Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 49, 6 April 1894, Page 13

Commercial.

A. Todd, on behalf of The New Zealand Land Association Limitkd, repert for week ending April 5. as follows :—: — Store Cattle— A moderate nuniberof tnesechaige htnd? weekly, and owing to the very s'e.dy demand exi9tirjg, prices for all sorts remain firm. Store Shepp — A very fair business \a beins* done, and transactions under this head are. now more numerous ; a go >d demand is experienced for young sheep, both cross bred and merino, all of ' which fetch very fair prices', though not quite up to tboea ruung the previous eeasm. Sheepskins — We held our wtekly sale on Tuesday a» u=ual i before « good attendance of the tride. Biddings were spirited an i | the catalogue was cleared at prices for ha f and crossbredp, dry and I gree >on a par with la^t ween's rates. Merino *kins. however, have I not tl c same attention, and prices for t^ese are relatively lower. Oounry dry crossbreds, inferior to medium ar* fetching Is lid to 2s lOrl ; do do merino, Is 4 I to la 9] ; medium to full woolled cross- i hred j , 3s >o 4s 2d ; best do, 4s 31 to 4s 61 ; extra heavy i) 939 3 to 5< i 4 1 ; full woolled meri- o troo 1, 2 s to 2s i)i ; bes', 2s lOi to 3$ 91 ; fxrra heavy, 3s lOd to 4s 3d ; dry pelt<<, Id to 1* 51 ; best green croS3- | bred pelts. 2s 3 i to 2s 6d ; extra heavy. 31 <o 61 mmc ; medium to \ good, Is 10 I to 2s 21 ; green lambskin", best, 2s2i to 2, ID 1 ; medium. | Is 9d to 2s each. i Rabbitskvns— There is very little doing in these in the m^aa- | time, but a good demmd is experienced for the tew offering, an i j this week prices obtaining show a slight advance, especially for be-it ! nkins. We submitted a moderate ca'a'ogue la9t Monday, bjstauiumn skins fetching 7d toß\\ ; summer, \\i to Gd ; suckers uni lnferioo, H ) to 3£d per lb. " Hi'ies — <V moderate demand e\is's aid late rates readily obtain- ' ing, say, for henvy, frre from cuts, well saved, 601bs aod over. 2£ 1 to 3i • medium, l£d to 2 1 : infeiior and light comDrise the bulk ot the ' offerings, Id to l£i p^r lb. Tallow— The market shows slight indications of a receding tendency, buyers are evidently l^ss keen to operate at prices lately ruling, owing, doubtless, to the less firm tone ;i the market at Home. Local manufacturers have very fall stocks o i h-tnd. QuotsUoas for p.ime j rendered mutton, L2O 111 1 L2l 6s ; medium to goo J, 17<j 6i to 19s 6 i ; inferior ti medium, 15s to 16s 6 ; r mgh fa f , bjst fresh can 1 , 13< to , 13§ 61 ; medium to good, 12s to 12s 91 ; iofenor to medium, 10a to Us 9>l per cwt (ex store). i Wheat— Tbis market presents no new featare. Home advices I continue to report a quiet tone at Mark Une, with no indications of any reaction in the meantime at any ra'a. Bisiues* in the local market is only to a very modeaate extent, owing ciiefly to the la" tb»t the quantity of really g<>od milliDg is in vory few bandß, a d ' not much of it. also that sellers »re not disp >sed to accent lower I priceM, in tbf meantime, than those b^ing lately quoted. Wu quo'e Prime milling, Tuscan and velvet, 2a 7i to 2i 8d ; choice, a shade

more ; medium to good, 2s 5 i to 2s 61 ; infeiior to mediam, 2a to 2s 4d (n store, sacks weighed in, terms). Oats— The market is quite void of animation, the email business b-ing done is confined to the requirements of local consumer*, and as the quantity still being put oi the market for immediate disposal is a long way more thau sufficient for present needp, tbere is no show for prices to improve. «• Barley — Consignments are now coming forward, mostly inferior to medium quality, very little prime malting offjring. Really good has some enquiry, bat there is no demand for any other Forts. Quotations for prime malting, 3< 01 to 4s ; medium nominally, 3s to 3s 3d ; milling, 2< 61 to 2s 91 ; feed has no enquiry ; ex store, sacks extra, terms. Grass Speds— There is no improvement to note in the demtnd for ryegrass seed. Shorr, bavy, clean seed is saleable at late rates, while undressed large seed is somewhat difficult to quit. Quotations for machine dressed, good to bes f , 3s to 3s 3d ; choice perennial, 3s 6i to 4a ; ex store, sucks extra, net. Cocksfo t has lately met with more attention, and now wi'h diminishing stocks prices are firmer. Quota io»8 for best dressed. 4Ji to ojd ; medium, 3d to 4£d per lb. Potatoes— Consignments latey have been in excess, prices in consequence have farther receded. Quotations for best, L 2 12s 61 to T,2 17d 61 ; medium, L 2 5s to L 2 10i ; kidney?, for seed, L 3 per ton ; ex store, sicks weighed in, net. Chaff — The market has b;en glu ted during the past week, and to effect sales very much lower prices have to beacepted, bee selling at L 2 2s 61 to L 2 7-t 61 ; ex'ra [jnov\ L 2 lOi to L 2 15s 6 .' ; i f.-rior to uipiinm, LI 10* to L 2 per ton (ex truck, sicks extra, net). D iiry ProJuc' — Prime swt batter, diiry-m'de, only in very moieiate demand at d to 6£d ; m? liurn. 3^l to 4.J 1 ; faciory, 9 1 to lOd pT lb Factory cheese has a little more inquiry, medium being worth 4sl to 4Jd ; I aC do, 4^ 1 to 5 1 ; dairy-made. 21 to 4d per lb. Fiax — There is no mat r al al eration to no"c in the po itioi of the mark-t. which still remains invctive. Qiotatinas for medium to good, Ll3 103 ta Lli 10s ; inferior, nominally LlO to Ll2 per ton.

Stbonacii Bros and Morris report as follows : — Fat Cattle — Best bullockr. L 9 10s to LlO 10s ; mediam do. L 8 to L 8 15s , light do, L 6 10s to 1 7 12s 6 J ; best cow?, L 6 10i to L 7 17s 61 ; medium do, L 5 10s to L 6 10 . ; light ard aged, L 2 17s 6d to L 5 ss. Fat iSheep— Best crossbred wether*, 12s 9d to 149 ; medium do, 108 9 i to 12) 6d ; best crossbred ewep, lla io 12-> 91 ; extra prime do, 13s 6d to 13i 9] ; medium to good do, 8s 6d to 10s 9d. L\mbs— Bes .9i to 10s 61 ; others, 4s to 8s 9J ; one pen, 12§ 6d. Pit's — Su-kers, 8j to 12s 6d ; elipc, 14s tv 16s ; stores, 18s to 23a 61; porkers, 31s v 3.">9 ; bacontrs, 37s io 46s 6d ; do, extra heavy, 63<. Store Ca'tle — All lots offering are readily sold at satisfactory prices . Store She>p — There is little improveaent to co'e ia buyers' idea of values Sheepskirß- Country dry crossbrede, Is 10J to 5s 3d, according to quality and growth uf wool. Rabbitskins— We disposed of a small catalogue on Monday laat at up to 10£1. Wheat— Quotations : Prime milling, velvet and Ta«can, 2s 7d to 2s 9 I ("X'ra choce velvet a 'lUle more; ; mediam to good, 2s 5d to 2s 6d ; inferior to medium, 2s to 2s 4d (ex stoic, sacks weighed ia terms). Oate— Buyers ideas of values are : Best feed and milling, Is 4d to Is 51 ; medium to good Is 31 to Is 4d (sacks extra, ex store). Grass Beec— Quotations— For machine-dressed, good to beat, 3s to 3* 3d ; extra (.hnca, perennial, 3s 61 to ii (ex store, sacks pxtrt n* 1 ) — Cocksfoot — Very little ia doing in this. Prices from 3M to 4? 1 per lb. 4 Potatoes— Bear, L 2 15s to toL3 ; medium, L 2 7s 6d to L 2 12a 6J per t n('X store, sacks weighed in, net). Chaff —Best old sheaf, well cue and screened, L 2 15g to L 3 ; best new, L27s6d to L 2 12s 6d ; medium to <»ood, L2to L 2 ss ; inferior to mediam, 30s to 37s 6d per ton (ex track, sacks extra, net).

Mb F. Mebnan. Kine street, reports : — Wholesale prf <4flßy* — Oats: New feed, Is 31 to Is 61; old, la 7d to la 9d,[>Jßeat : Milling, 2i 61 to 2a 101; fowls' wheat, 29 Od to 2s 3d. Chaff : Inferior to medium, 30 1 to 45 i ; good to prime, £'J 5s to £2 15s. Hay : oats, €3 0s ; ryegrass, £2 sa. Potatoes : Kidneys, £2 10s ; derwenta, 45t to 655. Flour : Stone, £6 KM to £7 Oa ; roller, £7 10a to £8 o*. Oatmeal, 25ibs, £'J Om ; bulk, £8 10s. Butter, freah, CJ, 7d to 9J ; ■alt, 63, poor demmd B^gi, 1& 3 1 per dozen (market fair supply.)