AUCKLAND.—Yesterday.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 10552, 29 February 1896, Page 4

AUCKLAND.— Yesterday.

[TELEGRAPHED BY SPECIAL COBBEBPOHDEKTS TO TABANAKI HKRAiDi. Pbodcoe.— Potatoes are plentiful. Butter has advanced, and eggs declined. Quotations are as follows : Fresh butter : firsts, Bd| per lb; seconds, 6d ; thirds, 6d per ft ; "prime salt butter, 6d ; seconds, sjd; cheese,' local, 4d ; factory, 5d to ojd ; eggs, Is ; hams (in cloth), 7Jd ; bacon (in cloth), B|d j roller Sour, £10 10s; maize, 3s ; oats, feed, 2s 4d ; wheat, 3s fld ; fowl wheat 3s 6d ; onions, Id to ljd per ft ; oatmeal, (25's) £11 10s ; potatoes, £3, per ton (ex store). Grain, Fodder, &c. — Messrs Bnckland Bon's report did not reach us this week. Horse Stook.— Messrs Buckland & Son's report did not reach us this week. Wool, Hides, Skims, &O. — Messrs G. W. Blnney & Sons report that on Tuesday hides, extra prime, brought from s}d to CJd; prime 4Jd to 6Jd ; stout, 4^d to 4Jd ; medium and steer, 3Jd to 4d ; cow, 3Jd to 3Jd ; wet and sloppy, 2Jd to 2|d ; damaged, nominal, skins, full woolled, 4s to 5s lOd ; pelts, Is to 2s 9d ; lambs, Is 3d to 2s 3d each ; weevil, damaged, nominal, wool fleece, 6d to 6Jd ; lambs, 6Jd to 6|d ; pieces, 3d to 5Jd per lb. Tallow : No first-class offered ; seconds, 11s to 15b 9d per cwt ; rough fat, IJ,I to IJd per lb. Cattle, Sheep Ac,— Our usual reports did not reach us this week. Shabs Market.— Messrs Fratcr Brothers telegraphed to us yesterday evening :— Sales New Zealand Insurance, 68sCd;'8outh British, 62s ; Gas, 50s (£6 15s paid) ; Union Oil, 17s 3d ; Hikurarigi Coal, 7s ; Thames Gas, 325 ; Silverton, 71s; Woodstock 20s; Talisman, 10s Alpha, 4s ; Waitekauri No. 4, 2s 6d ; Moanatairi, 8s 3d ; Victorias, 4s ; Cardigan. Is 6d ; Try Flukes, Gs9d ; Kapai, 7a ; Uunke*'a Hill 6s 3d. Buyers : Gas, £12 6d ) Land Mortgage, 6s. Sellers : National Insurance, 18s 3d ; Standard Insurance, 17s 3d,