Commercial Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 46, 18 November 1867, Page 285

Commercial Intelligence.

CUSTOMS REVENUE. The following are the Customs Receipts at the Port of Napier for:the week-ending Friday. 15th November:—

AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MABKET. • MB. A. BUCKLAND’S WEEKLY REPORT. Bth November. There has been no material alteration in the values of grazing stock during the bast "week,.but the tendency continues,to lower rates, and'large numbers of cattle are brought. forward at each succeeding sale. Prime qualities of fat cattle have fallen 2s 6d, and middling qualities fully 5s the 1001 b. ' ’ Unshorn long-woolled ewes and lambs brought 30s and 31s, the couple; hoggets, in their wool, 22s 6d and..24s each; fat sheep are easier in price about Is per head, but fat lambs were not offered so plentifully, and were better worth 2s to 4s per head, bringing from 12s to 19s each. At the wool sale, held yesterday, there.wus a full attendance of buvers. Sixty-six bales and thirteen hags were offered; of which number; twelve were, withdrawn. Locks and pieces brought froiri 2£d to 7d per lb; skin wool, lOd; dirty merino wool from the coastWorought from 5f to 7%d; half-bred and long wool (unwashed), from 9d to ll$d; washed wool from,l2id to the Greater part bringing from 14d to 14$d per lb. The whole of the above lots were in small parcels—not more tuan three bales. For a lot of nine bales Is 3d was offered, and the wool was withdrawn. One lot, of flax; about one ton, brought £2O, and, if more in quantity had been offered there would have been ‘ a better sale for it. W. HUNTER AND CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT. 11th October. We have to Teport that on Saturday last horses were plentiful, and sold at'low. prices; a few good hacks realised from £7 to £8 10s. There were no good draught horses in the market.' . On'Monday, at Newmarket, there was a fair show; of .cattle, chiefly store stock. Dairy cows were plentiful, and sold from £9los to £lllos ; backward springers, from £7los to £8 10s ; three-year-old steers, £7 5s to £8 10s: two-year-old steers, £4 2s 6d to £5 10s; yearlings, £2 10s to £3 10s.

Fat Cattle.—There was rather a short market hut those in,were of good quality, and sold readily' at about 40s the 1001 b. ‘ •

Sheep Market;.—There was' a fair number of sheep penned, of good quality, and all sold. Halfhreds fr6m '£l 3s to £1 12s 6d. Some fat'halfbred ewes sold from £l4s 6d to £llls 6d. Lambs sold from. 6s 6d to 14s 6d., Merinoes. from 18s 6d to2os. - “ Pigs were plentiful, and all in sold.

ptahuhu, Sale.—There was a large number oj store stock in two-year-old- steers, which realised from £4 lOs to £5.. , A pair of , working bullocks sold for £8 ss. Some yearling heifers realised £3168. ' Some store cows sold from £5 to £7.' : Papakura Sale.—There was a large, number of store cattle. Dairy cows sold low, from 1 £7 to £9; yearling heifers, £3. to £3.105; yearling steers, £2.65 ( to, £3; two-year-old steers, £4 to £5 15s; three-year-old-steers, £6 15s to £7 10s, A good number of horses sold at low rates.

Duties £520 8 7 Pilotage . ' 2 8 0 Deposits on sights 18 0 0 Total £540 16 7