HIDES AND SKINS

Northern Advocate, 21 March 1934, Page 10

HIDES AND SKINS

[ VALUES STEADY. (Special to “Northern Advocate.’’) ‘I • AUCKLAND, This Day. , i A satisfactory demand for hides 7 f # ■land sheepskins was maintained at the 3 fortnightly sale held by Auckland ’ j broa-ers. yesterday. Most values were . | unchanged, although cow hides and ! calf skins appreciated slightly. Tallow ■ sold at late rates. Owing to the j Easter holidays the next sale will be : held on Thursday, April 15. j Prices for the best grades were: — J Hides. —Ox, heavy, Oi|d to 7d; meJdium, (Ud to fi:]d; light, fid to fijd; Jcow, heavy, fir’d to Aid; medium, (Ud .j to fiijd; light, fiiid to fid; yearling, ,\ heavy, 7|d to 7*{d; light, 73d to 7Jd; 'jealf skins, filb to 81b, Bsd to 9,]d; 31b ' to fill), B,}d to 8?,d; cut and faulty, 33d ;|to 7d, ' 1 Dried Sheepskins.—Threcquartor to j full wool, medium to tine crossbred, {B|d to 9d; coarse crossbred, 7ld to '{7Jd; damaged and faulty, fid to (Ud; j half-wools, medium to fine crossbred, ’ 7id to Sd; coarse crossbred, fi]d to fijd; damaged and faulty, 4ld to fid; bare to quarter-wool, sound, 43d to I (id; damaged and faulty, 2d to 33d; lambskins and hoggets, medium to lino crossbred, 91 d to 9Jd; damaged and j faulty, 6-Jd to 73d; Salted Sheepskins. ;j—Three-quarter to full wool, largo, 6/ 1 to 0/4 each; light to medium, 3/9 to ’ 4/fi; half-wools, large, 3/6 to 4/; light 1 to medium, 2/9 to 3/3; bare to quarter wools, 3/4 to 2/4; lambskins, medium to largo, 3/3 to 3/8; light and i small, 1/4 to 2/. ( Tallow. —Best, mixed, 14/ per cwt; second grade, 12/6 to 33/; inferior, 0/ to in/. TALLOW, HEMP AND APPLES. OFFICIAL REPORT. j The Department of Agriculture has ‘received the following cablegram, i dated March 17, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London: Tallow. —Poor demand at auction. Of 701 casks offered, 14 were sold. Present spot quotations are:—Mutton, fine, 24/; fair to good, 20/ to 22/; * dark to. dull, 18/ to 18/6; beef, and/ jor mixed, 20/0 to 22/; fair to good, 119/ to 20/(5; dark to dull, 17/6 to IS/; 'mixed, fair to good, 39/ to 20/; dark jto dull, 17/ to IS/; gut, etc., Ifi/fi to i 18/. j Hemp.—The Manila market is quiet, 1 but steady, with prices the same as past quotations. Output, January 1, jto March 12, 283,000 ball's, agains f i 220,000 bales for the same period last jvear. Stocks in the United Kingdom jat February 28, 17,479 bales, against Jl4j34fi for the previous year. Stocks |in Manila at March 12, 129,000 bales, 'against Ifiß,ooo for the previous year. ! The sisa; market is firm, and good {business has been done. No. 1 grade I for March-May and April-Jnne ship- ! incuts sold at .Cl 7 10; for May-Jnly 1 shipment, £l7 12/fi, The New Zeaj land market continues quiet, with no first-hand sales reported. Stocks in I London at February 28, 21 tons, I against 61 tons at the same date last | year. | Apples.—The Mataroa’s consignment [was discharged in good condition genj orally. The market is quiet. Current prices for Cox’s Orange, 2fi/ to 32/(5; j {Worcester Pcrmain, 12/ to 14/; At-j jfriston, 11/ to 13/; Gravcnstein, 9/ | jto 12/. The market is well supplied 1 with American apples. Prices for j Newton Pippins and other popular j varieties, 9/ to 14/. 1