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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8869, 30 August 1890, Page 4

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AUCKLAND— YKBTEBDAY.

Pboduob. — Messrs G. W. Bioney <k Son report' that batter has declined owing to large (applies coming in. Flour has risen 10s per ton. Business has been tpset by the strike, and values will be rnled by the extent «f shipments received. Quotations are :— Butter, firsts, 8d per lb; secouos, 7d; thirds, 5d per lb.; potted, unchanged ; cheese, id to sd;eggß,6d a doz. bacon & hams, provincial 6d; do, Canterbury, 7£d. Potatoes: Local, At 10a to £4} onions, from £6 10s to &7 per ton ; maize, 3s 2d to 3s 4d ; oats, 2a 2d; milling wheat, new 3s 6d per bushel ; Click. 2s lOd to 3s. Flour, rolle *, £9, stone 15s £8 15s. Oatmoal,flrm ; bran and pollard, £8 16*. Flax. £16 to £18 for good sprufOes. Grain, Foddjsß, &o-At ihe Haymarlcet during tSio past week fo.der has kept to previous values, from 2s to 3s 6d per cwt; grain has been in • good ci quiaj ; oats from is lOd to 2s; barley 2s 6u; maize St per bushel; potatoes from £3 10s to £4 3s; chaff £3 to £3 10«; bonedust £6 10s to £7 10s per toa. Hobsb Stock, —At the Haymarket on Friday (August- ,2a), useful stock was freely competed for, and late prices fully sastainea, Wool, Hides, Skin*, &o. — Messrs W. G. Binney & Won report that hides are fi.m for all f oaud parcels; ox, heavy ctont, 414 1 to 4}d; heavy 3sd toSjfd; cow )f to 2jd; dirty •an wet Id; oalf ,4d to 4jf.i; sheepskins long wool, local green, 5s to 3s ; crossbred, 4s 6d to 6s 6d ; country, dry, Bd to 6Jd per lb; bones, flim at £6 per ton ; tallow, in short supply, sales fiom 1 8s to £Ua per too. Messrs Huo&laad & Son report that at the Haymarket oa Tuesiay (August 26) hides were firm at last qaotat ons. tikins •re at slightly lower values, ocoaiioned by returns < f sales in England not being eq'iul to expectation. Heavy ox, 4|d to 4}>l; medium, 8d to 3^d; cows »nd light ox, from ffltovid; calf skins, t\i to 4f 1 per lb; tfcjlo*, als $d p-r o»t; botohets* Mini, 8» M to Pi 14) toptyktol, If 91 to U M fwb.

Cattle, Sheep, &o.— Messrs Bucklantf* Sons report that at Pakekobe on Monday (August 25), a moderate supply of cattle, mostly cows, met witu fair oenaand; and at Pupakur* on Wednesday (August 27) a larger muster than usual sold bri&kly at advanced prices. — At Remnera on Thursday (Auga«t2B) dairy cattle were plentiful and at moderate rates; those at their profit ranged from 27s 6d to 70s; store cattle in good demand; young dry cows ranged from 25at042j6d; yeaning steers 17s to 255; 2 year old steers £2 5s to £2 12a 6d; 3 year old steers £3 to £3 7a 6d; fat cattle in fall supply, and luwer in price than last week about is the lOOlba; good s'.ecrs ranged from 16b to I 81; cows from 12s to 14s the 100 bs. Galves were in full numbers; young calves kept their values, but six months' calves were lower m price. Sheeo were in full snpplj, aud slea <y ac last week's values; long-woollei wefe h ers, from 1 4s to 17s; crossbieJs, )2sto 16s; hosrgets, 11b to 13b; lambs, 12s to 15s each. Well-bred pigs were iv brisK demand at 3d per lb. deud weight; coarse pigs, from l£i to 2d the lb. — Meaara Hunter & Molan report that an average number of cattle were brought forward, the demand being steady, with but little or no alterations ia values. There was a moderate muster at Newnmket yards orf Tuesday (August 26j, bidding was stendy throughout. Dairy cows Bold at from £3 10s to £6; but few stores changed hands, buyers holding back for the special sale next week. Beef sold at from 15s to 18s per lOOlbs. Some averages were:— &7 2s 6d, £6 16s 6d, £6 5s lid, £5 18s, £5 19s »d; cows, £5, £4 IBs, £3 15b, and £3 9j 2d. Sheep were p a nne I in rather limited number at Newmarket 00 Tuesday, bub there was no upward tendency in values, Wethers sold at from 12$ 3d to 16b 6d; mixed sexes, from Us 6d to 13s 9d; ewes, jo* to 14s 6d ; lambi-, 9a to 12b each. Pigs were wall represented on Tuesday, and met a- busk demaud at from 2d to 3 j per lb, live weight. Shabk Mabkkt. — Messrs Frater Bros, telegraphed to us yesterday afternoon:— dales : Colonial Bank 42h; Gib, £10 10s; Taupiri Coal 18a; New Zealand Insurance, 66s 6d; Colonial: 6s; iUhj Queen, lls ; Saxon, 63 6d; Try Fluke, 12s 6d j Mrcury, 34 9d; Moriposa, Is ltd; Bonaozi, Is 81 ; Wititara, 2s; Kapat, In 7d; Carbine, 2s lOd ; Cambria 2s 6J; Alburnia 5s 9J; Magnolia, 3s 3d; Trenton, 2s 7d; Caledo ia, 2s 8d ; Frtedom, 2s 6d; Orlando; Is 4d; Pius fore, Is 3d. Buyers: Gas, £11) 10s; Union lnsuvanc*, 25s 3d ; Tkamea Gas, 3 is, Sellers ; Old Bank of New ZealanO, 95s ; New, 87s ; Loans, 593; National Insorance, 15s 3d.