Commercial.

Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1569, 21 April 1874, Page 190

Commercial.

AUCKLAND. Live Stock Market. Mr. Alfred Buckland's Hepotit (Week ending April 10.) —At the Haymarket, on Saturday last, fodder was. in moderate supply and in good demand, at a slight advance over last values—it brought 4/6 to (!/ the cwt. The heavy draught colts by Prince Arthur were freely bid for, aud realized £6?, and £59 respectively. Buggy, horse, and harness, £GO. The grass laud Ki/(i per acre, Two-year-old colts and fillies, £l7 to £3O each ; aged draught, £ll to il'22 10/ ; riding horses, £0 to £l4 each. At Rcmuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle were indifferently represented, and in good demand. Store cattle in moderate numbers, and fairly enquired for at late values. Fat cattle in average numbers —1.'7 penned, but generally of small size ; they were of good quality, and in steady request, at a slight advance over last week's values. Sheep market unusually full, but late prices sustained. Prices given were—Dairy cows, £5 10/ to £9 5/ ; dry cows, 30/ to £4 2'G ; calves, If,/ to 27/; yearlings, 40/ to 45/ ; two to three-year-old heifers, £3 to £3 10/ ; fat cattle, 24/ to 27l the lOOlbs. ; merino wethers, -|2-J the lb. ; long woolled wethers. -/4 the lb. ; ewes, -/3,' ( the lb. ; lambs, 12/ to 17! each. Pigs plentiful, and slightly lower in value ; wcl' bred animals, at -/3, coarse pigs, -/2.\ the lb. Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Rkpoiit—Horses: As is usual the holidays had a damaging effect on the market. The auction sale was held on Saturday instead of Friday, but the entries were scarcely up to the average. There was a tolerable demand, and nearly all in were disposed of: hacks at from £7 to £ll 15/; light draught horses from £l3 to £l7 10/. Cattle: The Newmarket Yards wok well filled with store and fat stock, aud dairy cows were tolerably represented as to numbers, but of very inferior description. The bidding was tolerably spirited throughout. Weaned cattle fiolci from 35/ to 38/ ; yearlings from £2 to £2 12/0 ; two and three-year-old steers from £3 10/ to £5 11/ each ; beef from 22/ to 26/ per 1001 b. Sheep were in excellent supply, and consequently prices had a downward tendency, but some well-fatted Taranaki sheep maintained last week's rates at per lb. Some good lambs, also from Taranaki, sold at from 14/ to 18/. Stores : Loug-woolled ewes, realized 22/6 each ; ewe lambs,'* 16/ to 19/' We quote mutton -/3-J to -/4 per lb. Pigs : supply short, demand good. CO M MEROIA L TEL RGB A MS. AUCKLAND. 17th April. The Markets.—Mr Binney reports the market firm. Cvts, 5/6 ; barley, 5/6 ; wheat) 6/ to 0/3 ; maize, 7/0 ; bran, £7 10/; pollard, £7 ; potatoes, £5 5/ to £5 10/ ; hams and bacon, -/10 to -/ll; rye grass, 5/ to 5/6 ; flour, Oamaru, £l4 ; malt, 9/. WELLINGTON. 17th April. The Markets.—Potatoes, wholesale, £3 10/per ton. Butter, 1/2 per lb. Flour, from £l2 to £l4 per ton ; none in stock. Maize and oats scarce. CHRISTCHURCH.' \ 17th April • The Markets. There has beeu very little done in the grain market during the past week. Wheat, buyers shy, 4/3 to 4/6 ; oats, good local demand, outside demand slackened, 4/2 to 4/4 ; barley, much required, 5/ to 5/3 ; flour, in sack, £l2 9/ ; in 1001 b, bags, £l2 10/; iu 50 lb. bags, £l3 10/ extra on board. Oatmeal, £25 ; grass seed, dull, 4/3 ; potatoes are not ripe enough for shipment, several lots have been sold for early delivery. £3 ; cheese, -/6 ; butter, dull; no bacon ; hams, 1/. DUNEDIN. 18th Aprih Markets.—Oats, 4/3 to 4/6 ;, maize, 5/1;

u ew potatoes, 7/ to 8j per cwt.; bacon, Sj : oatmeal, 23/ ;'hay, £7 to £7 10/ per ton. LONDON. Money is less in demand, but.firm. stock market is improving, and''it is bended that the-dearness of money is subsid ' ing. The March trade returns show a continual reduction in thecxports. In the corn market, there is a stroug upward tendency.; Adelaide wheat, 66/ to 67/; f10ur,,46/to 48 2801bs - • ' , . :v NEWYORK. Bth April. The Senate has voted an increase of greenbacks for national bank circulation, to the extent of §800,000,000. .This inflation,.of, the currency has met with opposition.