COMMERCIAL.

Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 111, 3 May 1876, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

A DDK LAN i i —A 22. faVH A'i. ai< y, AUK KT. — M<‘s a - I i iai t-r ;ue I f>o!au report that good home; oi e.eiy • le-crip ton eau still I>o planed. • any quo e hacks from X 8 lo XD> m;; light harne ■ horsey XII ra to Xil) tits ; draught ■ jrfm| :li2(i each. i hiiry oiwiv.'iii'C! tardy re.pro rinvi ii.t Newmarket- srt.li 1 .. r-lu! wore; execp: 10: is;:y high; stores were in ill.her limited naniM-:-. Fat I.easts woiv sulli •iein. lor it;;i>i.‘,i ,-n: •. Pikld'mg was ra her slow, part tenlarly b>r thorn inmliieient ly I'aLed. 'i hoy minte : Dairy cmvi (be-u calving), £1.7 to Alii It)- : 2nd 'quality, XU 2.-- (id to .Hit lus; weaned calves XlV.s to XI 17; two-year-ohl si ears. Xl In £1 IDs. Thine, wki; :m exve,-:-b e. supew of sheep, both fat and store, hut bidding w.n spirited, ami there was scarcely a perceptible decline in price. Hod t'al we*, tiers ' old iro.n 18; (td to 2ts; 2nd quality. Ms ltd to 1 7-- : fat ewes. Ms; shorn latuhs, s.; in tils; store ewes, from 8s to 12s; wthors. Ms each Aery few pigs were yarded, and there is an v.n atid'ied inquiry. Porkers sold at luliy ;;jd jierl'o. live weight.—Mr Tniekland reports that, at Papakura on the ttlth. not many dairy cattle wore nlfore.d for sale ; for Iho e ] s'lino I there win good competition; (hey brought from ill) to XDi ; weil-bied steers from DS-nioalbs to 2-years-iiid were he! ter rejiresented than u-mil: they are a class always in demand, and sold freely, bringing from’ £4 to As each. Several pons of choice calves brought from l>2s to .>()s each : inferior, from 2*l ltd. Fat cattle, mostly cows, were in full numbers, and of good quality. They brought from 2ts to 2Ss the luolb." At llemuera on 2iHh stoic cattle we rein short supply. Dairy cattle fairly represented ; fat cattle in full numbers—l7o head penned. The continued large numbers hr-high t. forward have lowered values about ,8s (id per HKHh. Tho slorc sheep offered were of indifferent quality, and fairly competed lor. fat ehetop plentiful; la-t week’s quotations for best quality .sustained : inferior lower m price. I’igs of all kind- jilentifid.and in free demand at higher ia:es lately ruled. Trices given were :—Dairy cows. XS to £ 12 ; calve;. to -10s; yeariings. Xd to X I : it-year-oh! steers, £5 lO.s to X 7 ; fat catde, X2ds to 2Ss per JOOlbs ; fat sheep, 2\ to i>i per lb ; well Med fat pigs, K.' to -!.J jier lb live weigh.!. I'IiOJiUCIC, &C. — Mr 11. Arthur reports that potatoes sold at from -Is to -Is (id ; elice-e. inferior. 2d to (id. no good oll'ercd; no butler entered; bacon. Sd to !)d. Hops,—At the sale of hops (grown in the Waikato District) by Messrs it. ’J’ouks and Do., the selling prices were from Is -id to Is *.d per lb. At the jirioe obtained, an : ere of ground planted in hops, bearing a ton of flower, would give its lucky propriclora totum of from XMP Gs Sd to X 1.77 Gs Sd for his acre's produce. "g,.