COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13729, 21 April 1908, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. The Stock Exchange will remain closed today and to-morrow, reopening on Thursday morning. • • PRICE OF EGGS. Tho Co-operative Egg and Poultry Co., Ltd., will pay Is 6d per dozen for tresh eggs tins week. STOCK SALES. . The Ne\s Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Compacv, Limited. Hamilton, report as follows:— On the 35th inst., at Nffaruawahia, we yarded 250 head of cattle. Competition for all classes was lairlv brisk, only a few pens failing to reach reserves at ' the hammer, and we resold afterwards privately. Two aitd a-half and three-year-old fresh steers realised from £4 as to £4 14s; 18-month steers, £2 7s to £2 18s; mixed yearlings, £1 18s to £2 4s; fresh-conditioned young cows and heifers, £2 17s 6d to £4; fat cows, £5 12s to £6; aged heavy cows, £4 2s od to £4 15s; strong, good calves, 19s to £1 4s; ; others, Vis 6d to 16s; good dairy cows, at profit, 1 £5 10a to £6 be. The 50 ewes advertised realised ! 7s. - ' . . ! We held our usual fortnightly sale at Haiml- ' ton on Thursday, when, wo had a fair yarding i of 65 head of beef, 250 store cattle and calves. There was good competition, and everything sold. Fat steers, light weights, nice quality, made £& 16s to £7 13b 6d; cows, £4 10s to £5 10a: empty store tlnee-vear-old heifers, £2 17s 6d to £3 8s; two-vcai-old steers, £3 5e ; 15-month do., £2 2s to £2 8s; best calves, £1 5s 6d; others, 14s 6d to 18s 6d.- Fat ewes made 17s Sd ; lambs, 10s 6d to lis 6d. Pigs: Weaners and slip.*, lis to 13s. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company report— At Ohaupo on Tuesday we yarded 475 head of cattle. There was a good attendance, and' prices showed an improvement for grown cattle. Twenty-seven three ond four- steers in fresh condition were required, 3i and four-year-olds realising £6 5s to £7 13s: three-year-olds, £4 17s 6d to £5 Is; two-vear-oid steers, £3 10s; yearling steers, £2 2s' 6d to £2 7s 6d; 18-month "heifers, in calf, £2; fresh empty caws and heifers, £3 8s to £3 10s; fat and forward cows, £4 lis to £5 15s. calves. 18s to 28s; cows to ealvo) in spring, £3 10s to £4 10,3; springing heifers, £3 5b to £5 10s ; bulls, £5 Is to £5 3s. At Te Kuiti on Wednesday we yarded 1670 cattle and 871 sheep. There was a large attendance from the neighbouring districts, and prices compared very favourably with those ruling in Wailsato. Four hundred and ninety head of two-year to four-year-old steers were a good lot. Forward-conditioned 34 and four-year steers realised £6 6s to £' 13s; same age steers, with not- so much condition, £6; throe-year steers, £4 17s to £5 10s; 2i-year steers, £4 2s 6d to £4 lis ; 18-month and two-year steera, £2. 17s to £3 14s; Yearling steers, £2 2s 6d to £2 lis; fat heifers", £4 15a to £5 12s 6d; yearling heifers, 30s to 325: two-vear heifers, in calf, £2 10s to £2 15s; store cows, £2 Is; calves, 2Cs to 295; 4843 long-wool two-tooth wethers, 15s 3d to 16s Id; woolly lambs, 12s 6d I store lambs, 6s 6d; aged ewes, 6s to 9s: a few light horses, £2 to £6. On Thursday last we held a clea,-ing' sale, of Mr. D. Casey's dairy herd on his farm at Waihou. The herd being an old-established and well-known one, there was a good attendance, and bidding was brisk throughout. The 51 cows averaged £5, waking from £4 up to £6 sa; three old cows, £3; two draught mares, with foals at foot, £43 10s and £56 Is.

PRICE OF ANTIMONY. By Telegraph.— Press Association—Copyright. I.osnoK, April 19. Antimony is now quoted at £10. WELLINGTON FRUIT MARKET, {BY TKI.ECRAI'H.—PIIESS ASSOCIATION.] ' Wellington, Monday. The local fruit market displays an. infinitely better tone, particularly in regard to pears and apples, which are now almost certain to rule at higher values than of late. Much smaller shipments of Adelaide grapes are arriving, which should mean a keener inquiry for Auckland hothouse. Quotations : Choice dessert pears, 10s, lis case ; inferior, 6s. Us; apples, choice, coloured, 9s, 10s; others, 7s, 8s; cookers, ss, 6s case; grapes, Is, Is 3d !b; tomatoes,. 4s, 5s box; passions', 3s 6d. 4s 6d: lemons, 6s, 7s 6d case; Cape gooseberries, 6d lb. Potatoes are in heavy supply at 5s and 6s cwt. Onions are firm at 7s and 7s 6d cwt; lettuce, 4s, 5s case; cauliflowers, Bs, 10s sack; cabbages, Bs, 10s sack. Fresh eggs have finned ever Faster to 2s dozen ; preserved, la Sd, la 6d.