DUNEDIN.

Southland Times, Issue 1888, 1 April 1874, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

■*•-'"'' The follpwing is Messrs Driver, Stewart and -Ota's report for the week"ending March 26th — ~.r <\ ■?Fat|C_4tle.-~The usual! marlcet day was post- ! poned[from yesterday until to-day, on account of the racee, when 100 head of cattle'wore penned.; Of this number we disposed of 70 head, ait from ■ £4 10* to £7 109, and turned out unsold 20 iiesd. Other sales were 8 head. Prime quality ; "beef it ■ not plentiful, and' always commands our ; •top quotations; while medium to ordinary is' plentiful, and- at times dull of sale. Prime : -i (quality we may quote at from 20s? to' 21s per, 1001b} ordinary, 17a to 17s "63. We hme sold >30 head privately for forward delivery, ' ■;[ :■: F»t' Sheep.—About 1000 were penned, of -which 675 were disposed of, at 12s 3d for'cross3>reds, and 7s 6d to 10s 9d for merinos. . At above Crates we Bold 450; otner sales, 225 j and have ■■: privately 600, at market rates. We quote -prime half-breds at 2%d ; merinos, 2d to 2^d. —. Fat Lambs. —We have placed a few privately, vat from 7s 6Jto 8s 6d. : ■ » Store C_ttle.--We haveliuyers for quiet bol- . -locks and heifers, at from =60s to 90s for the '■ k ISortafit, and 50s to 70s fer the latter. :We have ' sold, during the week, about 120 head.' r ' ;•;:•.;: Store Sheep.—There-is still a good demand for every class of sheep at our quotations, young. merino ewes and half-breds being particularly in : ''good requesi. Of 'various softs we have sold 4500, at. the following quotations, say, young merino ewes, 6s 6d to-7s; do, full-mouthed, ss; do lambs, 6s to6a6d,; cross-breds, from Ss to, 10s'; do lambs, 7s to Bs. Pure Sheep.—On the 20th instant we offered,' . .: :at the Agricultuml and Pastoral Society's Yards,, «Oamaru, the whole of Dr Webster's flock of 'Bomney Marsh sheep, and have much pleasure -m announcing that the sale was in every respect a most successful one, showing in what good, repute this description of sheep is at present/ '/There^was "a. largo-attendance, including buyen. ■.from Canterbury, Auckland, and Otago. As the public had. perfect-confidence that Dr Webster •had from flie-firet kept his nock of sheep perfectly:, ' ■ ipure*mnd uncrossed except by sheep imported from Ebgland^he bidding was very spirited, and ■■ -in some cases very high prices were obtained. -About 450 ewes and rams were offered, all of T*hich,; with very few exceptions, we disposed of ■t, oay, £1O tw £1-0 fur rauio, uuii £O to 35&0 for' »ewes. The ram Matchless, by the second Duke ... "Of'Xent out. of _n imported ewe," was purchased t; '■■ -by Mr W. A. Tolmie at the top price; while the Perfection, by the second Duke of Kent out of the third Duchess of Kent was passed at over ;,,;_: '-£100. The principal i buyers were Mr-Robert. Wilkin.(on apcount of the Hon. E. W. Stafford), -Messrs Peter, and others, of Canterbury, and." ':> .■MesßreO'Callaghan, Barker, the Hon. Mathew iHolmeSi W. A. Tolmiei Gillies and S. ree't,| and - r T llenrr Lees. It is eatiafactory to mow that; this ;: „ Taluable flock, although distributed; has jgone -into;good hands,'and we 'may! now anticipate iv •'• ifpoa-.competition at the various" snows: for «'i ; -Romnißy.Mar«h'sheep.' We hare -also eoldij.so !■; -long-wobr rams' at from-60s to £5, and have Isold -about, 500 merind; rams on account of John Esq.p of—Wyndham, Messrs Ayson, „.- •and,pthers,atfrom463to£3 10s; - Wool. —We held our eighth sale of the season -.„... fthit aiternoon, and; submitted a catalogue 287 '.-■ eß; aß4v.a fecgeinnmber of Itogs, but notwithstanding the favorable: t*nor of .the intelligence firom the home maikeii,.buyers evinced but little , -disposition to do buaineasj and^nly^ 76 bales and «':'; "90' bags were( disposed of ait prices barely up to those cnffeni*£t_]ast«ale. Annexed is priced catalogue:-—Greasy : Xocks and part fleece, JD, .' :2 bales, 6|d j do, Nin circle, 1 do, 2id ; half- • - bred and merino fleece; L, IS do, l_-id; broken and pieces, OW, 2 do, 6|d ; pieces, Waimea, 1 <lor6fdi-fleeceinJl_-,-6 do, m-TTambsT'iaPß, 1 do, _2id j fleece, do J; 2,d0,. 9fd; nriied, GH, 1 *do,6fdj^db,MM, 2 do, ll^dj Black, JBB in trianglejl]bajf,"7f d; Leicester, do, 1 bale, O.ojd j ,: >:t«eece,i.Jw; l^do, 9|d; half-bred and merino, LD, 2 do, 10 Jd j do, L over. Mm circle, 4 do, lOd j locks, JB over O, 1 do, 2'id'j pieces, do, 1 i., 'do, 6id,j, cross-bred, J MeD,2,do, lifdj iambs, - do, 1 do, llii } fleece, ACj 1 do, lOd ; do, C over M, 8 do, lOd j Leicester, do, 1 do, 40d; locks, WB conjoined, 2 do, 3d; pieces, ido, 6 do, sid. r „- Washed: Pieces, M in diamond, 1 do, 6jd ; =«tamed pieces, 8 in circle, 3 do, 9id ; and' -greasy, WL, 1 do, 10$ d; locks, do, 1 do, 10id. Scoured: Locks -and pieces, w over H, 5 do, . 15Jd -, skin wool, E, 3 do, 13d* '' " Shee'pskihs.-^-There was a fair attendance of ■buyers, and for well woolled skins competition »was brisk," and -full^ prices were obtained. Pelts •and inferior skins were, however, in weak demand, and brought barely equal to last week's prices. Good half-bred skins sold at 4s 9d to 5s • 7d; do, merino, 4s 5d to 4s 9d j pelts and inferior, from -7}d to 2s, according to quality ; 'Station skins, in-bales, at 6d to 6|d per lb. Talluw. —We offered and sold 26-' casks, as follows :—Dark mixed, DR, 10 casks, 22s j' medium do, 7 do, 265; good mutton, FH, 1 ddi ,•-: ■ '80' * medium mixed, RR over D, 5 do, 24s {; fair mixed, Lin circle <orer D, 1 do, 28s: do do, CWBi2do,2Bs. •- — Grain*-—-We note a continued good demand , , for wheat, both for local-consumption and export, : prime samples being saleable at 4s 9d. Oats are still in request, at 3s 9d to 3s lOd for new, and 4s 2d to 4s 4d for prime old, which latter are Tery'scarce. ■ ■■■•'- ; '