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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 5 September 1916, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

EABBITSKIN MARKET REPORT Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their usual fortnightly sale of rabbit skins on Monday, the 28th, ult. There was a full attendance of buyers, and full catalogues were offered. We again submitted a large and representative offering of skins, including some 100 sacks and a largo quam tity of bales. There was an excepttionally strong demand for all classes of skins, and values show an advance of Id to 2d per lb for fresh season’s skins. There was again a strong competition for winter blacks, which, reached up to 92rld per lb. We have every confidence in recommending consignments. Our next sale will bo held on Monday, 11th September. Quotations:—Runners and suckers 8d to D 1 cl per lb; light racks 12d to 13d; prime racks to 141 d, summers lid to 12 }d; milky 7d to lid; summer, autumn., and faulty broken 7d to lOd; winter broken I2d to slightly damaged winters 18d to 20U1, springs 14d to 16?.d; early autumns 18d to 20d; late autumns 20R1 to 22d; incoming winters 22d to 24d; early winter bucks 20d to 24d; early winter does 22d to 254 d; prime winter bucks 29d to 33d; prime winter does 34d to 384 d; outgoing Avinters 20d to 23d; summer blacks 13d to 164 d; autumn blacks 40d to 52d; second Avinter blacks (iOd to 7(5d; prime winter blacks 80d to 90d; super winter blacks to 92k1; prime Avinter silver greys 60d to 70R3; winter fawns 24d to 29d; hare skins 9d to 15d; horsehair 17d to 184 d; catskins 4d to 12d each; coav tips to ISJd per dozen; ferret skins 7d to 30d each. CRUTCH ING, SKIN AND HIDE SALE. DALGETY AND CO., LTD. We held our third special AAinter crutchingj sale to-day. The usual fortnightly offerings of' skins, hides and tallow, were also submitted. The attendance of buyers was practically the same as at ;our last special sale. 1 The catalogue comprised mainly crutchings and oddments, but there were feAV super lines of crutchings offered as in the earlier sales. Owing to the Avithdrawal of Japanese orders there was as we anticipated, a considerable drop in crutching values, to the extent of about 2d per Ik For skins, hides and tallow the high rates were maintained. Some of our realisations Avere as follows:

Crutchings— W. G. Adkins, Levin; W. T. Ashton, Keneperu; Hid: Jas Maher, Ohingaiti; E. L. Strawbridge, Watuna West; W. Burne, Waituna West. lid: A. L. and E. S. Turner, Alfredton; P. Turner, Picton; F. and W_ McNie, Eaetihi; C. E. Gill, Alfredton.

Medium 'Crossbred—lsl; J. Maher, Ohingaite. Lambs: 13 Id J Maher; Ohingaiti; 13d; J. H. Beiliss, Taihape’. j The range of prices "was as follows: / Wool-—Crossbred medium-coarse lid jto 151; pieces and bellies 5d to 71 d; j locks and stained pieces 3d to OJd; j crutchings, super, ll£d to 12!|d; j crutchings, medium-good, 91 to Hid;crutchings, seedy and inferior 3d to 9d; lambs 51d to 141 d; dead Bfd to 14d. Sheepskins —Half bred 12d; fine crossbred lljd to 12jd; medium coarse crossbred lid to 12] d; short to half

wools 10J to 8d; dead and damaged crossbred 8d to 101 d; inferior and badly damaged Id to Old; lambs Hid to 12d; damp, salted and green Os to 13s 6d; pelts 3s to Ss. Hides —Ox heavy 11 7-Sd to 121 d; ox medium lid to 11 7-Sd; ox light lid to Hid; cow heavy 10Jd to lid; cow medium lOld to lljd; cow, light lOd to lljd; cut, slippy and inferior 71 to Sfd; bull and star 71- to Sjd; yearlings 10d to lljd; calf super 12 l-8d to 13 7-Sd; calf, medium to good lid to 131 d; calf, damaged 7d to 11 5-Sd.

Tallow —In casks, 30s 9d to 31s (id; in tins, 21s to 30s.

Our next fortnightly sale takes place on Friday, 15th September.