COMMERCIAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 98, 19 May 1900, Page 3

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

New Plymouth, Saturday, Max 19. RETAIL PRICES. I Butchers' meat.—Prices as lately advertised. Farm and Dairy Produce.—Milk, 3d per [quart; butter, dairy, 8d to 9d; separator, |lod to lid per lb; cheese, 6d per lb; eggs, 2s per doz; fowls, per pair; ducks, — per pair; lard, 6d; bacon, 3d to 7 id; hams, tid to 8d per lb. Fruit. —Bananas, 4d and 5d per lb; cocoanuts, 2d to 4d each; lemons, Is and Is 6d per dozen ; oranges, Is per dozen; apples, 3d and 4dper lb; passion fruit, 4d; pears, Id and 6d; quinces, 81b Is. Vegetables.—Onions, 2d pel lb ; cabbages, 2d each; cauliflowers, 3d; potatoes, j 6s per cwt. Breadstuffs.—Bread, 4Jd per 41b lear (cash). | Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load. | Coal.—'VVestport(Brookdale), 425; Mokau, 28s. Bone-dust (pure), £7 10s per ton. BUYING PRICES] Batter.—Bsst dairy, 6d; separator, 7d to 8d per lb; cheese 5d per lb; eggs, Is 9d per dozen; fowls, per pair; ducks, per pair; bacon, 4d to Sd per lb; hams, 5d to GJd per lb; lard, s|d; fungus, 2jd to 3d per lb. CASH RETAIL MILT, PKiOES. Egmont Mills, Flour, silk-dressed 8/- per 1001b Bran 7/6 „ 1801b Sharps .. 11/- „20 lib Barley „ „ 2/U „ bushel Wheat _ „■ 3/- „ do Oats 2/6 „ do Oats, crushed 2/9 „ do Oatmeal 3/3 „ 251bs Wheatmeal 10/- „ lOOlba Pigs' meal.. .„ 8/- „ 1801b Beans „ 3/8 ~ bushel Chafi (oatßhesf)J... 1/9 „ sack Chaff (straw) ... J/3 „ „ Maize ... .„ 3/9 ~ bu.sbrl Bone-dust... _ £7/10 „ ton Calf Meal 11/- „ 1001b

MR NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCIION REPORD Mb. Newton King reportsAt the Haymarket, on Saturday, only two pens of pigs were sold, prices ranging from 3s 6d to lis; one trap horse realised £8 15s; hack, £3lss. At the Mart fowls made Is Id to Is 9d; ducks, Is 6d ; potatoes, 2s (id to 3s; pumpkins, 3s to 4s per cwt. A quantity of furniture and sundries was disposed of at prices in favour of purchasers. Fruit.—At a sale, on Tuesday, oranges made 6s to 7s; do, bad order, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; apples, 2s to 6s a case; pears, 2|d to 2|d lb. Cattle.—At Waiwakaiho, on Tuesday, the yards were fairly filled, with mostly calves. Owing to the bad weather the attendance was smaller than usual, and few buyers were present, and although a good many lines were sold, bidding for young cattle was quieter than for some time. This, however, cannot be taken as any indication of the state of the market, and, with'fine weather, I look for late prices being iuore than sustained, there being a strong outside demand for all good strong young stock. Calves made 17s to 21s; calves to yearlings, 25s to 30s; steer do, 325; 18-months Ayrshire heifers in calf, 55s 6d; springers, 65s to 72s 6d; store cows, 35s to 475; fat cows, 58s to 70s; ewes in lamb, 10s; empty ewes, 7s lOd. MESSES VICKEES & STEVENS' REPORT. Messrs Viokers & Stevens report a fair entry of stock at their Inglewood yards, and all lots were well competed for, the following prices being realised: Inferior calves, IDs to 14s; good calves, 18s (id to £1 ss; 18-months heiters, £2 to £2 2s; springer?, £3 Is to £3 15s; dry cows, £2 to £2 10s; 2-year-old steers, £3 8s; bulls, 10s to £1 4s; ewes, in lamb,, broken-mouthed, 5s 6d; hacks, £2 5s to £7 10s.

(Received 18, 9.15 a.m.) London, May 18. The catalogue at to-day's wool sales included Waipua clip 6|d, and Elderslie 12|d. Colonial rabbits very dull, 7-Jd. Five thousand crates of the Salami's consignment were rotten and condemned. Napiek, May 17. Messrs. Nelson Bros., Limited, Tomoana, received the following cable l'rom the 0.0. and S. Co., London, to-day:—"Frozen meat market.—To-day's quotations are: Best Canterbury mutton, igd per lb; best Dunediu I and Southland, 4|d per lb; NapK-r and North Island, <iid. Lamb: First quality, s§d ; second quality, 5Jd per lb." | AUCKLAND BUTTER PRICES. i [PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.] J Auckland, Hay 18. : Wholesale dairy produce quotations:— j Butter.—Fre h Dairy, 7d ; second, (id ; New i Zealand Dairy Association, lid; Anchor i brand. lid ; Acorn brand, lid; prima salt, 7d ; second quality salt, Gd. MESSRS ALFRED BUCKLAND & SONS' WEEKLY REPORT. At JKLAKD, I,lay 18, ■ _ J■ •"■irfi. :'-i' x V.j, .... or»"t.Ky o- m

( at 3s and 3s 3d per cwt.; 'for meadow hay, 2s 6d; for oaten sheaves and straw, 14s to ' horses, with a good demand. All young, f sound animals sold freely, and we ean placo [ many medium draughts and active harness | horses at full values. Three colts from tho , East Coast, suitable for coaching or spring cart work, realised £ls, £92, and £24 re--1 spcctively; a 3-year-old draught colt from 1 Mangere, £3l; aged draught gelding, £24; and ordinary cart horses, £l2 to £l9; light harness horses, £7 to £10; hacks and common sorts, £5 each. On Tuesday, ox hides brought up to E|d; cow hides, 4fd; calf, to sjd per lb.; sheep skins, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; dried, Is Gd to 2s 3d ; inferior, 9d to Is each; tallow, 16s to 26s per cwt.; rough fat, Ijdto 2d per lb.; bones, 5s per cwt.; tails, 2s 3d per dozen; horse hair, Is 4d per lb.

At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cows, in short supply and mostly of inferior quality, were without alteration in value. Prices for those at jffofit ranged from L 3 to L 7 7s each. The store cattle advertised from Whangarei did not come forward, being sold privately to go to Taranaki, but there was a fair muster by road. Dry cows brought from LI to L 3 5s each, according to age and condition. The working oxen advertised, being considerably up in years and rather down in condition, averaged LI lCs each. Fat calves, yarded in average numbers, were at late values. Fresh dropped, 2s to 8s each; medium, 10s to 14s; heavy, up to L2 3s (GO 'sold). Fat cattle were in full supply. Wellfatted oxen of good quality were firm at last week's quotations—l'Js to LI per 1001b; coarse cattle and three-quarter fatted were at lower values. Steers ranged in price from L 5 to L 9 12s Gd each; cows, L 3 10s to L 7 17s 6d (290 sold). The good prices realised for sheep lately caused an extra large market to-day, and prices were good throughout. Extra heavy wethers brought from 17s to LI Is each ; lighter weights, lis to 16s; ewes, heavy, 15s to 17s; other sorts, lis to 14s. Lambs were plentiful, and also sold freely, bringing from 7s to 13s each (1700 sold). Pigs, yarded numerously, were dull of sale, and at lower values.