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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume V, Issue 263, 10 May 1865, Page 2

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OTAGO. MESSES DRIVER, MACLEAN, AND CO’S MONTHLY LIVE STOCK, STATION, AND WOOL REPORT. April 18. The past month’s transactions in Stock do not show any material change in prices, and we still have to report an extremely inactive demand for every description except for young breeding ewes and lambs, which are saleable at our quotations. Live Stock. The following arrived by sea during the month:— Hydra, from Newcastle, 184 cattle, 144 sheep, 65 pigs Bengal, . „ 93 „ 54 ~ 108 „ Jane Lockhart, Sydney 09 ~ A. W. Stevens, Newcastle 34 „ Fat Stock. —Both Cattle and Sheep are difficult of sale, except at very low rates, which is caused more by the inclination of holders to force sales, than" any excess of. supply in the Province, and so long as this system continues we cannot expect a healthy demand. We have no advice of any Cattle being on shipboard for tins market, and have reason to think that there will In; no further importations for some time to come, as every shipment,- so far, has resulted in a loss to the importer. Fat Cattle. —A greatermunb rof Cattle have been yarded than the market wouln bear, conseduently sales could only be effected at very low rates; we, however, think there must be an improvement in tho value of this class of stock ere long, at the same time we do not look for former high prices. Sales during the month ranged from £G to £ls, governed more by the quantity yarded than the quality and weigt it. We disposed of upwards of 200 head from the runs of Messrs Thomson Bros., John Treweek, 11. S. Thomson and others.