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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13680, 24 August 1908, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

■» REVENUE RETURNS. The following rs a statement of revenue collected at Timaru for the period ended 22nd August. 1903: Customs duties 1636 4 0 Beer duty 42 S 6 Other receipts 5 15 11 Total £1684 5 5 HORSE SALES. The Canterbury Farmers.' Co-operative Association held their -weekly horse sales at TattersalTs yards on Saturday and report on the market as follows:—There -■was a yarding of 39 horses of all sorts. Included in the entry were some exceptionally good farm horses which met with keen competition and sold as follows: Account Mr A. C. Kee, draught mare Pride, 4- years £4O, chestnut mare Dinah 6 years £42 10s, bay maro Bloss. 4 years £3B, mare Bess 5 years £35 10s. Account of Mr A. Hammond, a pair of light horses £42 10s. Of our general entry, sales were made as follows: Draughts, voung with trials £54, £55 10s .£56 to £3B; ditto light and aged £ls, £ls 10s. £lB, to £26; light harness horses £ll 10s to £l4. CAIN'S TERRACE ROOMS. G. P. Gerrie and Co. report for week ended 22nd inst., as follows:—Poultry, etc.: Hens email Is 9d to 2s 3d, hoiis large 2s 6d to 3s, rocsters small 2s 9d to 3s 3d, rorster* large ?■? 9d to £» 6d, ducks 4s to 4s 6d, geese 5s 9d to 6s 6d. turkey liens 6s 9d to 7s 6d. gobblers 12s to 14s 6d, per pair. Figs, 3 at 13s 6d, 4 at 14s: Fruit: Oranges Sydney 10s to 10s 6d, mandarins 13s to 13s 6d. pines 12s to 12s 6d. bananas 12s 6d to 13s, passion fruit lis 9d to 12s 6d. oranges Island 14s 9d to 15s, apples 2d to 2Jd, pears 2Jd to- 2£d. Produce: Potatoes prime 8s to 8s 6d, medium 5s 6d to 6s. small 2s 6d to 3s. oats lis to 12s. seconds 8s 6d to 9s, crashed 6s to 6s 6d. swedes 2s to 2s 6d, carrots 2s 6d to 3s, wheat whole 18s to 18s 6d. broken 14s to 15s. T«i 1« tu Is 6d. bacon to lid. ham jld. . ' BESWICK STREET ROOMS. C. Jonas and Co. Teport for the week ended Angnst 22nd. as follows—Poultry: Prices were again high, and the poultry market is now at the very best. Wo quote —Hens small 2s 9d to 3s 3d. prime fat 3s 6d to 4s 3d; roosters small 3s 3d to 4s, prime fat 4s 6d, £s to 5s 6d, geese 6s to 6s 9d, turkey liens 9s to lis 6d. gobblers 12s to 17s 6d, chickens 2s 3d to &, bantams 2s, at per pair. fold exceptionally well—2 at 4s, 2 at 5s 6d, 1 at 4s, 1 at* ss, 4 at 3s 9d each. Pigs —There was a small yarding and we could have sold many more; 2 at 18s, 1 at 1&5. Potatoes have Khotvn a slight

improvement especially in regard to prime samples; prime eating 8s to 8s 6d, second grade 5s to 5s 6d, pig 2s 2d to 2s 6d. swedes 2s to 2s 3d. carrots 2s 3d to 2s 6d, parsnips 4s 3d to 4s 9d, mangolds Is 6d to 2s, wheat whole 18s to 18s 6d, broken 13s to 14s 6d, oats (4i bushels) 12s to 12s 6tl, at per sack. Eggs lid to Is, butter Is to Is Id, hams 10id to IOJd, bacon. SJd to 9Jd per lb. Oaten sheaf 3a 6d to 3s 9d per sack, £4 5s to £4 lCs per ton, chaff Is to Is Id per sack. Frnit: Apples l|d to 2d per lb, oranges Island 12s to 15s, Sydney 7s 6d to Bs, marmalade 10s to lis. Mildura lemons," 15s to 15s ! 6d, passion fruit 6s 6d to 7s, pints 7s 6d I |« 8s 6d. maudaviiis 13s, peanuts 2£d to 2|d per lb.

STAFFORD STREET MART. Leslie O'Callaghan and Co. report as follows on Saturday's sale:—Poultry: The demand at present is exceptionally keen, and a largo entry brought higher prices than to have previously obtained : Hens 3s 3d to 5s 3d, rocsters 4s to Es 3d, ducks 4s 6d, 5s to 7s 6d. Pigs: Small entiy, porkers 31s. Produce: 300 sacks of oat sheaf chaff 3s 6d to 4s 3d. straw chaff, Is 4d to Is 6d, 500 bags good oat straw. Is to Is 3d eacks extra; oats 2s Id to 2s 4d sacks extra; chick wheat 15s 6d broken, 16s whole, screenings 8s 6d per bag. Potatoes: The demand for good table .potatc-es has increased ; prime 8s to 8s 6d, medium 5s to 6s 6d, Tough ports and pig potatoes 3s to 4s; carrots 2s 6d, swedes & 3d. parsnips 3s 6d to 4s 6d, apples 2d. Eggs 36 doz. Is Id to Is 2d; butter separator Is 3jd, bacon 9£d. Furniture, sundries, etc., sold wt good auction prices. Last Wednesday we held our fortnightly sale of skins, fat, hides and wool. Prices, as already reported, were -well maintained. CLEARING SALE. The National Mortgage and Agency Co. of N.Z., Ltd.. associated with Messrs Guinness and LeCren, report having held a clearing side at Cricklewood on account Messrs D. and A. Mcßcath, on Friday 21st insfc. The weather was all that could be desired, and the attendance wafc large, buyers being present from all pails of Canterbury, the majority of them no doubt being drawn by the fact that McBeath's name connected with horses and sheep is a guarantee that whatever would be offered in these two classes would be of the best. This turned out to be correct, the horses especially being a splendid lot, while the sheep were well-bred and in the pink of condition. Competition throughout the entire sale was extremely keen, the result- b?ing a total clearance of everything offered. The following are some of the principal sales— Horses: grey mare Queen Mary (imported), Byrs, 64gns; grey mare Blossom. 5yrs, £SO; bay mare Bonnie. 6yrs, £sl; bay gelding Nattie Byrs. £39; bay gelding Dick, 7yrs, £3B; bay mare, aged. £56; bay gelding Prince. £55: hackneys to £2l: black gelding Jock £3l. Sheep: 142 2-tooth threequarterbred eirts (in lamb) 21s Id, 144 2. 4, 6, and 8-looth ewes 19s 7d. 538 2-tooth threequarterbred ewes 18s lOd, 160 8-tooth threequarterbred ewes 17s, 252 2-tooth wethers 14s lid. 25 fat ewes 13>s 4d. 142 threequarterbred hoggets 13s 3d, 36 merino wethers lis Id. Cattle: Fat cows £5 5s to £7, red and white cow in profit' £4. Implements, harness, furniture, and sundries sold at fidl values.