DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. MESSRS. Wright, Stephenson and Co. report as follows :—:—

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 43, 23 February 1894, Page 13

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. MESSRS. Wright, Stephenson and Co. report as follows :—: —

A small number of horses came forward for onr sale on Saturday, and, no doubt owing to there having been a tpecial sale held tbe day before the attendance was smaller than uaual. The entry comprised about equal numbers of draught and light-harness horses, of which a fair number changed bands. The demand, however, for all classes was dull, and low values was the rule for those which were sold. Next Sunday, at 10 o'clock sharp, we shall hold a special sale of Shetland ponies from the estate of Mr A. A. M' Master ; and on Monday, owing to Saturday being a race day, our weekly sale of horses will be held. Wa quote : For first-class draughts (extra-heavy), L 25 to L3O ; for good ordinary draughts, (young), LlB to L 22 ; for medium draughts, Ll2 to Ll6 : for aged draughts, L 6 to LlO ; for good h»cks and harness horses, Ll2 to Ll6 ; for medium backs and harness horses, L 7 to L 9 ; for light and inferior backs and harness horse?, L 2 10s to L 5.

Mb F. Mkenan. King street, reports :— Wholesale price only — Oats: Feed, Is 9d to Is lid; milling, 2s, demand good. Wheat: Milling, 2e 81 to 2s 101 ; fowls' wheat, 2s 4d to 2i 7d. Chaff: Inferior to medium, 303 to 45s ; good to prime, £3 15s to £4 5s Hay : oats, £3 0s ; ryegrass, £2 ss. Potatoes : Kidneys, £1 15s to £2 15s. Flour : Stone, £6 10s to £7 0s ; roller, £7 15s to £8 oi< Oatmeal, 251bs, £10 10s ; bulk, £10 os. Butter, fresh, 6d, 7d to9d j salt, 6d, poor demand Eggs, lb Id per di zen (market bare.)

The Duke of Devonshire, late Lord Hartingtoo, an inveterate anti-Home Ruler, is about to sell a number of bis farms on bis Irish estate to the occaping tenants, under the provisions of tbe Land Parcbase acts. The farms comprise 8,124 tores in County Oork, and 3,326 acres in County Waterford. The Duke is thoroughly alive to his own interest in this affair. He realises that the valne of land in Ireland is rapidly falling, and would gladly dispose of his interest in the remainder of his estate if the tenants would buy. He baa In bis possession 32,550 acres of land in Oork, and 27,483 acres in tbe County of Waterford, the latter embracing the beautiful scenery at Lismore and along the romantic river called tbe Blackwattr.