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Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 91, 6 November 1869, Page 2

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DTJNEDIN PRODUCE REPORT. John Brook;, Manse-street, reports —: Thnt flour and oat» are somcwhtb lower :n value, and the quotations mnj bo considered as being full value. The demand for potatoes is Quiet. The prices current are >—- Flour.—£l4 to £l4 10a per ton. Oatmeal.— £24 per tou. Pearl Barley.—£2B per ton. Wheat.— ss 9d per bushel. Oats.—43 3d per bushel. Barley.—s3 6d per bushel. Maize.—ss. 6d per bushel. Brnn.— £,% per ton. VoU-ird — £7 10s p.er ton, Hay.—fi<J per toil. ; Chaff.— £4, l<» 8 per ton. Mraw. —£2 10s per ton. I Potatoes.—£3 per ton. . Carrot r.— £3 per ton. Turnips. —£3 10s per toD> Butier,—ls 1.1 per lb» t Cheese.—lod per lb, Bacon.—sl per ltj, Bags.—l4<* per dozens ~ STOCK REPORT. Messrs Driver, Maclean. * 00. reportPrime Beef, 25a 6d to 3fo per lOOlbs. Prime Mutton, 2£d to 3d per \b., ia town. Store Cattle—Mixed mobs, £4 10a to £4 15s; do. bullocks, two to four years, £5 to £6. Good Dairy Cows, £lO to £l4. Store Shaap- Ewes, 2, 4, and 6. tooth, 7s 6d to 83 each ; wethers, 4, 6, atid 8 tooth, 6.3 6d to ?s; weauers, equal sexes, 108 6i per pair Mes:»-.s Waia-Hr* Stbph.esso.s-, & Co. report f .r tho week eiifliusj the 30-h uft., as f>il>\vsi Far. Gait If—None yar te I ;, quuru i:ins « primo beef,. 30 i Fat sheep—One di-aft of eig!>t hun iivd penned, very good quality, brought lSpm 10a

6d to lis each ; prime mutton is worth 3d per lb : fat lamb.*, 7s 61 to 8< each. We sold two hundred at the latter price. Store cattle There i- no alteration to report since our last We have foil by auction in the country, several small lots at the rates noted bel»w ; ulso, placed 170 very well-br.-d superior cows, nt. a s:i isfart'orv pvi p. ,We ; quote bullocks, 3 yrars and upwards, Tjs to LtQ • mixe.l tirnlw, L 4 to"L4 10a Store sheepThere are enquiries for good store wethers. Our sales comprise 300, four, six, and eiarht tooth, at 7s. Country sales : -At the Blue Snur, Hairy coas averted 1 7 7-- 6 1 ; heifers L 3 15 ; yearlings, .L 2* lis 6i ; and 500 old ewes, 5s each At Mount Stew sin, cows brought from L 5 to 'l.9' 7s 61 ; steer*, L3los; yearlings, L2 5s ; 'L;>ire->tcr rams, LlO caeh ; and li>oo lour, six, and eigln tooth iin-riuo wethers, 6s. Id iaeii. At Waik'uaiti, a drnfr of eanle from the "WaitaM re»ili-e<* a* follows:- Cows, from L 47561 to Lfi 2< 6d ; steers. 2 y.'ars old, 14; Yearlings, L2 10s; bullocks,' 4 year.-, old, half fat, L 8 "2s 6d. H rses- Tliere is a fair enquiry for really heavy draught, suitable for farmers' and cartirs' requirements, also for coachrrs and li»i-k< of good description. Our sa'es .were a dr.ift <»f light colts a>»il fillies, sold at Lawrence, at from Li 10< to Ll3 ; and ft few Lacks anil busrgy pairs in the Oouimereial yards, at from Lit to L 25.