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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11818, 16 November 1901, Page 1

LATEST MARKETS.

" 'AUOKLAND'.^-November' 14i '"* (Telegraphed byiSWeclal .Correspond- , l ento/td tne Titrafii£ki;Herald).' 1 . :*■ Business is r : qUie^ :^ Potatoes I are, firm. Bacon is in demand, but hjoj,d,ers areM Holding' 1 out' for 'higher prices. r . •,' ■ > l Quotations are as fallows :— Fresh' butter, factory 8d ; seconds, 7d ; prime salt butter, 8d ;. Seconds, '6d ; cheese, local, 4d to 5d- per It) ; * f aotbry ,' - 4fd" to s^d ; eggs, 7d doz.; hams (in cloth), ;7i<l t ( 9- • AaconianUlo^hJ^Sd to 6d ; roller fldu?. T £7 15s; 'maize, 2s 2d to 2s 5d (ex wharf) ; oats 1 , feed, 2s lid (ex'jvliarf) ; wheat, 2s 8d to 2s lOd ; fowl wheat, 2s. lOd ; oatmeal (25's), £12 15s ; potatoes, 3s to 3s 6d. (fex wharf) ; new potatoes, from Id to lsd per lb. Grain, fodder, &c. — Messrs Buckland .r & : S.ons ' report : — Maize, ex .wharf from 2s to 2s 2d, ex store 2s 2d to 2s' 6d, fowls', wheat 3s, Id, feed oats' 3s, chaff, -inferior JB2 ; 5» to £2 10s, good ii 3to £3 10s,' pressed hay £3 5s to £3 10s, Straw £2 ( 10s to £2 15&. . ! ' Horse Stock, &c— Messrs Buckland & Sons, report,:— Horses : On Friday &t the Uaymarket a large number were entered,, but the quality jwas not up to ;the average, no heavy lines being offered* 'Bus and tram horses from^£9*tdj)£iie; medium' draught or waggon £18. to £'22, carriage horses of good quality £25 to £30, hacks and gig horses £7 to £9, ponies £3 to P£6 elach'.^ ' W;ool> , Hides, Skins,, .&c. *r Messrs G; Vt\ Bmney' & Sons? report that they cleared 1 a' " 'largo catalogue of hides, etc. - Hides,- extra stout ; 6d to 6|d, stoiit sid to s*d, medium 4fd \<s >sii, light l '***!' td'^iti'jifcbwrbest. lines 4id pa 4jtA ; pi<s^e,d ,4Jd tp;-4fd; seconds l 3Jd to' 3 Jd; 'stags 2*d to 3d per lb. .'.Sheepskins, extras lar^e 35.. 6d to 3s BS, ordinary 3s to ,3s '3d,' small 2s 4d to 2s 9d, lambs 9d to Is 2d, pelts 8s 9d, country salted £2 3s 6d, pelts 6s lOd each. Tallow; shipment casks 22s to 225; '6d, broken casks 18s 6d to 19s "Gd 1 per cwt ; fat lid per lb.— Messrs Buckland & Sons report-: — Crossbred wool sold at 3£d, long wool 2£d , to 3d, pieces and. bellies LIW.L IW. per Jb; taUow 18s to 21s cwt ; fat l£d lb '; bones 4s' 6ti cwt ; best ox hides up to 7d, cow 4|d, stag 2^d to 3i ; kip 3sd, calf. 3|d to 5d lb, skins 2s 6d to 3s )4d' fQr- 'best $wo.olledyf> v , green, ,or salted small dry Is to Is 9d each: Cattle, Sheep, &c. — Messrs A. liuckland & Sons report that at. lieinuera on Thursday ;! dairy cows at profit sold from ■£6 to £7 ss, others, £4 lOs tq. £5 5s ; store cattle were at late values. Fat and young calves kept * late values, fresh dropped made from 6s to 10s; medium, 12s to 14s ; heavy made up, tfoi£3. An average muster* of beef sold at last week's quotations, 19s to 21s the 100, lb for steers and heifers, aged cqws, I"6s to 18s ; steers made from £6< 10s to £10 lgs, cows £4 to £6 (220 sold). SWep were plentiful ; ' fat sheep slightly better worth, shorn wethers made from 12s to 15s, ewes,, 8s 6d to 13s 6,tf; fat lamTfe;.w^e |ull^lSvjßg lo>^-, e>, w good made from 9s 'to 12s 6dv small, 4s 6d to 7s 6d (400 s,old). Pigs kept late Valued, ' mad€ from 25s to 82s 6d '(100 sold) . New Zealand Loan and Mercantile--Com-pany, Limited report :— At I NeWr market, dairy .and store stock' were in average numbers^ and sold a]b late rates, beef <w,aa • at--last.*a;ee^> ratesr oxen 19s to'2ab per'lOOlbi'eow, 16s to 18s; steers ma.de from! £5, 17s 6d to £10 ss, cows '£4 5s to'^7 10s, dairy cows £4 >15s to* £7 se. Sheep: Brices^howed' a.i&ighfc improvement, wethers ' fiaaae - from 14s 6d - 18s 9 T d, fehbrtt ;lls 9d> t6 ; l^s, 9s, . ewes 130s «d to 14s, fat' lamb's were lowe^ iit price, and sold from 8s 6d to 18s 9d, store lambs 4s 6d to 7s 9d. Pigs were scarce and wanted, porkers made from;l7s,to £1 17s; -, \ ," > i ,' , ' * : N , . U • -