COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9182, 11 October 1888, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald Office. Wednesday evening. The Customs receipts to-day were £$34 3s Sd. REJIUERA CATTLE FAIR. At the cattle fair, held at the Remuera Cattle Yards on Wednesday, there was a very fair attendance of buyers, and about 1000 head were yarded. They were mostly young stock from the North, and were in tearfully low condition, unusually so indeed for this season of the year. The steers were also poor in condition, although some of them were large-framed beasts. There were a few Shorthorn bulls offered, and the highest price reached was £5. A Hereford heifer fetched £3, and this was about the highest priced beast in the yard. It is not necessary to give details as to the sale, but we may mention that the prices for steers were rather lower, and the prices for heifers rather higher, than have lately obtained. We may quote the prices as follows .-—Yearling steers, ISs to 255; yearling heifers, 16s to 20s'; two-year-old steers. 35s to 40s ; two-year-old heifers, 25-s to Sss; three-year-old steers, 60s to 60s; cows, 25s to 10s.

BY TELEGRAPH.

JOHNSONVILLE CATTLE MARKET Messrs. Freeman R. Jackson & Co. report on Wednesday (by telegraph);— The beef entered today was of a good class. One grand line of is heavy bullocks of tiptop quality was yarded, the remainder bein£ about equal in a!' respects to usual entries. Some cows of an ordinary stamp came to hand. Kidding all round was brisk, and resulted in a decline for heavy weights or equal to 10s per head upon late prices, lieef generally was in favour of Olivers. Sheep mustered in rather larger numbers than advertised, anil were about medium quality and weight, and met with brisk competition at full rates. Lambs were rather shorter in supply, and sold readily. The pigs were chiefly small' stores and light porkers. Oxen. 14s (5d ; low beef, 12s (id the 1001b. Mutton in wool was 2d per lb. The line of best bullocks made from £6 15s 6d to £7 12s 6d, averaging £7 ; the others averaged £5 ISs '.Id and £5 16s'; cows, from £3 2s 6d to £4 2s 6d, averaging £3 14s lOd. Sheep, best wethers, 16s to 16s 2d others, 14s lOd to ins Sd ; small lines of shorn ewes and wethers, 9s 4d : shorn wethers, 9s Sd to 10s ; lambs, 6s 4d to is 9d. Pigs: Baconeis, 33s Cd to 475: porkers. 15s to ISs 3d ; stores, rough lot, 4s Id ; others, 10s 3d to lis 6d ; small pigs, 7s to £>s.

WAIRARAPA STOCK AND PRODUCt) MARKETS.

Messrs. Lowes and lorns' Report.—Held three sales during the week, all of which were well attended. At the Wednesday's sale of stock the entries comprised 3SO head of cattle. 1200 sheep. 20 horses, and 27 pigs. In cattle the bidding was brisk, and last week's prices maintained.. Beef made 15s per 1001b. Forward bullocks Here in demand for fattening, a pen of 40 making S4s. Medium three-year-old stores ranged from 65s to 75s ; small two-vear-olds. 50s toons. Heifers ranged from Sits for poor to 40s for fair-conditioned ; three-year-old store cows, 40s; yearlings, 25s to 30s; calves, 15s. In sheep the sales were dull, and wethers of all classes declined Is per head, fat making 13s 6d to 14s ; stores, lis 6(1 to lis ; fat ewes, 10s to lis; ewes and lambs, according to quality, 7s to Us 6a; hoggets, from 7s for poor weak sorts to 10s for good—all sheep being in wool. In pigs the entries were short <>; requirements, suckers making Cs ; weaners, Ts Cd toss; porkers, 10s to 14s. In horses many were passed, tailing to reach the reserves, those selling making the following figures Young, useful draughts, to £16; hacks, from £5 and £12 lor good sound sorts, and £4 for ordinary and old. In produce the sales have onlybeen fairly active, the rise in price causing buyers to hesitate. Oats have been ottered in large quantities, tho*e selling ranging from 2s id to 2s Od for really good samples. Potatoes remain at last week's figures, viz., 100s. Grass seeds move off slowly for spring sowing, but the price has not altered, cocksfoot (best quality) beiuji 3Jd, and rye 2s tid. In skins, hides, and tallow few sales have been effected, no change in price having taken place. Poultry has been in good inquiry, all coming forward finding ready buyers. Fowls, good, 2s fc.il to 3s ; turkeys, 6s; ducks, 3s 6d. Sales of furniture have been well attended, but bidding dull in most cases The rnariet is overdone in furniture. Very few properties are changing hands of late. The Government lands in the Forty Mile Bush being put on the market under the various deferred payment systems, interfere considerably with 'lie disposal of private lands. The first wool to leave the Wairarapa was the longwoo! clip of Mr. C. Pharazyn, which was trucked at Featherston railway station for Wellington this week. DUNK DIN OATS. October 19.—The market still continues quiet, while there is a small amount of business passing. There is nothing of any importance to record. Shipments are almost daily i>eing made of parcel.-, lying in store that had been sold earlier, but could not be shipped for the. want of space. There ;.rc very few now to otter, but with these few, and the limited quantity coming foiward, the supply is equal to the demand". We have no alteration to note in prcf-s, am! quote Stout bright milling, 2s 2id to ls 3d ; best reed, 2s lid to 2s 2jd ; medium to «-.oa, s to 2s Id ; inferior to medium, Is 'Jd to 2s (ex store, sacks weighed in). STOCK AMD MINING ASSOCIATION Auckland, October io, ISSS.

A. Saunders, C. Alexander, S. Vickers, J. F. Clarke, R. Erater, J. M. Lennox, D. B. McDonald, D. G. MacDonnell, Aitken Carrick, it. Spratt, Francis Hull, James Reid, R. G. Macky, Samuel Turtle. Joseph Newman, Chairman. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. calls. £. s. d. Due. MataG.il. Co 0 0 2 — Oct. 17 Old Caledonian G.M. Co. .. 0 10 — Oct. 24 Arch-Hill tirick .ii Tile Co. 0 10 — Oct. 31 New Prince Imperial G.M.Co. 0 10 — Nov. 14

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