LATEST MARKETS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 11933, 5 April 1902, Page 1

LATEST MARKETS.

» AUCKLAND.— ApriI 3. (Telegraphed by Special Correspondents to the Taranaki Herald). Business has been interrupted by the holidays. Large quantities of maize have been exported to Australia. Potatoes in short supply have advanced ss,a, a ton. Oats have lirmed. Bran and pollard very scarce. Quotations are as follows : — Fresh butter, factory ls A separator 9d, farmers' Sd :' seconds 7d ; salt Butter B<l seconds \7d; cheese, .local 3^d/- to 4J per lb ; factory, 4id to sid ; eggs, Is 3d doz; hams (in cloth) ,7£d to B^d ; T)acon (in cloth), 5d to (iv ; roller flour, £8 15s ; maize 2s Qd;to 2s 6d- (ex wharf) ;. oats, feed,. 2s iOd to 3s (ex wharf); wheat 3s -6d to 3s ,8d ;' f oVI wheat, 3s sd; oatmeal (26.'si), £.13-10 s i;, potatoes, -Der.wents '3s to 3s 6d ; kidney, 2s 6d per cwt. Grain, Fodder, &c. — Messrs Buckland & Sons report . oats were at late values ;'* maize of good quality was in very short supply, 2s 6d to j 3p 7d (ex wharf)' ; chaff, wanted, £3 10s to £3 lost (ex rail), £4 to £4 I 10s (ex store) ; hay, pressed £5 ; s&raw, £3. ' . Horse ! Stock, etel— Messrs- Buckland & Sons report .vOn account of the holidays there was no horse sale on Friday last. Hides, Skins, &c. — Messrs Buckland and Sons >-ep jrt • — Hides, light and damaged 2-§d <o 3s<l, stag skins, wool, tallow, etc., offered in less than average quantities ; prices were firm and competition • good. Stout ox 51d to > X i i<r If.) ; others 4Jd to s£d, cow 3^d to 4£d, 2£d to 3fd, calf 3d 10 4^, skirfs 2s 6d to 3s 7d for well woolled, pelts lOd to Is 9d, lambs- Is 1 6d to 2s 4d each, wool, longwool 2Jd to 3d per ltj, crossbred 3d to '3^d, merino 4d. horse hair Is 2d: p.er tb, tails Is 9d per.dozen, tallow 20s to 22s 6d for good, fat , l^d per lb, .bones 4s 9d per cwt. Cattle, Sheep, etc. — Messrs A. Buckland and Sons ?-©port that at Pukekohe on Tuesday there was an average muster of stock, and' prices were slightly easier. Dairy ' cows made from £4 10s to £7 / 15s, dry cows £2 10s to £4, grown steers made up to £6 10s, caWes' £1 to £1 18s. Thjjre was an average number

of dairy cows at Kemuera on Thursday : — , Cows at profit made from £<:> to £0 12s Cd, backward springers £4 to £5 10s, IS monthsto two year steers made from £4 to £4 10s,, dry cows- £2 to £4 ; €at and young calves kept late quotations ; fat cattle were in average numbers and better worth, from £1 l?Uo£l 4s.the»:H>o lbs. for well fatted steers, heifers and ocod cows Kis to l*)s : steers made from £5 3 ;"5s to £11 7s (id. cows £4 10s to „ £8 15s (24050k1). There was a moderate number of sheep and prices were better : — Heavy wethers made from 12s to Ins, lighter sorts 9s to lls. owes 8s Gd tolls 9d. stores mixed 5s fid to os, fat. lambs were i scarce and made from Gs tid to 14s 9d; pigs, small made from 4s to llsi good stores 15s to £1, porkers £1 ' to £1 10s, heavy ' made up to £J/ 17s (120 sold). Messrs ;G; G /W. -Biinncy i& Sons' {report, did not reach us this week. The New Zealand Loan and^. Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) report : — Cattle : At Newmarket on Tuesday fat cattle were in usual numbers : oxen from 20s to 23s per 1001 b. cows 17s to 19s, steers from £fi 15s to £10, cows £5 to £7 15s, dairy cows £4 10s to£7 2s 6d ; sheep, wetllers from £9s 6d to 135,, ewes 6s 6d to lls 3d, store ewes 4s> 6dto 6s, store wethers 5s 6fi to 9a , 6d, fat lambs 6s 6d to 10s 9d, store lambs 2s to 5s 9d ; pigs, porkers from 19s to 31s, rough sorts 10s to 16s 6d, weaners 5s 6d to 7s 6d. Messrs |Frater Bros.' u-»unl message j has not reached os this wt;.-k