COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 228, 19 September 1908, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. I ] London, September 17. Wheat At the sales old Australian wheat brought 38s to 38s Ud; 15,000 quarters of now clop, January-February shipment, per sailor, 3(is Ud. The American visible supply i 3 33,231,000 qua*terij. Silver, 24 lid. Lead, £l3 3s !M. (PROSPEROUS LAND COMPANY. London, September 17. In the annual report of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company the directors propose to pay a dividend of 7 per cent, and a bonus of 5 per cent., to add £BO,OOO to the contingency fund' and £BO,OOO to the reserve. NEWTON KINO'S REPORT. At the Haymarket on Saturday wean f P'B* »»»«« 13s to 17s, small stores 18s (id to 235, calves 2s (id to 3s (id; hack s £2 10s to £lO. At the mart there was a modern i.e entry of poultry and prices were well maintained, ducks making Is lid to 2> ®d> cockerels 2s 4.1 to 3s (id, hens 2s 4il to 4s, turkeys Os (id, pigeons (id to lid Sundries made ordinary rates. At Oakura on Monday there was a good attendance at Mr. Stanhope's cleuiing sale. The dairy cows were well com peted for and sold well, liut the sheet met with little enquiry and were passer in. Sundries and furniture sold il satisfactory prices. Dairy cows elosi to profit made £5 to £7 15s, stores £. 2s (id to £3 ss, draught mare £25, two year Jilly £7 15s, yearling do. £li 15s At Rahotu on Tuesday, owing to tin heavy rains, all cattle advertised dit not come forward. Twelve- to 18-mont'i: heifers made 345, steer yearlings 37s springing heifers £4 2 S (id to £5 10 6d.

•At Stony River on Wednesday the yards were very full, and there was a large attendance. Bidding n'as brisk for nearly all classes, especially for young cattle and springing heifers, which soul at improved rates. A line of 3'/ 2 - to 4year bullocks was passed in. Mixed yearlings made 27 a to 31s, heifer do. 2!)s to 30s, steer do. 35s to 40s (id, 18-months heifers £2, 4-year forward bullocks £4 175.0 d, springing heifers £4 7s (id to £6, springing cows £4 12s Od to £O, Jersey do. £7 2s Od to £0 15s, fat cows £4 18s 6d to £5 !)s, store do. 22s to 455, fat wethers Ills, mixed hoggets Ss lid. At Waiwakaiho on Thursday then; was a bigger yarding and attendance than for some time past. There was good competition for nearly all classes, and nearly everything sold at the hammer at improved prices. Calves :o yearlings (mixed) made 18s to 24s Ud, yearling steers 34s to 3!)s 0(1, heifers 25s 6d to 30s, 18-month to 2-year steers £2 18s to £3 4s, springing heifers £3 /s 6d to £5 10s, store cows 25s to 455, fat and forward cows £3 18s, wethers 12s lid.

VICKEIIS' & STEVENS' REPORT. Messrs. Vickers & Stevens report that owing to the wet weather there wis not such a 'big yarding as was anticipated. Yearlings made from 17s (id to £1 Bs, yearling steers £2 4s, store cows £1 10s to £2 9s, springers £3 to £6 2s 6d. At Tarata, on Monday, calves to yea rlings made from 14s to £1 ss, store cow s £1 la to £2 7s, springers £2 17s to £4 lis. At Mr. G. E. Bocock's clearing sale on the Maude Road, on Tuesday, dairy cows made from £3 10s to £0 10s, old cows £1 10s to £2 10s, yearling heifers £1 10s, and sundries at fair prices. L. A. NOLAN & CO.'S REPORT. Poultry again met with a good demand, and good prices are still maintained. We quote:—Hens 2s 4d to 2s 71, roosters Is Od to 2s fid, ducks 2s 3d to 2s 7d, white leghorn hens as fid. At the mart a larg e quantity of furniture and sundries was sold at fair prices. JENKINS, MATTHEWS & PIGOTT'S REPORT.

-Jenkins, Matthews and Pigott report: —We had a splendid yarding at Urenui on Monday, all pens and races being occupied. Competition was more keen ' than at our last sale, and most lines were sold either at the hammer or privately. We quote: Yonng pedigree boar 425, calves 10s (id. yearling heifers 2:ls to 265, do. mixed 20s to 355, 18-month' heifers ';3s (kl, do. .steers 30s to 545, cows and calves 47s (id to 60s. 2-vear steer--555. 2-year empty heifers 40s, springing' heifers 05s to 102s (id. 2'/o-year steers (iOs. 3»/a to 4-year s teers 85s. store cows 43s lid to 445. forward cows Si* to 625, fat cmvs S!)s to 1 Oils, yearling bulls 425.

On Tuesday we held a clearing sale for Mr. ]>. l'iinl. under a perfect downpour of rain. Kidding was very animated. and all cows close to profit, and those lately calved, brought good prices. On Thursday we held an unreserved sale of furniture on account of Mrs. D. Wyllie. There was a large attendance of buyers, very satisfactory prices were realised.

WEBSTER BEOS.' HEPORT. On Saturday we had a fair entry of poultry which sold at advanced prices. There is a general shortage of all class«s of poultry at present, and breeders should not miss the opportunity of socuring good prices. Fowls l s lOd to 2s 7d, cockerels 2s to 3 S Id, turkey hens 4s (id to as (id. gobblers 7s to Bs. Oniata.—At our yards yesterday we had a good etttrv, ajid nearly every lot sold either at the hammer or privately. Yearling heifers 23 s (id to 275, do. steers 32s (id to 375, mixed yearlings 22s to litis, stores 3os to 4-ls, old cows 15s, forwardeeosw s £3 Is, bulls £1 13s Gd to £■l lftj, springing cows .£4 to £5 12s Od, springing heifers £2 2s to £3 ss. Xext sale, Friday, October 2.

J AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET. i The Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., reports:Horses.—At the Durham yards on Friday horses were yarded in small mrubers. Heavy draughts sold at from £25 I to £32; medium do.. £lB 10s to £27; hacks and light harness horses, £5 is to £ls Ills; weeds, £2 10s to £0 15s. At 'Pukekohe on Wednesday dairy cows sold well, l(i(i being offered. Springers realised £4 5s to £8 17s 6d; heifers. £3 l() s to £(i pis (id; empty cows, £2 10s to £3 Ills: two- to three-year-old steers, £2 17s o<l to £5 10s; vearliu-' do., £2 2s Od to £3 18s. liref was yarded in extra large numbers. 110 animals changing hands, which sold at fn|:> Aewinarket rates. Steers realised £0 18s to £!); cows, £4 10s to £B. Cattle.—At the Newmarket yards on Tuesday dairy cw» sold at from £l| 10s to £7 15s; empty eows, £2 7s 'o £3 12s. Oxen sold to 24s per 1001b, an,l cows from 20s to 22s -per 1001b. Steers sold at from £0 15s to £l2 12s (id, and cows to £7 2s (id. Sheep were yarded in full numbers at Newmarket on Tuesday, and rt old at an advance on last week's rates, wethers realising from His 3d to £1 5s !kl, ewes 14s to £1 (is 3d, and hoggets 12s 0d to 14 s Od. Pigs.—porkers sold at from £1 lis to C2 0s; weaners. 8< (id to 10s; liaconcrs, £2 10s to C 3 Is.