STOCK SALES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 56, 15 November 1907, Page 3

STOCK SALES.

The New Zealand L,oaq and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report as follows ; Qn Tuesday, the sth inst, at Ohaupo, we yarded 500 head of cattle, when everything sold at current prices, except one pen of 18-month steers. Three and a-half-year steers in low condition realised £5 19 s t0 £6 6s ; 2 to 2%-year steers £3 12s 6d to £4 /s 6d ; 18-month steers £2 12s to £3 3s ; mixed yearlings £2 2s to £2 Qs empty quiet 2-year lieifers £3 3's ' to £3 9,3 ; fresli co\ys an'd he'ifers £2 19,s to £3 7s 6clstore clow.s £-1 i§s to £2 10s; springing heifers gpp#fows near '£§ 15s to £7.' Sheep—Ages ewes aps lambs £1 is. Pigs.—Weaner pigs jbs 6,d to l§s, At Pukeroro, on Wednesday, November 6th, we held a clearing sale of live and dead stock, on behalf of Mv John May, and report a very successful sale. Two and a-half to 3year steers realised £5 5 s > 18-month steers £3 7s 6d ; yearling steers £2 13s ; heifers £2 8s ; empty quiet heifers £3 5s ; 4 dairy cows newly calved £lO 5s to £l2 10s ; 2 springers £8 and £9 ss. Horses.— Medium draught geldings £39 to £4O ; active draught mare £33; harness mare £24 ; buggy mare £l7 ios ; ponies £4 5s to £7 15s ; 2-year active draught colts £l4 ios to £l7. All farm implements, waggons, ; etc.?sold'well. 1 ' ' 1 ,l ""

The Government intends tQ give a b.oiW?of£i9P,gU"iOQQ tons marketable are produced from ores mined and smelted in New Zealand on or before June 30, 1909* If a second lOOQ tons are produced between July I, 1909, and June 30, 1910, the bonus payable will be £SOO, and if a third 1000 tons be produced in the following year a similar amount will be paid.