i : tummer. lii to s£d ; suckers and inferior, Hi to 3U p< r In. Tallow.— A steady demand is t x per ie need, and all arriving is being placed at prices as loilows : Say for best rendend mutton. 21h to 22s f>'i ; medium to good. 18 < lo 20s (!,1 ; inferior to medium, 18a GI to 17s (>* ; b"Pt fresh mutton caul, lls to 1 4 3 6i ; medium to good, 12s (1 1 Us I'd: inferior to medium, lls to r.'j 3J per cwt, » x store.

Wheat- for prime milling, Tuscan and velvet, 2< 7<\ to 2-" 01 : ex ra choice velvet a shade more ; medium to good, 2s 5d Io 2 s (JJ ; inftr.or to mo hum, 2s to 2a 1.1 ; ex store, sacks weighed in, terms Oits - S.ncc last reporti g the market for these has drifted from bai to worse, and is now in a very unsatisfactory state. Tne new crop is coming forward with more freedom also, with instructions to pell immediately <ff truck. Mean'im^ buyers idea of vtlu- for bi st feed and muling is from Is 4d to Is 5d ; medium to good, Is .i 1 to Is 4d ; ex store, sicks ext'a, net. Ag-nta, howeve'. are not, disp sed to quit just yet a 1 these prices pending further instructions fr^m growers. Snoall re ail lots fetch Is .V, I to Is 61, but th' quantity thus dispostd fis small. Barley— Ther^ is nothing of interest to note respecting this oerea l , very lit' le of the ne* crop being to hand ye', coi s q'leutly th;re is not much domg *l loUtions for prime milling. .I*9l to 4s; medium to good, 3s HI to 3t 61 ; milling, 2s (>i t> 3j ; feed, nominal ; ex store, sacks extra, terms

Grass Sieda — U id ressed ryegrass seed is in ess dem >nd ; only exceptionally clean will sell. Machine dre^el bas iad some ltquiry, hut prices expeced by growers f ll to secure very many orders Quotations for the general run of undressed, Is Cl to 2s 3 I ; extra clean, 2s 6 1 to ?>i ; maenine dreswd, be->t. 3s to ;>s 3 1 ; extra choice, guaranteed puennml, 3i 61 to 4s : ex Bore, sacks extra, oet : cockstoot, b st, 4{ ' to 4^l ; medium, 3] 1 to 4 i per lb. Potatoe — Couoignments dunug the past week having been on a more liberal s-ale prices are not q\si c so fi<m, quotations foi best, L 3 10 4 to L 3 17s (id ; medium, L 2 17s 6d to L 3 1 0 j per ton, ex stort , sack* weigh- d in, net.

Otaff -Thi market this week has to some extent b»en oversuppheci, pi ices in COO 9 quecce are weaker, best fetching L 2 7a 6d to

L 3 2i Cl; medium to good, opw, L 2 5) to L 2 18i ; inferior to medium, 30s to 42s 6d per ton. ex truck, sicks extrp, net.

Dairy Produce — Market quiet, rnma salt butttr, dairy made, dull at 61 to 6£d ; medium, 3£d to 4.} i ; factory made, 91 to lOd per lb. F«c f ory cheese, medium siz a , 4*>d to 4,! 1 ; loaf do, 4 : jd to 5d ; dairy made, 2d to 4d per lb.

Flax — Cablegram? from Home reoort the market exceedingly flit, and prices further receding. A moderate demand for bcal requirements exists here, we have placed all to hand during the past week at prices on a par with those lately quoted, say for medium to good, IDs 101 to 14a 10 1 ; extra well got ur, clean straight fibre aod bright, a shade more ; inferior, nominally, 10s to 123 lOd per ton, ex store.

Stkonaoh Bros and Morris report as follows :—: — Fat Cattle-157 yarded. B^st bullock". L 9 5s to LlO 2a 6d ; medium to good, 1,7 17s (H to L 9 ; liph*. Lfi 10? t-> L 7 5». Bc-st cows I,^ to LS 12s 01 : medium to good, I 5 17- f. 1 to L 7 12s 61. Fat Sheep— 1000 submitted ucUidii g 220 merino wetherc Beet crosfbred wethers, 12s 9) 'o 13s 3d ; Lest do ew(B, Ilstol2i6d; merino wetherp. 6s 61 to 7s 9 1 Lambs — 626 penn^r 1 , demand being only moderate. Bea 1 ", 8s 6d to 10s ; medium, 5s C, 1 to 7^ 9 I. : Pigs— A emsll entry of only 30 was penned, chiefly suckers and slips. Suckers brought 10s to 13s. shpp, 15j to 17s ; porkerF, 343 to 40s : and a few extia heavy pijjp, 55s to (iOs. B>ore Cat'le— There i« no change in this market. A good demand still exis p. for ail off-ring. 1 Store Sheep— Durirg ( hp pnst wtk trar sactions havf be«n confiiderable, with values certainly easier than those ruing lnßt season.