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Temuka Leader, Issue 3742, 21 May 1901, Page 4

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T1MAI11; HORSE MARKET, The Oauterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association, Limited (per Mr J. Mnndel), ■metionoor), report on tile horse and cattle market at Tattorsall’s yards on fcsnturday as follows ; Our entry comprised 4(1 lira light, iighl harness and hackney horses, 1 cow, farm implements, and hai ness A largo pro pe: Sloe of the horses yarded v-ire aged an > inferior sorts, for which thoin was little iloii iiu', lint young : mind horses co, lione m sell at ii.-uosfficloiy prices aad -1 1 —i' i-' a sirens d.-inand for upa.ir i; u g bghi lionio h. 05..; We quo e ■■ a:i!e.-i'ol ii rnl r: - hr lights, young >.v !tii r.’gi!.-.. £v!l. £d'g £35 l £4O ; uiir. n 1 1 g! 1 1. and rg ii, £ls, £l7. Adi), to £:5 : bghi. foilOoSM 1-Oili‘i, y...;. g, r : ".;!0. J , -lid qo: , £L> £2O, to £45 ; h o ko ".y£7 IPs. LS.ro A!:.; w. • 1 ■■ -.i cri:ijb«r £2 to IT lOs ; c;>w in pi-.di!, 4. LAIS I ! SALE. The Cantorbury Farm - ::.’ Co operative A.--s ci-itMii. per 51; .1. Munde'!, Jichl a sdo of i;i ms ol Tatlorsali’a on Saturday at icruooe, cut as iho bidd ug did mu reach ;iio reserves : hey v. c;o all passed in. Si-.v.-iai ii.ipiirii-s were made for most of the properties and they arc expected to be sold, privately Bidding was as follows ; Go account, .f tho estate of Ululate James Lysaght, 233 ac es 3rd ICper, passed in a: 5 per aero ; 15211 acres 7pls , passed in at £4 10s ; 290 acres Ird 28per., was paused in without abi i, Arc Alin, cf Mrs tlaxander, boo actus, at St. Andrews, passed in at £lO ss, and the auctioneer hopes to bo afdo to report the sale of it in a few days. Account of .dr Vv. Burrell, 183 acres, at Koiknhu, was passed in. Account of Mr C. 11. Jessep, 302 acres of tha Opuha estate, passed in at £5. Account of Mr I£. A. Kelland, the goodwill and liiaso in perpetuity of 500 aero?, passed in at £250. PRODUCE SALE. The Farmers’ Exchange Company report on their last Saturday’s sale at Timaru as follows ; —■ Prime roosters, 3i Gd to 3s 9d ; halfgrown an I small, 2a 6d to 3s; hens and old rooster*, 2a to 2s Gd per pair ; ducks, a regular drug, am! nothing but large ones will sell ; geese, 2s 3d ; Turkey hens, 3s to 3? Gd each. Pigs, small softs, 6a to 7s ; stores, 13s to 15s. Potatoes,4s Gd ; whole fowl wheat, 7» Gd ; broken and duly, 5a to 5.1 Gd ; barley, 5s per sack, all sacks in. Butter, Sd to lid; eg'gs. Is 3d; cheese, loaf, GLI ; large sizes, Gd. MONETARY' AND COMMERCIAL. London, May 17. The Bank of England’s returns published to-day show the stock of gold coin and bullion to bo £32,244,000 ; reserve, £23,270,000 ; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 43.G9 ; notes in circulation, £29,044,000 ; public deposits, £6,605,000; other deposits, £40,403,000; Government securities, £13,758,000 ; other securities, £33,971,000. Throe months’ bills are discounted at 3 13-16 per cent.

The wheat markets are dull, tending downwards. Business iu cargoes is quiet. New South vVales, April shipment, is quoted at 29s Gd; South Australian, January shipment, 30s, aud B’ebruary, 39s 9d. For New Zealand cargoes, off coast, 29s Cd is asked. At the wool sales Bradford tops are firm. Common sixties, 18|; super, Tho Loudon sales are firm aud there is good competition. The Tenakoe and Abundance clip sold at and Brancopoth at Gd. The American visible wheat supply is estimated tit 58,941,000 bushels. At ilia wool sales an inferior selection was offered, aud prices are unchanged. The Taipo clip sold at la 3d, Keraru 4Jd. At the tallow sales 1000 casks were offered, and 1050 casks were sold. Brices— Mutton, fine, 28s 3d ; medium, 20s. Beef, lino, 2Gs 9d ; medium, 25a Gd. The experimental shipment of Victorian pears and grapes was a failure. Tho bulk of the fruit was rotten. May 19. Wool met a spirited sale, and prices tiro firm. Tho Otaio clip sold at Cj-d. 'Tho quantity catalogued to date is 214,212 bales; sold 196,830 bales. Meluoukne, May 17. The Government are invi iug tenders for £500,000 3 per cent, debentures. The minimum is fixed at 9G, and the loan will have a currency of 29 years.

Consols, 94J. New South Wales ■ 4 per cents 115 » o „ 02 103 35 33 >5 3 33 „ 99 Victorian 4 3) 111 55 >1 3J ,, 104 3) 33 3 3? j, 95 J South Australian 3 j 5) 10G 33 35 3 ,, 31 94 Queensland 4 107 i 33 34 103 New Zealand 4 113 Oi> 1094 33 >3 :s j, 97 Tasmanian oh 33 33 103 West. Australian O-i 100