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WELtiNaTON, January 24. Mr Thomas reports J r produce prices as follows :— Flourj colonial, £14 ta£l4 lOs ; bats 4s 2d to 4s 34'; bran, Is ; wheat, 4s ; hams, 9£d ; bacon, 8£d ;■; cheese, 7d ; new potatoes, 3s 6d; pollard, £6 10s; maize, 4s lOd to 5s j buttery 7d. .(. . . ArcKLA^fD, January 25. Buckland reports :-rHide& best [quality, 3id ; lambswoolj 8d • to'9£d. At the, sheep fair good prices were obtained 5 two small pens of stud ewes fetched £4 ' 15s and £3 respectively ; long-wooled ewes, two and four-tooiF, 9s to 15s- fullmoutK, 8s to 22s ; ewe-lambs, 8s to lla ; .cross-breds, two to four-tooth, -8V to lls; aged ewes, 3s 6d to 8s; lambs, 3s 6d to 6s. About 200 lambs and 300 ;ewes .were withdrawn V 760 sheep were sold. Good cattle, 28s per lOOlbs ; fat-sheep, :: 2d'to,2£d. r _ - . . -V. .. - ■..: . Binney reports :— -Adelaide flour, £17; Dunedin and. Christchurchj,; £14; Oamaru, £14,108 ; oats, 4s ;" bran, M ,109 ; pollard, £5 10s; oatmeal, £19; bacon and hnms, B£<H j Auckland : wheat, 6s j barley, no demand. '■ OAMAEtr, January 25. The grain and breadstuff* markets are without animation. Harvest prospect* are good, but: the weatheV is übcertain. It is expected that the price of new: grain will open much lower ; than that at present ruling. - , :. ..'•;; ■Stdnet, January 25. Brandies, unchanged; kerosene, .ls 10|d to Is Hid; rice, unchanged; tobacco, BUgar, New Zealand wheat', and. oats, unchanged ; Belmont sperms, 9£d to 9£d. ' Adelaide, January 25. Flour, £14 ss ; wheat, no buyers.