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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7905, 25 March 1887, Page 4

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New Zealahd Hbbald Offioe, Thursday erenine. The Customs duties to-day amounted to £600 13s 10d. LIVE AND STOOK PRODUCE MARKETS. AUCKLAND. Mr. ALfRSD BucKHND'a WBKCLif KEroi;T.-At tho hay market on Friday, Miroh 18, loose fodder was lower in price, and brought from 2a to Ss the cwt ; oats sold freely at late values, prices ranged from Is 10d to 2s 6d the bnshel ; malre, Sj Sd ; bone dust, prlmo sample, from £7 10§ to £& the ton. Hone stock were yarded In full unmbtr, aud sold more freely than of late : Medium draught, unbroken, three-ye»r-old colts, brought from £6 10b »o£S; raeJJum draußht, quiet in harnest, from £9 to £15 ; draujht, from £5 6§ to £12. At the hide and skin «ale on Tuesday, 22nd, the demand for heavy kldss continnei ; prices for them ranged from 4ti to 4<d the lb, and reached 28« the hide. Tallow, Hi to 17» tile cwt. Pelts and skins, from Sd to 2a 3d each. Fleece wool, 6Jd to 7id ; lambs' wool, 7fc4 the IK At Remnera on Thursday, dairy and store cattle were in usual supply and without alteration in values: Fat cattle, in fall nnmber, sold irregularly, bat on the whole were better worth : store Sheep at lower values ; fat sheep, In moderate supply, scarcely obtained late »alues. and a few pens were withdrawn ; pig», numerous, sold freely at last weex'» values ; f»t calves, numerous, were required and sold latlifactorily. _ Messrs. HUSTCR AS" Nolas's r.EPORT.-Horie-feed and seeds were in fair supply. Wβ quota, oats at 2s 4d per bushel; chaff, £4 ; ryerrass. 5s ; cocksfoot, 7f. Hnrtea: An aTerage nnfliber wer« broutnt forward and met a steady demand with an indicati--uj of advance for heavy draujhv stocks. About the usual number were snhmitted by auction at the Durbam yards on Friday: biddlnc was alow, except for so-no good draueht, fer which Uere was brisk competition up to £20, which was the highest figure obtained ; hacks we quote at from £5 to £14; llrht herne.«s horses from £.0 to £16; draught*, £13 to £20. Wool, hides, and skins: Small quantities brought forward, demand good. We quote, ox hW«s from 3}d to 4Jd ; cow, 2jd to 3}<l; call «Mbi (toe Sd I* 4*d: sheep skint from Iβ 6d to Ss 4d. Cattle: Supply under the average, »nd steady demand for all descriptUns, with an upward tendency. in value for well fatted, light w*lgh» steer»; other description of stock uach.»»t»J- >et quite so many were yarded at Newmarket at on the previous wee*, but bidding was steady throughout the tale ; _ etlll, prices fluctuated considerably. In the butcher, pens there was a preponderance of cows, which were not of so re%dy sale as steera ; (or the latter a slight advance in price wa« siren, but there wa« no noteworthy alteration in other descriptions. Sheep : Th» Newmarket Yards were modenU.ly filled, and th»re was a steady demand, and an advance of from 6d to Ii e<l per head was given for fat sheep, bat stores were at very low values. Pigs were yarded in good numbers, and those of a good rtetcriptioa met with steady competition at from 2d to 3d p«r lb, live weljht. Misses. G. W. Br>N»Y and Soss' lUroßi.-At our sale on I'ueidiy, hides, sheep skins, etc. fully maintained late quotations. Prime ox »ol«l at 4jd per I lb (30s each); he»w gum ox, 21» to 23s each ; heavy salted ox, 4<l to 4jd ; medium, 3irt to 3JJ ; steer and cow hides, Sd to 3jd per lb ; calf skin., 3Jd io IJil; yearlia 8, 3.1 to 3i<i; damate.l. id to ljd per lb. Sold 300 at quotations Sheep skins: Salted in brisk, demand, aad from Is 9d to 2i for prime ; lid to li 3d, for medium ; dry pelts. 2d to Is 3d ; lamb skies, is tj 2s 4d each ; full wool, 6s 10d each ; wool, 7d per lb. Tailow : 15» per cwt. Bones : 4s fid per cwt.

THAMES CATTLE MAHKET. Messrs. Bikks and Co.'s'Wi«iy Rbtort [by telegraph]. —At Parawai, on Thursday, the supply of (at cattle was ab-mt average us to quantity, but of very superior qnalliy, boIDR almost entirely composed of gra«d steers from Taurauga, the flr»t dr.ft that has come through since the volcanic eruption, and give evidsnee of Jtoofl feed in that district The bidding was spirited and the tone of the market better. Throughout, the prices averasod about £0 10i each all round, or from 171 to 18s per lOOlbs. Sheep were rather more plentiful than last weak, but the prices remained about the same, ewe* making from 7s Od to gs each ; wotheri, light, 8s; lambs made 5i to o*, the latter being very heavy aad good.

Duxcdih O»ais and Floor Hakkst, weak ending March S3, 1887.—Robert Ander»on reports: The grain crops ha»e been secured in splendid condition, and both in quantity and quality are the best for many years, nest milling wheats, price nominal; fowl wheat, unbroken, 3j per bushel, f.0.b.; heavy milling oats, Iβ Ud per bushel, f.0.b.; prime bright short feed Iβ 10d per bushel, f.o.b. ; f*ir ihort feed, Iβ 9d per bushel, f.0.b.; D»nieh oats, Is 8d te Is 0 1 per bush's. , , fob.; superfine patent fleur, £9 10s per ton • bran, £3 15s per ton ; pollard, £4 per tou ; oatmeal in 251i<. £9 IBs per ton ; o»tme»l in 71b, £12 per ton.—Francis A. Twtvame, Auckland sgent.

A. Baunders, C. Alexander, S. Tickers, J. F. Clarke, E Frater, John Mowbray, J. B. Horpetli. J. SI. Lennox, D. ». McDonald, D. O. MaoDonnell. AltkKu Oarriok, R. Spxatt, FranoU null, James Reid, B. O. MaoVy. Joseph Newman, Chairmen. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. OALLS. & B d. Bat». Karanijahske Qaartz Reduction and Mialng Co. .. 0 2 0 — Mar. 28 Vaughan Gold Mining Co. .. 0 0 2 — Apiil 9 DIVIDENDS. Bank of Australasia .. .. 16 % per an. April 1

STOCK AND MINING ASSOCIATION. ' Anornicn. March H, 1817. Cowpanr. Budneia. Closing Prices. Banks— " " Buyen. Sellers. New Zealand - — — 17 16 0 National ~ — 1 11 0 Colonial .... - —220 Insuiuscb— „ „ Union .. - — —10 0 MiacKixiNKOoa— AnckUtid Gaa, now £11 11 0 0 — N.Z. Loan&Mer... — — S 17 0 N.Z. Land Mortjege — 13 0 116 TanpirlCoftl .. — 1 8 6 1 10 0 UlSINO — CaraHrla .. .. - 060060 S»xon .... — — 0 1 3 Prince Imperial .. — — 0 4 0