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Patea Mail, 9 October 1880, Page 4

MARKETS. * AUCKLAND RETAIL PRICES. (Corrected by latest report.) Roasting Beef ... 5d Boili: g Beef Mutton, hind-quarter ~ fore-quarter ... Lamb, hind-quarter ... „ fore-quarter Pork and Veal to 7d id to 5d 4id to 5d 3d to 7 s 7d each 7s 6d each (kl to Od Steaks... Chops and Sausages (id to Od 5d to Od Tallow wholesale, mutton 275, mixed, 20s to 255. NEW PLYMOUTH RETAIL PRICES. (Corrected by latest report), Buying, Sellng. s. d. s. d. Butter (per lb) 0 8 0 10 Cheese (Colonial) ... 0 7 0 10 Eggs (per doz.) ... ... 0 10 10 Butchkus’ Meat. —Beef, 3d to 5d ; mutton, 2£d to 5d ; pork, 5d to 7d. Mill Prices. —Taranaki flour, 13s 6d per 1001 bs ; silk-dressed (Star brand), 14s 6d ; wheat meal, 12s 6s; chick’s wheat, 4s'6d per bushel ; sharps, 8s per lOOlbs, or sack 10s ; bran, 4s per sack ; oats, 3s per bushel ; oatmeal, 4s 6d per bag (251bs); maize (best screened), 5s Od per bushel.

WELLINGTON PRICES. (Corrected by latest report.) Flour Market — Wholesale. £ s. d. & s. d. Sharps, per ton ... 5 0 0 to 0 0 0 Adelaide, per ton... 14 0 0 to 14 10 0 Bran, per ton ... 3 0 0 to 3 10 0 Colonial Flour ...11 10 0 to 12 0 0 Oatmeal 10 10 0 to 11 0 0 Farm and Dairy Produce — Wholesale. s. d. s. d. Mill- nrnii'f H ± ir. It Butter, salt, lb Cheese. Colonial ... Eggs, dozen Lard, lb . Ham, lb Bacon,lb Fowls, pair... Ducks, pair Geese, pair Turkeys, pair Seeds Ryegrass, bushel ... Cocksfoot, per lb White clover, per lb Red clover, per lb Turnip-, dozen Alsyke. per lb Cow grass, per lb Rape, per lb Timothy, per lb ... Day and Con Maize, Sydney Maize, Poverty Bay Oats Wheat Potatoes Carrots Hay, ton aten, ton Straw, ton Chaff, ton Onions Market. 0 3 0 to 0 0 0 0 22 to 0 2 3 0 3 3i to 0 0 0 2 5 0 to 2 10 0 2 0 0 to 0 0 0 4 15 0 to- 0 0 0 5 0 0 to 0 0 0 3 10 0 to 0 0 0 5 0 0 to 5 10 0 4 10 0 to 0 0 0

CHRISTCHURCH RETAIL PRICER. (Corrected by Latest Report.) Fresh butter Is 2d per lb Is 2d perdoz Eggs Cheese Milk Beef Mutton Pork Ham Bacon lOd per lb Id per quart 2d to Gd per lb 2d to Id per lb 8d per lb Is per lb lOd and Is per lb AUCKLAND STOCK. (Latest Report,) HUNTER AND NOLAN’S WEEKLY REPORT. Horses. — But a limited number have been brought forward, and there has been but a slack demand. On Friday, notwithstanding the number submitted by auction were below the average, bidding was slow ; but eventually all in were disposed of. No high prices were obtained, but about last week’s rales ruled for similar stamp of horses.

Wool, hides, and skins, on Tuesday were well competed for. Hides sold from 3fd to 3fd ; skins, 2s Id to 5s 7d ; greasy wool 9irt

CATTLE. —There has been a good supply and spirited demand. There was a slight improvement in dairy stock, and stores s old freely, notwithstanding that many graziers are retraining from making up their herds until the forthcoming fair. There was a large number of all descrip tions yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday. Competition was good throughout the sale. Fat beasts well up in condition did not decline in value, hut for these insufficiently fatted sellers had to submit to a shade lower rate. We quote : Dairy cows, £7 to £9 ss; dry cows, £3 15s ; yearling steers, £2 12s 6d to £3 10s ; two-y’ear-old steers, £4 7s 6d to £5 12s 6d ; three and four-year-old steers, £5 15s to £8 10s ; two and three-year old heifers, £4 to £5 5s ; beef, 22s to 30s. Sheep. —Above the average number were penned at Newmarket on Tuesday, and for fat sheep there was a decidedly upward tendency. 2s 6d pe< 81 ha having been given for the best pens. Lambs were in adequate supply, and sold af,from 7s 6d to 15s. Pigs were tolerably plentiful. The de mand was brisk, and improved values were obtained.

GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. PS’S (breakfast) COC OA. “By a thorough knowledge of (lie natural laws which govern (he operations of digestion and nutrition, and by acareiul application of the fine properties of wellselected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately-flavored beverage which may save us many heavy dector’s bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet, that a constitution may be gradully built up until strong enough to resist every tendenc}’ to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us, ready to attack wherever there is a weak | oint. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pur 3 blood and a properly nourished frame.”—See at tide in the Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in Packets or Tins, labelled JAM IS EPPS & CO. HOIKEPATHIC CHEMISTS, LONDON. I