Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 4, 25 May 1894, Page 13

Commercial.

A. Todd, on behalf of The New Zealand Land Association Limited, repert for week ending May 23, as follows :—: — Store Cattle — The business done in this is a good deal less extensive, a moderate numbar still change hands, bat there are fewer buyers now in the market and only those who have more than a sufficient supply of winter feed show any disposition to purchase. The present demand is chiefly confined to grown cattle in forward condition. Store Sheep— The market ia now much quieter and the tendency towards lower prices, well-bred crossbreds, wethers and ewep, when young and eound sell readily and at very full prices, but sged and mixed sorts are not so easily moved. The offerings lately are confined principally to odd lots, no lines of any consequence or merit being presented. Sheepskins— Our sale at the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday passed off fairly satisfactory. Court-y dry crossbreds, inferior to medium, brought Is 9d to 2a 9i ; do do merino, la 51 to Is 9d ; medium to full-woolled crossbrede, 3i to 4s 9 1 ; extra heavy. 5s 3d to 6-j 3d ; full woolled nienaos good, 2s to 2a 10J ; beat do do, 3<» to 4s 3i ; dry pel's, Is to Is 4d ; bPBt green crossbred skin", 3* to 3s 6d ; extra heavy, 3j 6d to 3^ 9J ; medium to good, 2s 6J to 2* 10 I ; green merinoß, Is 4<l to Is 9d ; do lambskins, best, 3a to 3a 6d ; medium, 2a 3d to 3a each. 1 Rabbitskins — The supply is still limited, a very much larger number could be easily placed. Buyers are displaying a very considerable amount of animation in their bidding at the auction rooms, | and aa the skins are improving prices are steadily advancing. This I week at our auction sale best skins show an advance of to per lb on the prices obtaining last week. On this occasion late autumn skins brought 9fd to 10 i ; early do, 7^i to B^d ; summer do 4Jd to 6£d ; muckers, half-grown and mixed, 2£d to 4£d per lb. Hides — A moderate demand exists for these, more particularly j well dried and properly flayed heavy w°ights. Quotations for heavy, [ 21 to 2^d ; extra do, 60 lbs and over, 2^l to 3d ; medium, Hd tolfd ; i light and inferior, Id to j^d per lb. Tallow. — Market quiet. A fair demand exists for all coming forward, but buyers are less disposed to give prices lately quoted owing, doubtless, to the weak tendency of the market at Home, We quote best rendered mutton 19s bo 21s ; medium to good, 16s to 18s 6i ; inferior to medium, 13* to 15s 6d ; best canl fat, 133 to 13s 61 ; medium to good, 12s to 12s 9d ; inferior to medium, 10s to 11s 9d per cwt (ex store). Wheat — A fair amount of business has transpired during the I week chiefly medium quality at values on a line with those recently quoted. The Home market itill remains unsatisfactory and at the moment most sellers would rather not quit at present somewhat unprofitable rates and display less readiness to meet tie views of buyers. We quote prime milling, velvet, 2a lCs to 2s 11* ; medium to good, and Tuscan, 2a 8d to 2a 9d ; medium to good red wheat, 2a 5b to 2a 8d ; inferior to medium, 2a to 2a 4d ; ex store, sacks weighed in, terms. Oats — There ia no change of any consequence in the position of the market with regard to these since we last reported, a moderate demand is experienctd for both good short feed and bright atont milling, which are being disposed of in medium sized lines at about equal to last week's rates. Quotations for beat milling, Is 6£d to Is 7d ; prime feed, bright and stoat, Is s£d to Is 6d ; medium to good, Is 4^d to Is s£d ; inferior, Is 3d to la 4d ; ex itore, sacks extra, net. Barley has some slight attention, bnt not very much. Buyers for malting are not disposed to purchase except at a considerable reduction on the prices ruling earlier, There are very few really prime malting samples now offering, the bulk being second rate quality, but of such, small sales are being effected. Quotation! for prime malting, Za 6d to 3a 9d ; medium to good, 3st o 3s 3d ; milling 2a 3d to 2s 7d ; feed Is 6d to Is 9d ; ex store, aacka extra.

BP6d G ht 8 Seedß-Therew b ill some inquiry for well dressed ryegrass seed, but sellers and buyers' ideas of value differ rather too much to allow of very much bnsmtss being put through. There is no demand for undiesred unless really prime. Best machine dr-Rsed, 2s 9d to 39 3d; cbou-e, guaranteed perennial, 3s 6d to 4«, ex store, net — Cocksfoot-Only a very moderate amount of business passing in this «x»d fltnokß *r* low and firmly held, for bent dre^ed, 5M to fid • m<»dmrr 41 to 5 1 ppr 1b 2 ' Chaff-Owing doubtlee, to the ftv e weather prevailing, the supply this week has been somewhat heavy, prices in consequence are slightly easier B^t L2to L 2 10, ; eho lee , L 2 12, 61 ; L.hum to fr°ul.^Vk^U 22 D ce 22 t 6J; iDiemr ' L 159 t0 Ll 123 6d *"«»'" Dairy PrndnPP_A slightly better demand r X f,ts for prime m ] t batter, dairy made, wh Ic h is moving off in small parcels, at 6d to 7-1 • SfHEi 1 . i?i V f ? c '° rj \ macK 9J t0 lOi : fa <"o^ oheese, mcd.am BlZ *' if d to T 4 | l ' lo ? f d-Hito 5d ; dairy made, 2d (o 4d per Ib. Flax-The market is almost at a standstill ; there is very little coming forward, but more than sufficient for requirements. Quotamedium, HO to Ll2 per ton, ex store.