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Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2805, 5 July 1890, Page 2

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The Waik'ito Times Office, Friday. AUCKLAND MARKETS. Messrs A. Bix'ki.anh and Sons' Weekly REPORT. -At the Mayinai'kct. during the past week the sales have resulted as follows: — Hay, 2s :id to 3s 3d the ewt; oaten ■htMmvs 2' 3d to 2m 0d; straw, ICs to 20s the load ; ehalV, 3s lid. A good sample of Southern kidney potatoes, 4s 3d ; mai/.0, L'i !U1 ; oats, 2s to 2s 2d. At the hide and hkin sale on 'Tuesday, heavy ox sold at 3.', d t > l-;d : cows and light ox from l|d to 2.', d; cilf skins, 3d lo4id ; sheepskins, Is to lis •hi each ; station skins, 2s (id to 4s (id ; wool, spd to 7yd per lb; tallow, Ids (Id to 2(ls the cwt. At the horse sale on Friday, two colts sold at £11 and £12; heavy draught .tl'i 10s; gelding from Kaipara, 610; and hacks from £2 10s to £7 each. At the Pukekohe sale there was a large muster of cattle and a good attendance of buyers, almost everything being sold at prices satisfactory to the seller. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cows were at late values, good ones at their profit making from £3 to £5 15s. .Fat cattle were in usual numbers, 270 being sold. Steers were better worth. Boiling at fully 18s the lOOlbs, while fat cows were dull of sale at from 12s to 14s the lOOlbs. An average number of sheep were yarded, and sold irregularly, wethers making from 13s Gd to Ids (id ; fat ewes, 13s ; the advertised ewes, lis (id. Pigs were scarcer than for several weeks, with no improvement in value. Messes Hunter and Nolan's Weekly Report.—Horse feed, seeds, grain, etc. : The supply, although not largo, has been ample for the requirements of a steady demand. We quote : Peed oats, is lOd to 2s 2d per bushel ; maize, 3s to 3s 2d ; chaff, £2 10s to £2 15s per ton ; carrots, £1 10s per ton. Horses have been in fair supply and demand, without material change in value. Quite an average number wore disposed of by auction at the Durham Yards on Friday, and tho previous week's prices were fully sustained. We quote: Hacks, at from £3 to £10 10s; medium draught, £(i to £11 10s ; unbroken draught colts, £0 to £12 15s. Wool, hides, and skins: Average quantities met steady competition at the Durham Yards on Tuesday, and there remained an unsatisfied demand for extra heavy ox hides. Stout ox we quote at -Id to 4;, ! d per lb ; medium, 2Ad to 3UI ; light ox and cow, Id to lid : caff skins" 2.'.d to 4|d per lb ; sheep skins, country, 2s to 4s 4d each ; butchers', 3s to (is Id. Cattle: The supply has been a moderate one, and the demand steady, with littlo or no alteration in values of all descriptions, There was a short muster at Newmarket on Tuesday, but a good one at Papakura on Wodnesday. Competition was good for all sorts at the previous week's values. Some averages of fat steers w»re £1! 13s, £li ..-, f(i 3s (id, £5 14s, £5 0s (id ; cows, t'3 15s, £3 12s (id, £3 10s, £3 2s (id, £3. Shoep: liolow an average number were penned at Newmarket on Tuesday, but there was no advance in value. Wethers sold at from 13s to 15s Od : ewes, 10s 3d to 13s fid; lambs, 9s (id. Pigs: Rough small store pigs sold at nominal values, but fat pigs were in better demand at from 2d to 2,', d per lb, live weight. Mkssks Stone Buos.' Report.— Southern feed oats, 2s; black, 2s ; Danish, Is lid ; White Tartar, 2s 3d ; dim, 2s 2d ; local, Is 10.1 ; fowl wheat, 3s id ; maize, 3s ; crushed maize, 3s. Cliatf: Best oaten, 70s; bright straw (good) 50s. Flour: Bycroft's first quality, I'll 10s; superline, £11; Oolden Gem, fli'lOs; Diamond Dust, £11, Somerville's pure and guaranteed oatmeal, 25's, £10 ; bran. 70s ; sharps, 64 ; Southern hams and bacon, SVJ ; local hams and bacon, 7-'.d. Vinegar, Is 5d per gallon (casks inf. Tea: Coxes 15s; Is (id per lb; half-chests Indian, 2s per lb. Bonudn.it: Auckland Tallow Company's, .67 IDs; Runcorn, £7 10<: Sydney JI, £(> 10< ; Sydney Sl'.over A, U> 10; ; Ipswich, £7 ss; S. iindG. Pure. £7 ; " Farm.'.rs' Fiiend," ,£'l. Manil i rope, 8 I and (Id ; Europe rope, 7d ; Now /inland II ix rope, (id; comsacks, II by 21'..'.-, 7s per dozen ; Bycroft's biscuits, 11 to 101; currants, ..id ; pohutukaw.i le|l..e S 10 1 ; red gum felloes, 72s lid per 100 (pise, of 5) ; ir-mbaik spokes, 40s per IdO; mmbaik ; haft.-, (10 feet|, 12s per pair ; blue rem .-], .fU (10 feet), 101 per pair : blue. gum. I.v; per HID feet, koio s ■!!«( I, ibertv Li::h'. bi.iudl, Is I'll per gal l.ni ; col* i oil.::., HI : clo'hes lilies, from 3, (id to;:- lid per d../.eii. Silt ; P.la.-k horse brand, bee, ,';., :•■: ; ooiisc, 65. Cud and eel,,) : Ne.wr.s'le. J..; ; Queen,land and llreyoe.uth, li') . S Hinders and Gil herd's soaps, £12 ; chef baking powder, '.lb, 0s per dozen ; MeNi-h's i.icklos, Ss lid ; wattle bark, chopped, 610 ; ground, £11 ; liycrulVs cabin bread, lis per lOOib ; desiccated blood manure, 610.

Auckland produce markets. (i;, itxij.uwn. own <oi;Ki>:ro.\'Di-:NT.) Ai.tki.and, List Night.--There is little alteration tu report regarding this week's quotations. I'V.sh eggs, nli-litly more plentiful, Is per dozen, wholesale price; fresh butter, still at lid, Sd, and lOd, as last week ; potatoes, fetching from L' 3 10s to Ki |,m- t.in : cheese, good factory, old to <Ud ; lard i" bladders, .">',d. Flour market: Wholesale, l*cil roller Hour, first quality (suck"), fl) L'n ; second, £'J •""" : bran, £3 10s ; local sharps d ">": Southern oats, is to'J < Id: local wheat, tusean, :'.s ; maize, •Js 10 I to 3s ; beans, 3s .'id ; onions, C"> to i' 7 per ton. ____.