AUCKLAND.—Yesterday.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 9966, 31 March 1894, Page 4

AUCKLAND.— Yesterday.

[TELEGHAPHED BY SPECIAL COEKESPONDEKTS TO TABANAKI HE b ALB]. Peoduce. — The Easter holiday? and races have somewhat interfered, with business. Eggs are scarce and advanced 3d. Quotations are as follows : Fresh butter : firsts, Od per lt>; seconds, 6d; thirds, 5d per Iti ; prime salt butter 7d to 7£d ; seconds, (ul to 7d ; cheese, local, 3£d to 4<\ ; factory, 5d to 5Jd; eggs, Is 3d; hams (in elwil,) M to lOd ; bacon (in cloth), 7Jd to l\d ; roller flour, £8 10s ; stone do., i. 7 Lo^ maize 2s 3d to 2s -id ; oats, feed, 2s :d fo 2s 4|d, seed, none on hand; milling. 2-, id to 2b od; wheat, 2s Cdto2s 8d; fowl wheat. 2s 4d to 2s od ; potatoes, £2 10s to ■-•> per ton onions, |d to l^d per lb ; oatuu ..!, £12. Gbai>-, Foddee, &c. — Buckland & Sons report that at the Haymarket during the past week oaten sl.-.vcs brought 2s the cwt; maize, 2s 6d ; oa. -.-■>; ordinary rye grass, Cs ; cocksfoot, 7s (»,i in Ss a bushel; clovers 8d to Is per lb.; test hjiut dust, £6 ; chaff, £3 10s per ton. Hobse Stock.— Messrs Bucl;l.ind & Sons report that no auction sales this week, but privately sold apairofhea\j di aught geldings for £50. Wool, Hides, Skins, &c— :,iessrs G. W. Binney & Son report that t!,u demand for sides and sheepskins is very l-ribk, with supplies short ; picked ox sold fn m ~>\d to s£d ; heavy stout, 4d to od ; mediui.i i> id" light, 2£d to 3d ; cow, 2sd to 2£d ; poor lnt>. I]d to ljd; sheepskins, 4d to 5d per lb.; 1 c,-,ii green, from 2s 6d to 3s 3d each ; tailor , 1(U to 20s ; bones, 60s per ton ; maize, .-..10s at 2s Cd ; hams and bacon very short Ripply ; bone dust £5 5s to £6 per ton. — Me»->i> Buckland and Son report that on We-lie^day (March 28), hides in short supply were without attention in values. Tallow rai.gL-i I from 13b Gd to 20s; bones, 3s the cwt.: sheepskins, Is 6d to 3s sd ; pelt, 5d to Hkl ; lambskins, Is 6d to 2s 3d ; wool from 4Jd to C|d per lb. Cattle, Sheep, &c— Messrs Buckland & Sons report that at Pukekohe on Monday there was a smaller muster of stock than usual ; calves ranged from 20s to 30s ; quiet cows, near calving, £4 10s to £5 7s (id : heifers, £3 10s to £5 15s ; dry cows, £2 12s to £3 5s ; fat cows, £4 to £5 10s each. — At Kemuera on Thursday (March 29), dairy cows at profit were requiied ; good animals were from £6 10s to £7 5s each. Store cattle were in greater number than usual, and kept late values. Dry cows were from 30s to 05s ; weaned calves, 23s to 35s each ; few fat calves yarded, these sold at extreme values ; fat cattle in full number, and generally heavy weights sold irregularly; choice cattle fully kept their values, but second quality dull of sale. Prices ranged from 18s to 21s the lOOlbs (230 sold) ; prices for steers ranged from £G to £ 10s 15s ; cows, £4 os to £C 5s each ; sheep plentiful, 1700 yarded, mostly wethers of fair to pood quality, and prices were slightly lower than last week, wethers ranged from &•> Od to 14s 9d ; fat ewes, 8s to 14s ; store ewes, 3s 3d to 6s each ; lambs plentiful, mostly of good quality, those ranged from 9s to lib; second class, 6s to 7s 6d ; store lambs, 3s Od each (250 yarded). Pigs in full number (85 yarded); sold freely ; porkers from 18s to 32s ; large pigs, £2 17s Od ; slips, 8s to lls ; suckers, 7s each. — Messrs Hunter and Nolan report as follows:— Cattle : The holidays interfered with the auctions, and private sales were limited. There were a limited number yarded a! Newmarket on Tuesday, particularly in dairy aud store stock, but a large number of the former excited keen competition. At Colonel Craige's sale, ate Meadow Bank, on Wednesday, prices ranged from £4 to £7 12s Od. Beef at Newmarket on Tuesday, ranged from 20s to 22s per 1001 b. Some averages for steers were £8 2s 'Jd, £8 0s Od. £0 17s Od, £6 10s, £0 5s ; cows, £0 15b £0 ss, £5 7s Od, £5 13s yd, £5 ss. Sheep : But few Iwere penned at Xowmarket on Tuesday, aud only of light weight. Prices are slightly in favor of vendor. Wethers 1 were sold at from 10s to 14s Gd, ewes, Gs Gd to lls Od, mixed sexes, 9s 9d to lls 9d, lambs, Gs3dto ite Gd. Pigs ■ were scarce, only small porkers being yarded which sold at from 12<j to 30s each, j Shake Market. — Messrs Frater Brothers telegraphed to us yesterday evening:— Sales: Colonial Bank, 81s 9d; Gas, *I1 ; New

Zealand Insurance, 595 ; New South Wales j Bank, £31 ; Albumin, 21s 3d; Waihi, 23s Gd; Grace Darling, 3s (id ; Flukes, 2s 6d ; Hazelbank, Is 6d ; Queens, Is 3d. Buyers : Bank of New Zealand, 595 ; South British Insurance, 355 ; Gisborne Gas, 25s 3d ; Union Oil, lls 6d ; Union Bank, £34 15s. Sellers : Bank of New Zealand, 59s 6d ; Union Oil, 12s ; South British, 35s 6d ; Accident, 8s ; Taupiri Coal, 14s 6d.