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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1026, 20 August 1883, Page 2

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\,-f f- * " t Ashburton Guardian Office^ Monday afternoon, -ref'. ; -Si The Sydney Markets. 7,![,. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, limited, report of the - Sydney maikets, under date Aug g, as fol*y ‘ lows Wool : A few parcels of scoured have been offered within the past few days, and prices show some little improvement, first K-V- combing making up to 21 per lb, and first clothing — Sheepskins : The better descriptions meet with good competition at late rates, but medium and inferior qualities are decidedly easier.—Tallow : This market exhibits no material change, all parcels coming forward being readily quitted at the following rates Best mutton up to L 37 ; best beef up to L 35 105 ; medium and inferior, L3O to L 32 10s. —Butter : There is no improvement in prices, though we are now gradually moving our stocks. The figures will doubtless be disappointing to consignors, but in the face of the large quantities which have been poured into the market, no other result could have been anticipated.—Potatoes; This market, . which exhibited some signs of weakness when we issued our last circular, fell rapidly on the - arrival of the s.s. Tarawera and Hauroto, and 1 /} per ton became the ruling quotation. Bayers have operated pretty freely at this . • figure,* but there are still large stocks on hand ; and unless, therefore, consignors are prepared to accept this price, or possibly some slight advance, we recommend their withholding ■ l Shipments lor the next two or three weeks, by which time, we think, some improvement may be looked for.—Oats : Consignments of feed qualities to hand have met with fait competition, at from 2s 3d to 2s ?d per bushel.

Alfred Harrison reports his weekly sale as follows Saturday, August 18: Several i;i L light draughts and hacks were sold, but prices unimportant. No cows were entered, though '* : i they were enquired for. Pigs sold well, all lots being cleared. Fowls, 2s to 3s 3d P er pair; ducks, 4s 6d to 5s 3d per pair. Implements, Wood’s reaper and binder, ploughs, Cambridge roller, harrows, etc., sold at fair rates. Harness sold very well. Carcase r >.* ; pork, 2#d to lb. Produce—Potatoes: 1 -Kidneys, L 6 per ton ; Blue Derwent, 50s to gjSipef ton; carrots, 30s per tan ; chick wheat, to 3s per bushel ; oats, 300 bushels short, rAXJ is 4d, long is 6d per bushel; tea, 21s guaranteed. Sundries sold well, there being a very large attendance, v , t. Mr ly Bullock reports of the Horse Market ■'"' for the week ending Saturday, August 18: 'There was a large attendance of settlers, and "’ar horses were brought forward for the day’s ii, i«fle. ! Anything like good useful farm horses sold at full market rates, but for hacks and

light harness horses there was little competir- tiop. . Out of those entered II were sold as ,J follows—Medium draughts suitable for farm " ; work, Ll 3 10s to L 24 1 os; a three-year-old, .■■■' L 24 l os ; inferior draughts, L 7 5 s to Ul2 10s ; . . hacks and light harness horses of an inferior description, L2 15s to Ls ss. Oats, inferior and'Slightly damaged by wet, is 4d per bushel; seed oats, up to 2s. —Landed propei ties, also Borough leases: I offered the leasehold of ~ several Borough reserves, but only one was ... sold, viz., part of T.S. 91 having a frontage ' * of about 40ft on East street, which brought a rental of L2S per annum for the first five years, with an increase of 5° P er every seven years after up to twenty-one years. Out of the landed properties oftered, one changed hands viz., lot 44, bn East ' Town Belt, containing! rood 8 perches, at L3O 10s.