COMMERCIAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2081, 1 March 1898, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

NZ LOAN & MERCANTILE AGENCY CO. (LTD.) MARKET REPORT We offered a lareu catalogue of hides, ■HkinH, wool «nd tallow at our weekly sale HIDES for all good lines' re* ii'ain’verv'fim).-- We sold heavy stopt ox at 5d to 54d, no «t.ra;prin?e off n ine -t medium 4£d >o 4| I ; M*t 3| I to 4 Cowhides, uil best In es sold up, to d&.t t hC ,red »nd sloppy 3id to 3fl ; stairs 2ilf to 2f J ; kip I'f l to 41 ; calf in: large Mipplv. be*t sold at to 5d ; small and cut 3| I to 4 i. SHEEPSKINS—Show a further ad vance t.n the week. L'imb-< sold at Is 4-1 to 2* 2d ; s dted pelts from 1* 31 to 2< TALLOW.— So;d at equal to last weeks quotation. Best 13s 91, medium 11* 91 to 12s 9d, picked for tanner’s use up 15s WOOL—We offered a large number of b ifes of wool and sold best fl ece 54 1 to 6£d ; lambs 5411° 6pi ; pieces 3d to 3fd w .fli *d pi e -s 4 l to 5£ 1. HORSE HAIR.— Sold to Is 3f<l. Cow h.ir 91 to lOd per lb. Cow tail Is 4d per dozen BONES.—£3 5d per ton. OATS.—Murket re.n dns as la-t quoted. 2-i 5» .(: i f MAIZE Heavy shipments onrae to hand this week and the market weakened. Sales were m .de at 2a 5d to 2s but we expect price to recover to the latter rate befoie: the «veek is Out , CHAFF—Market is firm at £2: 17s 6d to tJ3 at rail POTATOES.—Market has a d wnward tendency and pr.sint price is £4 10s to £4 15s. Southern are beginning to come to baud slowly at £4 10* «*.i.f FRANK BODLE, - Manager. Auckland Wobi’Sfores, 22nd February, 1898. ;