COMMERCIAL. THE AUCKLAND MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 110, 18 January 1873, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. THE AUCKLAND MARKETS.

Mr Alfred ISuckland iepoif«, for the week ending January 17 At Uuniiciii, on r i.hui-da\, dan\ tow-, at ealung weie ii\cn hmite I numbers, and oi lndiiierent tuialiU. Moie e.iitlo'wero more pliant linl than lor -,o\eial weeks, anil sit improved values. Jmil oftttle- were m lull Mipply, but uf wn.alUi/es and main ol them oi lmhHerenl (|ii.ilitj. Tho udvance of last week wus fullj bu^tamed, and 11(3 head were Mild— The sheep market was better supplied tlian n«,ual, both with sheep and lambs. The sheep ueie principally vct'iers, and m good condition. I'nces were well sustained throughout tuo sale, but Limbs were lower fully 2s per head. I'nt calves were m usual supply, and without alteration m I'igs were in short supply and in active inquiry. f l he prices obtained were ns follows : — J)airj cows at calving, £ 1 to £8 ; dry cows, £2 10s to £4 2» Gd ; eahes, 23s to 30s j twelve months' olds, from 35s ; eighteen months' to twoyear, £2 10s to £3 10s ; three-year old, ill, 10s to £5 5s ; fat tattle, 23s to 27s 0.1 tho 100 lbs; fat sheep, 3d per lb ; lambs, 12s to 21s each.

Flint ami D\tky l'ltonrci: — Wholesale Prices: Butter, fr.-sh, per lb, lOd ; butter, salt, por lb, 7d ; cheese, 3d ; E^g*, per dozen, Is ; krdj per lb, 3d j bacon, 3d to (Jd ; ham-,, Gd to 7d. Flock. — Wholesale : Superfine, silk drcsEed, per ton, £1S; line, do, household, £13 ; seconds, £11 j slnirpa, £7 10s ; Adelaide, per ton, with bags, £18 ; Oauiaru, do, £13 ; Dunedin, do, £15 ; Canterbury, do, £15 ; best colonial wheat, per bushel, Os (Id. Hay and Cokn.— Wholesale : Maize, S.\ dnoy, 3s 9d to Os ; do, provincial, 3s ; oats, 3s 3d ; bran per bushel, Is 6d ; li.i\, pox- ton, £1 Ids to £5; onleu, do, £3 10s to £5; fctrnw do, £1. K\rui Gum axdFmx. — Gum, well sompod, first quality, per ton, £18 to £19. Flax, finest quality, £23 to £23 , fair to good, £17 to £21; native dressed, unscutohod, £15. Tow, £5 to £(>. Wool - dreasy, long staple, Is Id to Is4d perlb; ditto, h ilf bred and merino, l.)d to Is 4d ; washed fleeces, long tuple, Is 3d to Is 101 1 P er lb 5 tllt t°. halM»"cd Is 3d to Is 7*-l. Tvllow, C3">, casks included