Commercial.
CHRWTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. Report for the week ending Friday eveuing, 17th inst. :—: — Wheat. — Tusc in, of good qnality, is worth from 4s 4d to 4s 6d ; Hunter's white pearl and velvet chafl, 4s 3d to 4s 4d per bushel f. 1 o. b. ; second class samples, 3s 2d to 4s per bushel ; chick wheat, 2s 6d 3s to 3d per bushel, delivered in Christchurch. Oats — A steady inquiry has been mani fest during the week, with an evident re luctance on the part of holders to part. Sales have been effected for good samples at from 2s lOd to 33 per bushel ; feed samples about Id to l^d under the foregoing quo tations. Barley. — Little or no business is being transacted in this cereal, partly from the fact thnt growers are disinclined to accept the offered prices ; and secondly, that there is not much to offer. Prime malting will command 4s 3d to 4s 6d per bushel ; second rate sa.nples, from 3s Cd to 4s per bushel ; feed quality has not yet been offered. ' Grass Seed.— Tbe demand is* still well maintainod. Good clean seed is worth from 4s 6d to 5s 3d per bushel j indifferently cleaned, according to sample. Cheese and Butter.— The demand for both articles continues good. The former is worth from 4d to 4£d ; the latter, 8d to B£d per lb.
POSTAL NOTICE.
Ihe next English and European Mail via ■■^an Francisco will close at ibis Office on Friday, 24th March, at 2 p.m. • F. FALCK, Postmaster. Post Office, Lawrence, 13tb March, 1883..
BIRTH.
Ralston.— At Blue Spur, on the 16th instant, the wife of Mr G. Ralston, -of a daughter.
