STOCK AND STATIONS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 92, 5 June 1877, Page 2

STOCK AND STATIONS.

At the Addington Saleyards on Wednesday, 5100 sheep and 179 head of cattle came to hand. Ihe sheep consisted chiefly of croas-breds, with a small proportion of merinos. Prime butchers' cross-breda realised 14s 9d per head ; good do, from, 13s 9d to Hs 3d ; second do, 12s. Owing to the dullness of the bidding- in the early part of the day, several lines of good quality cross-breds were passed in, but towards the close of the sale the competition was more animated, and prices ranged quite equal to last week's rates.

The cattle penned consisted.principally of three parts fat steers and heifers. One or two good quality lots changed hands , at 27s 6(1 per 100 lbs three-year-old steers and heifers (mixed) realised from £8 to £8 5s per head ; two-year-old do, from £5 io £7 10s. One line of station stores came forward in fair condition, but Ovving to their being a little wild, purchasers fought shy of them. Large framed bullocks, six" and seven years old, brought £5 per head ; cows, £5 12s 6d ; two-year-old heifers, £5 each.

Messrs H. Matson and Co. report on the live stock market, &c, for the week end ing Friday, May 31, as follows:—Addington : 179 cattle and 5100 sheep were penned oit for the week's supply ; the quality of the stock to hand was good, and sales were made witli less trouble than in«the proceding week. Onr entries comprised 97 cattle and 2549 sheep for various owners; and we sold nearly every line of cattle and all the sheep. The demand for beef was better than in the previous week; and the price obtained for good forward conditioned steers was satisfactory. Lα sheep our principal lines were 250 cross-bred, 2 and 4 tooths, at 12s 3d ; 319 do at 9s to 9s 9d ; 100 do at 14s 9d ; 230 at 12s ; 187 at 8s 6d 140 do at 12s 6d; 187 do at 12s 9d and 13s 3d ;, and sundry lines of ordinary descriptions at good values . At Leeston on Friday last we held our usual monthly sale there was a fair entry of cattle and sheep, and the prices obtained were satisfactory. Sheepskins, hides and tallow: A good entry was catalogued on Thursday at our skin yards, and the prices obtained were satisfactory, about equal to last week's rates. At Tattersall's on Saturday last 90 horses were catalogued ; the stamp of the stock offered being of only ordinary quality, biddings were not as brisk as nsual We succeeded in selling £800 worth at about last quotations. In lands, we held a most important auction, on account of Mr. W. Wilson, on Monday last. The lands

submitted comprised the whole of that central block known as " Wilson's Garden," fronting on Cashel, Lichfield. Manchester* and Madras streets, and a new street called " Bedford Eow." We sold 16 sections, fronting on Cashel street, ranging from £200 to £245 each, averaging £209 12a 6d each; 15 sections, fronting on Lichfield street, from £175 to £200, averaging £182 each ;31 sections, fronting on Bedford Row, from £130 to £190, averaging £162 10s lid each. We also sold 35 sections out of that plot below Barrett's Hotel, having frontages on Ferry road and other Btreets, sold fron £70, £180, to £510 each the total sale realising £14, 355105.