AUCKLAND—Yesterday..

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8757, 19 April 1890, Page 4

AUCKLAND —Yesterday..

[TBLEGKAPHBD BT SPKCIAL CORRESPON DEBTS TO TABANAKI HE BALD.]

Peodbcb.—Messrs G. W. Rinney & .*on report:—J he bad weather has not tended to improve business, and pi ices are wi'inut change. b'lax is at present v saleable. Qjotutionß are : — Buttpr, firsts, JOd per lb; it com s, 7d; tlirds, 5. per lb. 'l* resh butter, in roll, 818 1 to 8J '; potted Uncharged j cheese, 4d toBd; eggs, Is 3J adoz; bacon and hams, provincial, 6d ; uo, « abterb-ry, 7£d. fotatces : Southern, £4 ; oniur-s, from £6 to £6 10s per ton ; maize, 3b to 3b 3d ; oats, local, Is M to 2s ; Southern, 3s Danish, 2b Id; miliiuff wheat, tew, 3s per Uusl^]; chick, 2s 6d tc 2-t 10 I Flour.roller £9 sb, stone £8 sp. Uaimeal, fiim; bran and pollard,£3 Isr, Flax (nngakhble . Ga IN, Foudbb, &(X— At the Haymarket dunng the. past week the b*d weatber preven cd the usnal supply of fodder, and for that brorght forwaid late prices ruled. Msize broug t fio v 3s 5 I to 3b 3 ; o-ts, 2b 4d to 2s Id; ryegrass 6s an 5s tJ; <ock>foot 7a 6J per h .she!: potatoes 47s o 40s per ton. HOBSBtTOCK. — At the Haytnmket ol Frifay (April t2), the sac was larger than tiß'jfcl. A muster f horses of all ciMases met with a steady tn-rk -.t at fally Jate values for the greater • m'ersjl<<; priesc s range fr m *.*> to £■*, alth jugh sevtrnl were from £9 to All 1< b each

Wool, hides, Skih 3 , &c— Messis W. G. Binney & ton repoto t large s-les of hiies. heavy ox 3J i to sd; medium 3d to 3^l: lighted; cow, 66H>, 2d to 2^ ; under 6 »lb, to Ijj ■•; Bheeiihkins, m<i<itet fi m; 1.,c4 green 2b lOd io 3j 9d etc 1 ). — ft'esfcr« Buck' land ic. Sou re. ort. at tne Haymarket on Tnesfihy ( pril 6 hit'es were pitched in full number. For li^ut »»nd n feiior q lalisy pikes ye c f.om2^ > iol J ', bm heiry hlles wef"- in request at {jd io d; ralfskius 4^i to Z\ ■ ihe lb; rough fat, I4d the lb; tallow, J 7t> i ue cwt : wool from 7 \ Ito 6^l the Hi; lambskins \\ I; shecpskii-B and pells f.om ii 9a to 1b c eh

Cattle, fcHejep, &c. — Mewis Buckland & Sons report that at t> c country cattle sales »t Pokeno on Monday (April 14; and I>rury on Wed Deed y (April 16} ca'tle of all sorts weiu in fall bum cis, and, consequent on leceut reins, tolo at an adraDce over prices Tan g during tl c patt Month. Tvvolo3-yeir-oJd steers brought irom £3 15s to £'£ 4s, caives 78 6 i to JBb, Bprirging heifers £3 10.* 1o Hi os each.— — At Remnera, on Thursday (Ap i 17; dairy cattlo were in Jess number than usual, ana at jale vnlnep. T hn store Blefra adverhsid cJil nut arrive, consequent, on ihu bad weather, but are on the roa-. ; but v It>rg<' nutnLier • f store cattle, mostly cows aud huferti, were yarded, and ob aioud *v aiJYa-.ce over Jate rAucß, Fat cattle were in i verago mmbcr, mostly steers of good q milt; , and tb aiced Hn » ernpe cf 17b tbe i(01bs; 60 Btwrß avf raged &% lOi', 'rO cows, £4 6s Calveß were plentiful, and Bold throughout at high v^Les. fchetp »ere peon* (I in full Duiahe'S, bat did oot obtain the ex rime v«lnes c.f laat we«k. Prices for wetheri* w^re fiimat 3d, ewes 2\\ the lb. fcevenhund.ed wethers (hoggets) avemged 14b 6d i lambs lower that last week, bat lealiied good pnetb ; shorn lambs, from 6b tv 10b (id ; vtoulleU lambs, 8s to lUt eucli ; pigs, io th;rt supply, k\<X satiplacWyjly ;

well bred t pi2s bringing about 3Jd, e'ead weight. — Messrs Hunter & Nolan report : Caitlp, a moderate number of cattle has been 1 brought forward, and the demand for all sorts has beeu good. Grown steers adv.nced slightly in value. Fat beas'B bsrely maintained tbe extreme value last week. There was a fair muster of dairy and fat stock at the Newmarkeo yards on Tucsd y, April 15, but few stores were yarded and thes-i remained at an unsatisfied dem nil. For grpwn steers fit beasts reseded in value 2s 6 i the lOOlbs. A good many dairy c >ws were yarded and disposed of ; £0 7a- 6d was th 3 h'g'aest price reached. S.'ine averagps for fat steers were: £7 12s 6 1, £6 17a 6d. £6 2s 6d, £6, £5 7s fi.l, £5 14a; cowa, £1 103, £4 7s fid, £t 2s Gd, £3 17a GJ, £6 7s 60, £.2 16s. Sheep f*hly represented at 1^ ewtn^rket oa Tues lay (Apiil IB) and keenly comppte 1 for throughout the sale, 2* rer 81cs beibg freely given; welhers sold at frcm )2s to 18s 6d; ewes 10* G.i to 15s 9i); lam us fioni 6a 10 ds 6d, i'igs in short supply, sind sold at from 3d to 3i.t per per lb, live w ight. riHAKK Makkkt. — Messrs Frater Bros, telegraphed to us ytsterday afternoon: — Baleß : « M Hank of Ne* Zealand, 83s to 86s; New %ehlmd, Insurance, 67s ; Uoioss. 25s 8 ; Taup<ri Coal, 22s 6d ; Saxon* 6* (cum «»iv ) ; Try Fluke, 6s Id j (Jtauns, 20j; OJeitoniun, 3s fi'; Alburnia. 4s 3d; May Q icen, 2e; 'irenton, 2,55; Oambris, 2s 10(! ; Moanatairi. 6m 6d ; .Norfolk, la 61 Buyer*: New Bank c,f N-w Zealan?, 77«; NcwZsaUnd Insurance, 66s 7d ; Nalts, 17s; Ooromandol Steau, 12s. Rellers: Old Hanks of New Zealand, 80.- ; Colonial Bank, 42s fid ; Loans, 60s ; Lnnd Morlgage, 14a (kl ; Northern Bttam, is Gd.