Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIV, Issue 1, 1 May 1896, Page 13

Commercial.

Tub New Zealand Loan and Mbbcantile Agency Company Limited, report for the week ended April 28 as follows :— Wheat— The demand ia not extra brisk, but prices have not altered much lioce oar last report, prime milling velvet being worth 3s 7d to 3« 81 ; medium to good, 3s 54 to 3a 6i ; beat Tuscan," 3 * 4d to 3s 5d ; medium. 3s Id to 3s 34 ; best red whea», 3s 5d to 3s 64 ; medium, 3a 3d to 3d 4d ; inferior and soft, 2* 6d to 2a lOd (ex store, tacks in, terms). Oats— The market is very firm and showing rising. Quotations for prime milling, Is 8;d to la 9d ; beat short feed, Is 7|d to Is Bjd ; medium. Is 6sd to Is 7sd ; prime long Tartarians, fit for seed, la 9£d to Is 10} d (ex store, sacks extra, net). Barley— The market lacks animation, tbe supply being in excess of present requirements. Quotations for prime malting, 3a 3i to 3s 6d ; extra do, 3s 94 ; medium, nominally, 2a 94 to 3s ; inferior, 2s 3d to 2a 6d (ex store, sacks txtra, net). Grass Beads — There is no demand of any consequence. Quotations for best machine-dressed ryegraes seed, 3s 34 to 3s 64 ; extra do, 3s 94 to 4s ; beat undressed, 2s 64 to 2s 94 ; medium, la 91 to 2s 3d (ex store, sacks extra, net). Cocksfoot : Best dressed, 3 £4 to 41 ; medium, 2Jd to 3d per lb (ex store, sacks weighed in, net). PotHtoes— Market slightly easier. Best Derweots, L 2 10a to L 2 15s ; medium, L 2 6s to L 2 7a 6d per ton (ex store, sacks weighed id, net). Chaff— Beat oaten eheif, L 2 7d 64 to L 2 10s ; medium, L 2 to L 2 59 per ton (ex truck, sacks returned, nat). Sheepskins — While tbe demand continues good buyers are not so anxious to pay the prices lately obtaining. Bust green crossbreds are wor'h 2§ 64 to 2a 94 ; extra he<\vy, 6s to 3s 3d ; medium, Is 91 t • 2s 3J ; grern lambskins, best, 2s 104 to 3s ; extra 1 rge, 3i 3d to 3s 44 ; medium, 2i to 2a 81 ; mfeiior. 9 t to Is 8d ; bf st dry crossbred ekinp, 4£d to s£d ; medium, 3 1 to 4d ; best do merino, 41to 4J 1 ; medium, 2d to 34 per lb. Uabbitskins— Best autumn are latching 7 J I to B£d ; medium, 64 to 74 ; summer, 31 to 5^4 ; suckers and iofenor, Id to 2^4 per lb. Hides— Prices unchanged, say for best, 2d to 2Jd ; extra heavy, 3d ; light I£4 to 1$1 ; inferior, Id to l±d per lb. T«Uow and Fat — Best rendered mu'ton fit for export, 17a 61 to 18i 61 ; medium to good, 14s 64 to 16s 61 ; inferior to medium, 10a 6d to 139 6d ; best fresh mntton caul fat, Hi 3d to 11s 9 1 ; medium tv go >d, 10a 31 to 10a 94 ; inferior to me Hum, 8s 64 to 9a 64 per cwt (ex store). Mebsbs Stbonach Bros and Mobbis report as under : — Fat Cattle— l 62 were yarded, Best bullocks, LB2*6dto L 9 ; medium do, L 7 5a to L 8 ; others, L 4 15s to L 6 12a 64 ; best heifers, L 6 to L 7 16». Fat Sbeep— 2l63 were submitted. Extra prime we' hem, to ]s<; good, 11s 61 to 13s; medium, 9s 31 to 11s; best ewe?, to lls 34 ; medium do, 7s 91 to 93 ; others, 6s 64 to 7s 34. Fat Limbs— 277 were placed at values ranging from 6a 61 to 10s 64, according to condition and quali'y. Pigs— l 43 penned. Buckers, 3a 61 to 6s 6i ; slip?, 7s 61 to 12a 64 ; stores, 14s to 16? ; porkers, 17s 64 to 21s ; baconere, 24s to 31s 64 ; and some extra weights at 38 i to 545. Sheepskins— Good competition was met with for all sore. Rabbitskina— Best autumns, 74 to B£i ; summers, s£i to 6| I ; sucker*, etc, 21 to 4d. Wheat— Velvet, 3a 6^4, Tuscan and red aorta, 3a 31 to 3s 41 ; superior to medium, 2a 114 to 3s 2 1. Oats— Seed parcels, to Is 10}1 ; milling and best feed, Is 7J Ito Is B}d ; medium Is 7d to Is 7£d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes— Prices slightly easier. Best derwents, L 2 10a to L 2 15s. Chaff— Good oaten sheaf, L 2 7s 64 to L 2 10a per ton (sacks in). Laeky asd Co, Limited, Wellington, report as follows :— Wheat — Without alteration. We quote prime milling 3a 34 to 3*6 d f.o.b Southern ports, 3531 f.o.b Blenheim ; prime whole fowl wheat, 3* lOd ; medium quality 3a per busbel (ex stores, Wellington).

Oats— We quote prime abort 2* Id 2a 2d ; duns, 2s 3d ; Danish, 2s per bushel. Barley—Prime malting, 3a 3d to 3a 6d f.o.b. Nelson or Marlborough ; Cape, 3s ; beat feed, 2s 74 to 2s 8d per bushel (ez store*, Wellington). Chsff— Goad demand. Prime bright beity, 65a to 70s ; medium to good, 60a per ton. Cocksfoot — Prime bright machine dressed nominally 44 ; bright heavy undressed, 3J I to 3±d ; rough heary undressed, 2f Ito M per Ib. Byegrass— Prime bright machine dressed, 43 3d to 4i 64; medium to good, 3a 61 to 43 ; farmers' parcels, 3a to 3s 31 per bushel. Bran— Bos per too . Flour— Best brands in sacks LlO to LlO 5s per ton, with proportionate prices for other sizas. Oatmeal— HO to LIO 59 per (on. Onions— ln good demand at up to L 5 15s for cboica linei, ordinary to good, L 5 5s to L 5 10s. Sheepskins — Country crossbreds, medium to fine quality wellsaved pelts, 5Jd to 6|4 ; oxTa choice lines, 61 ; ordinary well -saves! pelts, 4|d to 5J ; medium badly saved pelts, 34 to 4Jd ; beat country merinoe, 5d to 64 ; ordinary to good, 44 to 4jd per lb. Babbitskins— ln fair demand. Prime winters may be quoted at up (o 84 ; autumn, 4d to 64 per lb,