THE WOOL SALEI. LONDON, April 12.

Otago Witness, Issue 2456, 17 April 1901, Page 15

THE WOOL SALE I . LONDON, April 12.

The fourth series of London colonial wool sales will open on July 2. The series will be limited to 350,000 bales. The fifth penes will open on September 7, limited to' 300,000 bciles, and the sixth series on November 26, unlimited. Messrs Dalgety and Co. are in receipt of the following cable from their London office: — " The wool market is firm, and there is a moderate business doing privately at full prices, though crossbred wools are neglected." Messrs Dalgety and Co. are in receipt of the following cable from their London office, under date of 11th inst. : — " The fourth series of London wool sales have been fixed to open on July 2. The quantity o? new wool to be admitted is limited to 350,000 bales. The fifth scrips will open on September 17, and the quantity of new wool to be admitted i» limited to 300,000 bales. The sixth series have been fixed to open on November 26, when the quantity of new wool to be admitted will not be limited. The market for all merino \vools is very firm, and .there i* a nrivate demand." Note. — The next London sales open on the 30th inst., the amount of new wool to be admitted being 250,000 bales. DUNEDIN MARKETS. WHOLESALE PHODUCK REPORTS. Mr J. Flenihi!?, Princes street south, reports under date the 16th inst :— Wheat per busLel. per ton Best milling . 2/S Barley duet ... 70/0 Medium do 2/:j to 2/4 Oaten hay bO/0 Fowls' ...1/11—2/2 Oatmeal, in 25's 190/0 Milling oats 1/6-1/6* Oaten chaff 47/6—50/0 Feed oats 1/3—l/1 Ityegrass hay ... PO/II Malt barley 3/0-3/3 Straw 30,0 Feed barley 1/9—2/0 Pearl barley .. 220/0 Cape barley ... 2/6 Onions 7/- per nwt Maize ... ... 3/0 per lb per ton. Rolled bacon ... 6Jd Hour, in 200's ...33(1/0 Side baron ... 7d Flour, in 50's ...140/0 Smoked hams ... 7Jd Pollard 75/0 Cheese s*d Biaa ... 60/0 Good salt butter, 6d to i Bd, according to quality Potatoes. — Best Dsrwreuts, £3 7s 6d per ton ; Southern Derwents, £2 15s ; Kidneys, £2 10s per ton. Potato maiktt baie. Good potati.es wanted. I ARM AND DAIRY FRODUCE Messis Irvine snd Stevenson, George street, report paying for produce during the weekending the 16th inst. as follows :— Bacon (roll), fiid p. lb F esh butter, 8d and Hani, 7Jdp. lb lOiporlb Fresh eggs, Is 2d d z Salt butter, Sd Fresh butter, good ordinary (in lib and Mb prints), 8d to 9d per lb. Pigs, 1201b to 1601b, .i£d per lb Fowls, 2s 9>1t03« pair. Ducks, 3s to 5s pair. Geese, 4s to 6s. Turkeys, 4Jil per lb. THE MEAT MARKET. NAPIER, April 11. Messrs Nelson Bros, have received the following cable from the C.C. and D. Company. " Further fall in the frozen meat market. Canterbury mutton and first and second quality lamb have both declined in. value. To-day's

quotations are Best Canterbury, 4Jd , Napier and North Isiand, 3?d , lamb— first quality s§d, second 5Jd." XEW ZEALAND PRODUCE IN LONDON. The Department of Agriculture has leceived the following cablegram from the Agent-general, dated 13th inst. — Butter, 100s , market firm. Cheese, 470 , there is a good demand tor cheese. New Zealand hemp, good fair Wellington, £21, fair current niam'a, £33, market dull. Stocks Ist April New Zealand, 362 tons, as against 20G last yeai , Manila, 16,030 bales, as against G7lO. Heavy shipments of hemp expected from Manila. Cocksfoot seed, 17!b standard, 335, ■there is a better demand for cocksfoot seed. Mutton There is a falling market. Average prices— Canterbury, 4Jd; Dunedm, 3Jd , North Island, 3jd ; Australian, 2^d , River Plate, BJd. The lamb market is good. Canterbury, s!d ; others, 5Jd . Australian, 4Jd. Beef, fiimei ; hinds, 3|d , fores, 3Jd. GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS. Messrs Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) report having held their weekly auction sale of grain and produ'e at their stores on Monday. There was a goud attendance of buyers, and most of the lots offered were cleared at valuations.. — Oats. — The demand is veiy limited, and nearly all sorts are difficult to place. For choice milling and for long Tartars there is some demand, bui feed lines meet slow sale at about lat3 values. We quote Prime milling, Is 4id to Is sd: good to best feed, Is 3%d to Is 4d; inferior, Is to Is 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat — There is httle change to report. Prime milling is in fair demand at late values, but medium^ quality is not greatly m favour. ! Fowl wheat is saleable at late rates. We quote Prime milling. 2s Gd to 2s 7d , medium to good, 2s 3d to 2s sd , whole fowl wheat, 2s to 2s 2d , broken, etc , Is Sd to Is lid per bushel (sacks ml. Potatoes —We catalogued a few lots of good to prime Derwents, which met fair competition, and sold at £3 7s 6d to £3 12s Gd ; medium are worth £2 15s to £3 5s per ton (sacks m). Chaff — Prime old oaten sheaf is in request, and sells at £2 10s to £2 15s; best new\haff, at £2 7s 6d to £2 12s 6d ; medium to good is more difficult to place, at £2 to £2 5s per ton (bags extra). Meiqrs A. Moritzson and Co. repoit having held their usual weekly sale of gram and prodace on Monday morning, when prices ruled as follow — Oats. — There is a fair demand for best feed, but other descriptions have little inquiry. We ! sold best feed at Is 4d, medium and inferior, from Is Id to Is 3Jd, prime milling, Is 5d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — Prime lines of velvet and Tuscan are readily placed from 2s 6d to 2s 7d, but medium and inferior meet with a slow sale from 2a 2d to 2s sd, fowl wheat, Is lid to 2s Id per bushel for best. Terms, sacks m, less 2^ per cent. Potatoes. — Supplies coming to hand have been light, and prices show an improvement of 5s per ton. We sold best Derwents from £3 Es to £3 7s 6d per ton. Chaff — The only demand is for oaten sheaf, which sold at £2 10s , other descriptions from £1 10s to £2 5s per ton. Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report having held their usiial weekly auction sale on Monday, when prices ruled as under — Oats. — During the past week the offerings have been much larger, and prices are easier. We quote Prime milling. Is 4M to Is sd , good to best feed, Is 3id to Is 4d , medium, Is Id to Is 2Jd (bags extra). Wheat — Punic rorthern samples have a fair demand, but southern and medium qualities are not asked for. Fowl feed is m good demand. Quotations Prime noithern velvet and Tuscan, 2s 6d to 2s 7d ; prime southern velvet and Tuscan, 2s 5d to 2s 6d , medium (nominally), 2s 2d to 2s 4d , fowl feed, 2s to 2s Id (bags m). Potatoes — The maiket is not so well supplied, and prices are firmer. Good Derwents, £3 5s to £3 12s 6d , medium Deiwents, £3 (bags m). Chaff — There is a good demand for prime oaten sheaf, which is readily saleable from £2 10s to £3 15s, while medium quality is more plentiful, and harder to sell from £2 to £2 7s 6d (bags extra). CLEARING SALE AT GREEN ISLAND. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co report as follows — We held a clearing sale of dairy cows, fanning implements, etc., at Mr D Kane's farm at Corstorphine, Green Island. There was a fairly large gathering of dairymen, farmers, and others, all of whom came with the full intention of buying. The stock offered, however, was only of medium quality, and the majority of the cows were too far from profit. Taking these facts into account, the sale was successful, everything being disposed of at very fair prices. The implements were all cleared at full rates. The cows realised from £1 10s to £3 2s 6d ; some light horses were sold at from £8 to £15 10s , and a large number of fowls were disposed of at up to 3s Id per pair. SALE OF FARM AND CLEARING SALE AT HYDE. Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report having sold by auction on Tuesday, the 9th April, at Hyde* on account of Mr Richard Smith aon«

his freehold farm, known as Horrellsville, containing 400 acres, at £2 11s per acre, to Mr John Nolan, of Middlemarch, and immediately afterwards the ->vhole of Mr Smith&on's stock and implements. There was but a small attendance at the sale, but as all present had evidently come piepared to purchase, the whole of the offerings, with one or two exceptions, realised very satisfactory prices. Draught horses brought £18 to £30, dsiry cows, £4 10s to £5 15s, dry cov^s, £2 10s to £3 10s , steers and heifers, £2 11s to £5 , m xed ewes, 9s 3d , lambs, 9s 2d , implements and sundries at satisfactory prices. SALE OF OTEMATATA STATION Wright, Stephenson, and Co report as follows There was a good muster of parties interested in paatoial propertied this (Thursday) afternoon at our Mileiooms, High street, when we offeied by public auction on account of Messis J. M. Ritchie and C. de Vere Teschemaker, whose partnership had expired by effluxion of time, the well-known Otematata station and sheep, as follows —Leasehold, being runs 160b, 160 c, 160 d. 160e, 160f, held under lease from the Oamaiu Harbour Board for 10 years from Ist M.i^ch, 1597, at £1000 per annum, aiea about 63,000 acies of first-class pastoral countrj Freehold- 103& acres, with manager's house, woolshed, etc. Sheep About 20,00,) superior meuno sheep, one of the best merino flock-, in Waitaki County. The intending purchasei? three m number, displayed some diffidence about staitmg the bidding, but when once thtj got to work the competition became actiw, with the result that Mr J. M. Ritchie becan.e_ tho puichaser of the station and stock lor £13,500. SALE OF LAND ON WAIMEA ESTATE. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report having sold privately to Mr W.J. Mofiett, ot Invercargill, block CXIX, on the sale plan of the recent Wnnnea land auction, spy, 211 a 2r 18p, at the upset price, £2 per acre. WAIKOUAITI STOCK SALE. Messrs Stionach Bros, and Morris report having hold their usual monthly stock sale at the Waikouaih saleyards on Thursday last There was a good yarding of sheep, about 1150 coming forward, but the entiy of cattle was considerably below the average, only about 40 head being yarded. There was a limited attendance or sheep buyers, and' prices were slightly lower than -last sales, but all the cattle forward found buyers at prices fully equal to those Tuhng_ previously. Our yarding comprised 1018 sheep, 25 head cattle, and 2 hacks. We sold for Messrs 11. A. S. Cantrell, J. Aitcheson, E. H. Nanki- ' veil, Thomas Allcock, and John Hallum, two and four-tooth crossbred ewes at lls 6d to 13s : two, four, six, and eigLt-tooth ewes at 10s 3d j to lls 6d , lamb 3atBs7d to 30s 6d ; fat sheep j at 17s, for Mis M'Gregor (Merton), Messrs James Bruce, F. L. Graham, and A. Bannatyne, bullocks at £6, cows and heifers at £4 to £5 12s 6d ; cows coming to calving at £4 to £5 10s , young cattle at £1 4s to £2 15s. COUNTRY SALES. Messrs Dalgety and Company (Limited) icport having held their fortnightly sale at Bplclutha on Friday, the 12th inst., when the;, yaTded and sold 368 sheep and 91 head of cattle. The demand for sheep was very slack, and prices were, if anything, lower than those obtained at the previous pale. . Cattle weie in fair demand, and brought good values. The range of prices was as follows- — Crossbred ewes, young, to 13s 6d ;- aged do, 5s to 9s 6d . crossbred wethers, 13s 4d to 14s 6d , crossbred lambs, 9s 6d to , 10s 3d ; two-year-old steers, £4 10s to £5 ; yearlings and cplves, £1 149 to £3 3s, heifers and cows, £2 5s to £4 7s j Gd. Our sales were on account of Messrs Peter j Ayson (Toixo), Robert Bros. (Kaihikul, John Dallas (Kaitangata), R. Wilson (Hillend), Wra, Smtull (Summer Hill), Vv alter M'Xenna, John j Kerr (Gore), D Murray (Warepa), Thos. A. Johnstone, Simon Wright, and Joh?i M'Adie (Balclutha). Messrs Matheson, Pram, and Co. report — We held a clearing out sale at Owaka on Wednesday last on behalf of Mr John ThomsQn, who is leaving the district. There was a very large attendance of people interested, and under excellent bidding we cleared a laige quantity of timber, sawrmller's plant, horses, etc.; and on the same day, on behalf of Mr T. Bates, we disposed of about 30 lots of timber. Draught mares and geldings sold at £10 to £44 , light horses, £13 to £20. Timber and a lot of sundries all went at satisfactory pnees. We •held our monthly sale at M'lntyre's yards on the same day. The. weather was all that could be desired, and a very large attendance assembled. The entry comprised about 100 head of all classes of stock, owned by 20 clients, and although bidding was not so keen as usual, nearly every lot changed hands at prices thr.t must be considered fairly satisfactory. Best steers sold at M Ms to £6- -caws and heifers, £5 to £6 , young cattle, £2 to £3 19s ; caWet-, £1 4s ; inferior cattle, £1 10s to £3. Stronach Bro3 and Moms repoit. —^ T e held a sale of the surplus sheep from the Titipua, Venlaw, Waiankiki, and Busby P.uk es+a'.cs at Mataura on Thursday last. Although there weie very few dealers present the local farmers mustered strongly, and competed eagerly for ail classes of ewps. The wethers and lambs were somewhat cTTfficult to sell, and prices for the last two- classes must be quoted considerably lower than those lately ruling. We penned and Fold 2071 «heep as follows —For Titipua, estate, fat wethers at 15s, two-tooth wethers ft 13s 7d, and lambs at 9s. For Bushy Pa-rk estate . Forward wethers at 13s 9d, and wethers at 12s, cidssbied ewes at 10s id to 10s, and old ewes at 63 lid For Waiankiki estate Stole lambs at 7s Gd, two-tooth wethers at 15s, well-grown lambs at 99 lOd, sound-mouthed ewes at lls. For "Venlaw estate- Crossbred ewes (all ages) at 10s, cull merino wethers at 4s 6d, and aged merino ewes at 5s lid DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows — There was rather a poor show of horses at our last Saturday's sale. The coneignment from Sydney consisted mostly of light spring-van horses, and, taking into consideration that a great number of them were unbroken, they sold well at from £14 10s to £2S. The market is very bare of good young draughts, and consignments of these would sell well. We have also several inquiries for really good, wellmatched carriage pairs, and we would like to see some horses of this class come forwaid, as they will meet with keen compete m. We have made several private sales of uoth dra^ht and light horses during the week at very satisfactory prices. We quote • Superior young draught geldings, £45 to £50 , extra good prize horses, £52 to £60 ; medium draught mares and geldings, £30 to £38; aged do, £22 to £28; upstanding carriage horses, £25 to £30 ; wellmatched carriage pairs, £60 to £80; strong spring-van horses, £25 to £30 ; milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, £18 to £22 ; tram horses, £12 to £16, light hacks, £8 to £10, extra Food hackß, £20 to £30, weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £2 to £6.

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