Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIII, Issue 35, 27 December 1895, Page 19

Commercial.

The Nbw Zealand Loan and Mebcantile Agency Company Limited, report for the week ended December 24 as follows :— '

Wheat — Prices on par with late quotations. Prime milling (velvet), 4s 4d to 4s 5d ; best tuscan and red wheat, 4s 2d to 4s 3 I ; medium to good, 3s 9d to 4s Id ; broken and inferior to medium, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; ex store, sacks weighed in, terms.

O*ts— Best feed and milling aie held for 2j 2^d to 2s 3id ; medium to good, 2s Id to 2s 2d ; inferior to medium, Is lOd to 2i ; ex store, sacks extra, Det.

Barley — Prices well maintained. Prime milling, 3s to 3s 3d; extra do, 3s 4d to 3s 6d ; medium, 2j 9J to 3s ; inferior, 2i to 2* 6i ; ex store, sackß extra, net.

Grass Weeds— Best dress perennial ryegraas seed, 4s 3i to 4- 6d ; medium, 3s 6d to 4s ; best undressed, 2a 61 to 2* 10J ; medium 2s to 2s 3d ; cocksfoot, best dressed, 4Ji to 5d ; medium, 2^l to 4 1 ; ex store, sacks extra, net.

Potatoes— Old Derwents unsaleable. New kidneys, fresh, 6s 6d to 7s 6d ; stale, 3s 6d to 4e 6d per cwt ; ex Btore, sacks weighed in, net.

Chaff— Market glutted, best only fetching £3 7a 63 to £3 12s 6d ; retail lots np to £4 ; medium to good, £2 17a 6d to £3 5a ; inferior, £2 to £2 15s per ton ; ex truck, sacks returned, net. Sheepskins— Best dry crossbreds, 4£d to 5^4 ; do medium, 3d to 4d ; best do merino, 3£d to 4d ; medium do, 2d to 3d per Ib ; green crossbred peltß 9d to Is 3d ; best greeu lambskins, Is 6d to 2a , medium, 9d to Is Id each.

Rabbitskins— Market firm ; none offered this week.' Quotations — For prime winter greys, Is Id to Is Ud ; picked does, Is 2Ad to Is 3d ; medium to goon, 10d to Is ; bett spring, 8d te 9Jd ; medium, 6£d 7£d ; summer, 3d to sjd ; suckers and inferior. Id to 2£d per Ib. Hides— There is no altergtionto note. Best, 2^d to 3d ; extra heavy, 3Jd to 3sd ; light, IJJ to 2^J ; inferior, Id to l^i per Ib. Tallow and Fat— Market unchanged ; last week's quotations apply.

Lakbt AMD Co, Limited, Wellington, report as follows : - Wheat— The volume of business passing is small, and valuas generally are without change. We quote— Prime milling, 4s 2d to 4a 3d fo.b. Southern ports; prime wncle fowl wheat, 4s ex stores, Wellington ; inferior fowl wheat, 3s per bushel.

Oats — Although Southern markets display increased firmness transactions locally are Bmall, and at relatively lower prices. We

quote— Prime short, 2s 6d to 2s 7d ; dans, 2s 6d ; Danish, 2a 6d ; seed tartarians, 2s 6d to 2s 9d per bushel. Barley— Unaltered. We quote— Best feed, 2s 7d to 2s 8d ; prime malting nominally, 3s ; cape, 2s 8d per bushel. Beans— ln poor demand at 3s per bushel. Pollard— Moderate enquiry at 90s per ton. Maize— Satisfactory business is passing at 2s 9 J to 2s lOd par bushel.

Chaff— The demaod generally is slackening, bat prices meantime are withont quotable change. Prime bright heavy, 955 ; medium, 85s ; straw chaff, 65s per ton.

Pressed Straw— Moderate demand at 60s per ton. Cocksfoot— Without change. Prime bright machine dressed, 4Jd to 5d ; bright heavy undressed, 4jd to 4£d ; rough heavy undressed, 3£i to 3|d ; medium and inferior, 2d to 3d per Ib. Ryegraas — Market firm. We quote — Prime heavy dressed, 4s 3d to 4s 9d ; medium, 3s 6d to 4s per buahel. Po atoes — Holders show a strong disposition to forct sales, and prices in consfqaenca have a downward tendency. We quote— Prime Ojmaru derwente, 75s to 80s; Canterbury, 75a ; Napier, 60s per ton.

Messb3 Donald Rbio and Co. report as follows : — Fat Caitld— There was a moderate entry, 152 head being yarded. Best bullock? sold at L 9 10s to Ll2 s* ; medium, L 7 15s to L9ss ; ligh<, L 6 to L 7 10d ; best cows and heifers, L 6 15s to L 7 17a 6J ; ordinary, L 4 5s to L 5 15s. Fat Sheep —This week's entry was the smallest on record at Burnside, on 761 being penned. Crossbred wethers (in the wool) sold at 16a 6d to 18s 9d ; do ewes (in the wool), 16s to 17s 6*l ; do wethers (shorn), 138 3J to 16j 63 ; do ewes (shorn}, 12s 6d to 15s 3d. Fat lambs — There was a good demand, bat thesnpoly was rather more than was required, and prices wore from Is to Is 6d lower than last week. Best sold at 10s to 12 * ; medium, 8s 3d to 9* 9d ; email, 6s 61 to 7s 91. Fat Pigs— Suckers sold at 49 to 8a 6d ; Blips, 9a to 13a 6d ; stores, 14s to 16s ; porkers, 20a to 225, Sheepskins — Green crossbreda sold at 3a lOi to 5s 9d ; do merinos, 3h to 4s 1 i ; do lambs, Is to Is 2d ; dry crossbreds, 2j to 5s 7d ; dry merinos, la 51 to 3s 111. Hides— Prime heavy, 2^d to 3d per Ib ; good to medium, 2d to 2jd ; li<?ht, l£i to ljd j interior, 1± I to ljd per Ib. Tallow— Frime rendered, 17a co 18s 61 ; medium, 15s to 16a ; inferior, 12s to 14* ; rough fat, 9a to lla 6d per cwt.