(TELEGRAPHED BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS TO TARANAKI HERALD.] AUCKLAND—Yesterday.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8269, 15 September 1888, Page 4

(TELEGRAPHED BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS TO TARANAKI HERALD.] A UCKLAND— Yesterday.

PflOD-CE.— Messri G. W, Bincey & Bon report that piime enlt butter is in demand At quotation prices ; prime cheese in WRnted ; p Utoes are advancing. Good fneh butter, in roll*, 9J to 10J perib : beat salt butter, Od to lOd per lb ; cheeur, primo quality, 4£d fresh eggs, 6d per dozon delivered ; bncon nnd hams, pro vincial, Gd to 8d the lb.; bams 6Jd to BA'lj Canterbury bacon (new) 7d; equal nnrabeis of havoß and bacon, bare, 7^d ; hnms, Bjd { cheese (good looal), 4d to j£d ; potato^, «8 10s to £9 14s the ton; onions, ljd per lb. Maize 2s Sd to2s4d ; on«s, 2s 4d to 2s 6 1; milling wheat, 9s 8d to 8s 7d; chick wheat, 2s 8d to 2s lid. Floor, £10 to £11 15s per ton. GRAIN, Foddeb. SiO.—At tho Hsymarkel during the past week fodder has fallon in value 6 I pet cwt, ; Prices have rnr.ged Is to 28 per cwt., with dnU sale ; oats bare } ceo in increased demand, and hare risen in pr cp 8d per bushel, good feed are ow worth •2- fir! ; nmlze, 2s 96 per bushel ; chaff fiom ! 4<is to GOh ; potatoes, £2 15s ; bnoednst, £6 6s vi £7 ii b ; snpor phosphate, £7 10s to £8 jOS \j3l tOO. rrHOBSE Sxook,— At the Haymarkot on Friday (6epte»b(?r j) borw atoolc fold

freely, and maintained the improved ralnes of the last few necks, prices for good useful horses ranged from £610 a6l to £15 15s, and strong hacks are required. Wool, Hides, Skins, &o.—Messrs. GK W. Binney & Sons report : —Bide market fwm at last week's quotations, and clear el a laige lot f r shipping.. Bnyers again operating sheepskins sold freely; local green 6s 6d to 58 B>l, couf ry 3s 6d to 5a 3d each —Mr Buckland reports that at the llaymerket on Tuesday (September 11) both bides and Bkins were in fnll numbers; calfskins were from 4d to 4fd, heavy ox hides 3£d to 4 !, cow hides 2^l to 2£d per lb; sheepskins sol i well, the greater part bringing from 3s to 5s 6d ea h; tallow 12i6d psr cwt; wool fro v 6|d to 7d per lb. CATTLB, Sheep, &c—Mr Buckland reports that at Eemuera, on Thursday (September 13) dairy cattle were in moderate number, and at late values; store cattle in full supply, prices were regular throughout the sale at an advance of abont 5s each ever the prices ruling at this time lost year; yeailing steers brought from 25s to 335; 2-j-ear-olds, 40s to 465; 8 years, 66a to 70s; barren cowp, 803 to 45s each; fat calves plentiful, but soli well; fat cattle in moderate Eupply, ani were steady at last week's values—about 17s the lOOlbs—and better worth at the finish tbnn at the b ginning cf the sale. Sheep were in full numbers, and obtained an advance, if well fatted, of from Is to 2s each, but many 'received from VVaikato were storesoaly, *nd those remain unsold; fat lambs in short Bnpply, and brought from 8s to 12s e:o , Pigs plentiful, and sold free y at good prices, particularly well-bred porkeis up to 100.bs. Shake Market. — Messrs. Frater Bros, telegraphed to us yesterday afternoon :—: — Sales: Bank of N. Z., £10 10s; Loans, 83i; New Zealand Insurance, 81s; Standard 14s 6dj Accident 7s 5d ; Gap, £10 17s 6d; Bay of Islands Coal, 465; Cambria, 6s 3d; Saxon, 3s lid; Trenton, 2s Cd ; Parcquet, 3s 4d ; Gem, )s 4d ; Union Waibi, 7s Buyers: Bank of New Zealand, £10 10s; Loans, 83s; Bay of Islands Coal, 40s; Tauphi Co! 1,43s ; Union Oil, 4s 6d. Sellers : Bank of New Zea'and, £10 12s 6d; Loans, 84s; South Briiiah 47a 3d ; Natioml MoJtgage, 10s 9d; Land Mortgage, 10s; Union Oil, 6s ; Bay of Islands Coal, 525.