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Mr Binney, Auckland, October 10, reports Oamaru flour at Lls ; Dunedin, Ll4 ; Canterbury, Ll3 ; oats, ss; bran L 6 10s; pollard, L 6 10s ; wheat, 5s 96. ; butter, 8d ; cheese, S^d ; potatoes, L 3 10s j maize, 7s 6d ; kauri, 9s 6d to 16s — market dull. Mrßuckland, Auckland, October 10, reports ship-borne cattle lower at 24s per lOOlbs ; fat sheep, short, at 5d ; lambs, 17s to 21s. Christchurch, October 9. — There is no change in the grain market. Scarcely anything doing. Wheat, 4s 9d ; oats, 4s 6d ; barley (nominal), 6s 9d ; flour, Lll 10s to Ll2 10s extra f. o. b. at Lyttelton ; bacon and hams, 8d to B£d ; butter, 7d to 7Ad ; cheese, do ; potatoes, 20s to 255 ; mutton, 3d to 3£d ; beef, 20s to 22s 6d. Messrs Royse, Stead & Co., report the markets unaltered. Flour, Lll 10s, sacks ; 12s bags ; at mills, wheat, 5s ; oats, 4s 6d f. o. b. ; butter, Sd to 9d. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co. report for the week ending 11th October: Fat cattle extra prime quality 353 per lOOlbs; fair middling quality, 13s to 27s 6d per lOOlbs. Fat sheep half brcde, 19s 6d each ; quote prime quality half-bred 4d per lb ; ditto, meriaos, 34d to 3£d. Fat lambs, 14s each. Fine lots on hand for sale, for which we anticipate a good demand in the course of another month. Bullocks, three to four years old, L 4 to L 4 10s ; spayed cows, L 3 to L 3 10s; mixed lots, L 3 10s. Horses— There is a good demand^ for draught stock and ligbt harness horses. First-class draughts L 55 to L7O ; medium do., L 25 to L3O ; medium do., LlB to Ll7 ; light and iuferior, L4to L 7. Half-bred green skins, 6s to 6s Sd each ; do., dry station skins, 2s 7d to 5s 3d each; merino green skins, 4s lOd each ; merino dry skins, 2s Id to 3s 2d each. Hides continue in good demand. Medium weights, at 19s 6d to 21s each; small and iuferior, 15s 6d to 17s 3d. Grain — W e have no alteration to report ie our grain market. Business being limited to local requirements, there has not been much doing this week. We quote first-class samples of wheat at from 5s 3d to 5s 6d per bushel ; inferior ditto, 4s 9d to ss. Oatsfeed, 4s 2d ; milling, 43 4d to 4s 6d per bushel. Auckland, October 13. — Mr Sauuders report- buyers of shares as follows :— Bank of New Zealand, Ll6 10s ; South British Insurance, L 2 ss; National Bank, L 2 7s ; Caledonian, Ll2 ss: Union Beach, LI 6s fid. Mr Saundors reports sellers of City of London shares at Ll 8s 6d, and Cure shares at S3 6d. Chbistchubch, October 10. — National Insurance shares m great; demand here. 15s premium offered.