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Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 219, 17 September 1886, Page 2

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BVENINO Star Office, this day Mit Ai.i'iikd Bucici.and's Weekly Rbpokt —At iho If tj market on Kriday, September 10, not many liorjoe were ja'ddd, priocD wore firm, Mil tlwro was an uiisut t-)i«d demand for voting hoisos suitable lor farm work. Ii~o?c fodder w a pl.r.t fill, but re juired. and Jala values fully euisuiliiol. I , :eased hay mtvos oft but slowly, and lower viilti s will have to bo Likon than are at pro cit TOUKhttu (il'-.ct sales. UTuin toldfn-fVj-. oats fre in 2a 6d to 2a 0.1. nmlzo Ss 3d tho bushel. Manui-os are inquired for. and with improved wea'her will bor. .j.iircd in quantitr. Ou I'u.'Sday hides worn in full nnmbore. price* not sigoad aeaslio.t time cine?, Iho greater pan brought from L']d to 2 : (d tho lb, boßt quality 3i to 3JU, ex from llij to 19«. Sheopslvloa aro in unprovrd demand, and hroußht from 2i :iil l> Hi 7(1 nac'J 1 allow 13a (id the cm, Inferior wuo) ."Id to i\i por lb. The country o-UliuxaliH liavo been faiily biinplied with stock, and pric :a for all drf crlution ilrm. That nt Pokeno en Mcnday oo:uisrod princpal y of cowsiind huifci", bin on Wclncda» at Drury ilure win a lar«o muster oMvallbied bteirsof a'l cla*o3 for which there was an imnvovud do-nun", thrco year o'lis brimting frciH M3Wβ to £1 3j eich. and other in proporiion. At tne K< lnucra Yarclc, on I'hursday. dairy ca'tle scarcely niuictliuod 1 tevulu-n r til ' gpod inquiry. l\»t cattle in averaee number dia not iiiuin am 1 >bt weok's valunu; best qualiiy were at 20j en.l 2le. Mid infoiior from iSj tho Uo,b Sheen woie at higher values; bua p;np, iiiixoi SOXC-", biouslH 19j each ia thijir wool, so d ordinary wethers 15j each Fat lambs short ot requirements, and better wo:ti. Pigs, in moderate numbtr.wuro at into values.

Mks3kb Hunter and Nolan's Weekly RkrouT.—Horses: '.the markot lias continued moderately active with no rcrceptlHe alteration in value. An avorftKe number were subrniled by auction at ilia Durham Yards on F iday. ani foucd purcliatrsat about the proviou3 week'a values. No horaoa of a really goad stump w.ra enttnd, conicauently no high figures were reached. T>Ye quote : Hacks from £o to £11, light hum: 83 horses from £ 0 to £12 10s. medium draught f.IC, Wool hideß Bkins and tallow: S .pply ra her limited, and of indifferent descriptions both in hides and skins. No tallow ollVred. Wo quote :< x hides from 2' l to flid | er lb, cow hides 2,1 d to 3d. skins from 2s 6d to 3sld each. Cattle: There has been considerable animation in the market and a g.od Lumber of fut beasts have been brought forward, and found pu'ehaso-s at fully the maximimufUet week's pri.es. The pons at Newmarket woro we 1 filled on Tuesday ; comt>etlti.in was spirited throughout tho sale, and there was a fuitherndvai cc in value of fat boaste. elhough prices fluctuated from 19i to!3i per 1001b. steers ranging from &i to £9 12a Gd cows from £5 7s 6d t > £7. Sheep wore short of roQulrcrninta, and scld c .nEcquontiy Uglier than would othcrwue havo boon the iu>e and tho tendency in valuj wai upwards as the enlo proceeded, nnd 2t per Sib for welled thorp win realised ; wc'hais in wool sold at from 15b Gd to 17a !M. shorn, from 13a 61 to IGs Cri, owcb from I3i to 15} Gd, apriuer lamt~s from Ills 3d to IC>* od. Plrs wire more plentiful than on tho previoui week, but pric. s witj in favour of the purchaser. Prices r.iDfred from JJd to 2?d por lb live weight

Messrs G. \V. Bisney axd Son's Rstout.— At our fa'o on Tuosday. wo cleared a full catalogue if 4;'io hides. Primedrj-sa tid heavy ox co d lit 33d to 1.1 per lb (23=101 eaohl.incdium 31d to ;i5 (17s Gi to 20j each), cow and seer hides nrn still dull of sale nt 2Ji to 23d, damaged and Blonpy hides almost unsaleable. Calf-kins Bre in brisk demand up to Ij perlb. Owing to unfavourable reports from other mameta. all doecriptiona have declined in value. Sheop kins : The competition ii very brisk for all offored. Looil butchers' ife'each, country ekins 3s Gi to 33 7dfor beat, medium 3«t033 3d. damaged 8d io 2a each Bonea fell freely at £1 5s por ton. Tallow 11s 6d per cwt.

At the sain of treep, plants, nnd shrubs hold to-day by 1). F. Evans, fit hfe Mart Qu enstreot, the followlnic prices were realised, viz. :— Came'ia.s from Is to Si ;■ B3aloas, from 6d; gingor lilies, 2d ; rojomary, Id ; pinua insignia, 2i; enonymous. 2Jci; applee, 3d; ilums, 3d; rhodoclen^ro:i, 9d; in°gnolia, ftranditiora. It; n a^noU*conßDicua, 2d2d; rhu'ia'bvSld ; herbp, lid ; daisies. 2Jd; bux, 3d; rapocolophls, 3d primroses, 3i.