Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIV, Issue 38, 15 January 1897, Page 13

Commercial.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report for the week ended January 12, as follows: — Wheat — There is very little now offering, transactions in consequence are unimportant. Quotations for prime milling' wheat. 48 7d to 48 lOd ; prime Tuscan, 4s od to 4s 8d ; inferior and fowls' wheat, 3s 6d to 4s 2d (ex store, sacks weighed in, terms). Oats — Shippers are not inclined to purchase except when they have orders on hands, which of late have not been coming forward very freely. Quotations for prime milling and best short feed, Is lO^d to Is lid ; Danish and medium sparrowbill, Is 9d to Is lOd ; inferior, Is 7d to 5s 8d (ex store, sacks extra, net). Barley is in rather better demand, but prices show no improvement. Say for prime malting, 3s to 3s 3d ; medium, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; inferior, 2s to 2s 3d (ex store, sacks extra, net). Grass Seeds — Sales of ryegrass seed are occasionally effected, but prices are disappointing. Say for best machine dressed, 2s 6d to 2s Dd ; extra prime, 3s to 3s 3d (ex store). Cocksfoot : Best dressed, .">Jd to o.^d ; medium, 4Jd to 5d (ex st»re, sacks extra, net). Chaff — Market fully supplied and difficult to sell unless free of all faults. Quotations for prime, L 2 10s to L 2 12s 6d : medium, L 2 2s <ld to L 2 7s (>d per ton (ex truck, sacks returned, net). Potatoes — Owing to fuller supplies prices are fast receding. Quotations for best kidneys, L.~> 10s to L 6 10s ; medium, L 3 10s to L 4 10s (ex store, sacks in, net). Sheepskins — Market flat. Best dry crossbreds fetch 4^d to 5d ; medium, 3d to 4d ; dry merinos, 2d to 4d per lb ; green crossbred pelts, lOd to Is 3d ; green lambskins, i)d to Is 3d each. Rabbitskins — Very few now offering. Medium and off-season fetch 7d to 9d ; inferior, 4d to 5Jd ; suckers, Id to 2Jd per lb. Hides — Are in moderate demand. Best fetch 2d to 2|d ; extra heavy, 3d to 3>d ; light, 1 }d to l^d ; inferior, Id to ljd per lb. Tallow and Fat—Sales confined to broken packages from the country, rendered fetching 10s Gd to 15s ; best mutton caul fat, 11s to lls 6d ; medium, i)s Od to 10s Gd ; inferior, Ss Gd to Ds per cwt, ex store, net.

Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report as follows :—: — Oats — We submitted a small catalogue, and all lots were disposed of at values equal to last week's quotations. Prime milling. Is lid to Is ll£d ; good to best feed, Is 10£ dto Is lid; medium to inferior. Is i)d to Is lOd per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat — We only offered a few lots of broken and inferior fowl feed, which sold at 8s 4d to 3s 7d per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes — Out of numerous lots offered we only succeeded in placing a few lots of the primest quality. Best Northerns, L 6 to L 6 ")s ; inferior and green, L 3 10s to L."> per ton (sacks in). Chaff. — The market is well supplied, and prime oaten chaff realises up to L 2 l.~>s : good oaten chaff, L 2 10s to L 2 12s 6d ; medium, L 2 .Is to L 2 7s Gd per ton (sacks extra).