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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5441, 25 April 1879, Page 4

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1 New Zealaxi' Herald ,L I Thursday evociug. ' The Customs receipts to-dav amounted to £57S 9s. ! " AUCKLAND O.VTTLE IIARIvET. MR. ALFRED I!"i."CKL.\.yij'o WEEKLY REPORT. April 24. At the Hayrr.arket, on FiM.y, April IS, hay 1 was in moderate nusntity, timn average, and prices muged trom 4s to 5» Ik! the ovt. Potatoes, i.T> r> i the :u;i; C ill .rui i:: h.irley, lis and 3s 3-1 ; white o.itv, :!,- 3 1 ; l>l ic!< oats, 3s Oil i cc'tjvi'toot sf*Ct., ', I've pr:ts'. j , (»s 3i) nnil Us ; wheat, -is 2J the bu*hel. Inferior anil small sized horses, from t'3 to £7; draught ' horses, of medium strength, suit iug, in request, and brought from flli to' £'32. At Pek.ino, on Moniiay, nbovo 10J head of cattle were yank-,1, an.l iliiiui ready buyL-rn at full market'values, a iow c,iv,-j only '• being passed. br u u s lit from £3 to >j:j 10h ; t»u-ye:.r-ol.!s, t." : thie.-year-o!ds, .£."> ' 15s and t'l!; dry cows, i'">, fat covg , 25s the lOOlbs. Hidfis tin.! skins were offered in larger number than usual, on Tuesday, but many of the hi.lf wen- r..it well curod, and brought from to 2^.1; those in good order from ojd to o),d the lb. ; the greater part of the skins ' from" 9d to Is ad, but a. fow of choice quality fivm 2s 2d to 3s each ; tallow, 27s (Jd the cwt. Ac Kemuera, on Thuradiy, dairy cuttle were in request, prices from i'lo to £12. Store cattie in good demand, three-year-old steers brought £ij 15s to JL'S 15s ; two-year-olds, £5 Ds to £0 10s; yearlings, £3 10 s to £4 2s Gd ; two-year-old heifers, £4 03 to £">; ypurlings, £2 10s to £S 15s; cnlve.i, 25s to 45a each. Fat cattle were in full sHpply, 135 head yarded. Last week's prices were sustained, varying from 27s Ud to 32s Cd the lOOlbs. Store sheep were at low values. Aged ewes, 2s tkl to 3s 6.1; lambs, 3s to 4s each. Fat sheep in full numbers (above 1000 sold), but of small size; prices from 2Jfl to 3d the lb., with a good demand. 'Well-bred pigs were also yarded in larger numbers tlmn u--ual, and brought from 3d to 3id the lb. live weight. MESSRS. linSTKR AND NT-LANS WEEKLT EEPORT. Hor«es.—There has been a tolerable good supply, and '<-t week's demand has continued. About the usu.il number were entered for dispi'sd by auction, and found ready purchasers. There remains an unsatisfied demand for good upstanding young geldings for uo-chiog purposes, and vimng draught stock finds ready purchase..--. "Wo quote : Hacks, from £. r > to £10 10s ; light harness from £12 to £22 10s ; medium druuuht, £'27 10s ; htfavy draught, from Hi 2 to £47 10s. C.ittie. —The market has been characterised by.activity, and prices fur all descriptions have been , sustained. There was a fair muster of dairy ami store stock, and a lanje one .of fat beasts :U Newmarket, on Tuesday: On Wednesday, at Waiukn, there was' u good muster of Svuck, :>ufi pricos were relntively-. :ts high iih at 'quite so: hi;:h in price us last jaonth. i maintain their value, and for well fatted light ' weights an advance of 2s Gd p,;r lOulbs. wa& given on hut week's prices. ; Wα qnoto dai-y cows from' £S 13s to £10 10s; dij cows, fioni £J 5-i to £0; calve*, and' yearlings, f;-om 30s to £3 ss; two-yiai- o!d .stcecs from £M to £.5 lTi 0:1: threc-ye.ir old . stters'from £5 to £S 7s (H ; workini,' oxon, £24 per pair ; Ix-ef, :Xa to :>sa. ' : ;?hecp have bejn in guod supply and steady demand. Weil-fatted wethers sold for. about Is per bead: higher; other descriptions, were • unaltered in value. LamU wore ra-yher scarco, and sold at from C* to lOs f)d. Pics.—There lia> Le'eii ;i very, large supply, and competitiolT"at on Tuesd-iy w.ii l>riik ct from 2J Ito Sitl'iier lb. for live weight. POKENO. Lrxst Monday -Mr. A. L'uckland held hie quarterly cut:U sale at tUc Queen's iludoubt, with a coLsiderublc! ihc:lmso in the number of boosts brought forward, :'.nd also in the amount of business effected. When Mr. rjuckland commenced these sales, lie must hare had great fai'.li in tilings unseen, and fully deserves all the success possible for the pluck and enter>nsG shown m establishing them.—fOwn (Jor- , respondent, April 22.]