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I The question of revising their tariff isg i being considered by the Napier HarborE 5 Board. At the last meeting of the Boards j it was stated that the export charge for y | frozen meat at Napier was 6s,' r.* against % \ Is in Wellington. Several members urged $ f that the tariff should not be greater than | ' that ruling in Wellington. One member g g expressed a fear that if the charges were 31 I not reduced the frozen meat trade would % \ be diverted to Wellington, to which port | I 14,000 sheep were recently sent by mil to £ I be killed and shipped. | BURNSIDE STOCK MARKET. % I This Day. | 5 There was a fair attendance at the Burn- £ j side stock sale this morning, although it S j was affwted by the holiday. Mar ting at j
&7.50, it took till nearly noon to get through Rthe stock yarded, the total number being j|2,847. Prices in sheep were down in| swcthcrs by Is to Is 6d, and in ewes by Is! sj»6d to 2s 6d, although in lambs there "was Iwa brisker demand, prices being advanced bv Is to Is 6d. Other stock were normal. Appended are the particulars in each stocksold : Shecp._l,93s were varded. Sales: Wethers: Best, IBs to 19s; others, 15s to| 17s 6d. Ewes: Best, 15s 6d to ]Bs 9d;j others, lis to 15s. Lambs.—747 were penned. Sales: Best,! 12s to 15s 3d ; others, 10s 3d to 12s. I C'attlc.—l24 wire penned. Rales :—Tsnl-! locks: Best, £9 to ±110; others, £7 15s to 1 £8 15s. Cows. £5 7s 6d to £7 15s.| Heifers: Best, £7 15s ; others, £3 8s 6d to l «£6 10s. Steers, £4 lSi to £6 17s. Calves,! «19s to £3 19s. U Pigs.—4l were penned. Ws3s; others, 22s to 29s 6d. Baconers: HBest, 45s ; othcre, 32s upwards. Sudors, |7s 6d to lis. I AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL. a (Received January 23, at 9 a.m.) I SYDNEY, Jamiarv*23.—Wheat: Chick. ! »2s Id to 2s 3d ; milfing. 2s 6Jd to 2s 7id. |Flour: Local, £6 to £6 IDs ; Manitoba, £ll. gOats : Prime New Zealand feeding, 2s Id gto 2s 2d ; milling, 2s 4d. Maize : New ZeaHland prime, 3s to 3s Id. Barley: Feeding; M2.S to 2s 2d ; seed, 2s 4d to 2s sd. Bran. |Bd. Pollard, 10,', d. Potatoes, £3 5s to KS6. Onions, £6 fo £6 ss. Butter : Dairy, ||7id to 8d ; creamery, 9d. Cheese, 4d to Ktsil. Bacon: New' Zealand, 5d to 7d. jgHams: New Zealand, to 9d [The Maliovc quotations arc those ruling between fjjmerchant. and retailer, and do not represent a the slightly lower values obtained by the rarccognised broker.) S MELBOURNE. January 25.—Wheat. 2s Wild. Flour, £6 2s 6d to £6 7s 6d. Oats : S|Seed. milling. Is 8d to Is 9d ; stout white, !&2s Id to 2s 3d. Maize. 2s lOd. Bran, 9d. iPotatoes, £4 to £4 10s. Onions, £5 to ! £5 10s. H ADELAIDE. January 23.—Wheat, dull, j|2s Bd. Flour. £6 ss. Oats: Dun Alptperian. Is 7d to Is 10(1 ; white, 2s to 2s 6d !3Bran, 9.U1. Pollard, lO^d.
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Evening Star, Issue 11454, 23 January 1901, Page 6
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