COMMERCIAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 90, 14 April 1900, Page 2

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

Nuw Plymouth, Satubday, Apbil 14. MR NEWTON KING'S WKLKLY AUCTION REPORI Mb. Newton Kino reports At the Haymarket, on Saturday, pigs sold at ruinous prices, Weaners made Is to Is 6d; slips, 2s to 3s, Several horses sold, hacks making £3 15s to £6 5«; trap do, £lO 10a. At the mart, fowls made 9d to 2s Id; | turkeys, 3s; ducks, Is 5d to Is lOd; potatoes, I2a6dto 3s tid; bacon, 4£d. Furniture and sundries made low rates.

Cattle.—At Stratford, on Tuesday, there was a lair attendance, but owing to wet weather very few cattle were yarded. Good calves made £1 2s to £1 3s; weauers, 13s tid; 2to steers, £2 12s; yearlings, £1 lis; bto 4-year bullocks, £1 ss; store cows, £2; fat do, £3 Is; woolly lambs, 6s 4d, At Stony River on Wednesday there was a fair muster of stock and attendance. Calves made 14s 6d to £1; weauers, 6s 6d to 12j 6d; heifers in calf, £2 Is to £3; fat , cows, £3 2s 6d; springing caws, £4 ss; bulls, £1 2s to £2 2s 61; working bullocks, unbroken, £3 7s 6d. THE FROZEN MEAT MARKET. [PES PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Napieb, April 13. Messrs. Nelson Bros, have received the following cablegram from tho C. C. and D. Company, London: —Frozen meat market. — To-day's quotations are: Best Canterbury mutton, 3£d; best Dunedin and Southland, 3|d; best Napier and North Island, 3j}d. Lamb: Best quality, 4|d; second quality, m-

REPORT OF OUR PRODUOK COMMISSION BR.

[PHB PBUSS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, April 13,

Mr. Cameron, Produce Commissioner, writes under date London, March 0: The butter market is steady, rising from !)8s for choicest New Zealand to 100s. It then declined to 965, the average for the month being 98s. The quality of factory continues to give satisfaction, but " milled " has a large proportion very inferior, and is unsatisfactory. The market for cheese is steady and hardening, and prices are so high that they establish a record. Coloured cheese is in smaller supply than white, and for it 62s per cwt is being pail. White fetches 61s. These prices are for finest New Zealand cheese only, and fortunately the bulk of shipments from the colony so far this season come under this heading. Mr. Cameron reports a continued growth for New Zealand dairy produce. He lias received numerous enquiries regarding a shipment of fowls from New Zealand from aiJ parts of the country, and the shipment isi being watched with interest. The market for 1 I mutton is in rather better condition than when he last reported. Prices are scarcely higher, but are firmer. As old stock* are cleared off prices will harden, and if small supplies only come forward they will certainly rise, though not anything like as high a figure as they did last seasoc. Lamb sales are not so numerous as could be desired, but, given seasonable weather, they migbtbeexpectedtorapidly increase. I'ricet ruling are about 4}d to 5d per lb. for Canter--1 bury Jambs; other brands a shade less. Mr. Cameron states that soms she jp recently placed at Smithfield for sale were evidently branded with an ink stamp. Ht hears strong exception is taken to the brand, as when tbe carcases thawed the ink ran and disfigured the meat.

AUCKLAND BUTTER PRIOES. [per press association.] Auckland, April 13. Wholesale dairy produce quotations:— Butter.—Frc-h Dairy, 7d; second, 6d; New Zealand Dairy Association, lid; Anchor brand, lid ; Acorn brand, lid. MESSRS ALFRED BUOKLAND k SONS' WEEKLY REPORT. Auckland, April 13. Messrs, Bnckland and Sons report:—At our regular weekly sala of form produce at the Haymarket on Friday last, meadow hay, in small loads, delivered within a radius of two miles, 10s to lGs the load, and by weight 2s 6d to 3s Gd per cwt; oaten sheaves, scarce, sold at 3s Gd tho cwt; straw, 12s for small to 24s per waggon load. Corn: Maize, ex-store, 2s Gd; on wharf, 2s 4d; oats, 2s 3d to 2s 6d; sharps, 6s; bran, 3s Gd to 4s the cwt; bonedust, LG 15s toLSS; Chesterfield guauo, L 3 7s Gd per ton. Horses : There was again a large entry, our numbers reaching to 8!). Unfoxtunately the class was not up to the standard, though the attendance was good, and we had purchasers for horses of a better stamp. Tho highest price realised was L 23 for an active draught mare, G years old; next came a gelding, same age, not so heavy, £2l 10s; aged draughts sold at Ll2 to LIS ; light spring cart or heavy buggy horses, LlO to Ll4; hacks, 1.6 to L!», and all sorts at any ! prico. There is a good demand I'or active i spring cart horses and sound young animals suitable for light harness or cavalry remounts.

At Kemuera, on Thursday, dairy cows, in usual number, were at late values; prices for those at profit were from £3 10s to £7 each. Kat calves, yaided numerously, wore stead) it last week's quotations (80 sold). Fat cattle, short of requirements, were better worth. Steers and heifers brought from 18s to £1 Is the 1001b ; aged cows, 14s to 16s I Prices for steers were from £5 10s to Li) 17s 6d; cows, £3 to £G 17s lid each (220 sold). Fat sheep, in average number, improved somewhat on last week's values. Wethers, were from 10s to 16s (H ; ewes, 8s to 12s eaoh (1100 sold). Lambs, in fair supply, were firm at last week's values, and brought from 7s to 12s 61 each (250 sold). Tne store ewes advertised were freely competed for, and ranged from Gs Gd to 8s fid each (1200 sold). Pigs yarded in moderate numbers, and were at late values. Good porkers ranged from 18s to £1 6s ; heavy up to £2 ss; small, 53 to 10s each (60 sold). i ameiucanTvheat supply. I [Br Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] I [PER FEESS ASSOCIATION.] ' London, Ap il 12. The American visible wheat aupply is estimated at 77,113,003 bushels.

i London, April 11. At the tallow salc3 775 casks were offered, and 257 sold; mutton, fine 30s; medium 28s; beef, fine 295; medium 27s Gd,