Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 50, 13 December 1900, Page 13

Commercial.

+ (For week ending December 12.) PRODUCE. Wellington, December 4. — The Agent-General advises the Agricultural Department as follows : — ' Butter, 110s ;in good demand, cbesee, 55a ; market firm.' Napier, Deoember 5. — Messrs. Nelson Bros, have received the following cable from the C.C. and D. Company : — To-day'a quotations are as follows: Beat Canterbury mutton, 4*d; best Napier and North Island, 4Jd per lb. London, December 7. — Butter : The market is firm and there is a brisk sale. Choicest, 1 1 2s ; a fair demand exists for secondary at about 104s ; Danish is unchanged. Babbits : The market is lifeless, prices ruling at 8d to S\i. Wheat : The markets are firmer, especially Paris. Cargoes are quiet ; Australian November and December shipments, 2!>s fid ; parcels afloat, 29a. London, December 9. — Frozen mutton : Crossbred wethers and maiden ewea — Canterbury, 4]d ; Dunedin and Southland, IJ'l ; North Island, 4|d. Lamb is unchanged. River Plate crossbred or merino wethers: Heavy 3 15-lGd ; litrht, 'A 11-lf.l. New Zealand beef (1801 bto 2201 b, fair average quality) U\ fore*. :< ; I ox hinds, 4d. SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Invercargill prices current : — Wholesale : Butter, fresh, 6d, factory, bulk, lOd ; pats, lO^d ; egga, lOd per doz; cheese, farm, 3Jd ; bacon, farm, 7d ; do (rolled) farm, 6d ; hams, 8d ; potatoes, L 4 per ton ; barley, 2s to 2a 6d ; fowl wheat, 2s ; chaff, L2 los ; flour, L 6 10a to L7ss ; oatmeal, L 9 10s to LlO ; pollard, L 4 ; bran, L 3 10s, including bags. Retail — Fresh butter, Bd, factory, bulk, Is ; pats, Is OJd ; eggs, la per doz ; cheese, 6d ; bacon, rolled, Bd, sliced 9d ; hams, 10d; potatoes, .js per ewt ; flour, 2001bs, 14a ; 501 b, 4a ; oatmeal, 501 b, 6a ; 251 b, 3s ; pollard, Gs fid per bag ; bran, 4s per bag ; chaff, L 3 per ton ; fowls' feed, 2a 9d per bushel. A BECORD SHIPMENT OF DAIRY PRODUCE. A record shipment of dairy produce was included in the freight of the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Paparoa, which left Wellington for London on Thursday. The total quantity from all ports consisted of 31,178 boxes butter and 4203 cases cheese. The total value of the vessel's cargo amounted to between L 350.000 and L 375.000. Messrs. Donald Reid and Co , Ltd., report as follows :—: — Oats — The market continues steady, and all prime feed can be readily placed for shipment. No improvement of late values can be reported, but for best short feed these are well maintained. We quote : Prime milling. Is 6*d ; good to best feed, Is 3d to Is 6d ; medium, Is 3d to Is 4Jd per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat— There is no change to report. Prime milling is in moderate demand at late quotations, but medium sorts are not in request. Whole fowl wheat meets with ready sale. We quote : Prime milling, 2a 6d to 2s 7d ; medium 2s 2.1 to 2s .">d ; whole fowl wheat, 2a to 2i Id ; broken, etc., Is 8d to la lid per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes — The market is sparingly supplied. We quote : Best Derwents, L 3 10a to L 4 ; others, L 3 to L 3 10a per ton (sacks in). Chaff — Medium quality is in fair supply, but meets with little demand. Prime oaten sheaf is in good demand, and readily sold at L 2 10a to L 2 12a 6d ; medium, L 2 to L 2 5a per ton (bags extra).

Ma.F. MBBNAN,King street, reports : — Wholesale prices only— Oate : Fair to good feed Is 4d to la 6d ; milling, Is 6d to Is 7d. Wheat : milling, 2a 5d to 2s 6J ; fowls', Is 9d to 2a Id. Potatoes*: Northern, L 3 15a ; Southern, L 3 10s. Chaff : Inferior, 30a to 40s j good to prime, 47s 6d to 50a. Straw : pressed 27s ; loose, 28s. Flour: Sacks, L 6 10s; 501bg, L 7 ; 251bs, L 7, quiet. Oatmeal: 251bs, L 9 10s. Butter : Dairy, 6d to 8d ; factory, 9Jd to lOJd. Cheese : Dairy, f>d ; factory, 5Jd. Egga, 7Jd. Onions : Melbourne. 14s. Messrs. Stronach Bros, and Morris report as follows :—: — Wheat — No change in values to report. Prime milling velvet and Tuscan, 2a 6d to 2a 7d ; medium, 2b 2d to 2s 5d ; fowl wheat, Is lid to 2s Id per bushel (sacks in). Oats— Market unchanged. Milling, Is 6Jd to Is 7d ; good to best feed, Is 5d to Is fid ; medium, la 3d to Is 4Jd per bushel (sacks extra). Chait — Market unchanged. Prime oaten sheaf, L 2 10a to L 2 12i fid ; medium, L 2 to L 2 7s Od per ton (bags extra). Potatoes — Very few coming forward, consequently prices show a considerable advance. Best Derwents, L 3 10s to L 4 per ton (bags in). LIVE STOCK. Ddnedin Horse Saleyahdb. Mew. Wright, St<-phen=on and Co. report as follows :—: — Thore \va« a very small entry of horses at our sale on Saturday last, and in neither the draught nor light classes were there any animals deserving of special mention. There were only two or three draught horses entered, and all were either email or light. In this class we sold one draught filly, broken to chains only, for L3S, and another mare, fully 10 years old, for L 36, thia mare being also sold without a trial. Light horses were scanty and only of poor to medium quality, about a dozen changing hands at from L 5 to Ll.">. We quote : Superior young draught geldings, L 43 to L 55 ; extra good prize horses, L 55 to L7O ; medium draught mares and geldings, L 35 to L 44;4 4; aged do, L2B to L 32 ; upstanding carriage horses, L 25 to L 35 ; well-matched carriage pairs, L6O to LBO ; strong spring- van horsee, L 25 to L 33 ; milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, Ll6 to L 22 ; tram horses, Ll4 to L2O ; light hacks, Lll to Ll4 ; extra good haoka, LI B to L 25 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, L2to L 5. Addington Stock Market. The entries at Addington comprised 2400 fat sheep. 1170 fat lambs 1500 store sheep, 371 cattle, and 382 pigs. Fat Cattle — 153 head yarded, mostly light-weight heifers and cows, but very few steers. The market was weak at the opening, but improved, and closed firm at an advance on prime beef of 22a to 24s fid, and on other sorts of 18s to 21s. Steers realised Lfi 10s to LlO ; heifers. L 4 17s Od to L 7 10s; cows, L 4 10a to L 7 2a (id. Stobe Cattle — There was a good entry and good demand ; but vendors' values were too high in many cases. Two-year steers fetched L:> 10s ; 18 -months' old cattle, L 2 14s ; and dry cows, L 2 6a to L 4 7s 6d. Fat Sheep — Nearly all the fat sheep were shorn, and mostly secondary ewes. Good wethers and best quality ewes met with a keen demand, and the market was very firm. Extra prime wethers brought 20s fid to 22s ; freezers, 17s to 203 ; lighter, down to lfia fid ; best ewes. l'Ja to 20s 7d ; good, 15a to ISa ; others, down to 12a 3d. Fat Lambs — These were of very good quality, and further hardening of prices took place. Extra prime brought up to 17a Id ; freezing sort", 14s to 16a ; inferior, down to 12a 6d. Tigs — Many were unfinished in the fat pens, and caused strong demand for good sorts, which, as well as good stores, met with a

ready sale. Baconers brought 32s to 48s, equal to 3}d ; porkers, 208 to 28s, eqml to 4d ; stores, 12a 6d to 20s ; suckers and weaners, to 10e. WOOL, SKINS, TALLOW, ETC. London, December 7. — Bradford wool is advancing. Common sixties, 18d ; supers, 19d. Napier, December 5. — The first wool Bale of the season took place to-day. Only fair catalogues were submitted, growers preferring to ship direct to London. Competition was fairly brisk. Prices for fellmongery lots were well maintained. In comparison with last season's prices Lincoln coarse and fine crossbred show a depreciation of from 30 to 40 per cent ; coarse and fine dingy wool a drop of about 25 per cent. Wellington, December 7.— At to-day's wool sales 1209 bales were offered, ef which 769 were sold. As anticipated, there was a marked fall in prices as compared with last December. There was no material difference between to-day's prices and recent London quotations. The fall was in some instances as much as 5d on halfbreds, merinos, and super crossbreds, and 2d to 3d on medium and coarse wools. The following prioes ruled : Halfbred, 6d to 6|d ; merino, sJ<i to 6d ; super crossbred, 6d to 6Jd ; medium do and Romneyß, 5d to 5Jd ; coarse do and Lincoln, 4Jd to 5Jd ; log-stained and inferior, 3d to 4d ; pieoes and bellies, 3d to 4d ; locks, Id to 2d. Messrs. Stronach Bros, and Morris report as follows :—: — Ra.bbitskin8 — No sales this week. During the summer months sales will only be held fortnightly. Sheepskins — In good demand at late quotations. Hides — Market firm. Prime heavy ox, 4d to 4^l ; medium, 3Jd to 3fd ; cow hides, 3d to 3}d per lb. TALLOW— Market unchanged. Best rendered mutton, 16s to 17a 6d ; medium, 14s to 15s 6d ; rough fat, 12a to 13s per owt.