COMMERCIAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 39, 17 February 1900, Page 3

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

- NhwPlimowth, Satubdat, Fbbruaby 17. RETAIL PRICES. Batchers' meat—Prices as lately advertised. " Farm and Dairy Produce —Milk, 3d per quart; butter, dairy, 8dtol0d; separator, 10d to lid per lb; cheese, 6d per lb; eggs.j Is per doc; fowls, per pair; ducks, per pair; lard, 6d; bacon, sr*d to 8d; hams, Bdto9dperlb. Fruit.—Bananas, 3d per lb; cocoanuts, 2d to 4d each; lemons, Is and Is 6d per dosen; oranges, Is and Is 6d per dozen; apples, 2d and 3d per lb; pines, 3d to 2s each; rhubarb, 4d bundle; plums, 3d to 6 • per lb; cucumbers, Id to fid each; tomatoes, 4d per lb; grapes, Is ; peaches, 4d to 8d per ~ lb; passion trail, 4d per dozen; nectarines, f 'fid per lb; water melon, 3d per lb. 1 ■ Vegetables.—Onions, 3d pel lb cabbages, 2d each; cauliflowers, 3d; potatoes, 6s per cwt. . Breadstuffs.—Bread, 4sd per 41b leai |T (cash). Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load Coal.—Westport(Brcokdale), 42s Hokau, 28s. Bone-dust (pure), £7 10s per ton. i BUYING PRICES " ' Butter.—Bwt dairy, Gd; separator, 7d to 8d _er lb; cheese 5d per lb; eggs, 10a *!er dozen; fowls, per pair; ducks, ?er pair; bacon, 6d per lb; hams, 63d to 7gd Ber lb; lard, sd; fungus, 2£d to 3d per lb.

MR NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY •• AUCTION REPORt Mb. Nbwtob Kino reports:—At the Hay- • market, on Saturday, oily a few pigs came forward. Small stores sold at from 5s 6d to lis 6d; horses, L3lss to Li 10s. At the Mart fowls made lOd to Is 3d;) ducts, Is Id to Is 3d; onions, jd to 2d; potatoes, £d; hams, s^d; cheese, 3d to id; bacon, IJd to 2d; apples, 2s 3d. A large ] * quantity of furniture and sundries was disposed of at prices in favor of purchasers. Fruit.—At sales during the week the following prices were realised: Apples, Is 6d to 3s per box; plums, 4s to 6s 6d; peaches, 5s 6d to 8s; nectarines, 5s to 7s 6d; damsons, 3s to 4s; tomatoes, us to 7s ; pears, 2d lid to 5s 6d; grapes, 8d to 9d. Sheep.—At Toko on Monday I held my Annual Fair. Considerably more sheep cams forward than were advertised, there being folly 20,000 yarded. There was a large attendance, but the bidding was slack acd in very few cases reached vendors' reserve*, which, based upon recent private sales, were really too high. The consequence was that most lines were passed at the hammer, and although with the help of reduced reserves a considerable amount of business was done afterwards, still a good proportion of the entries went home. Full-mouthed ewes made 5s to 6s Id; 2-tooth ewes, 7s Id to 9s; ito 6-tooth ewes, 6s 4d to 7» 6d; 2-tootb wether;, 7s 7d to 9s 84; shorn lambs, 3a to k is lOd; woolly lambs, 6s to 7s 4d. Cattle.—At Stratford on Tuesday there was only a small muster of stock. There was a. good attendance, and bidding for good ttrong cattle was briss, and ail oi tuetc cold at fair prices. Good calves made £1 6s to £1 8s 6d ; 15 to 18-month steers £2 10s 6d tu £2 14- 6d; store cow?, £1 lis tc £2 IDs; fat cows, £3 to £3 10s. t At Stony Kiver on Wednesday th( je was a small muster of cattle but gocd attendance and most lines were sold at fair prices Calves made 10s 6d to ltis; IS-montl • heifers, £2 12s 6d; store cows, £1 5s 6d t< ' £2 10s; iatcows, £3 10s to £3lsa; spiingic; * heifers, £3 Is. jQJSSBS VICKERS & STEVENS' REPORT. #■ Messrs Vickehs & Stevens report moderate entry of stock in their logiewoc yaid=. Most lots changed hands at lat rates. Calve", 19* to £1 2s; yearlings £ 16s; 15-month mixed, £2; empty Leu'er: &s to £2 7s 6d ; f pringers, £2 10s to £ 7= ; store cows, £1 15s to £2 ss; 2-year-ol steers, £2 19s; 3-year-old steers, £1 is bulls, £1 to £1 ss; hacks £1 12s 6d to £) At Tariki caives nuicio 14,-: to £1 Is; emp heifers, £llos to £- 10s; store cows, £ll. « £2; bwls, 10s to 15<3< f

f MESSRS. WYLUE, STOTT, & CO.'S BEPOBT. Messes. Wyllie; Stott, & Co. report:— At our Urenui sale on Monday, 12th, there was a small muster and cattle were slow of sale. Oalve« made 12s 63 to 193 Gd; springers, L2 15s 6d; fat cows, L 3 : fullmouthed ewes, 4a 3d; shorn lambs, ss; back, L 6 10s. At Waitara on Tuesday, 13th, owing to harvest and other attractions there was not the usual muster. Bidding at the hammer did not reach late prices, but the majority of lines were sold after. Calves, 12s to 225; yearlings, 24s to 30s 6d; 18-month steer*, L2 lis 6d; springing heifers, L2 10s to L 3 2s 6d; fat cows. L3to L 3 4s. At the sheep fair on Wednesday bidding was dull. We placed lines of ewes, 2 to 6-tooth, at 9s; wethers, 9s 6d; lambs in wool, from 6s 9d to 8s 9d; rams, from 10s to 30s; also a good line of 2-tooth ewes and wethers at 10s 3d. At Mr. Irvine's clearing sale sundries sold at fair prices. Horses, L2 17s Gd to L 5 15s; gig, LI 7. LONDON MARKETS. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) [PEE PEESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received 16, 9.15 a.m.) London, February 15. Lead imports. 20,682 tons; Australian, 5280 tons; exports, 3449 tons. The third series of wool sales will commence on Bth May. and the catalogue will be limited to 300,000 bales. AUCKLAND BUTTER PRICES. [PEE PEESS ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, February 16. Wholesale dairy produce quotations:— Butter.—Fresh Dairy, 7d; second, 6d; New Zealand Dairy Association, lid; Anchor brand, lid; Acorn brand, lid; prime salt, 7d. MESSRS ALFRED BUOKLAND & SONS' WEEKLY REPORT. Auckland, February 18. Messrs. Buckland and Sons report:—At the Haymarket auction sale on Friday, meadow hay brought Is 9d to 2s; oaten sheaves, 2s per cwt.; maize, 2s 4d; oats, Is 6d; wheat, 2s per bushel; ex store maize, 2s 4d; wheat, 2s 7d; oats, 2s to 2s 6d per bushel; pressed hay, 2s 9d; pressed straw, 2s 6d; chaff, Is 9d to 2s 6d per cwt. On Friday, horse stock, yarded numerously, were required. Strong draught ranged I from £l7 to £3O; medium draught, £8 to £ls; riding horses, £6 to £ls; an unbroken medium draught, £lB 10s; Judge Byron, 29 guineas. On Tuesday, bides sold freely. Ox hides were from 4£d to 6d; cow hides, 4Jd to 5d ; calfskins, 4<t to 5Jd; fat, ljd per lb; tallow, 18s 6d to £1; bones, 4s per cwt.; sheep pelts, lldto 3s 9d; lambs, Is 6d to 2s 7d each ; fleece wool, 5d to 6d; lambs' wool, 4|d to 5Jd; locks and pieces, 2d to 4d lb. Tuesday's sheep fair has been fully reported. Compared with last season's prices, there was an all-round improvement, more marked cm heavy-woolled sheep than crossbreos, and this would have been greater but for the prolonged drought. In many pens of young Lincoln, ewes were from 12s 6d to IBs each; fresh-mouthed, long-woolled ewes, from 8s to 10s 6d ; aged ewes, 3s 6d to 6s; fairly good lambs, 5s 6d to 7s 6d; inferior, 2s 6d to 7s 6d; wethers, 7s 3d to 9s 3d each. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cows, yarded numerously, were freely competed for. Those advertised from Whangarei brought from L 3 2s 6d to LG 5s each. Calves, in moderate number, were required. Young calves were from 3s to Gs each; medium, 7s to 17s; heavy calves, 19s to LI 12s (55 sold). B"at cattle, in less than average number, wore firm at last week's quotations. Steers and heifers, 17s to 18s thelOOlbs; cows, 12s to 15s; steers, fromLs 2s 6d to L 8 12s Gd each; cows, L 3 10s to L 6 15s (116 sold). Fat sheep, yarded in average number, scarcely obtained last week's values. Wethers were from 8s 9d to 13s 3d each; ewes, 6s to 9s 9d (1200 sold). Lambs, in moderate number, were of good quality, and broueht satisfactory prices. The greater number brought from Ss to 13s each (310 sold). Pigs, in full number, were at easy values. Useful killing pigs brought from 13s to LI 10a each (83 sold).

CASH RETAIL MILT, PK1CE3. JJomont Mills. I Floor, nlk-dreMed _ 8/- per 1001b Bran ..- - _ 6/- „ sack . Sharps .. — „ 8/- „ 18ulb Barley - — _ 2/9 „ bushel ,Wkeat .- -r — 3/3 „ do Oats .'- - - 2/6 „ do Oats, crushed _ _ 2/9 „ do Oatmeal .. — .. 3/- „ 251ba Wheatmeal ~ .. 10/- „ lOOlba Pigs' meal._ _ ._ 8/6 „ 1501bscU Beaoa - — ._ 3/8 „ bushel Chaff (oatsheaf)..- ._ 1/9 „ sack Chaff (straw) .- 1/3 „ „ Maize ... 3/3 „ bushel Bone-dust.*. .- ... £7/10 „ ton Calf Meal ... 11/-„ 1001b