COMMERCIAL.

Patea Mail, Volume XII, Issue 13, 17 May 1886, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

"’■ “patea retail prices. ,n r : Brt ying Selling - Butter per to lOd lo Cheese (colonial) 7® , . ~ Eggs pCif ddz.i 1 1 ' Is 3d'' ■ Is 6d Potatoes (per bag)- - 4s os BUTOHBBS’ MkaT— . s ; f !< r., ,u- * ' ■ Selling.' ; feeef ' ‘..'j - < 2dt033 Bleak ■>.< - - ' :g .• * Pork ... ... ■ .. 4d 1 Veil . ... 1 ’ 4d to 6d Flour; local, 11* perlOOlbs; Oaman l4s per lOOlbs ; chick- wheat,: 2sl 9d per buahel; oatmeal, 4s 6d oar 251b#: bread, 4d per 2lb, loaf, ,

, ’."v-.; V Na,w Plymouth; At the mart on, .Saturday, fowls made .lid. to Ij? geese, 35,: masze, 4a ; pstutqea, 2a 'pd ,to ,3s 94 ; cheeae f , to, .barley,. 3 s,;, sugar, .,r»ce, 2jd‘; soap, 6s to 7s^,bacon,;,4id tea 4 ;.(in capdleH, 6d tp ( „ 5 >flayii(jarkel<.Yards.—Pigs—-Only a fpw njade 28s »1ip8,,48 to 6s; hack« t 1,63 ( ,10..£6 6?. Fruit.—OnMdnday fruit was dull, cooking,, applps pinking 6a ;• eating, 6stp CattluirpAts?Str«tfocd '. : on Tuesday, a good number of cattle were yarded. Yoimgycattlft sold wall,' 'but dairy stock ( 49Sihi 2> year heifers,-n £3 lls 6d ; springing heifers, £5 ; cows, in milk, £4 tq t £4i6B. i 5 if ■ r»>s ‘^Fddh'cV.—A* ‘rihO 1 o'if 3d took place in Sydney on Tuesday*, But the sale .of New ZertlaadSutfecds still dull. - ; * The N.Z.lj. and M.A. Company under *Bdtt^((|iity| ; 1(1 jper lb).—Tjlip. Local Butter Company having somewhat unexSeotedly. dropped their price 6d.per l.b, the aH&fc'' at "the mdtneni is dhpressod, and mhke at anything oA'ef 13d for prime New-’ Zealand quality Bd7'yfithiMrdly Any enquiry. Fungus.£frqe).—No change to report. Potatoes' (free).— Very heavy arrivals from hayo conaiderftbly yreakqned tins mar|et', And. Ps large are on (the May, we-' dp,/ioj; look for higher Tates to rale f or "some time. We quote : rasmanians, £4 ; Blue Derwents, £3 to £3 10s ; N.Zv lCidneys unsaleable wyp/iqq. ;■ /. j \ Y ; 'I < ■••• New Zealand Meata fduty Id per lb).— Since last writing little business nns been done in tinned meats, but we hope*, with tho 'sbeginning--' of 1 the 1 month' mpruvernent.

A UCKL AND— F RIDAY. JHorpe! BxpcKf. &c.T—At: the Hayifiarket on Friday,* May 7, horse stock were yarded aUha . prices wof- the previous week being generally kept up. t C4^LE, ;i SHja|)P,- &G.r-Mr Buekland reports that at Remuera on Thursday, May 13, dairy cows at their profit ; were in demand at full rates ; . store cattle at fail profitf{it (jattlo in mpbeiala . numbers, and w'etV at* last week’s values, steers ranging from 18s to 2Ts per IOOIbs ; cows Sheep in short supply, and obtained.rin advance in price, no wethers of fully,lb each, but ewes were at previous [Values. :Pigß ; of excellent quality in moderate supply, and sold low, fully 7b eaoh,less on a 25s pig- than has lately, ruled! * ; ' f», Mn | P F '< t* >’! *■ ' s * ■'» ■’■ WILLIAM COWEKN’S REPORT, 1 held an important, sals of a draft of pure-bred jhprt-hprn - cattle, from the Otauto station, the property of John Rpssj on the 3rd, 4th, and 6th ibat. The total salpi was 2pl head, of which about 1($ fcows.; The Otauto herd has attained considerable celebrity,thebullSir Hercules having proved one of the grandest anitygls ever.bred in the co.lopiea,’ Hia death ls a great loss; The heifera by Sir Hercules and Red 1 Rover were much admired, Being a [grand * lot, • especially those yarded on the second day. They wejfo, ( how;eyer, yory wild, Mr Ross having bequ'compelled to keep them on the back pah of. the rup to make room for -.the chdiber cattle id the home paddocks. No expSiiio - riras spared' in advertising and issuing catalogues, giving the full pedigre9 ofeaeb anJmal;>and‘ the yards were arranged to suit the special character of the sale. The weather-could hardly have been worse. For. rained in torrents, and continuing -in showers-on each sale day; the second day’s ealp pidWd in pouring ram The attendance was comparatively poor, and the bidding spiritless and dull except in a few instances,, ,1 hayp /pp doubt, /whatever, but that the prices would have been at least 25. ppetr t .pen t*.. apd possibly 50 , per cent, beher hpd’tba Weather proved.ftnore favourable. ‘ ‘ .!

Bulls.— Of peered j three sold as -folloyys ;~Red, |loVer, bought by JUr 'Sparks, of N*£aiVe; Sir Roger, 2Ugs| bmight bjjr Mr Winks,' of Hawera ; Sir Garnet*2hd (18 months) Sdgs, bought by Mr d&6rga,ny of Ralml'p; Sahib, same age, 27gs was offered and^refused. The purchaser of Red Rover haa a aplendid bargain. Heis only.B years bid, and hie atocfc'aae really /Al* while brother 1 wap 1 aold. 1 a few months ago for 160#s. !o Cows.—Considering their age realised fair prices. Ayleeby .Farewell- went to Mr Manse,n at 12|’gs ; Bee. Jo Mr, Wilsonkt Mr -Godkift at Larkspur Flower Bth, to Mr Pefeccfck arri|gs ; Red Duchess to Mr Sheild at ,The? better class of the rest realised from 5 to 9£ga; the as 2gs, but generally from 3 tb. sgs. *■>;. I ) Heifers. —Some oLtheee met fair competition, the highest H pr jeer being Sweetbriar 2nd, in calf to J^ir-Hercules, I4gs. Among the best competed for wap No 13, Bge ; No 28, llsgs ; No 6@,V7}gs„ No 98, Bgs; No 108, lOJgs jfNb 134, Sjgs; No 55, 7|gs. Four, five, and six guineas were freely given ; a number of < somewhat weedy and wild' brought the average pUclrbfandr were fdwing’tp the long hair) quite illegible, and as it Was impossible to sell them according to their pedigree in the catalogues, Mr ‘ Ross decided to take them back ,notify .nfcll .them - another time. , disappoint buyers, . they • were offered at 6ga each and passed.,pa.

At 4, or probaoly 4£gs, they would have sold. Steer Calves.~22 made 34s eac’ V’tl, 13 38s each. Most of the re from the Hawera anjJ Plains District, ’ A nice lot went south, purchased by of Palmerston North, ; j; At 4 my usual sale; on the 6th fust, some belonging to the late Dr Croftfbunjd sale.' One pen of mixed cattle, 2-years, made 435. Pigs dull of sale. Land. — l report the sale on the 15th inst. of the freehold belonging to Messrs Smail and Fairbairn in the Whakamara Block, 260 acres, to Mr Arundel.