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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. MELBOURNE, April 12. Wheat, -4s. Flour, £8 15a Oats: Algerian feeding, 3s Id to 3s 4d; seeding, 3s 5d to 3a 9d. Barley: English, nominal, 6s to 6s 4d; Cape, 4s lOd to 5s 3d. Maize, 4 3 3d. Bran, £6. Pollard, £6 10s. Potatoes, £7 to £B. Onions, £9 15s. SYDNEY, April 11. Wheat, 3s lid to 4s. Flour: City, £8 15s; country, £8 123 sd. Bran, £5 15s. Pollard, £6. Barley: Victorian Cape, 4s lOd to ss; English, 4s 6d to ss. Maize, 4s lOd; white, 4s Bd. Oats: Tasmanian sparrowbills, 3s 2d to 3s 3d ; Oiants, 3s 4d; Algerian, 3s 6d; Now Zealand, 3s 4d to 3s sd; Giants, 3s 6d. Onions, £ll to £ll 10s. Potatoes, £8 10s to £lO 10s. Bacon. 7id to 74d. Butter: Selected brands, 120 s; prime, 108 s to 116 s. Cheese, Bid. ADELAIDE. April 11. Wheat, 3s 9d to 3s 9|d. Flour, £8 17s 6d. Bran and pollard. 15jd. Potatoes, £3 10s to £lO. Onions. £lO to £ll. MELBOURNE, April 11. There were no hide sales to-day on account of tho holidays. OAMARU STOCK MARKET. CFaosi Ouh Owk Corbkspondeit?.) OAMARU, April 13. Tho stock market has been rather quiet during the week, no private sales of any note being recorded. There is a fair inquiry for sheep of tho right sort, but these are seldom obtainable. A fair yarding at this week's Bale drew few buyers, and the bidding lacked animation. Fat wethers realised from 16s to 16s 6d, fat ewes 93 3d to 12s lOd, fat lambs 14s 3d lo 15s 4c:, storo wethers lis-3d to 15s, store lambs 10s to 13s, two-tooth eyes 16s 7d, soundmouth ewes 9s 3d to 13s od 1 , aged ewes 6s 6d to 12s 3d. At tho Duntroon salo yestorday two-tooth eyes brought from 17s Id to 18s Id, fourtooth 18s 3d, and sound-mouthed 12s 6d to 14s. Forward wethers realised from 14g 6il to 15s 2d. Cattle are auiet. the only kinds in request being forward steprs and 1 bullocks from three to four years old and dairy cows just at profit, and for both descriptions recent quotations pre fully maintained. SOUTHLAND STOCK MARKET. (Faon Otra Own Cosbkspondeht.) INVERCARQILL, April 13. Stock.—There have been several public auction stock sales during the week. Sales have been held at Wallacetown, Wyndiiam, and Otautau, and at all these yards there have been fa-irly large entries, and a good domand existed for all classes of Bheep. At tho Otautau sale on Thursday over 10,000 were yarded, and practically every line was cleared at an advance in prices of Is to Is 6d per bushel over those ruling at tho Winton sale tho previous week. The entries comprised ewes mostly, of which 400 four anp six-tooths fetched 17s Id, while 300 two-tooths were sold under the hammer at 10s 4d. The entry of good lambs was very small, and many probable buyers went away without having completed their purchases. The bidding was exceedingly keen, and prices for good sorts ruled from 12s Id to 12b 6d, and aa high as 13s. Store cattle continued to be verf dull at Wallacetown on Friday. Tho yarding waa not up tho previous weok's. and bidding was distinctly slaok, and very fow were sold. Butchers show a little more keenness to buy at the sales, but although the demand w better the

prices per ICOlb remain about the same as last week's rates. Prices may be quoted: Fat cattle: Ox beef, 26s to 27s and up to 28s for prime; heifer beef, 24a to 255; and cow beef, 19s to 20s. Fat sheep: Best butchers' wethers, 17s to 17s 6d; lighter, 16s to 16s '6d; prime ewes, 14s to 14s 6d; others, 12s 6d to 13s. Fat lambs: Butchers lambs, 13s to 14s. Operators still give 4|d for primiei and 4£d for seconds and overs. Store cattle are still very dull, the only saleable sorts being three-year-old bullocks at £6 5s to £7; two-year-olds at £4 to £4 10s, and yearlings at £3 to £3 ss; calves, 25s to 30s. Store sheep: Best two-tooth ewes, I6s to 16s 6d; fourtooths, 16s 6d to 17s; six-tooths, 16s to 16s 6d; eight-tooths, 14s to 14s 6d; station and sound-mouthed ewes, 12s 6d to 13s. Good rape lambs are worth lis 9d to 12s 3d; good lines of ewe lambs, 12s to 12s 6d; other lambs, 10a to 10s 6d; two-tooth store wethers, in good condition, 13s 6d to 14s; four-tooths, 14s to 14s 6d.

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH, April 10. There was a decided holiday tone about the Addington stockyards to-day, for the entrv was generally below the sale of the previous week. Apparently the counterattractions had had an effect upon the patrons of the sale also, for the attendance was smaller than usual, though the weather may have had something to do with this matter. Store sheep were in much smaller supply than at previous markets. The cattlo pens suffered to some extent, and the demand for fat beasts was very slack, though prices appeared to hold up on the sales effected. Store Sheep.—There was a muoh smaller warding of this class of sheep in the pens. The bulk of the entry consisted, of ewes of a medium class generally, and there were a good number of Chatham Islands and oversea sheep. The demand was about on a par with that displayed at the previous sale, and there was.a good number of passings. Good-class ewes, two-tooth to soundmouth, brought satisfactory prices, and the weakness was exhibited in the bidding for aged and low-conditioned sorts. Good twotooth crossbred and three-quarterbred ewes brought 15s to 16s 3d; sound-mouth, lis 6d to 14s; four-tooth. 14s to 16s; six and eight tooth, 12s to 13s 6d; four, six, and eight-tooth, 12s to 16s; good sound-mouth ewes, 123 6d to 14s; inferior, 8s to 9s 6d; full and failing-mouth, 7s 9d to 8s 9d; and ngod, 4s 6d to 6s 3d. Forward lambs were in short supplv and in good demand, and fetched 12s 6d"to 13s 6d for the best sorts. Fair lambs made 10s 6d to lis 6d; others, 6s for culls and to 9s for ordinary stores. Wethers sold well at late rates, two-tooths making 12s to 13s 6d; four and six-tooth, to 14s 6d. Fat Sheep —There was a rather smaller yarding of fat sheep, and all classes were represented. The market opened in a satisfactory manner at values comparable with late rates. The range of prices was : Prime wethers, 18s to 21s 9d; others, 15s to 17s Qd; prime ewes, 13s to 17s 3d; extra, to 19s'; others, 8s 9d to 12s 6d; merino wethers, 17s Id to 19s Id . , , , Fat Lambs.—There was a slightly larger entry of fat lambs as 1 compared with Last week, the figures being 7778, as against 7508. The entry was an uneven one, which included a wide range of quality. There was, however, a good proportion of really well-finished lambs, and exporters operated freely at times at prices about on a par with last week. There was a very hopeful tone in the market, and it is certain that the price of the second grade and lighter stuff hardened at least 3d per head, and a higher estimate places it at 6d, which is probably, a bit beyond the mark. The sale was a wry in-and-out one, taking it all through, opening well then slackening- off badly, and brightening again at the close. The range of prices was: Togs, 17s 3d to 19s lid; ordinary freezers, 13s 6d to 18s; and graziers took other lines at prices from 10s 6d upwards. Fat Cattle. —The yarding of fat oattle was a moderate one, totalling 185 head, its against 244 last week. The offerings were of a medium quality, only a few betterclass beasts being noticed here and there. When the sale opened the demand was very uneven, and a considerable number of passings were made, but in spite of this the values showed little difference from those of the previous sale. Beef ranged from 21s to 26s per lOOlb. according to quality. Steers fetched £7 10s to £l3 17s 6d; heifers, £5 10s to £9 2s 6d; and dry cows, £5 5s to £lO 10*. Vealers. —There was an average number of fat calves penned, and the demand was unchanged, ranging from 6s to £2 13s; extra, to £3 12s. Store Cattle. —Only 24 head of store cattle wore yarded, and the demand was very weak indeed. Gowe made £1 to £4 10s. Dairy Cows. —The entry of dairy 00-. vs was better, some good useful sorts meeting with good competition. Prioes ranired from £4 10s to £9 10s; extra, to £ll 15a. Pigs.—There was only a small number of 3tore pigs penned, no largo ones being among the number. The sale was fairly keen, medium sorts mating 30s to 365; smaller. 22s to 28s; and very email, 14s to 17s. Woaners realised 12s 6d to 16s, and were in somewhat better demand. The entry of fat pigs was below the average, but the demand for all classes was fair, baconors meeting witli a little better inquiry. Choppers made £3 12s to £4 12s; heavy baconors, 70s to 723 6d; extra, to 85s; and lighter sorts. 55s to 655; those values being equal to 4£d to 5Jd per lb. The btest lines of porkers made 46s to 50s. and lighter sorts 38s to 445; being equal to 53d to 6d per lb. LIVE STOCK MARKET. Biunsido, Wednesday, April 10. Fat Cattle. —185 yarded, the bulk of which were cows and heifers, very *ew heavy-weight prime bullocks being forward The sale was a dragging one. with prices slightly lower than last week's rate?. Best bullocks £lO to £ll 10s; medium to good, £7 15s to £9; light, £6 to £7; best cows and heifers. £7 to £8; medium. £5 5s to £6 ; light. £4 to £5. The National Mortgage and' Agency Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For Mr R. Kirk (Mosgiel), 2 heifors at £5 12s 6d; Messrs C. Dougherty and Son (Gimmorburn), 1 heifer £7, 1 do £4 lOs. 1 bullock £5 10s; Mr John Kirk (Mosgiel), 2 heifers to £5 10s j Mr W. Lindsay (Allanton), 2 heifers to £6.—— The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Ltd.), yarded 44, and sold: For Mr W. J. J. Charters (Ury Park, Mosgiel). 2 bullocks at £lO 12a 6d, 3 do at £lO, 1 heifer at £lO, 2 do at £6 15s; Mrs W. Kirk (Mayfield, East Taieri), 1 bullock at £lO 2s 6d', 1 heifer at £5 15s f Mr George M'Leod (Brighton), 2 bullocks at £9 10s, X do at £5 ss, 2 heifers at £8; Mr John M'Leod (Woodside), 1 heifer at £B. 2 do at £7 7» 60, i do at £7, 1 do at £3 15s, 1.

do at £3 7s 6d; Mr J. C. Ronton, jun. j (Mosgiel). 2 bullocks at £9 17s 6d, 2 do 1 at £8 2s 6d; Mr W. Kirkland (Elm Grove, East Taieri), 1 heifer at £6 ss, 1 do at £5 ' ss, 2 d'o at £5; Mr D Ford (Allanton), 1 j heifer at £6 10s, 2 do at £5 10s. Messrs : Donald Reid and Co. yarded 21 head, and ■ sold: For Mr Walter Blackie (Glasgow , Farm), 4 bullocks at £9 5s to £8 7s 6d, and j 2 heifers at £4 15s; Carter Bros. (Sadd'e Hill), 2 bullocks at £8 15s; Wm.'Lindsay (Allanton) 2 bullocks at £9; A J. Botting, I 1 cow £7 2s 6d; John Kirk, 1 heifer £4 : 15s; Wm. Townley, 6 cows at £7 5s to £5 ! ss; Donald Gunn (Sandymount), 1 cow £5 ' 2s 6d.——New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. (Ltd.) yarded 30 head, and ! sold: For a client. 2 bullocks at £ll 10s, 1 3 do at £ll 2s 6d, 3 do at £lO 17s 6d, 8 j do tv, £lO ss; Mr Henry Palmer (Obokia), 2 ! bullocks at £9 10s, 2 do at £9. 2 d'o at £8 17s 6d, 2 do at £810s; Mr John Kirk (Mosgiel), 1 cow at £6 ss; Mr Wm. Lindsay (Allanton), 1 cow at £7; 1 do at £6 7s 6d; executors late Wm Kirk (Mosgiel), 3 heifers at £5. Stronach, Morris, and Co. (Ltd.) varded and sold: For a southern client, 6 cows at £6 10s;. Mr R. Kirk (Mosgiel), 1 cow at £5 10s; a client, 1 yearling at £2 1 7s, and turned out 16 unsold. Wright, I Stephenson, and' Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold: ! For Mr J. C. Renton (Mosgiel), 2 bullocks : at £ll 10s, 2 bullocks at £9 17s 6d; Mr W. Mr Mathcwson (Paerau) 2 bullocks at £lO ' 10s, 1 bullock £7 ss, 3 cows £7 7s 6d, 3 cows £6 15s, 3 cows £6 10s, 3 cows £6 ss; : Mrs W. Kirk (Mosgiel), 2 bullocks at £8 ! 53; Mr W. Lindsay (Allanton). 1 heifer £6 i 12s 6d; Mr A. J. Botting (Morningfcon), 1 1 heifer £6 10s, 2 heifers at £5 10s; Mr j W. Mundell. jun. (Kohonga), 1 cow at £6; Mr W. Irvine (Green Island), 2 heifers at ! £5 10s, 1 calf £2 7s 6d; Mr R. Fleming (Craigsford). 4 cows at up to £5 15s; Mr j Waiter Blackie (Mosgiel), 1 stag £7 ss. Dalgoty and Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold: ■ For Mr T. J. Fox (Waimahaka), 8 heifers ! £5 7s 6d to £8 12s 6d'; Mr F. W. Bottimr i (Edendajc), 6 heifers £6 7s 6d; Mr Robert I M'lntosh (Chatto Creek). 4 heifers to £6 17s 6d, 3 bullooks; Mr W. Lindsay (Allanton), . 2 heifers £6 12s 5d i Store Cattle. —The National Mortgage and 1 Agency Company (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For Messrs C. Dougherty and Son, J. Duthie, and others, steers to £6 15s; cows to £4 ss. The Otago Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association of New Zealand (Ltd.^ 'yarded and sold: For Mr John M'Leod 1 vVoodside), Mrs M. Jenson (Look-out Point), Mrs S. Ellison (Fairfield), Mr Geo. -/'Lecd (Brighton), cows and heifers to £3 ss. I D. Reid and Co. yarded and sold: For Mr ; H. Dunn (North-East Vallev), Wm. Town- | ley (Highcliff), D. Gunn (Sandymount), and other clients, cows to £5, calves to j £1 15e, bulls to £4. Stronaoh, Morris, land Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For Mr John Kirk (Mosgiel), 1 heifer at £3; i client, 1 cow at £3 12e 6d; Mr G. Erickson (Pukehiki), 1 cow at £3 10s; Mr T. Maxwell (Oaversham), 2 cows at £3 4s. i Wright, Stephenson, and Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For Mr S. Robertson (Pukehiki), 2 cows at £3 17s; Mr W. Townlev (Pukehiki), 1 cow at £3 lis; Mr W. Alkn (St. | Kilda), 1 cow at £4, 1 do at £3 2s. Dalgety and Co.' (Ltd.) sold: For Mr R. M'lntosh and others, bulls to £6 15s.——The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For Mr George M'Leod (Brighton), Mrs W. Kirk (Mayfield, East Taieri), Mr John M'Leod (Woodside). dairy cows to £9 10s.— D. Reid and Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold for various clients, dairy cows to £7 17s 6d. 'Wright, Stephenson, and Co. (Ltd.) penned and sold: For Mr James Mathieson (Highchff), 1 cow at £7 12e 6d. | Calves. —The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Ltd.) penned and sold: For Mr John M'Leod (Woodside), calves to 15s. D. Reid and Co. ' (Ltd.) yaided and sold for clients, calves from £1 5s to 10s. Wright, Stephenson. ' and Co. (Ltd.) penned and sold: For Mr T. i R. Thomson (Green Island), 2 calves at up ! to lis; Mr T. Thropp (Anderson's Bay), 1 calf at 13s. Fat Sheep.—lß47 penned, the bulk of which were medium to inferior ewes, with a very few pens of prime wethers. There was good competition for all prime sheep at an advance of Is" 6d to 2s per head for primo wethers, and about Is on prime ewes, while medium and unfinished sorts were about the same as 'ast week. Prime wethers brought 18s 6d to 20s, extra to 23s 6d, medium to good 15s 6d to 17s, I light 12s 6d to 133 6d; best ewes 15s 6d j t-> 17s, extra to 20s, medium to good 12s 6d j to 14s, light and inferior 9s to lis. The I National Mortgago and Agency Company ; (Ltd.) penned and sold : For the New ZeaI land and A. Laud Co. (Moeraki I Estate), 15 ewes at 17s 3d, 14 do at 15s 6d, ' 33 do at 15s; Mr J. Mathesbn (Otokia), I pen wethers at 15s 9d; Mr J. Wright, 43 wethers to 16s; Mr W. Lees (Spring Hill), 128 ewes to 14s; Mr A. G. Smith, 40 wethers at 12s 6d; Mr M. Dunn, 47 wethers at 15s 6d, 13 ewes at lis.- — r The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Ltd.) penned and sold: For tho North Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association (Oamaru, as agents), 38 ewes at 19s 6cl, 22 do at 18s, 10 wethers at 18s, 20 do at 17s 6d, 30 ewes at 12s 6d; Messrs W. and D. Hamilton (Clarksville), 7 ew*« at 15s, pen wethers at 21s; Messrs P. Callanan and Sons (Manuka Creek), pen wethers at 17s 9d.——Messrs Donald Reid and Co. sold: For R. Findlay (Clarksville), 49 ewes at 16s 9d to 14s 3d; A. B. Hail (Waipiata), 34 ewes at 13s 6d to lis; A. A. Patterson (Milburn), 32 ewes at 13s 6d to 10s 6d; Thomas M'Loay (Morven), 65 ewes at 12s 6d to lis 6d. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile- Agency Co. (Ltd.) yurded 333 and sold: ior John Wilson (Kaiwera), 27 ewes at 20s, 33 do at 19s, 54 do to 18s 6d, 5 wethers at 16s 3d; Mr A. D. Mathieson (Clinton), 41 wothers mb 19s, 26 do at 17s 6d; Mr Jas. Matheson. (Barewood), 12 wethers at 19s 6d, 135 ewes to 10s 6d. Messrs Stronach, Morris, and Co. (Ltd.) yarded 300 and sold: For Mr F. Moynihan (Sutton), 1 pen wethers at 19s; Mr Robt. Ros 3 (Mossvale), 40 wethers at 18s. 25 do at 16s 6d; Mr W. Swale (Limehills), 45 ewes at 17s 9d. 40 do at 14s; a southern client, 133 ewes to 10s 9d. Messrs Wright. Stephenson, and Co. (Ltd) penned and sold : For Mr J. R. Mackenzie (Greenvale, Waikaka), 35 wethers at 23s 6d (top price today), 20 wethers at 22s 3d, ewe? at 20s; Messrs W. and N. Reid (Outram), pen wethers at 235, pen ewes at 17s 9d; Mr Jas. Taylor (Ashley Downs, Waiwera South), 36 wethers at 21s 6d, 24 wethers at 18s 6d; Mr A. Hancox (Tapanui), 21 ewes at up to 17s; Mr R. Beattio (Ngapuna), pen wethers at 16s 6d, pen owes at 13s 9d; Mr H. Howat (Tapataui), 27 ewes at.up to 15s; Mr A. F. Roberts (Teviot Station, Miller's Flat). 26 ewes at 14s; Messrs Orutehle.y and Ansell (Manuka), 16 ewes at 10s 6d; Mr J. Shophard (Portobello), 34 ewes at up to 12s 6d. Messrs Dalsetj and Co. penned and sold: For Mr

J. Scully (Woodlands), 56 ewes at 13s 9d to 19s; Messrs Hunter Bros. (Tuapeka Mouth), 65 ewes at lis to lis 9d; Messrs R F. Small and Son (Dunrobin), 64 ewes to lis. Store Sheep.—The Otago Farmers' Cooperative Association >i New Zealand (Ltd.) penned and sold: For Messrs Carey Bros. (Kokonga), 51 ewes at 4s 6d; Messrs P. C-allanan and Son (Manuka Creek), 28 eves at 2s 3d Fat Lambs.—ll 22 penned. These net with good competition and late ruling ra L oa were well maintained. Otago Farmers' Cooperative Association of New Zealai-d (Ltd.) penned 233 and sold: For Messrs Carey Bros. (Kokonga), 22 lambs at 15s; Messrs W. and D. Hamilton (Clarksville), 47 lambs at 14s 9d, 13 do at 14s; Mr W. Leaek, jun., (Omakau), 53 lambs at 14s, 21 do at 12s 9d ; Messrs T. and J. Shaw (Gimmerburn), 53 lambs at 14s 9d, 22 do at 12s 6d. Messrs Donald Reid and Co. sold: For Jas. Forsyth (Milburn), 35 lambs at 16s 9d to 15s 3d; R. Findlay (Clarksville), 18 lambs at 14s 6d; A. B. Hace (Waipiata), 38 at 16s to 12s 6d; John Finch, 8 at 12j 3d. —New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For John Cameron (Glenore), 32 lambs at 15s, 23 lambs at 14s 6d, 17 lambs at 14s 3d. Stronach, Morris and Co. (Ltd.) penned and sold: For Mr F. Moynihan (Sutton), 1 pen lambs at 18s 9d (top price to-day); Mrs Fletcher (Middlemarch), 50 lambs at 15s 6d, 10 do to 14s; Mr John Renwick (Middlemarch), 1 pen lambs at 13s 6d. — Wright, Stephenson and Co. (Ltd.) penned and sold: For Messrs W. and H. Reid (Outram), 19 lambs at 17s 3d, 10 lambs at 15s 3d; Mr R. Beattie (Ngapuna), 31 lambs at 17s 3d, 28 lambs at 16s 9d; Mr R. Fleming (Craigsford), 17 lambs at 15a 9d; Mr W. T. Mathewson (Kohonga), 45 lambs at 14s 9d, 31 lambs at 14s 6d; Messrs Crutchley and Ansell (Manuka Creek), 14 lambs at up to 14s 6d. Dalgety and Co. (Ltd.) penned and sold: For Mrs Moran (Lauder), 68 from 16s 9d to 17s 6d; J. Baird (Kokonga), 58 from 15s 6d to 17s; Messrs Hunter Bros. (Tuapeka Mouth), 6 at 16s 3d; Mrs J. H. Crutchley (Kyeburn), 224 lambs at 13s 3d to 16s; Mrs James Corrigall (Lauder), 76 lambs at 13s 6d to 14s 9d. Pigs.—Only 28 fats and 34 stores were penned, which were eagerly competed for, at an advance on late rates. The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Ltd.) penned and sold: For Mr W. Henderson (Leith Valley), 1 pig at £3; Mr Jno. Blair (East Taiorl), 2 pigs at £3 10s; Mr A. Davey (Broadacres), 2 pigs at £2 15s. Messrs Donald Reid and Co. yarded 27 pigs, and sold: For Thos. Casey, 5 at lis 6d; Brookes and Young (Anderson's Bay), 1 at £3 12s; Sprott Bros. (Momona), 2 at £3 8s; Robt. Baird (Allanton), 2 at £3 12s; Jas. O'Connell (Allanton), 1 at 345; a client, 4 at £3 10s to £3 6s; Arthur Davey, 2at £2 19s; G. Butler (Leith Valley), 2 at £3 Is; a client, 8 at 12s 6d. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For Mr A. A. Aaskoy (Maori Hill), 1 pig at £3 10s, 1 do at £3 Is; Mr Thos. Richards (Opoho), 1 pig at £4. Stronach, Morris and Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For Mr A. Davey (Broadacres), 1 porker at 54s 6d, 1 do at 525; Mental Hospital (Seacliff), 9 slips at 16s 6d, 3 do at 15s 6d, 4 do at 12s. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. ' (Ltd.) penned and sold : For Mr F. Korelski, 1 pig at £3 14s, 2 pigs at £3 lis; Mr D. Hughes (Portobello), 1 pig £3 10s; Mr T. Harwood (Otahou), 3 pigs at up to £2 16s; Messrs Young and Brooks (Anderson's Bay), 3 pigs at £3 4s; for Messrs Alderson and Clark (Woodhaugh), 1 pig £1 19s; for Mr T. Casey (North-East Valley), 5 pigs ab 13s 6d.

! [Tlie individual reports of ntock agents, , -wool, rabbitskin, or grain brokers can be I ir.seited in tho Daily Times and Otago I Witness at special rates.] DUNEDIN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. I Messrs A. Moritzson and Co., auctioneers, wool, stock, station, grain, produce, and commission agents, Dunedin, report (wholesale) for the week as under. All quotatons are subject to market fluctuations. Farmers are j asked, when sending samples, always to put a price on them, as buyers do not feel in- ■ clinod to make offers: Barley.—New sea-son's, 4s 6d to 5s on trucks j for prime malting. Cape barley, 3s to 3s Cd. j Wheat.—Prime milling, velvet, 3s od to 3s 6d on trucks; Tuscan, 33 4d to 3s 6d on trucks, country stations; fowl wheat, 3s 6d to Si 7d for best whole, ex store; inferior, 2s 9d to 3s, ex store, sacks extra. Oats.—Milling, 2s 3d; good feed, 2s 2d to 2s 3d, ex store (sacks extra). Ryecorn, 2s 9d to 3s (sacks extra). Maize, 3s 9d to 4s (sacks extra). Prussian Blue peas, from 5a to 5s 6d. Partridge peas, 4s. Chaff.—Prime heavy, old season's, JE4 10s; i new season's, £3 15s to £4; medium, £'i 10s to £3 15s per ton, sacks extra. Ryegrass.—Farmers' dressed, Is 9d to 2s; extra heavy, up to 2s 6d on trucks;, machined seed, 2a 9d to 3s. Cocksfoot.—The demand is good at from 4Jd to sd; choice lines up to 5Jd; dirty and ; light weight seed, 4d to 4Jd; 121 b to 13lb seed, 4Jd; 141 b, bright and clean, sd. Linseed, 15s 6d to 16s 6d. Chewing's Fescue.—Machine dressed, 6df per lb. Walnuts.—Xew season's, 7d to Bd. Eggs.—Fresh, Is 7(1 to Is 8d; guaranteed, Is 9d per dozen. Rabbitskins.—Xo sales this week, prices ruling very firm as under: —Super winter ; does, 21d to 24d; first 19d to 20£d; outgoing' | does, 13£d to 14Jd ; prime wintr bucks, 16d to i 17Jd; second winter bucks, 14£d to 15Jd; I outgoing winter bucks, 12£d to 13Jd; springs"; j BJd to lOd; prime racks, 8d to 9Jd; light I racks, 8d to B|d; suckers and runners, 3d j to sd; blacks, 12d to 15d; fawns, 3d to 12d: I haresskins, 6d to 8d; horsehair, 16Jd to 201 d for picked tail; oowhair, 8d to lOd; cowtips, ' 18d to 21 Jd per dozen; catskins, 2d to 4d j each. j Sheepskins.—No sale.i this week, in the meantime prices ruling very firm at our last quotations: —Best halfbreds, 7Jd; j good halfbreds, 7d; fallen, 6|rl; short, 6d; best fine crossbreds, 7d ; good fine crossbreds, 6*d; short, s*d; best crossbreds, 6Jd; good, Od ; short, 5d ; fallen, s£d ; best merinos, 6Jd ; 1 gcod, 6d; short, 4d to 4jd; fallen, 5d to 6d ; best crossbred pelts, 4d; good, 3jd; inferior, ljd to 2id; spring lambs, 4Jd to sd. I "Hides.—The usual fortnightly sales were held on the 11th and 12th, when small cata- ! logues were submitted to a full attendance of° buyers. Competition was very keen, ' prices ruling firm as under:—Picked! I stout ox, 601 b to 751 b, 8d to 9Jd; stout, 60lb to 751 b, 7Jd to 8d; medium sub- : stance, 581 b to Cslb, 7id to 7£d; 40lb ta I 501 b GJd to 7d; 30lb to 381 b, 6%d to cows 581 b to 651 b. 6Jd to 7d; 40lb to 001 b. 6gd to 6?d; 301 b to 881 b, 6gd to &ld; bulls ' and stags, CJd to 5Jd; scored and sloppy, 6d to 6?d; cut and damaged. 5Jd to Gd :-■ l>est yearlings, 6Jd to 6£d ; cut yearlings, 5<J to 51d; boat calfskins, lOd to lljd; good

calfskins, 9d to 9id; cut calfskins, 7sd to B£d; inferior calfskins. Id to 3d. Wool.—The following are the ruling prices: —Super halfbred, lOAd to 12$d; medium halfbred,, 9d to lOd; inferior halfbred, 7Jd to BJd; fine crossbred, Sd to lOJd; crossbred, 7d to 9d; merino, 8d to 10*d; locks, 2d to 3Jd; pieces, 4£d to 6d. Tallow.—The following are the ruling prices:—Best rendered, in tins. 23s to 265; medium rendered, in tins, 20s to 225; inferior rendered, in tins, 17s to 19s; best rendered, in casks, 26s to 27s 6d; medium rendered, in casks, 23s to 24s 6d; inferior rendered, in casks. 20s to 225; best caul fat, 21s 6d; rough fat, 12s to 16s 6d. Potatoes.—Prime freshly dug samples, up to £i per ton (sacks in). Salt butter, lOd to lid; separator, lid to 12d; fresh butter (in pats), storekeepers, lOd to lOJd. Cheese.—Factory, 7d; Akaroa, 6Jd to loaf, Jd more. /' Honey.—ln good demand. Section honey, luew season's, 6s to 7s per dozen; bulk, large fins, 4d; small tins, 4Jd to 4Jd. Beeswax, Is 4d per lb. Hams, 9*d to lOd. Bacon.—Boll. lOd to lid. Poultry for Local Consumption.—Hens, 2s Cd to 3s per pair; cockerels, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per pair; turkeys—hens, 5d to 6d ; cocks, Sd to 9d; geese, 6s to 7s; ducks (old), 3s to 4s per pair; ducklings, ss. Fruit.—ln good demand. Fish Oil, for orchardists or soap manufacturers, from 2s to 2s 6d per gallon. Onions,—Canterburys. £8 to £8 10s. Storing Grain.—We are prepared to store, receive, deliver, and insuro for three months free storage at 3d per pack. Farm Produce and Fruit.—We receive all kinds of consignments, and render account sales promptly.

CENTRAL PRODUCE MART. Reilly, Scott, and Gill, proprietors, beg to report that during the week consignments of all lines of badly graded and case fruit, either in sound or over-ripe condition have been neglected, and to effect a clearance the best prices offering have to be accepted. Consignments of good, clean, well-graded fruit sent to the market in an attractive manner have realised payable prices. The moral is: "Inferior, over-ripe, and second quality fruit should be utilised by the grower at home. Ouly fruit of good quality, carefully graded, packed, and forwarded to the market in a eound condition has a prospect of realising payable prices. We handled some very fine consignments of tomatoes, apples, pears, peaches, quinces, walnuts, grapes, etc., all of which realised good values, and we have confidence in advising consignments of all lines of good, sound, clean fruit. Grapes are short, and urgently wanted. Potatoes have advanced, and we have been favoured with buying orders for 500 tons for June-July delivery. Porkers and bacon pigs are wanted, also butter, fowl wheat, hay, and turnips. We give below the actual prices secured for our consignors : —Apples : Jelly and cooking, ad to ljd; dessert, to *2j|d for prime fruit. Lemons: cwt. Mushrooms, 2£d to od. Plums: Jam, 3d; overripe, Is par case; desserts, 2d to 3£d. Peaches: Cooking and jam, Id to 2d; prime desserts, 2id to 3£d per lb for crate fruit Quinces, l£d to l|d for choice fruit. Blackberries, 5d . per lb. Tomatoes: Nelson and outside grown, to per lb; hothouse, 3£d to 6d; locals, 6£d to 8d por lb. Apricots:. Jam and stewing fruits, l£d to 2kl; desserts, 3d. Grapes; Choice Adelaides, 4id to sd; locals, 6gd to 9d. Green peas, 2id. French beans, 3d. Rhubarb, 4s per cwt. Potatoes: Urgently wanted, realising £4 10s to £4 15s. Onions: Canterburys, 8s 6d- Vegetables: Lettuce, Is 6d. Cabbages, Is to 3s. Cauliflowers, Is 6d to 3s 6d per sack. Vegetable marrows, 7s 6rl per sack. Swedes, 3s 3d to ss. Carrots, 4s od to ss. Oat sheaf chaff: Good demand for good chaff, 80s to 92s 6d. Wheafcen straw, 40s. Fowl wheat, 3s 7d to 3s 9d per bushel. Oats, Is Bd, 2s, and 2s 3d. Pollard, 9s 6d. | Bran, ss. Pig meal, Bs. Poultry: At our 6ale on Wednesday last consignments were short of requirements—in fact, it was the smallest yarding of poultry we have had for some time, consequently prices advanced with a jump. Turkeys are particularly short, and gobblers are wanted. We hold buying orders for prime birds, 500 gobblers and 300 prime hens, and wo are anxious to secure these wthout delay. Hens, poor and inferior, Is 2d. Good realised Is 5d to Is 8d each. Cockerels were in short supply, and for real good birds 2s 3d to 2s 7d were secured, while light and inferior birds realised Is 3d to Is 7d each. Chickens; 6d to 9d. Ducklings were short of requirements, and realised Is 9d to 2s 4d each. I Geese, 2s 9d to 3s 3d each. Eggs: Heavy i consignments have come forward. Prices ruling are Is 6d to Is 9d per dozen. Tea: j Broken orange Pekoe, 51b and 101 b chests, Is 2d; 201 b chests, Is Id. Butter: Dairy pats, 10£d to lid; separator, lid to ll£d. Preserved ginger, 6id to 6|d. Dates, 3s per box. Nuts: Cocoanuts, Bs. Peanuts, 2|d to 3d. Walnuts. 6£d to 8d per lb. Cheese: In good demand at 7d per lb. New season's honey: Very scarce, 4J.d per lb. Pigs: Prime baconors, 6d to 6£d per lb, urgently wanted. Porkers, 6d to 6£d. Heavyweights, from 3sd to 4d per lb. Meat: Keen demand has been experienced during the week. Beeswax, 4d. Poultry grit, cockelshell, 5s 6d per cwt. Rabbitskins: The following are the ruling prices: Super winter does, 20d to 21d; first winter does, 18d to 19d; outgoing winter does, 14£d to 16d; best winter -bucks, 16d to 17d ; second winter bucks, 14|d to 15£d; outgoings and springs, lid to I2£d; spring does, 8d to 10£d; autumns, 12d to 13d; prime racks, 9d to 9£d; light rocks, 7d to 8d; runners and suckers, 2d to 4d; best blacks, 18d to 20d; second blacks, 16d to 17d; autumns and incomings, 13d to 14£d ; summers, 8d to lOd; fawns, lOd to 14£d. Horsehair, 16d to 19d. Catskins, 3d to 6d each. Sheepskins: Best halfbreds, 6d to 7d; good halfbreds, 4d to 5Jd; fallen halfbreds, 5d to s£d; best crossbreds, sjd to 6d; good crossbreda, 5d to sidl; fallen crossbreds, 3£d to 4£d ; best merinos. 6cl to 6id; good merinos, 5d to sjd; short and inferior, 3£d to 4£d; best boggets, sjd to 6d ; fallen hoggets, 4d to sd: pelts, 2d to 3£d; inferior pelts, Id to lid; spring lambs, 4£d. Tallow: Best rendered, in tins. 23s to 255; medium rendered, in tins, 20s to 22s 6dj inferior rendered, in tins, 17s to 18s; best rendered, in casks, 26s to 27s- 6d; medium Tendered, in casks, 23s to 24s 6d; inferior rendered, in casks, 20s to 225: best caul fat. 20s to 225; rough fat. 12s to 16s 6d. Hides: Picked, stout ox, 8d to 9d; stout, 7d to 7£d ; heavy-weight, not stout, 6d to 6£d ; medium-weight, not stout, 6Ud to 61d; heavy cows, 6Jd to 6|d; medium cows, 61d to 6|d; light cows, 6gd to 6jd; scored and sloppy, 5d to sfd; cut. and slippy, 4d to 4fd; picked calfskins, BJd to 9d; good calfskins, 8d to B£d; cut calfskins, bid to 7£d; slippy calfskins, Id to 3±d; best yearlings, 5Ad to 6id; damaged yearlings, 4d to 4£d. Wool: Best halfbred, Bd to 9id; medium haUlired, Id to 7gd:

inferior halfbred, 6d to 6|d; best crossbred, 7d to B£d; medium, 6id to 6|d; inferior, s£d to 6d; merino, 7d to 9d; best pieces, 5d to 6id; second pieces, 4d to 4id; locks, lid to 3d. We particularly advise those having potatoes, oat sheaf chaff, pigs, butter, honey, fowl wheat, fruit, or turkeys i to communicate with us at once. REILLY, SCOTT, AND GILL, Moray place. A DIVIDEND LONDON, April 11. The British and Australasian Trust Companv has declared a dividend of 5 per cent, and a bonus of 2 per cent. LINSEED MARKET. WELLINGTON. April 11. The High Commissioner cabled from London Yesterday:—The linseed market is I quiet,'with a tendency in favour of buyers in anticipation of larger supplies than last year. The present selling prices, ex granary, per 4161 b, are:—Bombay, 70s 6cr; Calcutta, 70s; River Plate, 65s 6d. FRUIT FOR COMMERCE. (Fuon Oue Own Corh'esfoxdext.) AUCKLAND, April 11. i The growing of fruit for commercial purposes was the subject of an interesting discussion at the annual conference of the New Zealand Nurserymen's Association, which was held in Auckland yesterday. The secretary reported that he had sent circulars to the principal growers in the Dominion asking for information with regard to the best varieties of apples for cultivation, and numerous returns had coir.e to hand. These were compared at length by delegates, and it was found that the 12 most popular varieties were: Gravenstehi, Jonathan, Delicious Cox's, Orange Pippin, Scarlet Pearmain, Ohinernuri. Northern Spy, Stunner, Rome Beauty, Dougherty, Adams, and Fine Brown.

MONEY MARKET. There is no doubt that the general supply of mo.nev has lessened recently, and the firmer tone of" the market is still noticeable, bub does not amount to anything in the nature of real stringency. It appears fairly certain that our imports to 31st March will exhibit a further increase, but our exports for the last quarter will also show an improvement, and the difference between these will probably be about the same as at 31st December. This matter has recently been engaging more attention than usual in the local papers on account of the narrow margin between the two. Our exports should undoubtedly provide enough to pay for our imports and outside interest obligations, but in this connection it must be remembered that a good part of our loans come out in the form of goods, end that, especially in a young country like New Zealand, a' fair amount of the imports are needed for capital expenditure rather than daily consumption. Thus we sec that from 1870 to 1885 we had an average yearly excuss of imports of nearly a million, but since then there has been an average excess of exports of roughly 2£ millions a year. We see therefore that the present position of imports approximately equalling exports is nothing new, but still it should engage the attention of those interested, in the direction firstly of reducing importation, and secondly of further settlement of the land to increase the production of our primary products. —Trade Review.

NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY. CHRISTCHURCH. April 12. The New Zealand Shipping Company has, d«:larc-d a dividend of 8s i>er share for the half-\ear ended December 31. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY. AUCKLAND April 12. The time for the receipt of proxies JV>r the meeting of shareholders of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company on April 18, at London, to consider the "schem© of reorganising the capital of the company expired this morning. Out of the 83.000 shares held in Auckland, proxies representing between 74,000 and 75,000 have been received, while the response throughout the Dominion has been very gratifying. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO. LONDON, April 12. The New Zealand Shipping Company has declared an interim dividend of 8s a thare. TRUST AGENCY. LONDON, April 12 The balance shoot of the Trust Agency Company of Australasia shows that £IO,OOO has been placed to the reserve and a dividend of 10 per cent, dcclarodFORTNIGHTLY LABOUR REPORT. The Central Labour Exchange, Arcade, Dunedin, reports that during the last fortnight there has been a good demand for all kinds of farm and station labourers, harvesters, mill hands, ploughmen being especially inquired for. Th e ruling wages are: Ploughmen, 25s to 30s; labourers, 8s to 9s; couples, £EO to £100; harvesters, Is per hour; mill hands, Is per hour; milkers, 25s ; nozzlemen, 9s 6d; sluicers, 9s; youths, 15s to 20s. INVESTMENT STOCKS. April 15. National Bank—Buyers £5 18s 3d. National Insurance —Buyers £1 18s 3d. South British Insurance (ex div.) —Buyers £3 14s. Standard Insurance —Sellers £1 10s 3d. U.S.S. Company —Buyers £2 5s 3d, sellers £2 6s 6d. Westport Coal Company—Buvers £1 6s 9d. D.I.C. (prcf.)—Buyers £l 3s. Dominion Rubber—Sellers 7s 6d (prem.).