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Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 2271, 29 January 1887, Page 2

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The Waikato Times Office, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVR STOCK MARKETS. Mu Alfued Buckland's Weekly Report.—At the Haymarket «n Friday, Junuary 21, fodder was in better demand than for some time. Prices ranged from 2s <)d to 3s Ski the cwt. ; oats, 2s od to 2s 8d the bushel. Horse stock were yarded in full numbers. Heapy draught were unsaleable, but medium draught sold more freely ; riding and small horses at late Values. A busrgy, horse, and harness sold for £30. At the regular hide and skin sale on Tuesday, hides were better worth. Hides brought and 4|d the lb ; sheepskins, 3s 6d to 4s (id each. Wool was also in better inquiry, and the improved values of last week's sale fully sustained. At Remuera on Thursday, dairy cattle were at late values. Fat cattle, yarded in loss numbers than usual, were lower in price ; 12s (id was the ruling value. A few pens only reached 15s per lOOlbs. Sheep plentiful, fully maintained last week's, values. Wethers sold from 8s to 12s each ; ewes, 5s to 9s. Well fatted lambs were also abundant, but fell in value as the sale proceeded, from 2s to 3s each, and some pens were withheld. Few pigs yarded, those maintained late values.

Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Weekly Report. —Horses: There has been very little doing in the market, the supply not being large on the one hand, and the demand slack on the other, consequently a limited number changed hands. The Durham Yards were numerically fairly supplied, but many of the animals, having on previous occasions occupied similar positions, were not well competed for. The principal attraction was the thoroughbred mare Clogs, purchased by Mr Leonard for 100 guineas. The cross country horse, Sir Roger, sold for £20 ; hacks, from £3 12s (id to £11; harness horses, from £9 to £12. At the clearing-out sale of Messrs Smith Bros, livery stable, on Wednesday, the26th inst., there wis a good attendance of buyers. Single-seated buggies sold at from £17 to £23; double-seated, £23 ; brougham, £45. Tne horses and harness sold at an advance of fully 20 per cent, on the previous Durham yard prices. Wool hides, and skins: A small lot was pitched at the Durham Yards on Tuesday and there remains an unsatisfied demand. We quote—Ox hides at 4d to 4id per lb ; cow hides, 2§d to 3g ; damaged hides, l:jd per lb; greasy longwool in bales advanced slightly, selling at from 6sd to 7d per lb. Cattle : , List week's remarks are entirely applicable to this one. The muster a Newmarket on Tuesday was scarcely so large as on the previous week, but there was no noteworthy change in the value of any description of stock, prices being entirely in favour of purchasers. Sheep: A good many wure. yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday, and thsre was an improved demand, and an advance of from 2d to 4d per 81b was given. Wethers sold at from 10s ( Jd to 12s 6'l; mixed sexes, 10 to lis; stores, from 6s 6d to 8s 3d. Lambs were plentiful, and sold at from 4s 6d to 10s 9d. Pigs in moderate number, but sold at very low values.

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS. Farm and Dairy Produce.—Wholesale : Butter, fresh, Gd; butter, salt, 5M nominal, not being in demand ; Cheese, good local, sid to 6M ; Canterbury, do. none ; Eggs," per dozen, Is ; Lard, in bladder, per lb., to 7d; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, Dd to Sd ; Hams, to BAd ; Canterbury Bacon, 7d (new cure); equal numbers Hams and Bacon, bare, 7£d; Hams, Bfd; Jams, per case 5 dozen, 27s fid to 30s ; Fowls per pair, 2s to 3s Gd ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is Cd to Is 9d per lb. Retail: Milk per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to Sd per lb ; salt do., prime, GAd to ; inferior, 3d to Gd ; Cheese, per lb, 6d tols; Eggs, per doz., Is3d ; Lard, per lb, Gd to9d; fowls, each, 2s to 3s; Ducks, do., 2s to 3s ; Geese, do., 5s to 7s ; Turkeys, do., 6s to 7s (id; Bacon, per lb., 7hd to Is ; Hams, do., Sd to Is 3d. Hay and Corn Market.—Wholesale (current selling rates): Maize, local (new), 3s 3d; Oats, 2s to 2s 4d ; Barley, 3s to 3s 3d ; Malting Barley, 4s to 4s 3d ; Wheat, 5s to 5s 6d ; fowl, 4s (3d; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 to £5 ; Lucerne, do., £6 to £0 10s (nominal); Straw, per load, ISs to £1 10s; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 ; Hay, Oaten, £4 to £4 10s ; Clover, £6 10s to £7 ; Potatoes, Hobart, £5 to £0 for kidneys. Retail: Chaff. 5s to Gs per cwt.; New Potatoes, 5s 6d to Gs per cwt. ; Maize, 3.-; Gd ; Oats —feed, 2s 3d to 2s 9d ; seed, 3s to 3s Gd ; Wheat, 5s 3d to 5s 9d ; do. fowl, 4s 9d to ss; Barley, feed, do., 3s to 3s 6d; Hay, per cwt., Gs Gd to 7s; Lucerne, do., 7s Gd to 8s ; Oaten, do., Gs to 7s; Straw, do., 3s to 4s. Manures. —Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £8 10s to £9; inferior, £7 15* to £8; Boneflour, £9 to £10 ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian Guano, £14 14s to £17 ; Coral Queen, do., £5 ; Long Island do., £4 10s, bags included ; Superphosphate of Lime, 2G per cent, to 28 per cent., £G to £G 10s ; do., do., 3G petcent, to 38 per cent., £8 to £8 10s ; Hurst's Chemical Manure, £13 ; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 3.2 per cent., £S; do. do., 25 per cent., £G ; Corn Manure, £8 ; Root Manure, £8 10s ; Potato Manure, £8 10s; Bone Manure, £8; Grass Manure, £7 15s ; Boned ust, £S 10s. Flour Market. — Wholesale : Roller Flour, per ton, £14 15s; Superfine Flour, silk dressed, £13 10<; do., do., household, £12 10s, sacks free; Southern do., £11 5s to £12 ; Bran, per ton (sacks included), £G 10s; Sharps, £G ; Cabin Bread, do., £1G; Oatmeal, £13; Pearl Barley, do., £17 10s to £18.

Miscellaneous. — Kerosene, 130° test (duty paid), from Is 5d to Is 6d ; 150°_test (duty paid), Is 9d to Is _10d ; _ Lime, slacked, Is per bushel; Quick Lime (in stone). Is Gd to 2s; New Zealand Palings, sft., 7s 6d to 13s ; oft., 14s ; Ti-tree Rails, £2 10s to £4 per 100 ; Puriri Posts, £0 to £7; Shingles, 13s to 16s Gd per 1000; Hobart Palings, oft., 17s to 20s ; Oft., lSs to 21s ; Hobart Rails, 80s to 90s ; Wire, No. 0, £12 ; No. 7, £12 10s ; No. 8, £13 ; Barbed Wire, 30s per cwt. Buying and selling quotations.

Kauri Guh and Flax Market.— Sudplies for month to date, 300 tons. We quote prices: Fair Ordinary, £4f!; East Coast, £52 to £53 ; Superior Ordinary, free from swamp, £47 ; Flax, per ton, £14 to £17; Tow, do., £5 to £7; Fungus, per lb., to 3|d ; Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., 15s to 17s ; Beeswax, 7d to 9d per lb.