COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 229, 1 October 1904, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

NEW PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1. RETAIL PRICES. Farm and Daii-y Produce. Milk 8 per quart, butter (dairy) iOd, separator Is per lb, cheese 7d pel' lb, egga 10a par doz., fowls 3s per' pair, lard 7d per lb, bacon 7d to lOd per lb,; hams 9d per lb, rashers lOd per lb. Fruit.—Bananas 3d per lb, tocoanuts Sd to id each, lemons Is to Is 6d per doz, apples 3d to 4d per lb, criinijes la to Is 6d p«r do/.. Coal. --Wustpoi t, Brookdale 435, Vokau 425. *<onci!ust, pure, £7 10s per ton. BUYING PRICES. Butler (best dairy) 7d to Ha, separator 8d to 9d, factory roll* Old to lOd per lb, egg* 8d p*r doz., fowls ita per yair, duc4n 6» per pair, bacon 7d pur lb, hams 74<i per tt>, cheese 4Jd to 54 per lb, iard 6d per lb, l'uaguv 2sd per lb.

MR. NEWTON ICING'S WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT.

At the Haymarket on Saturday business was slack. ; 'igs made 15s to 16s (id, calves 6d jo 3s Gd. At the mart fowls made Is Id to Is 'jd, ducks Is lOd, onions Id. A quantity of furniture and sundries was* disposed of at low prices. Cattle. —At Waiwakaiho on Saturday bidding was i. .t, and a good many were passed ni the hammer, although the majority w?re placed afterwards. Weaners made 14s to 188, Shearlings 38s to 51s Gd, 18months steers £3 Is to £3 7s, heifers in calf £2 19s to £3 6s (id, springing heifers £4 5s to £5 2s 6d, springing cows £4 to £6 10s, store cows £1 5s to .£3 10s, fat cows £5 6s, balls 30s to £3 2s (id.

MESSRS VICKEHS & STEVENS REPORT.

Messrs Vickers and Stevensf repoi'S there was a ibig yarding of cattle at their Inglewoiod sale on Wednesday. Young cattle were not in such demand as at late sales, but spring-] ers showed a decided improvement ! Calves to yeanlings made from £l' 7s to £2 6s, yearlings to 15 months £2 9s to £2 13s 6d, empty heifers £3 4s 6d to £3 13s, store cows £2 to £3 17s, springers £3 10s to £6, fat cows £5 10s, hoggets 14s 9d. |

GRAIN REPORT.

WELLINGTON, Sept. 28. Mr F. Pownall, ol the N«w Zealand and Canterbury Farmers' Cooperative Associations, Wellington, reports as followi, all quotation* being f.0.b., port ol shipment, s a cks extra, unless specified Oats.—Opportunity of cheap freight is causing heavy export Home of all classes of grain, mostly shippers' risks, specific contracts existing requiring stout, bright qualities, with little available. Stocks will need early relief;,, though, Government compulsory grading should strengthen buyers' hands amid stimulate outsirlp inquiry. B grade Danish a re easier 1 at Is 7d, S-Bills Is 7}d, Cartons and Roseberrys la Bid, Duns and Waverley Is 3d, Canadians Is lOd, rejects Is 6d. Wheat. —Nothing important is transpiring, farmers firmly refusing limits for store stocks of firsts, quitting small parcels of mixing lines only. English market is steady, at slightly lower than colonial equivalent, spot value of Velvet ruling at 3s 7d, Tuscan 3s 6d, Hunters costs 3s sd, G.W. feed 3s ljd, seconds 2s 7d.

Potatoes.—Returns not warranting, major portion of season's crops will remain in pits. Sound Derwents are selling at 27s 6d s.i., other kinds 25s s.i. Seeds £2 to £4 s.i. 3laize. —Deliveries are light, realising 2s 5d s.i. Barley is slack, common feed being worth 2s, Cape 2s 2d, malting 3s, pearl barley £l3 b.i., pig-meal £4 10s s.i.

Beans.—Horse feed are disappearing slowly at 3s 2d ; seeds 3s 6d. Peas.—Partridge call for 4s, Blue Prussians 3s 6d, split peas £l4 b.i.

Bran has hardened to £3 7s Gd s.i., with outsat restricted. Pollard sells readily at £1 f>s s.i., with upward tendency. Oatmeal.—l-ea.ling mills quote £9 S.i. for 25's, and £l2 c.i.f.s.i. for rolled oats.

Chaff.—Cutting is general and nia»Eet drooping. Bright oat-sheaf commands 67s 6d s.i. South, and 75s s.i. North ; straw chall 52s Gd s.i. Hay.—Pressed fodder is lifeless, green feud replacing. Rye-clover seeks 87s 6d, all-clover 80s, pressed straw 37s (id. Grass Seed.—Old pasture rye is active at 4s (id to ss, dressed cocksfoot 5d to s|d, W-clover 97s 6d, cowgrass 655. LATEST LONDON MARKETS. (Per Press Association.) LONDON, Sept. 29. The wool sales closed firm, the prices being the -hig'ncst for the series. Sales included Fennay Manapori 9Jd. Wheat.—Two Australian cargoes sold at oibout. 34s fld net, three at 335, another at 32s < and 13,000 quarters of October—November shipment >at 355. The American visible supply is 24,233,000 bushels. Copper.—Spot £SB 12s 6d, three months £SB 10s. 11UCKLAXD AND SONS' REPORT. (Special to News.) AUCKLAND, Sept. 30. Heavy draught colts and fillies made up to £42, medium £lB to £25, aged and worn £l4 10s to £2l, good hacks and harness £ls to £22, light and ordinary £6 5s to £ls 10s, weeds and ponies £2 to £5 2s 6d.

At Rumuera beef sold irregularly, steer making 23s to 265, and cow 20a to 22s per 1001t>. Sheep were in good supply, and prices lower. Wethers made up to 28s, ewes to 30s 6d, hoggets to 20s 6d, lambs to 17s 6d. Pigs—ln a full market .porkers made up to 355, and batoners to 555.