MARKETS.

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1126, 17 December 1883, Page 2

MARKETS.

(Corrected by Latest Reports.) PATE A RETAIL PRICES. Buying Selling. Butter (per lb) 6d 9d Cheese (colonial) 4£d 9d Eggs per doz. Is Is 3d Potatoes (cwt) new 10s 2d lb Butchers Meat—Beef, 3d to 5d ; steak, 4d to 5d ; mutton, 3d to 4d ; pork, 5d and 6d ,* veal, 4d to 6d. Flour, local, 14s per lOOlbs ; Oamaru, 14s per lOOlbs ; chick wheat, 3s per bushel ; oatmeal, 3s 6d per 25 lbs ; bread, 4d 21b loaf. HAWERA RETAIL PRICES. Buying Selling sdsd s d s d Butter, f., lb 06 to 0 8 08 to 010 Cheese (Can) 07 „ 0 8 Eggs, dozen ,>lO Potatoes, new Flour, Can. —,,13 0 —„ 14 0 Oatmeal „4 4 NEW PLYMOUTH RETAIL PRICES. Butchers’ Meat—Beef, 2d to 5d per lb ; steaks, 6d ; mutton, 2d to 5d ; pork, 6d. Farm and Dairy Produce—Milk, 4d per quart; butter, 8d per lb ; cheese (colonial) 0d per lb ; eggs, Is per dozen ; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s per pair; ducks, 5s per pair; lard, 8d per lb ; bacon, lOd ; hams, Is. Breadstuffs—Best silk dressed flour, 13s per lOOlbs ; household, 12s per lOOlbs , wheat meal, 12s ; sharps, per sack, 9s ; bran, per sack, 4s ; oatmeal, 251b bags, 4s 6d ; wheat (fowls’), per bushel, 4s; oats, 3s 4d ; crushed oats, 3s 6d ; maize, 4s per bushel.

AUCKLAND. Produce.—Butter (fresh), 8d per lb ; salt, 5d to 7d ; eggs, IOrJ per dozen ; bacon and hams, provincial, 6d to 8d ; hams, 8d to 9d ; Canterbury hams and bacon, 9d ; in cloths, hams only, lid ; oats, 2s sd. Hides, Skins, &c.—Hides, 3£d and 3£d per lb ; sheepskins, Is 2d to 3s 5d ; lambskins, Is 5d ; tallow, 24s 6d to 25s per cwt; small lots of wool, 4£cl to 6|d per lb. Stock. —Mr Buckland reports sale of : 30 steers, £9 ; 21 heifers and steers, £8 15s ; 10 steers, £8 lls ; 8 steers, £8 ; 8 steers, £7 ss. Sheep in full supply and at lower price than last week by Is to 2s Eer head, and barely realised 2£d per lb. iambs in short supply, also lower in value. Well bred store pigs at full values. WELLINGTON. Produce, &c.—Flour, £ll to £ll 10s; oatmeal, £l3 per ton ; wheat, 3s to 3s 6d ; potatoes (enquired for) at £3 10s per ton ; oats, 2s 2d to 2s 4d ; maize, 3s 6d to 3& 9d ; cheese, 54d to 6£d ; hams and bacon (Canterbury) B£d to lOd ; country-cured, 6d ; fresh butter (quite a drug), 7d to 7£d per lb; salt batter (unsaleable), 6£d ; eggs, Is 2d per doz ; onions, £l3 per ton ; new potatoes, per lb. CHRISTCHURCH. Produce—Wheat, 3s lOd to 4s 2d , second samples, 3s 3d to 3s 6d. Flour, £lO to £lO 10s ; oatmeal, £l2. Oats : Prices, 2s Id to 2s 2d for milling, and Is lid to 2s for feed samples. Barley, 4s 3d per bushel ; cheese, 4£d to 5d per lb ; butter (fresh), 6£d to 7d 5 hams and bacon (cloth), 7£d to 8d ; potatoes, 27s 6d to 30s per ton at country stations ; onions, Id to per lb. Live Stock—Beef, prime, 23s per lOOlbs; seconds, 20a to 21s per lOOlbs ; mutton, per lb in wool, and shorn per lb. Demand light and prices dull. Pigs, about 4£d to 6d per lb. ITorso Markets—Useful draught, £lB to £24 ; ordinary draught, £l4 to £ls ; 3-year-old unbroken cart colts, £l2 to £lB ; 2-year-olds, £5 to £8 ; hacks, from £5 to £lO ; well-bred do, £l2.

DUNEDIN. Live Stock.—Beef, prime, 22s 6fl to 24s per lOOlbs ; medium, 20s ; mutton, in wool, 3£ per lb ; shorn, 2fd per lb. _ Produce.—Wheat, 4s.to 4s 2d ; ordinary samples, 2s to 3s 9d ; flour, £lO to £lO 10s per ton ; oatmeal, £lO 10s to £lO 15s ; potatoes, £2 to £2 5s per ton ; oats, milling, Is lOd to Is lid ; feed oats, Is 9d to Is lO'l per bushel ; cheese, s£d ; bacon, rolled, 7d ; hams, lOd ; sides of bacon, B£d (grain fed) ; fresh butter, best quality, 8d to 9d ; good ordinary butter, 6d to 7d per lb ; eggs, 91 to Is per doz ;! good salt butter in keg, 6d per lb. SYDNEY (N S W.) Breadstuffs —New Zealand oats, 2s 3d per bushel ; New Zealand wheat, 3s 9d per bushel ; maize has risen to 3s 2d per bushel. Sugar—Sugar Go’s No 1 pieces, £34 per ton. ADELAIDE. Breadstuffs—Wheat, 4s 6d per bushel ; town flour, £lO to £lO 5s per ton ; country brands, £9 10s to £9 15s per ton. MELBOURNE. Breadstuffs—Wheat, 4h 3d to 4s 5d # malting barley, 3s 6d to 4s ; Now Zealand oats : feeding qualities, 2s lid to 3s Id ; milling do, 3s 2d to 3s 3d, and slow of sale. Wool Sale—Prices are on the rise ; for .new.clip wool there is strong competition at prices a halfpenny to a penny higher. RAILWAY TIME TABLE. Up. Down. a.m. p.m. a.m, a.m Wang. 8-35 4-15 New Plym. 7-15 Waver. 10-50 6-30 arrive Whenu. * * Hawera 10-55 arrive depart a.m. p.m. Patea 11-25 7-5 Manu. 7-15 12-50 dej?a7't dej?art Ball rd. * * Patea 11-45 7-25 Kakar. * * Hukat. * * Hukat. * * Kakar. * * arrive Ball rd. * * Patea 7-50 1-25 arrive p.m. p,m. depart Manu. 12-20 8-0 Patea 8-10 1-45 depart Whenna * * Hawera 3-15 ... Waver. 8-45 2-20 arrive arrive, N, Plym. 6-55 ... Wanga. 11-0 4-35 * Platforms only. Trains do not stop unless required.