HAWKE'S BAY STOCK AND STATION REPORT, OCTOBER, 1881.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3230, 5 November 1881, Page 3

HAWKE'S BAY STOCK AND STATION REPORT, OCTOBER, 1881.

We hare had a most genial winter, and a generally good lambing. This, combined "~ with a very active demand from other provinces for store stock, and our own largelyincreased carrying capabilities, has given great confidence to runholders. The late high home quotations for tallow have also had a strong influence in advancing the price of store sheep already bought largely for delivery aftef shearing. Cattle have also shared in the general advance, and are firm ttfc ilndemoted quotations. There hate.been vague proposals about starting a tneat-freez-ing company bub nothing definite has been attempted towards forming a company. The good price of tallow and encouraging demand for store sheep remove any possible anxiety about the disposal of surplus stock, although it is expected this weaning will give 750,000 or thereabout addition to our flocksi ... In Station Property, though en quiries are increasing, little actual business has been done. Several offers for properties of importance have been made, but in nearly all cases, at some difference under sellers' ideas, and the latler are getting more and more firm; indeed it is much more probable that coon an advance may be looked for in price , rather than any fail, as the prices oi station property here at present, are very low compared with those obtained three years ago. I have lately sold four-fifths interest in the Tβ Haroto run, 130,000 acres leasehold, rent £210, 12 years unexpired, with 14,000 sheep and plant, at rate of £15,000 for the whole, to Messrs Anderson & Co., and half interest in Waikari run, 20,000 acres, rent £130, 14 years unexpired, with 7,500 sheep, at rate of £8000 for the whole, to Mr George Bee, the owner of the other half interest. At my sale of the Moteo and Korokipo estates on the 25th in3t. there was a good attendance. The bidding was spirited, the whole of the sections being disposed of at the following prices per acre : —No. 1, 251 acres, £16, Mr" Gh H&ilopS 2,192 acres, £12 10s, Mr P. Pamsay; 3, 163 "acres, £13 10s; Mr D. Kirkpatrick; 3A, 145 acres, £13, Mr Horace Baker; 4, 170 acres, £13, Mr George Bee; 4a, 117 acres, £13, Mr H. Baker; 5, 61 acres, £22, Mr J. A. Newbould; 6, 294 acres, £15, Mr John Begg, 6a, 167 acres, £17, Mr T. A. Shirley ; 7,172 acres, £13, Mr O. B. Hoadley; 8, 73 acres, £12 10s, Mr M'Keown; 9, 1261 acres, £7, Mr W. Heslop; 10, 539 acres, £8 10s, Mr W. Heslop ; 10a, 76 acres, £26, Mr T. Foreman ; 11, 1000 acres, £8, Mr W. Heslop ; 12, 829 acres, £10, Mr W. Hesolp; 13, 359 acres, £15, Mr John Anderson, sen.: 13a, 241 acres, £11 10s, Mr John Anderson, sen.; 14, 133 acres, £14, Mr W. Heslop. Total amount of sale, £67,794. Mr Tanner has sold his Mount Erin estate, 17 miles from Napier, containing 4333 acres, freehold, with 15,000 Lincoln longwool sheep in the wool, 5000 of these being ewes with lambs at foot, for the sum of £40,000 etg., Mr M. E. Miller is the purchaser. There are several freehold and leasehold properties now in negotiation. Present quotations for stock are as . under J — Sheep.—Store merino wedders, 2 and 4 tooth, 7s, 6-tooth, 6s ; ewes, few offering, 2-tooth 9s, 4-tooth Bs, 6 and fresh 8-tooth 6b ; crossbred, fat wedders, 10s 6d to lie ; store do., 2, 4, and 6-tooth. In conjunction with my Waipawa branch firm, Messrs M. R. Miller and Potts, I have already placed for future delivery over 22,000 of this class, at prices ranging from 7s to 9s each ; ewes, same class", prices range from 8s to 14s, according to quality. There was only a small attendance at the sale of the Moteo Lincoln sheep on the 28th instant, but though the competition was limited the whole of the ewes were sold at fairly satisfactory prices. All the ewes were sold in the wool, and in good condition ; 26 rams wore sold. The only lots passed were 55 rams. The prices realised were as under : —l9 ewe hoggets to Mr Lyon at 253 each ; 176 4-tooth ewes, with 141 lambs given in, to Mr Anderson at 21s each ; 310 4-tooth ewes at 15s, and 600 ewe hoggets at 12s, to Mr Anderson ; 680 6 and 8-tooth ewes, with 500 lambs, to Mr "William Heslop, at 17s each; and 68 choice ewes, with 55* lambs, at 265, to Mr Anderson. Stud sheep—l have to report a valuable acquisition to the already high class Eiverslea Lincoln flock, viz :— the purchase by Mr Tanner of the whole of the pure Lincoln ewe flock belonging to the late Philip Eussell, Esq., of Timaru, in number 130, price £1987 10s, delivered at Timaru. These sheep are considered the most valuable of their class in the southern hemisshere —three rams and three ewes ordered for the same flock from Mr Vessey are also to be handed over to Mr Tanner on their arrival from England at cost price. Cattle. —Eat, 22s 6d per 1001b ; store steers, 1 2 and 3-year old, £3 155., £5, and £6 15s, respectively, may be taken as the average rate at which Messrs Miller and Potts, with myself have place about 850 head during the nast six weeks • female store stock average £1 to 25s per head under above rates ; dairy cows, £7 to £10 each. Horse Stock. —There is a moderate demand for medium draught at £25 to £30; heavy do., £50 to £60 ; light harness, £15 to £20; good hacks, £20 to £25 ; useful do., £10 to £12 ; light do., £5 to £7: Wool.—Shearing operations have commenced on several stations, and a good clip, though light in grease, is expected. Several growers intend shipping a portion of their clips to Melbourne, with a view of comparing that with the home market. The shipments from this to Melbourne in the earlier part of last season, were very satisfactory, and Messrs Goldsbrough and Co.'s telegraphic report of last Wednesday's]}sales wrs §n^oqraging—" Catalogued. 16,60Q balea.

> yesterday. Crowded attendance. Spirited i competition. Greasy value 8d to 14$ d. I Sold 10,000 bales." Our annual show, he! 4. at Hastings on 12th I and 13fch insfc., was a marked improvement on any of the last three years, the total entries being 534 against 401 in 1880. The ( increase was greatest in sheep,_ cattle and horses, and it was most gratifying to learn from competent judges that'in every respect there is a marked advance in merino exhibits, 1 hitherto our weakest feature. Our Lincolns could not be excelled, even in their own country, and the shorthorn cattle wore as heretofore of the highest class. The only feature to be regretted was the paucity of exhibits of farm produce : —we trust to see greater attention bestowed in inducing this valued class of settlers to take a livlier interest in a society, founded as much for their benefit as for its pastoral supporters. M. R. MniEE, Stock and Station Agent, Auctioneer, &c. Napier, N.Z., 31st October, 1881.