COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 78, 2 April 1913, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

HIDES, SKINS, ETC. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report liavlug heJd their weekly eale o£ hides, skins, tallow, etc., on Tuesday, Ist .April, 1313, all lines meeting with splMtecl competition. Hides. —Market very firm, with slight improvement. Butchers' hides, well flayed and (.•onditloued, extra stoat ox to 9Jd, stout Sjd to Oa, medium SJd to 83d, light 7jd to Sid; cow, well flayed and conditioned, ,BJd; wet conditioned, 7Jd to 8d; dirty, scored, or sloppy, at lower rates; damaged and cat, s*d to 7Jd; stags, 5d to 6d; kip, Gtd to "id; calf, best lines 10U; good, BJd to Old; cut, damaged and meaty, 6d to T4d. Sheepskins. —Market firm. Good competition for all lines. Dry woolly skins, large, 7/C to 9/; medium, 0/ to 7/6; email, 3/6 to 5/6; dry pelts, 9d to 3/, according to lengtn of wool. Torn pelts, weevil eaten ana weather stained, at lower rates; salted peits urd l.imbs, best butchers', 4/3; seconds, 2/U to 3 '6; lamb pelts, 1/3 to I/O. Ti:llow.—Market firm. Best In shipmeiin casks, 3S/C; in 4cwt casks, 25/9 to 27/8; inferior. ■-■!./ to 24/0; tins, 18/ to S6/, according to qunllty. Rough Fat.—lid to 2d. ■Cowtalls. —1/8 per dozen. IloceelMiir.—Tail, 1/G to 1/10; mixed, 1/3 to 1/3; mane, 9d to 1/. Bones. —Good dry, £5 per ton. Wool. —In bags and dumps, selling under keen competition. Fine crossbred, 9d to Old; crossbred, bright, 8d to 9id; coarse and dingr, to Sd: good pieces, lid; seconds. 4d to 51d; locks, 3d to 4Jd; crutch, 5d to (!il: htmns' woo!, bright and clean, and free from'seed, B*d to 9Jd; seedy and dlDgy, 7il to Bd.