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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7832, 26 May 1905, Page 3

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NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGKNCy Co. Ltd.

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. AtCKLAND, May 24. Horses.—At the Durham Yards oil hn,'^' V W S had ? larffe J* ai 'ding of horses, and anything young of a rood stamp met a ready sale, but other sorts were neglected. Heavy draughts sold from £26 3s to. £39, 111C dium draughts £lB 10s to £2B, horse.cic and harness £23, hacks £5 10s to On Thursday, at a'special sale of horses, we yarded 185, the greater number of which changed hands. Heavy draughts sold from £25 tOs to £39, medium draughts, unbroken, up to £29, useful harness horses £]o 10s to £2O 10s, weeds £1 if* to £4 12s (id.A hunter realised £25. At the clearing sale of live and dead jStoek, held on account of llr C. K [Jull, Manuiewa, these was a large attendance, and very satisfactory prices were realised. The farm horses made up to £23. Dairy cows £4 I.os to £B. tax eart £ls, were some of the prices realised. i At Waiuku on Saturday there was a good yarding for the time of year —which s-old at late rales,. Dairy cows sold from £4 5s to £8 10s, empty cows £1 15s to £3, grown steers £1 10s to £6 12s Gd, calves 15s to £1 Bs. -beef at Xewmai-kv't Cattle.—At the Newmarket Yaixls on Tuesday dairy and store stock were penned in usual numbers, and sold at ruling values. Beef was yarded in average quantities, for which bidding was brisk and improved prices .ruled. Ox beef sold up to 23s per 1001b, cow 17s to 20s. Steers sold from £6 10s to £lO 10s, cows £4 2s (id to £B. Dairy cows (sold from £4 15s to £9 10s, empty do. £2 to "£3 ss, calves 15s to £1 6s

A draft of steers from the Akeake swamp averaged £lO ss. Sheep.—The Newmarket Yards were well filled on Tuesday, and those penned met with a steady sale nt| late improved prices. Wethers sold from 15s 3d to £1 5s 6d, ewes 13s 9d to £l' Is 9d. Lambs sold from 9a 6d to 14s fid. A draft of 180 wethers from the Waikato averaged £1 4s each. ; Pigs.—Yarded in average numbers. Porkers sold from l!is fkl to£l 17s, weaners 5s Od to 12s Od.

We submitted an avfcrage catalogue of hides, skins, and tallow, on Tuesday, all lines meeting with keen competition.Hides. —Market Firm. We quote : Kxtra stout ox GJd to 7}d, stout 6 J<l to &4d, medium s£d to 6d, light 4|d to sjd, cows' best lines 4Jd to 4fd, good 4|<l to 4Jd, stags' 3Jd to 3{d, ! kips 4}d to i;d, culf-skins 5Jd to 5Jd. i Sheepskins.—Market easier. Best butchers' skins, pjicked, 3s 8d to 4s lOd, good lines, average 3s Id to 3s 7d, small and damaged Is 3d to 2s 4d. Tallow. —Market easier. Rest mixed ! 183 (id to 19s Od, good l(is (id to j 17s 6dj seconds lis 6d to 15s (id, rough fat ljd to l^d. Hones.—£s, cow tails 1b fid dozen, horsehair Is OJd to Is 9Jd, horns wanted. Maize.—ln short supply, and firm at 3s on wharf for wholesale Hues.

Oats.—Belling at 2s c.i.l'., for 1$ grade. Chair.—Worth £1 10s at rail. Potatoes are worth £(> 10s. Butter. —Very firm, best 9id to 9'Jil, good 9d. Cheese. —In good demand. Market firm, LONDON MARKETS. (Received Mav 25, 10.41 a.m.) LONDON, May 24, Wheat. —Two Australian cargoes sold at 32s.and 31s 10Jd net cash, respectively.Ta110w.—1429 cask's were offered, an'd 848 were soli).: Excepting fine mutton, which is unchanged, other sorts advanced threepence* MELBOURNE HIDE MARKETS. (Received May 25, 11.20 p.m.', MELBO DUNE, May 25. Hides.—Good supplies. Average mo'dium weights are fully a farthing lower' stouts and kjps unchanged. Tallow.—About 5s per ton lower.