NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY, Ltd.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13371, 12 January 1907, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY, Ltd.

WEEKLY REPORT. Horses. — Heavy draughts at from £31 10/ to £39, medium do. £18 to £2S 10/, hacks and light harness- horses £5 15/ to £17. Cattle.— At the Niewmarkeb yards oni Tuesday steers sold to 24/ per 100 ft), cows 17/ to 20/. Fa* oxen, sold at from £6 10/ to., £10 17/6, cows £3 10/ to £7. ls T o extra heavyweight cattle were yarded. Dairy cows sold at from £3 10/ to £7 10/, emjDffcy do. >'£1 15/ to £2 10/, grown shears £4 10s to £5 15/, calves 18/ t o £1 9s. • - . Sheep.--Fat wethers at from. " 18/9 to £1 4/, ewes ->15/9 to £1 1/. Lambs.— Well-fatted 13/6 to 18/9, other sorts ;10/6 to 15/. The advertised store ewes sold at from 13/9 to 16/3, wethers 1-5/6 to 17/6. Butter. — The market has almost collapsed. First, grade and second grade are 'sefMfog! at 8d and 7Jd peapectively. ■ * Cheese is in good demand at 6£d for factory. NEW PLYMOUTH, JANUABY 4th. Retail Prices. 1 -— Country settlers must understand that the Mew Plymouth dealers sell at these prices. Butchers' meat.— Beef : Sirloin, fid ; prime ribs> 3d to 4d; rump steak, 6d; roasts from 2d to 3* ; boiling yeef from 2d to 4d; corn beef, from 3d :o 4d per ft. Muttoa : Hindquarter, 5d jhops 6d; shoulders fid; necks and >reaste, 3d per Ib. JPork . Jj'resli, oc per Ib. Veal 3d to 5d per In. Sausages; Beef, fid; pork tid.~ These prljes are for cash only ; id per Ib for . booking over one week. Farm ttnd Dairy produce.— MUk Sd per quart ; butter, dairy , 10d; factory Is Id per Ib, cheese 8d per tb ; eggs, Is -dozen ; fowls 5s pair ; ducks 6/ per pair ; turkeys, 7/6 each ; lard Sd, bacon 9d ; best hams B£d to 9d per Ib, rashers lOd. \ Flour, Orain, &c~ Flour (loo&l and imported roller), lls 6dperl«ofts, *t pev.fiOlbs. ; wheatmeal 3s per 9ilb bag ; sharps per 2001 b sacks 12s ; bran 5s dd perlOOft; fowls* wheat, 4s 3d per busihel; 25ib bags, oatmeal 3s 6d; oats 2» 9d; crushed oats, 3s 6ds barley, 3s 6d^ r maixe, fis; beam whole 4s 6d, crushed 4s 9d ; straw chaff, 2s; sheat chaff, 5a per. sack. (These are retail cash prices only.) . Fruit.—rßane&as 3d per Ib ; lemon1/ to 1/& per doz.; apples 6d;. oranges 2/ dozen-; walnuts lOd per Ib ; dates, 66, per lbj dried figs lOd and Is iper Tt>, tomatoes 8d and 4d, plums 3d and 4d. Vegetables— Onions 2d fc, cabbaget Id and 2d eajch, potatoes, new, 2£d per Ib, carrots 2d buncJh, turnips 2d, radishes 2d, cucumbers 9d. * : BUYING PBICBS. Butter.— Dairy Bd, factory lid (in •- bulk), factory rolled H^d tt>, cheese 6d per Ib, eggs lOd per doz. ; fowls 2s pair, ducks, 2s 6d per pair, bacon 6}d per Ib, hams 7d per tb, Xox\ 6d fungus 3d per Ib.