AUCKLAND—YESTERDAY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9651, 18 March 1893, Page 4

AUCKLAND— YESTERDAY.

Pb duck. — Frodnce market is qoie 1 . Eggs are 6c.irce ar.d have risen 6d. Cats arc scare ) ljcally. Quotations »v : F. esh baiter : firsts, 7d per lb ; seconds, 6d ; thirJß, 6d per lb ; prime salt butler 7d to 7^d ; seconds 6 1 to 7d; ch:es3, local, 5d to 6d; factory, s£d to 7<J; eggs Is 3d ; bacon (in cloth) 7^d to 7^; hams (in c 7 oth) 9d to 9Jd ; roller flour, £9 10s; stone do, £8 10s ; maize, 3s 6d; oats, feed, ?s id to 2s 6J ; eee'J, 2s fid to 2s 91 ; milling 2s 6 1 to 2s Hii ; whe*t (new iot quoted) ; potato s, £3 lo *3 10s per ton; onions, B£l to "•$ 1 pat lb. &jGbain, Fodder, ka.~ At tho Haymarket Messrs Buckland & Sons report that dm ing the past wetk mea icw h <y brought from Is3d to Is 6d , f.atcn sh avec, Is Gd to 2s 6d the cwt; chaff £1; pressed hay £3 10s; po'atoes 40s the ton ; maize irregular, the • y 'r.ey market having closed for tho time. Prices bave fallcD, and ranged from 3s 1 1 to 33 4 i ; oa's ia better demand, and ranged f om 2s •*il to 2s 7d; rypgrrss ?s 4 I to '6$ 9.1; cocksfoot 6s 61; tall fescue 3s 61 the bushel.

Corse; STOCK.— At the Haymarkot Messrs Buckland & Son* icport that the severe weather occasioned a sru .11 muster of horse stock on Friday (Mate') 10). For those brought forward there wbb fair o quiry ; me lium draught ranged from All to £17 each.

Wool, Hides, Pkins, &o — '<leai» G. W. Bi?intiy k Son report that v .lues were fully m iniaini-d on Tuesdiy (Wnrch 11) stoutox nold from 4d to 5J 1, me<iium 3I to B \<\, light an I stetr ?Jd to 'l$ I, c w2 l to ?gi, calf 3d to4f; theepskit s, biddi g bri»k, and all lo s cleared; local cieen sol -I from Is 9d to 2s 5 l.cruntiysa'lo.i Is3i to2s7d, dry fid to 2s 3 i e;«ch, No chaogo in wool to repor. Tallow, lls to 22s per cwt. ; rough, fjt, ljd lo \s\ pjr lb ; boucs, £! Us to £4 p r ton — We«sre. BucklHnd & Eon report that at t'-eir hido aud skin sale on Tuesday (March 14 1 ) hides weic in usa A supply an I cold trcely. Me 'mm weight ox bides range I from 3JI to 4jd ; cow and Ugh*, ox, IJd to 'd ; calfskin*, 3£ ' to 4 g 1 the lb; tal'ow, 17s 6d to 18s 6d ; gr rbo, 7s Gd to 10s ; bores, Is and it 3d per cwt. ; lambskins, Is 7d to 2s 2 i ; pells, 7d t) 2s 4d oath ; lamtswoul, 6d to 6£d ; mixed wo 1, id lo 6JI ; locks, i.Jdto2£d thelb. CATTLE, Siibpp, &O,— Messrs Buck land 6 Soni report that at the catt.'e nale at Waiuku on Saturday (.Marwh 11) there won a la-g<! m Htcr mostly of yo ng cattle; prices *erelo»or nnd fully cc- 1 alf reiraircd un6oM, Q let cows vtoic in demand, ami ranged m price f om Hi 10s to £6 7b 6d; working s'c it, £5; calves, 20s 'o 31s; yea • lings, Hss to 40s c cli. At Pokeno there wr.g a fill mustir of stock , well conditioned cattle fold freely; calve* brought from 18s to 265; quiet cows at pr fh from £5 10s to £7 each, At Diury o:i Wednesday (March 15) there was a largo muster cf store cattle of all classes (above 600 told); prices for dniry cows wero hfgher than for sodjo lime, pro •nising cuttle selling freely at ftom ;7 to £9 ew*-.; sloro cattle wero uuiltrmly lower in price, vaiying fr^m 5s fo 12s 6J each; and witn f w exceptions all t r ai wire yar. ou were sold.— At JKemuera on Tl ureday (March

16), no good dairy cattle wen yarded ; store 1 steers of good class wort in full number (32 J yarded); prices for grown steers were from 10s to 20s each lower, but dry cows and 2 to 3-year-old s'ecrs were at late value . Prices for 4-year-old to grown steers were from £i 10s to £" 7s 6d; 2 to 3 year-old s'eera, £3 to Ai 7s 61; cows, £1 16s to £3; 18-months a'cers, £2 12s 6dj heifers, £2 to £2 10a each. Fat cahes were ia moderate supply, and. at late Tallies. Fat cattle were in full camber (270 yardei), and fu'ly kept lost week's prices. All steers of good quality sold well, at from 19s to £1 Is the 1001 b, Fat sheep were in average number (1390 yarded), and were lower in price th*n last weak about 6d each ; heavy wethera brought 16s ; medium weights, 10s to lls 6d ; ewes, 7s 6d to lls 6d ; lambs, 10j to 12g each ; store ewes, is 9d to 6s; lam 1, 6s 3d ; wetheri 7s 9d each. Pigs scarce, sold at extreme prices. — Mesari Hunter k Nolan report as follows:— Cattle: An average number has been brought forward of all descriptions and a steady demand existed with little or no alteration in value. The master at Newmarket yards was a moderate one. Competition was gosd throughout tha sale. In the butcher*' pens there was a large pioportioQ cf cows; beef ranged from 18* to 20s per 1 001 b, Some averages of fat steers were: £7 14 a, £7 2b 6d, £6 13s, £6 12s 6d ; cows, £5 10s, £5 9s 3d, £5 Is, £i 19s, £4 16b, £4 13s 6d. Bhsep wrre peaned in nsual numb r at the Newmarket yards on Tuesday (March 14), but there was no advance on the previous week's prices given. Wethers sold at from 9s to 13s 9J each; ewes 6s 3d to 12n, mixed sexes 9s 3d to lls 3d, lambs 6s to lls each. Pigs in short supply, and sold up to 3Jd per >b, live weight, Shacg Mapket. — Messrs Frater Bros, telegraphed to us yes'.erday afternoon :— Pales : Bank of New Zealand, 100s ; Union Oil, lls 6d; >'ew Zealand Insurance, 725; South British, 34s 61; Northern Steam, 4s 6 ; Albuinia, 6s 01 ; Queeus, 3s 7J ; Zealandia, 2s 3d ; iloanatairi, 4b 3d, Bayers Colonial Bank, 39a; National Insurance, 17s 6d ; Union Oil, 14s 6d. Sellers : Bank of New Zealand, 100s; Colonial, 39s 6d; Loans, 48s; National la&urance, 28a.