Commercial.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 575, 17 January 1882, Page 2

Commercial.

A UCTIONEERS' RKPI> UTS

Messrs 11. Mat-on and C". report on (lie Li* , " Slock Market, etc., for the wm Ie cndnir Thursday. Jaim-iry 12lh. 1882, as follows :—Although 1 lie nation] conclusion to arrive at (biking into consideration the lo\T prices of stock ns niliriirof Into) would he that our market supplies would i.ill of]', yet fmv, if any, anticipated so limited an t'ntrv o' , fit sheep wasprnmod .'it yesterday's Ad.l ng'n'i Kale. We should say that less than 1000 the number jiv.iiiHld" for butchers' purposes, and as tlie last few previous sales had been so i.arely supplied, '-(ho trade "we for the km.t part buyer-;, and the result was a scramble as to wlio would secure a pen. Jii iiiiiiiy instances we have to record an ••■U'lm-e in price of Is Gd to 2s Gi per head on previous Linen oK crossbred*-, which were last week turned on! un.-old at about !)■=, wold readily yesterday at fro 'ii 10s to 113 Gd. What may li'iw he expected is a, rush of sheep into tin- yards fora few weeks to come, meaning, of course, n reduction more than equal to the ri-e before mentioned. One of the great advantages to 1)3 gained hy a meat export trade would !>e an absence of this kind of thin-/, securing , to vendors something li!<" equal valui-'s I rom we j kto week, and lo llie Hade a certainty of being ahle lo !!!(-'t iht-'ir requirements in llie shape of Kn,)|ilic>. Fit lambs were in fair request, it! about Is per ho id lowerthan for several week-; pii>t. Moth the fat and store cattle sal« w s a complete '"drag v from beginning to end. and we have seldom experiiiiiff.l less dcuiiitid ant! inoie unsalisfactoiy i (.rices j'or \wrj jli:ti; n* and ion. !'ii h<; !<t.'<T- I'l'oiigbt" i' 7 10s to £8 ; I-'diu'ti ■A'-u-li'.s i'lui licilcrs. ill) 10m fo ';" 7, Id st.'u<-< tii>-i.' ■.'.-.-i.■ an a ■•■■:;rn ne rntry, .<'ii. ': (if ii-. ; ;-'i conditioned ■■■<]'.■■:■ ■: . r ; i;:. li.'it tiif " little miri that lias , , ~.,. ■■.:,!• pitst wvv.k lias given : ,■,;•<■'■' ir.vrjiivi'd values, which ' , n.- ■ ;.., i.i '.!■" f irli. !■!■.■/! "iK.- alter line were lii.i: ;;/ r uncoils, 'I.it: <; t> nljfy of Stock './•/.joe' iD.i Vv'( ;l'!i:<litv '::;»: composed— .■ij.'ji': t-liH'itf. 's' ; 'i lion'"' V'! '"'iii , , •'Uγi ;>"J pig»« ':'. ■■■ '.I, 1.,-,!.:- i ..-,r.i <.k>. report : — ':': .. .:;(.-. .in iivt-M'/,'- .'ti'.'iuiuiir.'e of Uγ. -.. .' i> v ■•„■■:'.''-'Xj t-:al>.; <>'■' :;!;;-T-jjFki)is. !:•■!.i o i i'i)".!r-.;iny in our iyew Z\-ni;md v.'(V"- .-.iocs. O>ir '. oisiprised 'J iMjl -k:;M of vnriouH doH'.-ription:-:, The i!..,nii,| was spiritii.i, oaiiriiMg an impro--vi- '><>!if, in th.i prices I'or ia;ni>skiiui and (.■■.■lt-; a.-i coutjw t;d with las'; wee'e's wale. Lmil»;-,kins, larf.'i'j 2-a to 2-s4d ; do, medium, 1 ; (51 lo 2« ; do, small, Is 2.! to Is Gd. ;'.' 'v \.\ v.:<} ii'id (■">r!y shorn. Is 7d, Is 10d, '■■ ■■■ ; (■:<.;. medium, lid, Is ;sd, Is 7d ; do, small and late shorn, [>\], 3d, lid. Country cross..rcl, 5s .'3d, o- Sd, Gs ; do do. medium. 2s 2d. 4-s Id. 3d ; i!o ,!(.!, siii'id and inferior, Is Gd. Is 10, 2s lid ; do niMri :o, o-, os 5d., s;s G.i ; do do. s».'oiif! qu-.lity. ;>d, '.U od, 4m 2d, 5s ; Fat ari<i Trillow—7!) pkj;s were .•U;d all soid. Tin trade was we'l repre-γ-m;'.'"!. Fat. bi-sl: qunlily. clean .■ihii well sdv:.:!. Lo 2j I p-'i - !b ; yacond quniiiy, from Hd io 2d per Ib ; heaU-d and inferior, n'uio to hand. Tallow in small lots, quality, fivun 2d to per ib ; medium, do do,' HI to 2d per lit. Hides, sound, at < 4d p ; :r "Ib, and 4£il per Ib for a line of heavy hides ; hide's, damaged, weighing- j : syihs i,n.i over, at ,'sd nor ib ; do do do, . under ;';•"*/bs, rd :'hd fic'r H>. Cill'skins not ' i .sold. Vv'ooi—On.- third sale of \\u* sctsuti . will be held !<os ; ;ively on Tuesdny next, ] i 17th iti'»t., a;-; ;,:r«j--i.ly ad v-rtiVa. ! .: