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North Otago Times, 25 January 1906, Page 2

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■ -,.' .-- #t-tt-', . HOME MARKETS.; - (By Electric Tclcgrapli.-Cppftight.): ; . (Per Press. Association.)" Received Jan. 24, at 10.26 a.m. : Loiidbn,. Jan; 23, ■ The balance-sheet ( ot : .the Union Bank shows: Deposits, £16,988,632 ;"'cash investments and 1/alancc remittances, £8,872,404; bills and securitics,'£l2,Cop,929,-, '- - :; :-:"; , The fleece nortion of the "Titi 1 clip realised lsLji - 'lron, 53s ;ld. . Copper-Spot, 78-J- : ; three months,; .76*.'. - .■:■:■:'•■■. Tin-Spot, 104J; three months, 164}. Receiver! Jan. 24, at 12,40 a.m. London, Jan. 23. | Thewool sales were postponed owing to a fog. The total wheat ami flour afloat tor tho United Kingdom is 2,275,000 quarters; and for the Continent, 1,175,000 quarters. Atlantic shipments total 109,000 quarters and Pacific, 96,000 garters, Shares arc unchanged. .".... ■■

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. . By Electric Telegraph.-Copyright, Per Press Association,: Received Jan. 24, at 10.20 a.m. Sydney, Jan. 2-1. Wheat-Chick 2s Oil to 3s, milling (old) 3s Old,' now 3s 3d. Flour, £7lss to £B. Manitoba, £l4- lbs. Oats-Tasmanian white feeding 2« 10(1 to 2s lid, New Zca. land Gartons 3s Id to 3s 2d, B grade 2s lid to 3s. Maizo 4s to 4s 3d, -Peas—PruSsian B)ue, 5s to 5s Bd, Bran, M. Pollard 11<1. Pbtatocs-Tasmanian £slos to £6. Onions £3 to £3 ss. Butter lOdto lid. Cheese, 5d to s|d7 (Tte above quotations arc those ruling between merchant and retailer, and do not represent slightly lower values ob< taincd by recognised brokers'.)

Melbourne, Jan. 24,

Wheat, 3s2ld; Flour £7 to'£7los, Barlcy-Fced'tag 2s 5d to 2s ,Btl, malting 2s lid, Bran and nollard 10Jd, Onions £2 ss. Potatoes, £3 ss. Adelaide, Jan, 24, . Wheat, 3sM, Flout, SlOs.eliian ami Pollard Is. Potatoes, £6. Onions, U. DUNEDIN MARKETS.

By Telegraph,

; Dunedin, Jan. 24 Fat Cattle.—lsß were yarded. Of these there were only a very, few prime, the ureater part 'being l very ordinary." B dding was by no means brisk, ami there was no improvement on last week's rates, Best tullocks £lo,to £10.17s Gd, medium' to good £6los to £fl'loS, cows and heifers £7los to£B. : '.'■•'■

Fat Sliccp.—ll6s were penned, being- almost all wctliers, and there were'only a few pens of ewes. Of the former only a few jpens ;«T)W pitiinc. The yarding, though small, was sufficient for requirements and no change of note iii prices. Best crossbred' wethers 18s to 21s Cd, 2 r'ens extra prime freezers 14s, medium 14s to 17s Od, best'ewes 15s Gd to 'lßs, a pen of. extra heavy 15s Gd, medium 13s 3d to 15s Od. - -

Fat Lambs.-70 were penned. Owing to Hie sniallncss of tlic yarding prices ranged from 2s to 2s Gd in'advance' of thosotu-' liinr last week. Best 15s to IGs 9d, extra tol7s9d. .'■■'•.. Pigs-324 were yarded. There was a large yarding of suckers and slips, and nriccs ruled easier. Porkers and haconcrs 'were also in over supply, and had an casing -tendency. Suckers 7s to 10s, slips 'l2s tolßs, stores 20s to 245, porkers 2Gs to 3ls, light baconcrs 38s to 325. heavy baccners 445,t0 475,

Wheat—There is no change of note to record in the grain market. Millers arc not disposed to operate at late quotations or to increase their present stock' unless tempter! by an extra prime sample. Prime milling 3s 5d to 3s Od, medium' no-' minally 0s 3d to 3s dd, fowl wheat (whole) 3s 2d to 3s 2|d, inferior ami broken .2s 9d to 3s lid (sacks extra;) Oats.—Tho oat market is void of animation, sales'being confined to local rc J ({uirements. Quotations (which arc merely nominal) for best ieed and milling 2s to 2s Id, medium to'best feci Is lid to 2s (ex store, sacks extra,) ADDINGTON MARKETS. By Telegraph, .Ohristch'urch, January 2d. AJ the .A.pi'igtjjii live stock market today, there was/ again'fajiiys large entries of stock SWI a'good attendance, Beef Was' milch pasje'f, and fat '|arn'bs were jipjt so firm as the previous week. There was a good demand' for store wethers and. rape lambs, but ewes were dull pi sale, Pigs met with a slightly increased dc-. mand. Fat ewes sold much, better th.au in the previous'week, and wethers maintained their values. There was only a moderate enquiry for store cattle and dairy cows. , gtprc Sheep-There were over 3000 store shfcop varded, and most of the lines of ewes were passed, but there was a good enquiry wethers and foiward lambs for finishing off. The principal sales were; 236 two-tooth ewes 17s fid, 01 aged 7s 4d and 107 at 5s Od, 207 four-tooth wethers 15s lid, 171 twotooth 15s dd, 305 two and ; ■ four-tooth lis,'loo lambs 12s od, 139 at lis lid, 254 at lis Bd, 43 atlis,lid at 10s sd, 570 at 7s to 9s 3d, 62 at 9s 8d; and 80 Fat Lambs.—There were'23B3 fat lambs penned, the quality not being equal-to that, of last week's entry; • Tk butchers competed freely, but prices were not quite equal' to. last, week's, the butchers lots selling rather better than freezing lines There were 1803 bought by, exporters at 12s lid ..to 15s 5(1, 413 by butchers, at 12s 3i|to 15s sd, and' 77 were passed. . „ '■',' , -J " Fat S'hccp.-The yarding of fat sheep was again a large one, ewes forming the bulk, the proportion of really prime wethers being small, . and there were [ewer merino wethers. The sale opened at about the same level of prices as ;al' the opening of the previous week, and there was a belter, domain!. throughout for ewe's until the last alley .was.icachcd when prices fell Is 6d to 2s per head. Wethers showed no change in values, The range of prices .'was: Prime wethers 18s to 20s-dd, others 16s. to.-1.75. 9d prime heavy ewes 16s to 18s, extra to' 20s, medium 13s to 15s Od, aged 10s to. 12s6d, merino wethers. 10s 2d to lis Fat Cattle-The supp.y of beef comprised 285:" head, • most of which; were : beefers'an'd-cbws, and .generally-the:-qua-: litv bf'-the yarding was not up to the average^--This fact and the largeness: of the yarding.caused ■ prices easier • Sever steers from Mr" W. ■>. 0. Rutherford (Montrose) made £7 12s ,6d to £9 2s 6d, : and: other steers; brought: :;£o; 17s 6d to £0 2s -6d,■ heifers M 15s ;;to: £Gi7s'6d, and cows £4 17s fid ;lo' £O. 10s (equal to 20s; to 235; for primOj-and •16s.to'-.- 19s.for inferior to > medium:!per: Veal 'calves 'soiil'a't: li'tii to: #£ • &■ \ 1 Store'Cattle;---There:was : of "store- cattle,: Including, ralEhundfe4;:thre^d ; :tqur-yoar-oW^et!r^

l l :grbwn}ahil:l)calthy. lot' fir.cattlc^and^ie^pf;?thc ■ bcst:;:liiics: j, ; sceii W pastiM/rhere^siratlier;a^ull;salcVcxr' ; !;; ceptj for -tlie'biggest steers; t ; jyhiclr inet %. with ; some cbmpetitiohV- aiid. 'prieos wciii V q 15,tb :iß>mohths;lbcal ; cattle:39sUb'4s'iS, .rj 2-year -steers r £2 ; i 18s to 1 '£3, \ 3-year'sieers p £4.2s.Cd'to;£s, 3ycar hcifersvjd'Os to* p £s' ; ss, a.Kaikoiirai line bt-3-ycar siecrs \\ £3:l7s'Cd j steers^£6 : :l2i^;: : ■ .:■ g •Dairycows were a moderate lot, and j sold -at'-;«4-;..to £7175.6d;.;:..,:v- C : ''Pigs^-Thc'entry-.-of. pigs.was.smallcr j than tiic'.previous week; and.thore-.was: j soiiie : improvement -In the: demand, Bacon- j ers made 30s to 42si(Bqual*,vp % ti)3>d c per lb), porkers 22s to'3os.(equal ;to j 4|d), large stores. 25s to 315,: medium j storesl4s: to 20s, and suckers awl wean- p ers 4s 6d to 10s; ■ ~;; ; ■■:■;■■■