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| [TBLEGHAPHED BY BPEOIAIi OOBRESPON DENTS TO TABANAKI HBlßAtiD.]; AUCKLAND— YKSTBBDAY. PbODUCß.— Messrs Q. W, Bionej & Bon re^ post :— Genera 1 produce is mcch tie same ; Quotations ere :— Fresh butter : firsts, 6d per lb; seconds, sd; thirJs, id per lb; cheese, local, 4d to sd ; factory, sd, eggs 7d ; bacon fin cloth) 7^i; hams (in cloth) 9d to 10£ d; roller flonr, £13 10b; stjne do, £12 10s; maize, Is 10 1 to Is lid ; oats, feed, 8a to 2s 3d ; milling 2b 4d to 2s 6d ; wheat (southern) 5s to 5s 3d, Gbain, Foddeb, &c— At the Haymarket, Messrs Buoklaad & Sons report that during the past week sales of fode'er have been nominal; maiz3 c.ntinues steady and prices are without alteration, on wharf Is lid, store 2s the bushel, Demand for sheep dip and wool bales continues brisb. Hobsb Stock.— At the Haymarket, Messrs Buckland & Sons repoit that at tho horse sale on FrLdaj (Nov 27) horse slock were in full numbers ard fairly kept late values, although heavy draughts were at slower s->le; hacks and active medium draught in brisk enquiry; heajy farm mares about 8 years old brought £15; active medinm draught £12 to £16; useful backs 7 to 12 gainens. Wool, Hides, Skins, &a— Messrs W. G. Binney & Son report hides selling freely — Messrs tuckland k Son icpoit that conrequesnt on the wool sales their us^al hide and fkn sale was hold on Tuesday and the wool aale on Wednesday. There was a fall attendance of buyers, and brisk biddirg; long wool ard croßsbreds advanced in price abo t a halfpenny; but merino were lower nearly one penny the lb. , Cattle, Shbfp, &0.~ Messrs Bnckland & Sons report that at Pokekohs oj Monday (Nov 30) there was an unusually large mus'er ot cattle of all classes, and 350 he id sold. They rll met with a brisks le at satisfactory pritc. — At Bemuera on Thursday (Dec 3) dairy cows were in less than usual number, and kept their values; prices ranged from £3 to £6 10s each; s'.ore cattle were in moderate number, and sold at extreme ralne, particnlarly young well bred steers; 18 months old brought £2 15b each; fat calves in less than average supply, and were at late' vahus j good calves ranged from 12a to 25s each. Cattle were in usual number, and lower in price, although 40 steers were withdrawn; prices for steers were at 16s to 17s, cows Hi to Ub the lOOlbs. 260 head sold, Sneep were in lets than usual number — 567 sold — and wera afc late values; shorn wethers from 10s €d to 15s 3d, dwes 8s 6d to 12s each, Lambs abundant— 37o 80ld — ard lower in price j prices ranged from 7s to lls each. Figs in shorb supply, and were without alteration in values; lightweight pigs of fair breeding were from 3dto 3^d per lb dead weight,— Messrs .Uuuter & Kokn report that the demand for store cattle continued brisk; dai'y and fat bepsts were slow of sale, bat there was no note* w i thy alteration in value of any description. Bidding at auction for stores was keen, and dairy cows slow, and competition steady for fat beasts. Some averages for fat steers were : £6 17s 6d, £6 12« 6d, 46 10i Bd, £6 5s 3d, £6 3s 9d, £5 17s 6d; cows, £5 2a 6d, £4 ss, £i t £3 17s 6d, £3 3s 7d. Sheep wore yj-rded in moderate numbers at Newmarket oi Tuesday (Deo 1); some pens if wethers reflected great credit on ihe feeder, and cold a>. from 17s 6d to 20s; ordinary fat wethers from l£s 6d to 16s 9d ewes lls to 16s each; lambs B*i to 18s Cd. Pigs wero in short supply/and remained unaltered ia price. SHabe Maukbt. — Messrs Frater Bros, telegraphed to us yesterday afternoon :-Salei: Loanp f ;4Bs ; Colonial Bauk 40s; 'New Zealaud Insurance, 67s 6d; Union, 27s 9d ; Auckland Gas (new), £10 ; Cor.mandel Hcdrri, 148 (cum.div); May Queen, 8s 9d; Moanatairi 5s 3d; Baxon 3s id; Flukes, in 3d; Mercury, Is Id; Victoria, Is; Cambria, Is 6d; Hazelbank Is 9J; Trenton Is sd, BayL-rs: Colonial Bank 40a; Standard Insu. ranee, 14s; Union Oil, 14b; Fibre, 6b 6d. Sellers: Land Mor'gsge, 6b 3d J Acoident Insnrance,7s )od. "* WELLINGTON— YKSTEttDAY. Pb6duob.^— Qnotationa are as follows : —Oats, feed, Is lOd to la lid ; wheat 3Blod to 4s; flour roller £13 to £13 XOf, BtCne, £12 5s to £12, 10s fowls' wheat, 4s 2(1 to 4s 3d; maize, 2a 9d; potatoes, (nominal) machine - dressed rye-grass in, ,6(1, to sb; cocksfoot, 3Jd to 4d 5 Italian rye ; , in lOd; honey, 4sd 5 peas 3s 9J ; nevv cheese, 4d to 6d ; hams and bacon, 7d to 9J ; egga, 8d ; fresh, batter, overstocked, 7d to 8d; salt batter, 7d; onions 2]d per lb, ; oatmeal, £9 5s to £9 10s ; new round potatoes 3s perewt. ■ OHBISTOHUBOH— Testbbday.. 1 pJiODUOB, — Prices for wheat remain unaltered. Oats arc still quiet. Quotations ard : — Wheat : Tuscan, 4s 9d ,to 4s I lOd ; Peaxl and Velvet, 4s 8d to 4s 9d ; Hunter, 4s 7d to 4s Bd. fowls wheat 8s 6d to ia. Flonr, stone mado,£ll lOsto £12; roller, £12 to £13 per ton ; oatmeal, £9 to £9 10s per ton. Oats, stont short, feed, 1b 9d to iBlOd; milling, Is lOd to 2s Barley: Best malting 3s; feed, Is 10d to 2s 3d the bushel, Ohee/ie, 4d to i\\ per lb.; butter, factory made, 8d \o da, dairy made, 5d to 7d ; eggs, 8d per dozent Etazaa and bncon (in cloth), Bd per lb. ' Cooki.f6ot; ? g^d to 4d; ryegras*, machine dressed, 5s to 5s 3d) farmers' parcels, 3s 3d to 4a Cd. Onions £5, Potatoes 6s to 8s at country stations, nominal. Peas blue Pr U6si*n (hand-threshed), 3a (0 3s 2d, DUNEDlN— Yesterday, „ Pboduob— There is an enquiry for wheaf , but priceß remain fl:m. Quoiations are as follows:— Wheat: Best milling 4s ' lOd to 5s ; medium, 4s 6J to 4s 7d 5 fowls' wheat, 4s to 4s 3d } floui, £12 5b to £13 sff per ton; oatmeal, £8 10b to £10 10s per ton; potatoes nominal ; oats, feed, Is 6d to is 7d; milling and seed, Is 7d to Is B^d pel bushel; cheese, 8d to 4d ; bacon, rolled 6d; oide's of bacon (grain fed), 6J ; hams, 7£dj fresh butter, -best quality, Is; ordinary, 6J tp 9J per lb; salt butter (new),) 6d to 7d per lb; eggs, 8d per dozen ; oniom 5?10 per tou. Flax, 'soft and bright, £17 to £19} medium to good, .414 to £16 ; coarse and strong, £18 to £15,
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9257, 5 December 1891, Page 4
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