AUCKLAND—Yesterday.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8829, 12 July 1890, Page 4

AUCKLAND— Yesterday.

Pbodtjcb.—Messrs G. W. Binney & Son report that potatoes, have advanced; onions scarce and prices advancing. Flax is very dull. Quotations are:—Batter; firs's, lOd per lb ; seconds, 7d; thirds, 6d per lb. Fresh butter, in roll, 9 i to9J; potted, unchanged; cheese,4d tosd; eggs,lod to Ib a doz; bacon k hams,provincial 6d; do, Canterbury, 7£d. Potatoes: Local, £3 15a to £4 ; Sonthero, SA to £4 ss; onions, from £6 10a to £7 per ton ; maize, 2a 9d to 2a 10rf ; oats, Is lid to 2s ; bright short,2B 2d; Southern, 2s 2d to 2s 4d; Danish 2s Id ; milling wheat, new 3s per Lustal; chick, 2s lOd io 3». Four, roller, £9 ss, stone £8 Bs.Ofltmoal.firm ;bran and pollard,£3ls* Flax, best, £19 10s to £20 ; medium, £16 to £17 per ton, very quiet, no sales. Ghain, FoDDKB,&a-At the Haymarket dt-ring tho past Week, there has been a good supply of fodder Drought forward, oaten sheaves showing a plight advance on previous quotations, prime realising 8s the cwt; hay and straw maintained' former rates; feed oais 2s ; don 2i 2.1; oatmeal £7 to £9 a ton; carrots 30s; seed potatoes £8 7b 6d to £4 a ton, in lines. Wool, Hides, Skin?, &o.—Messrs W. G. Binney & lion report hides fi.m at late rates; cow advanced Jd to |d per lb. Thedemand for all classes was brisk, and tales at' 3dto4£d; cow jgd to 3£l, the later pr.ee for choice picked. Sheepskins : Market f jsier; country dy Hi to 51 per lb; local green average 4s Ba. — Messrs Bnckland & Son report at the Haymarket on Tues. day (July 8) the usual number of hides were pitched, prices for good quality (cows) ruling per lb higher, with a demand at an advance I raie. ' tiaavy ex, 3jd to 4fd; me Hum, 3£j; lignt ox hides and cows, Jf-1 to 2|!; caifskius, 3sd to 4sd the 10. Buo chcrn* sheepskins, 4s 4d to 6s lOd; station, 2s 7d to 4s sd; pelts, lOd to Is 8d; wool, 6Jd the lb. Tallow, 17s 3d to 18a the owe. 80888 STOCK. —At the Haymarket on Friday iJnly 4), a grey gelding iold at £16; pair horses, £23; several good animals soia at from £18 5s to £15: hacks and light harness stock showed lare values. Cattle, cheep, &.O.—Mesirs Bnckland & S.DS report that at Waiultn sale cattle, store btef. brought good value to the seller, whils cows at profit were in good demand—At R-mnera on Thursday (July 10) a full supply of stock sold briskly throughout tließ«ile; dairy cows at,prc fit brought, from £3 to £5 17b 6J each; fat cattle iv uiual supply—26o sold; ihey btonght from 17b to 20s the lOOlba. titeori ranged fiom £6 io £10 each Sbeep were plentiful, and held their values; wetnern ranged from 14s to 17e; ewes, 10i 6d to 18b 9d each. P<ga were abu- dant in quantity and coario in quality; wolMatted fairly competed for, but r.ore

Nolan report; that the supply of cattle has ' not-been large, an 4 there remained an unsatisfied demand for all descriptions; stores at previous rates, and dairy and fat stock at an alvance. There wa» rather a email muster at Newmarket yards on Tuesday (July 8), but aa average one at Pukekoke on Wednesday (July 9); good da : ry cowswere ompe'ed for, end sold at from £3 7s 6d to £6 sb; fat steers sold at from 16s to 20s per lOOlbs; cows from 14s to 16i per lOOlbs. Soma averages fors^ers were :£7 14si £6 17s 6d, £6 7s 6d, £4 ss; cows, £6, £3 12s 6d, £3, £2 17s 6i, £2 12s fid. At Newmarket on Tuesday (July 8), the pens were fiirly filled with sheep, and competition wob keen throughout at from Is 9d to Is lid per 81b; wethers sold at from 15s to 19i 3d; ewes 128 to 16s 6d each; lambs 12i 3d. Pigs yarded in limited number, but of good quality, and sold at from 2£d to 3£d per lblivo weight. Shake Mabket. — Messrs Frater Bros, telegraphed to us yesterday afternoon:— Salea : Old Bank of New Zealand, 98s ; Loans 57s 6d ; Lhnd Mbitgage 14s; New Zealand Insurance, 69s (cum div) ; Colonial 5s 6d; Union 25s 6d; Gas £t0 15s; Colonial Bank 42s ; SBXon, ss; Tr/ Fluke, 8s; Otama, Is Id; Mercury 2b; Mr -iposa, Is; Orlando Is; May Qieeu 2s ; Dives 2s; Waihi 4s. Buyers : Old Bank of New Zealand, 98s 6d ; New 925; Land Mox.gage 14s.' Sailers: 01 ri Link of New Zealand, 105s; Land Mortgage 14s 2d ; National hank 365.