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Alfred Buckland & Sons*, Sales, —,— | lessis Alfred Buckland and Son eport:— On Wednesday, October 16th ; at mr weekly Westfield fat stock mar:et our supply of fat cattle numbered 106 head. The demand was less keen han the last few markets, and, gensrally, values declined about 10s head, choice ox sold to LI lls, prime LI 7 s ;o Ll 9s ; cows and heifers, Ll Is to Ll 6s ; steers ranged in price from L 8 10s to Lls 17s 6d; cows and aeifers, L 4 10» to L 9 10s. Fat and young calves came forward in full numbers and sold readily, prices being slightly firmer. Kunners, L 4 to L 5 15s; heavy suckers, £3 to £3 18s ; choice medium suckers Ll 18s bo L 2 15s, light Ll 3s to Ll 15s, small and fresh-dropped 4s to 18s (95 sold). The sheep pens were moderately filled, There was an improved demand and values were firmer. Prime heavy wethers Ll 4s to Ll 6s, no extra heavy penned, shorn 18s to Ll, medium to heavy, woolly, Ll to Ll 3s 6d; best heavy ewes Ll Is to Ll 3s 6d, good 169 to Ll, others 12s 6d to 15s 6d (1425 sold). Spring lambs, of which there were 289, sold freely. Best heavy, Ll to Ll 2s 9d, good 15s to 19s 6d, smaller 12s to 14s 6d, weedy 9s6dtolls6d. Pigs of all classes were represented; and prices remain well inf avour of vendors. Choppers, L4Bs to L 4 15s; large baooners L 3 12s to L 4 ss, lighter L 3 3s to L 3 10s j large porkere, L 2 10s to L 3 Is, emailer Ll 14s to L2Bs ; large store pigs, Ll 10s to Ll 15s; slips Ll 5s to Ll 9s : well bred weaners, to Ll 6s ; other weaners, 16s toLl ; suckers, 9s to 13s (246 sold). THE N\Z. LOAN AND. MEKCAiSITILE AGENCY CO Ltd. » . New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency report: — At Westfield yards on "Wednesday, fat cattle came forward in usual numbers, and sold at fully last week's quotations, best oxen selling io 32s per 1001b ; steers sold at from L 7 to Ll2 12s 6d; cows and heifers, L 4 10s to LlO 17s 6d. Veal pens were well filled, and sold at- late rates. Heavy vealers sold at from L 3 3s to L 3 18s, medium weights L 2 to L 3, others 20s to 355, lighter sorts and fresh dropped 5s to 15s. Sheep came forward in large numbers, and improved in price. Best wethers sold at from 25s 6d to to 28s, others 20s 23s f>d ; unfinished wethers, 16s to 20s ; shorn wethers, ]Ss 3d to 21s 9d ; heavy ewes, 20s to 23s 6d, others 16s to 19s. A draft of 350 fat wethers from Maungaturoto averaged 27s 7d each ; hop-gets, 15s 6d to 20s. Spring lambs came forward in good supply, and sold at late high rates. Large baconers, L 2 17s 6d to L 3 10s ; baeouers, L 2 5s to L 2 15s ; porkerb, Ll 10s to L 2 3s ; slips, Ll to 25s ; weaners, 17s 6d to 19s. The New Zealand Loau and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited and Reduced, reports as follows :—We submitted and sold large catalogues of hides, skins, and tallow on Tues-> day, competition being brisk for all lines offering. Hides : Market brisk, witJi good inquiry from tanners and shippers. Wo quote : Extra stout ox V.^d to B]<3, stout ox 7}d to 7 Ad, medium ox Oj-ci to 7.\d, light ox 6U\ to 0;](l ; cows, choice lints 7d to 7£d. good 6;,! dto 6£d, medium fi|d to figd, inferior 5;,! d to 6d ; stags, s)d to s|d ; kips, (5-kl to 6;j'd ; calfskins, best to IQd, good 7M to B}d, cut and damaged hides, 2Jjd to 5 4 k1. Sheepskins : Maiket advanced. Best butchers' skins, picked 8s to (Js 7d ;21 special skins made 9s 7d, good lines 6s (id to 7s 6d, medium 5s 3d to 6s 9d, small 3s 9d to -is 6d, lambskins Is to Is 4d ; country, dry and woolly skin 3, largo to 8a tjd, medium 4s Gd to 5s 6d, suiali Is to 3s. Tallow : Market firm. Best mixed to 28s, good 25s tsd to 26s (3d, inferior 23s to 24s 3d; rough fat, lj-d to 2d per lh. Bones, Lo. Cowtails, Is 8d dozen. Horsehair. Is 9.1 dto Is Hid Oates : la good demand at 2s lid ex store. Wheat :In short supply. Firm at 4s GeL Bran : Market steady at Lfl as. Pollard : Steady sales at L 0 os. Chaff : Supplies of prime local arc scarce, and though large consignments are reaching Auckland daily the quality leaves much to be desired Prices ruling : L 3 to L 4 15s on rail a' ; Auckland ; Southern, in good demant at late rates, Butter ; Choice 1 Id, first-grade lO]c to 10|d, second-grade lud, poorei qualities for milling 9£d. Fungus . Selling readily at 4gd pc: lb, with a tendency to firmer rates According to a Parliamentary re turn, the number of officers p.n<rage< in inspection of stock, rabbits, am noxious weeds on March 31st, 1905 was 139. Their salaries for the yea ending that date were £29,910, am travelling expenses £12,188., uiakinj ? a total of £42,098. Officers retrenche« or retired from January Ist, 1909, t March 3lst, 1910, numbered thirty , six. The amounts paid to the 11 officers who are employed in fieli duties by the division of fields, expei j iih.ental farms, live stock and meai from April Ist, 1911, to June SOU j 1912, was £48,109. Salaries wer £32, 205, and travelling expense r £15,904. The demand is running strong fc c Hemp's Pjuxts. AVaiinkk's C $x\ S and EOSLYX UxsiiKINKAJiLE UtfDEl 1 WEAK,