COMMERCIAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 474, 24 May 1890, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

; T& Aroha and : Ohi'ft&mm Ne-ivs Office \ Friday. | THAMES CATTLE MARKET, | At Fleming and C'o..’s weekly sale !of fat cattle which was held on the 21st inst., at their yards, Parawai, Thames. , They report: A fall' market were !yarded and all sol’d freely with the exception of a few pens of steers, being ; prime quality, winch were withdrawn |on account of the prices offered not jcoming up to vendors expectations. Those that were sold realised the following prices, L 5 16'S to LO each, being i equal to from 15s to 1 &s 6d per TOG* lb ; 'a few pens of light weights sold at much , less than the above quotations, sot being jof such good quality. Heifers sold at ! from L$ to L 4 10s each, being equal to from 12s 6d to 14s 6d per 100 lb, according to quality. Cows sold at from ,L 3. 2s 6'd to L 3 7s 6d each, being equal |to from 10s 0d to 11s 6d per 100 lb. 1 A full market of sheep were penned, and 1 sold as follows j Wethers, 14s 3d ; ewes, 11s to 12s } lambs, 8s 6d,

AUCKLAND MARKETS; Messrs* A. Ruckland and Son’s Weekly Report.—On Tuesday hides and skins were pitched m full numbers ; l>e»t heavy hides ranged irom 4d to 4jd per lb ; sound ordinary ox hides from 3d upwards cow hides, 14d to. 2d ; damaged hides, from Jd to per lb j sheepskins were firm ; butchers' skins ranged from 4s to 5s Id ; station skins, 2s to 4s each j tallow, 14's to 19s per cwt. At Itenmera on Thursday dairv cattle were in moderate supply, and fair demand at late values • good animals brought from L 4 10s to L 5 Ids each ; store cattle of all classes ndvnneed in values. Fat cattle, in, lesß than usual mini her, were lower ; prices ranged from 13s to I 4« per 1001 b. And were steady throughout the sale. Sheep in full number, sustained last week’s values ; long-wnolad two-toothed wethers were from 12s Cd to 14s ; four and six-tooth merinos, 6s 6d £fat ewes. 9s to 11s ; shorn lambs, 8s 6'd each. Well-bred fat pigs sold well, but coarse pigs were yarded far in exceed of requirement Mnaay hundred; scdd; prices very regular.

Messrs Ste ne Brothers* Report.—Southern feed oats, 2s 2d? black, 2s2d; local, Is lid ; local fowl wheat, 3s ; feed barley, 2s fid ; maize, 3s fit!; crushed 3s 6d ; chaff, best oaten, 70s, bright straw [ (good) 60s. Flour : Byoroft'a first quality, LtO; superfine, L 9.105;.105; Golden Gem, LI0; | Diamond Dust, L 9 10s. Oatmeal, £10; bran, L 4 ; sharps, L 4 lOs ; Soutliern hams and bacon, Bfd ; local hams and bacon, 7d ; vinegar, is fid per gallon. Tea: Boxes, 14s fid half-chests, Is fid per lb ; half-chest. Indian, 2s per lb. Bone* dust: Auckland Tallow Company’s £7 10s ; Runcorn £7 10s ; Sydney J. 1., L 6 10s ; Ipswich, L 7 ; S. and G. pure, L 7 ; u Farmers* Friend,** £fi 10s. Hobart pal ings, 15s per 100; Manilla rope, 8d and 9d ; Europe, 7d ; N. Z. Flax rope, fid ; corn | sacks, 46 by 26£, 7s per dozen ; By croft's biscuits, 4d to lOd ; currants, s£d ; pohutukawa felloes (all sizes), 10d ; red gum felloes, from 3by2supto sby 4,72 s fid ; ironbark shafts, 12s; bine gum shafts, 12s per puir ; kerosene (Light of the Age brand), Is9d per gallon ; colza oi’, 3s fid; clothes lines, Nos. 1,2, 3, from 3s fid to 8s 6d; bine gum ('assorted sizes), 20s per 100 feet. Coal : Newcastle, 21s; Queensland cole, 60s ; Greymouth, 60s; Saunders and Gilberd's soaps, £l2 to £l9 ; desiccated blood, £lO.

(■Corrected to noon of Thursday.]

FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCE WHOLESALE. Retail. 0. d. a. d. 8. d. 8. Butter, fresh, dairy, .. 0 7...0 0 0 9 ..0 0 Do second quality0 5 ..0 0 0 7 ..0 9 Do., third quality 0 4 ..0 0 0 5 ...0 0 Do., Waikato “Anchor” brand 1 0 ...0 0 0 0 ..0 0 o., Prime Salt 0 5 ..0 6 0 0 ..0 0 Do., inferior salt 0 3 ..0 4 0 4 ..0 0 Milk, quart .. .. 0 3ft..0 0 Cheese,local,lb 0 4 ..0 Sg 0 6 «i0 0 Do., best factory 0 5 . .0 0 Eggs, dozen 1 6 ..0 0 1 9 ..0 0 Lard, bladder, lb 0 5 ..0 6 0 6 ..0 0 Hams, bacon, Pro. 0 5ft..0 6$ Cant.bacon,new 0 7ft..Q 0 • • Home.- . T9£..0 0 HAY AND CORN, Per cwt* Hay, ton ..3 0..4 0 5 0 ..6 0 Oaten,do. .. 2 0..3 0 4 0 ..5 0 Jhaff,threshed... 2 0..2 10 0 0 ..0 0 Oaten Chaff .. 3 5..8 10 Straw, load .. 0 18.. 1 10 Clover, ton .. 5 0..0 0 Potatoes, local.. 3 10..0 0 Potatoes, Oamaru 3 15...0 0 8. d. s. d. Maize, bushel .. 3 8..0 0 0 0 ...0 0 Barley,feed .. S 0..3 3 3 3 ...3 6 Do., malting .. 3 9..3 10 Oats, feed .. 1 11.,0 0 2 8 ,.0 0 Oats, seed * .. 2 6.;0 0 0 0 ...0 0 Oats, milling .. 2 3..2 11 0 0 ..0 0 Wheat,local milling 2 11.. 0 0 0 0 ..0 0 Wheat, Southern 8 6..0 0 0 0 ..0 0 Wi eat, seed .. 3- 6...3 9 0 0 ..0 0 Do.,fowl .. 3 0..0 0 3 4 ..0 0 FLOUR. < £ a. £ o. Northern Roller Flour, sacks per ton ... 9 15.. 0 0 * * ■ Household do., do.,9 5.. 0 0 • •

Roller Flour, 8 n uth. do.. 9 15.. 0 0 ft SouU era Stone 3 Make 9 5.. 0 0 ft Wheatineal 9 lo ... 9 0 •ft Bran, 4 0.. 0 0 «■ Sharps, 4 10.. 0 0 • • Oatmeal, 25’a 13 10.. 0 0 < 4 Oatmoal, ?'s 13 10.. 0 0 • * GARDEN AND ORCHARD PRODUCE,* Apples,case,Hobart none Apples, Ih, local 0 1-. ..6 8 6 2 . .0 4 Onions, cwt 9 6 .. 9 3 0 1 . .0 1} KAURI GUM AND FLAX. & 8 d A Poor Ordinary, ton ... 40 0 0...41 0 0 East Coast ., ... 57 0 0.. 0 0 0 Fair Ordinary .. 42 0 0... 0 0 0 Best Ordinary . .. 43 0 0. .44 0 0 Flax, best clean Auckland .. 21 10 0..170 0 Good medium ... 16 0 0..0 0 0 Do., Ordinary .. 11 0 0.. 0 0 0 Tow ... ..2 0 o... a 5 0 MANURES. Bonedust, Sydney, ton 7 0 0.. T 10 0 Do, inferior ... ... 6 0 0... 6 10 0 Boneflour ... « 7 0 0.. 8 o 0 Do, Auckland.. ... 6 10 0.. 7 10 0 Peruvian Guano .. 14 0 0. .17 0 0 Coral Queen do .. 5 ... 90 0 0 Long Island do, bags included . .. ’4 10 ... 0 0 Superphosphate of Lime, 26 to 28 per cent ., ... 6 0 0.. 0 10 Do, 86to38percent.... 8 0 0.. 8 10 Potato FerfciliaejCi Ffson’s .. .. no 0.. 0 0 SttperphoBpTmfce, 7 10 0... 7 0 Freezing Company’s Superphosphate, 0.. O 0 32- per cent 8 O Do, 23 per cent .. 6 0 0.. 0 0 Corn Manure ... ..8 0 0.. 0 Q Root Manure., .. 8 10 0.. o 0 Potato Manure ... 8 10 0.. 0 0 Bone Manure .. 8 0 0.. 0 0 Grass Manure ... 7 10 0.. 0 0 N.Z.F. Co-’b quotations are subject to liberal discount.