Mr Donald SiROVAon (on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limite'l) roports for the weok ended April 19 an follows : Sheepskins — We cleared a good oataloguo at our usual weekly salo on Monday uti ler spirited competition, value* realised fully supporting recent quotations. Butchers' •kitii and pelts fetched 7d to 3s fld ; full woolled merino skins, 5i 4d ; lambskins, 1h 2s 8 1 each ; %nd greasy skins in bales, Gjjd per lb. ilidti. —Quotations of last week may bo reported, namely, 4d per lb for well-trimmed heavy tides in nouud condition ; and 3d to 3Jd for inferior, light, nnd badly-trimmed. Tallow.- Wo sold several lots on Monday at unchanged rate?, and quote as follows : Well rendered tnlluw, 28a to 30s; infoiiir, in proportion ; butohors' rough fat, up to 20a perewt. Grain.— Wheat : Market unchanged, the demand for primo milling being well main tained, without, however, any evidence of anxiety on the part of millers to lay in ■took at present prices Fowl-feed and in ferior being scarce and much inquired for continue firm at our quotations. Medium is not in much request. We quote primo mil ling 4a 7d ; medium, 4a to 4* 4d ; inferior and fowl-feed, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per bushel. O»ts : In consequence of supplies coming to hand more freely, and favorable weather in Auitrali* having decreased the demand from that quarter, late prices are scarcely ob tainable. We quote 3s for feed, and 3s Id for milling. Barley : We report continued inquiry for malting samples, which, if in good quality, could be placed at up to 4a Cd per bushel Wool.— We sold several parcels on Mon day at pricos about on a level with thoso of late sales, ng^regtting equal to tixty-four bales. Greasy cross-bred fetched up to 9^l, and merino IOJd ; ecourod of both descrip* tions, Is 4il per lb.
