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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 206, 6 October 1900, Page 3

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New FiiXmouxh, Satbbdat, Ootobbb 6. RETAIL PRICES Batchers' meat.—Prices as lately.advertised. Farm and Dairy Produce.—Milk, 3d per quart; butter, dairy, 8d to lOd; separator, lOdto Is Id per lb; cheese, 7d per lb; eggs, 8d per do*; fowls, per pair; ducks, per pair; lard, 6d; bacon, 5d to 8d; hams, 6d te 8d per lb. Fruit.—Bananas, 3d per lb ; cocoanuts, 2d te Id each; lemons, Is and Is 6d per dozen; oranges, Is 6d and 2a per dozen; apples, 3d and id per lb. Vegetables.—Onions, 2d per lb; cabbages, 2d each; potatoes, 6s per sack. Breadstuib.—Bread, 6d per lib loaf cash or weekly payments; Sd booked. Firewood, from Bs. to 12s per load. Coal.—Westpoit(Breokdale), 425; Hokau, 28s. Bone-dust (pure), £7los per ton. BUTINQ~PRIOEBj Butter.—Bfitdairy, 7d to 8d; separator, 8d to lid per lb;cheese 6d per lb; eggs, 6d per doxeu; fowls, 3s 6d per pair; ducks, 3s per pair; bacon,ld to Ejd per lb; hams, 5d to Ski per lb; lard, Id to 5d ; fungus, 2£d to 3d per lb. MB NEWTON KING'S WK'IKLY AUOIION REPORT Mb. Nbwton Kins reports;— Cattle.—At Waiwakaiho, on Tuesday, I had full yards and a good sale. Bidding for all young cattle was keen, and nearly all this class sold at the hammer. 2-year steers and store cows also m»de excellent prices. Bidding for 18-months empty heifers, in moat cases, did not come up to vendors reserves, but they were all placed privately afterwards at satisfactory rates. Yearlings made £2 Is ,to £2 9s, 18-months to 2-year steers L 5 lfis to LI 6s, store cows L c i 8s to L3los, springing heifers L 3 10s to L 4 17s 64, working bullooks L 7 to LIS 10s per pair, fat cews Li 10s to L6.J On Wednesday, at Stratford, I held a sale of dairy stock on account of Mr. Jas. Linn. The cews were nearly all well-bred Jerseys, but were in rather poor condition, having been ..badly knocked about on their trip. Springing heifers made IA to L 6 IBs, cows in nilk X/ 6 to JLB 16s, oloje to calving L 7 to

L 9 5«. VIGORS fc STEVENS' AUCTION REPORT. UffiSßS. VIOKEBS & Stbvbns report a large muster of atook in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday, and almost every lot changed hands at the following prices Yearlings, LI 15a toL2loa; 18-mcnths heifers, L2 10s tolj2 19s; springers, L 3 10s to L 0 2b 6d; store cows, L2lss to L 3 10s; fat cows, L 4 10s to LS; 2£-year-old steers, 1A; bolls, LI 10a to L 3 Sa; atere wethera, 4-tooth, 14s 6d. On Monday they held a clearing sale at Tarata, on account of Mr. A. Bell, which was well attended. Oowa jsat at profit made from L 5 15a to L 7 and backward cewa L 3 to L 4. Sundries, etc., aold at fair rates. They will now hold weekly stock sales in the Inglewood yards during the spring and summer moatha, commencing Wednesday, October 10th. | SHARK RIPORT, Hsssita. Bbwlbi ft Watt report increased animation in Otago and Weat Coast dredging stocks. The excellent return from the Ueg and Annie, on the Kawarau, has resulted in a very heavy rise daring the week, On the West Coast, the Grey River, Waipuna, and Mokoia dredges have commenced work, and, Bhonld the returns be favourable, a boom if looked for in West Coast shares. They report aalesof Greenstone Junction, New River, Pactolqs, and Whangdpeka Dredging Oo.'r, Slate River SluiciDg Co.; also Bank of Hew Zealand shares at 21s Sd. AUCKLAND BUTTER PRICEU. nml ASSOCIATION] AtOKtiAND, October 5. Wholesale dairy produce quotations:— Batter.—Fieih Dairy, 7d; secund quality, 6d to 9d; Mew Zealand Dairy Association, lOd; Anohor brand, lOd; Acorn brand, lOd prime pit, 8d; second quality salt, 7d. BUOKLAND AND SONS' WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT, Auckland, October 5. Messrs. BucKLiND and Sons' Report Horses: We had a large attendance and many buyers, consequently a good sale at advanced prices. We quote: Heavy draughts, np to L4O; medium draughts, Ll9 to L3llos, according to age; useful farm horses, LIS to L 18; strong haoks and harness horses, LlO to Ll4; common sorts, L 4 to L 8; handsome weight-carrying hacks, L 25. Hay and Straw—A small quantity only was brought forward. Meadow hay was at very low prices. Straw sold freely at 15a to LI 2s the load. • Hides, Skins, Tallow, etc.—On Tuesday, we again catalogaed a large number of skins and hides of good quality, tallow was also in heavier supply than usual. Skins sold freely np to 4s Gd for best, and 3s 7d to 4s Sd were the ruling prices, A few lighter and dry, 2s 4d to 2s 10d | pelts, lOd t lambskins, 8d to Is each. Small parcels long wool, 4Jd per lb, Hides—For ox, the demand was easier, prices being from 3f i tc 4}d; cow, 3Jd to 3|d; calfskins, 3Jd to Bjc per lb. Tallow, 19s 6d to LI 3d Jot best and lis id to 16s 3d the owt, for ordinary Rough fat, ljd to ljd per lb., Tails, 2s 6c the dosen. , Grain, eto.—Local potatoes, L2; wheat meal, L 3; chafl, L2 to L2l7a per ton. Oats 2s 4d to 2a 8i; maize, 2a 7d to 2s 8d; wheat 2s 8d to 2a 9d per bushel; prime chafl, Li Sa ; preaaed hay, L2 10s to Vi 10s per ton. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cow were in usual numbers, but dull of sale Prices for thoae at profit were from 14 t ' L 5 10s; dry cows, L2 IDs to L 4 15s; stroni i calies, LI tj LI ISa each; medium, 10s t< t 15s J heavy, up to L 3 os. There was a fai ) muster of beef, and all of real good quality ! LI to LI 3a the lOOlbs. Prices for steer 1 were from L7toLH 2s 8d; cows, LI 10s t i L 7 each, A draft of 15 three-year-old steer ■ from Mr* William Taylor's Greenhill Estate [ Te Awamutu, averaged L 9 5s each; and 1 , steers of Mr. Harry Gollan's averaged LI , 48 6d each. The sheep pens were well sUet 1 and fully kept laat weefc s values, Wether 3 were from 17 s V> 1(1 la 94; lighter sorts, 14 to lfis | ewei, 13a to 17s; hoggets, 10s 6d t . 12s. Spring lambs were from 7s to 12s 9 for well fitted; small, 6s fid to 7s 6d eacl * Pigs were soaroe, and were at late values.

LONDON MABKETB. (Reoeived 5,11 p.m.) London, October E. Bank of England returns for the week: — Stock of gold coin and bullion, £33,370,000; reserve, £22,219,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 44 41 per cent.; notes in circulation, £31,528,000; public deposits, £6,312,000; other deposits, £43.575,000; Government securities, £16,552,000; other securities, £29,617,000. Three months' bills ore disoounted at i per cent Consuls are quoted at 98£, The fellowing are the quotations for Colonial Government seouritiesVictorian 4 per cents,, 108; 3| per cents., 103, New South Wales, 4 per cents,, 99, South Ai 8 • tralian, 3£ per cents., 106; 3 per cents, 93£. Queensland 4 per cents., 109; 3| per cents., 102|. New Zealand 4 per cents., Ill; 31 per cents, 105; 3 per cents., Tasmaniun 3,1 per cents., 103, Westralian, 3J, per cents., 102. Copper is quiet. Spot, £72 15s; three months', £73 2s 6d. Pig iron, £3 7s. Lead, £l7 17s 6d. Spelter, £l9 2s (id. At Bradford wool is quiet. Common sixties, 18d; supers, 19d