COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XVI, Issue 3806, 20 October 1882, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Stah Offlco, Friday.

MB B. ABTHUB'S W__B*£~. BBPORT,

The supply ot pro. uoe haa not been equal to the demand. A much larger quantity could liave been sold. Potatoes hav_ improved In prices. Cheese and batter are still Id demand at high price. Baion has not Improved in price, but mere is little onhand, Fruit: All oleaied oat. About two aorea ot land In the vlUage of Onehunga, Norman's Hill, sold for £200; but few auctions this we-fr, Tuesday : Salo of furniture, toy-, drapery, fanoy goods, Seo., at tho mart. There was a large attendance, but little done in futnlture. A large quantity of other goods sold at fair prioes, Friday. Markot Day: Sale of poultry, produce. Sec at Mart, a large number were present, a fair amount of business was done. Proiuce andfruitpretty well cleared out at good prices. MB A__*R-D BUOKt-JID'S W__Kl~. B-PORT. . At the Haymarket, on Friday last, folder was again very plentiful, and brought slightly lower sric-a. The horse yard b were well Oiled with a mixed assortment of hor.es, most of which wore disposed ot at good priots. At the weekly sale of hldes.sklns.and tallow.held at tbo Haymarket < on Tuesday last, there waa a larger nnmber of htdes brought forward than usual, and generally "ct B-od quality; pricea were lower than a few TOoaks Blnoe—about halfpenny per lb; highest siloe obtained for good hides waa from 3a fi-.d to 3i 13-1-d the lb. Sheepskins were also In full numbers. and good Inquiry, ffull-woolled -Wns brought from 3s 6d tosss 9d eaob. Wool in bags, fid to 6_d tbe ib. Tallow in _m_U lots, from 26s to Sis 01 the cwt. At Fokeno. on Monday, the usual muster o( cattle was yarded; a p.ood numbor sold, the balance driven forward tor tho Urury sale on Wednesday. At Orury, on Wednesday, tfiere was a full muster of cattle ot all clasae., and a good attendanoe of bcyera ; the improved values recently obtaded for grown steers were fully sustained, and younger oattlo were also in slightly beotter Inquiry, and all brought forward found ready buyers. At K-mu-erai on Thursday, dairy oattlo were numerous, and at lato values; few .tor. oattle yarded. Fat o.ttle in moderate nnmber. and better worth from 20a to SCs per head. Prioes ranged from 27s to 32s the 10l~b.. The only truck ot cattle from Waikato, Mr W. Taylot's, averaged £116) eaob. Sheep were also in short supply, and better worth than laat week about 2s per head. Prices ranged from fully 2}d for shorn sheep to 31tl for those In their wool. Lambs were numerous, and scarcely so high as last week. Prioes ranged from 10a to lis eaob. lies' were scarcely represented, and ooneeduently all yarded brought good values. MEBSBB HUMEI. iND KOLiN'B W-KKLY DEFOE*.. Horsecs: Thernhasbeen a steady demand, but no upwftrd teuudenoy in prioes, and a good many have changed hands at the previous week's values. At the Durham Yard., on Friday laat, there was above ttn average muster. Steady competition through out and almost wlihoutexraptlon thope tub" mitted wero disposed of. We quote—Hacks. from £8 to £16 15b ; medium draught, £18 to £32; heavy draught. £37 to -15 Ms. Wool, Hides, and -kins I The supply was limited, and values ranged about tho same as tho provlong week's. Hides, 3d to Sid per lb; skins. Is lid to is 'Id. Cattle: Tho number offered haa been quite up to the average. Th* re was a marked Improvement ln the value ot dairy cow.. stores maintained last week's values, and there waa a rise ot la per iCOlbs on beef; Sheep are In adequate supply, and corresponcing demand. Ihe majority penned at Newmarket on Tuesday were shorn sheep, and cold at from lis Dd to I7a. Lambs ware plentiful, aod nold at from 9a 9d to 16a. Plrs : Scarce, value higher. MKSSBS B-NKS ASD OO.'B WBBELY REPORT. At their monthly sale at Paeroa, held en Tuesday. Ootober 17, a largo market ot prlmo baef sold freely nt 27s to 27s Od per lOOlbs. For the Clydesdale entire horse, Glencoe, oompatition was keen, especially from residents in this district, where he was best known, Mr Kennedy, of Paeroa, was the purohaser, at £72. Wednesday, tbe 18th, at Shortland wharf, sale Of hay and chaff. Bough weather prevented a largeattendanoe.and with exception of onelotof ■wheaten chaff, which brought 2_ 6d and 2. fld . per out,, no buainess waa done. At Para wai Yardc, on Thursday, fat oattle were in limited numbers, those offered bolng steers of very choloe quality. 30a per lOOlbs was obtained. Bheep also wore In less thin usnat supply, and wore at higher values thau lost week; Napi. r "wetberr, ln their wool, bringing 23) 6d to 21a 6d eaeb. Lambs, yarded, wero very good, aud brought li»9d to I.E. each.