LATEST MARKETS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 11957, 3 May 1902, Page 1

LATEST MARKETS.

A'ICKLAND.-May 1. (Telegraphed by Special Correspond-

ents to the Taranaki Herald).

Business continues brisk. The po j tato market is well supplied. Cheese is very firm. ** Eggs and butter are unchanged.

Quotations are as follows : — Fresh 6utter, (factory la Id, separator 9d, farmers' Bd, seconds /7d, salt butter Bd, seconds .7d, cheese, local 3§d to 4i per lb i factory, 4£d to sid ; eggs, la 6d doz; hams (in cloth) 6id to 8d; bacon (in cloth), 6to 7d ; roller flour £11 5s ;i maize 3s> 6d to 3s 7d, (ex wharf); oats, feed. 2a lOd to 3s (ex wharf ; wheat 3s 8d to 3s lid; fowl wheat 3s lOd; oatmeal (2-s 's), £15 10s; potatoes 4s 6d to 5* 3d per cwt.

Grain, Fodder, &c. — Messrs Buckland & Sons' report : Oats further advanced to 3s Id! ex wharf, and 3s 4d ex store ; maize 3s 6d ex wharf to 3s lOd ex store ; fowl wheat 4s Id, chaff £5 ex rail to £5 10s ex store, straw chaff £4, tran £6, potatoes, local £4 10s to £5.

Hides, Skinst, i&c. :—. Messrs G. W. Binney and Sons report that on Tuesday thex cleared an eJrtra, Jarge

catalogue of hides, etc. Hides : All well conditioned met with ready sale, ox prime 7d to 7£d, extras aid to 6Jd, stout s£d to sjd, medium 4f dto sd, light 4£d to 4£d, cow, picked 4£d, good lines 4sd to 4sd, good lots 4^d to 4|d, stags 24 d to 3d per lb. Sheepskins, local green and salted advanced 3d, general selling at 2s 6d to 2s Bd, a few at 3s, lambs 2s to 2s 3d. Tallow, good 22s 6d to 28s, medium 20s to 21s per cwt ; fat l£d per lb. Messrs A. Buckland &s Sons re- | ort that prices were fully up to late quotations ; ox hides wade up to 6|d and cow to 4£d for best stout, the ruling price for ox 4Jd to s£d, cow 23 d per IT>. Tails Is 9d per doz en, bones 4s 9d per cwt. Tallow 20s to 23s 6d per cwt. Sheepskins 2s to 2s 8d for best and Is to Is 9d for the greater number. Long wool 2£d to 3d, crossbred 3£d, pieces Id to lfd per rb. Horse Stock, &c— Messrs Buckland &} Sons report ; Horses * On Friday competition was keen for youngi draughts at £26 to £41 each, aged medium draughts £13 to £20, hacks £9 to £12. Cattle, Sheep, &c— Messrs Buckaod and Suns report that lJukekoho on Monday dairy cows sold freely from £4 JOs 10 .* 8 .-s fed, fat cattle required Lept Jate values, fat cows from £4 10s to £G 10&, dry cows £2 10s to£-4. At Remuera on Thursday dairy cows frou in to £7 ss, dry cows 32s 6d to i' 4 10s, a pen of young steers '£•"> 9s, fat and young calves sJiUfrejly atadvanced values, less tin-n usual number of fat cattle" yarded, prices as last week, steers ;rom «s*7 7s t>d, to £10 7s 6d, cows £-L 103 to £7 5s (200 sold), fat vind store sheep in full t numbers scarcely up to last week's quotations, heavy wethers from 12 s to 13s Od, i thers bs to lls 6d, ewes 7si 6d to J2s, store ewes 2s 3d to 6s *1700 sold), fat lambs from 6s 0d to 9s Gd, store lambs 3s to 5s Gd sold) ; pigs scarce sold at late values. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited : Cattle at Newmarket dairy and store in average numbers, beef in full supply sold at last week's rates, ox 20s to 24s per lOOlbs and cow 18s to 20s, fat steers £7 12s 6d to £10 17s 6d, fat cows £2 12s 6d t6 £4 15s, heifers from £4 10s to £7 12s 6d, empty cows £4 5s to £9 ss, dairy cows £1 10s to £2 17s 6d, calves £1 to £1 18s, sheep penned in very large nuinbez's scarcely kept last ; week's values, fat wethers from 8s to 15s 9d, fat ewes 6s 6d to lls 9d, lambs 5s 6d to 10s 9d, store sheep and lambs from 6s 6d to 10s 3d, for wethers and ewes 2s 6d to 7s 6d, lambs Is Gd to 5s 6d ; pigs in smaller numbers than for many week's, porkers fr©m £1 7s to £2j weanerS 3s 6d to 5s 6d.