COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 291, 8 December 1893, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Huntek and Nolan's Weekly Repokt.—Horeefeed, grain, seeds, etc • The demand has nob been brisk, and the supDly ample. We quote : Oafcs, 2s 6d co 2a 9d per bußhel; ma|ze, 2a 6d to 2a 9d ■ oaten chaff, £3 to £4 per ton ; right to cub grass Ellerslie racecourse, £21. Horses : There has been increased activity in the markeb, and a largo number has been brought forward, and wore purchased. The Durham Yards were vrell filled on Friday. There was good competition throughout the eale. We quote : Hacks, £415s to £917s 6d ; light harness and medium draught, £6 and £15 10a ; heavy draught, £14 to £21; light andmediumunbrokencoltß,£3loato£l2lo-<. Wool, hidee, skins, bones, tallow, etc. • Few hides were pitched at the Durham Ysrds on Tuesday, there were moderate quantities of sheepskins, and good many lots of wool in small packages. Biddinowas good. We quote: Extra stout ox hides, 5d to ssd per 1b ; stout, 3d to 4^d; medium, 2£d to 3d; cow and steor, l£d to 2£d; calfskins, 2fd to Sid per lb. Sheepskins : Local, 2s to ss; country, Is Id to 4s 6d; pelt, Id to lOd ; lambskins, lOd to Is 6d ; tallow, 15a to 19a per cwb; bones, £3 per ton ; wool, fleece, 4d to 6|d per lb ; pieces, 2|d to s|d per lb. Cattle of all descriptions were in hotter demand, and prices were in favour of the vendor. Ab JNewmarket on Tuesday there was an increased number yarded, and prices had an upward tendency! Ab Papakura on Wed-

BSS&^&RS T* and briak worthy alt«ifij in h4fi* ft* -° store stock. Fat '■ ELf. i° f dairy and 1001b, ranging fr bo£^advanced 2s per 1001b. Soinefv,™ 19« to 22 S por £7 19s 4d, £7 l 9a 2d B£78£7 iL'S * c £7 168 3d, £7 15 8 , wlUf 8d A £7 1^ 1, ld ' £6, £5 17s 6d, kt i 10* % S°V{ ?- l r S ' Sheep: There WWeer ° c 1Os ' ?* 6d, la 5a at Newmarket on TuesH» many, PT ed from 6a 6d to 10£Tif t0 1Oe; lamS freely ab2Jdlb, live we Jhf ' BCa, rce > ,sold S* *;n £1 19 weight; porkers from each W6anerß> 8i 6d to 10s 6d

Messrs A. Burin-i».-r c ■R FI , nRT _Ab fk« 2 °KLArrD and Sons' the tashol. On iiday L Hor « 6 «tek =£&?.£*. sLufc £14 10s ; double-furrow plough, £8. On Tuesday-Hides, pitched in increased numbe» kept their QM . Cow hidea ranged fTi-* S id; OX hides < 2d fco calfskins, 3d per lb • tallow, 16a 6d l°?/> /T J Bheep Bkina ran *ed from q ßi t l lS d;p?lt8« 3d t0 I*; lambs, 9d to Is lOd each. A large muster of bags and broken balea of wool occasioned brink competition ; Beeee wool ranged from ?£ to 6^d ; locka and pieces, 2M to 5d per . f tl^l On Sat«^ay, a larger muster of cattle than usual met with a brisk demand at better values than have hitherto this season been obtained. Cattle of all ages wer o in demand. At Remuera on Thursday dairy cattle wero in less than average supply, and at late values; prices for those sold ranged from £3 10s to £7. Store cattle in moderate supply brought extreme values, young calves in less number than for several weeks ranged at 7s to 9s each. Fat calves also were bettor worth. Fat) cattle in average number, 186 sold, were steady in price throughout the sale, steers bringing 20* the 1001b with scarcely an exception. The Lincoln rams advertised wero fairly compoted for. Buyers were present from Waik»to and Waiuku as well as the immediate neighbourhood, prices ranged from 6 to 18 guineas each. Sheep were in full number, 1,700 yarded. Prices of all clashes wero lower. Store ewes with some lambs brought 3a 3d and 4s each all counted. Store wethers, 6s 6d ; fat wethers, 9a to 133 6d ; ewes. 7s to 13a each ; fat lambs in full number, 334 yarded, those of good quality freely competed for at from 8a to 11s; middling, 5s bo 7s each. Pigs in better supply than usual, sold frooly. Porkers from 16s to 25s ; heavier pigs, 34a to 36s ; weaners, 9s to 13s each.

Messes G. W. Binneyand Sox's Report. —On Tuesday we cleared a largo catalogue of hides, sheepskins, tallow, wool, etc. Hides : Stout ox, scarce ; no prime otlered ; heavy extra stout, 5d to s.^d ; stout., 4d to 4^d ; medium, 3d to 3£d ; light ox and steer, 2^d to 3d ; cow in short supply—[rood linos, 2}d to 2^d ; wet, l£d to 2d ; kip?, 2d to 2id; calf, 3d to 3Jd 5 stags, Id to l^d ; damaged, £d to Id per lb. Sheepskins : Prices firm. Country, dry, 4d to 4Jd for sound palted: torn and damaged, 3d to sld; pelts, 6d to 9d; lambs, Is to la 4d. Tallow: From 15s to 20s per cwb. Bones : Market glutted : sales from £2 15s to £3 2s 6d per ton. Wool . Small lots of fleece, 6Jd to 6|d ; inferior, 5d to sid. At the sales held South 6ne crossbreds sold at leas than last season ; coarse crossbreds and lonjjwoola from par to better. Hams and bacon: No change; demand brisk.