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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 109, 5 June 1909, Page 6

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gold and silver exports. By Telegraph.—l'ress Association. Wellington, Friday. During the last month New Zealand 'exported 41i.5'200m. of gold, valued at £185,271, compared with 45,0170z5., valued at £17!),487, in May of last year. ' llliere was a decrease for the first five months in the present year of 10,4830_z5. 4of gold, valued at £55,151, hut an increase of !)o,o4ilozs. of silver, valued at « £7300, compared ' with figures for the .corresponding period of last year. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. VICKEIIS & STEVENS' REPORT. There was a good yarding of cattle in our lnglewood yards 011 Wednes'd&y, and nearly everything was sold as follows: Calves 12s '«d to £1 3s, in calf heifers £1 10s to £1 15s, store cows £1 10s to £2 lis, 2 to 2'/ s -year-old heifers in calf £3 iOs, springers £3 5s to £i )2 6 6d.

AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company reports— Horses:'On Friday, at the Durham yards, horse* were yarded in mora than average numbrrH. Heavy draughts sold at from £2l to £3B. medium do. £l7 lite to £23, hacks and light harness hoi>es C 7 5s to £l2 10s, ponies £2 10s to C 5 10s.

Wo held It special sale of horses' at Piipiiknra on Wedn'esilay, whc7t more than the advertised number came forward. Horses of all elapses were wanted and sold under keen competition. Heavy draughts sold at from £22 to £3O 10s, medium do. £1!) 103 to £26, aged draughts £lO to £l7 10s, light hai'iies-i do. £lO to £lO 15s', hacks and cohs Ca 5s to £ls, foals £3 10s to cm in», gig £l3 His. 1 A l L'levedon on Saturday there was a small yarding of stock, which sold at late values. Dairy cows sold at from £3 10s to £5 15s, heifers £2 15s to £4 10»', empty cows £2 2s to £3 2s Od, beef at Newmarket rates. Sheep: Wethers 13s 3d, ewes 7s 9d to lis, lambt 7s lid to 7s Od. Cattle: At the Newmarket yards on 'Tuesday there was a moderate number of dairy and store slock yarded and a full supply of beef. Dairy cows sold at from £3 to £(i 7s (id. empty cows' CI 17s to C2 12s, calves 15s to £1 10s. Beef in full numbers, the quality ■not being equal to last week, sold at last week's rates. Oxen sold .to 21s per 1001b, and cows from 17s to lils. Steers £5 Ids' to £0 15s, cows £3 10s to £7.

Sheep: Sheep wove yarded ill larger than usual number,-. uml first-quality sheep advanced in prices. Wethers sold at from 12s to 18s (id, ewes 9s 9(1 to Us »d, hoggets 7s (id to 14s, lambs 83 6d to 13s /id.

Pigs: Porkers' sold at from l.ie (id to £1 Bs, weanei's Os Od to 10s !)d, baconei's £'2 2s to £3 (is.

Northern Sales: At Arapohue there was a small yarding of stock, which sold under late 'rates. At Maungaturoto was an average yarding and stock were in better demand. At Kaiwaka there was a fair yarding of stock, and at Warkworth there was an average yarding of cattle and sheep. Wc quote for these'sales: Grown steers, fresh and forward condition, £5 12s (id to £O, 2 to 3-year-old do. £3 as to £5, 18nioTith- to 2-year-olds £2 to £3 as fld, dairy cows £3 10 s to £O, heifers £1 10s to £3 2s Od. Sheep: Fat wethers 10s Od to 13s (id, ewes 9s' to 12s, fat lambs 5s 9d to 83 Od, store do. 3s to 5« 3d.

Wc submitted and sold average catalogues of hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesday.

Hides: Market brisk. We quoteExtra stout ox 7d to 7%d, s'tout do. (iy 2 d to o%d, medium do. B%d to (!%d, light do. s'/ ( d to 5%d; cows', best lines 5%d to s'/od, good 0 1 / 8 dto SV4cl. scored' 4%d to 3d, kips 4%d to a'/ 3 d, calfskins od to (id, damaged hides 3d to 4>/,d. ■Sheepskins: Market brisk, witJi keen competition. Best ibutclicrs' skins 4s to 4s (id, good 3s fid to 3s' lOd, small 2s Od to 3s.

Tallow: Market easier. licst mixed to 22s Od, good ,20s to 21s 3d. inferior 17s (id to 18s Od, rough fat l'/ 2 d to l%d per Hi.

ADDINfiTON, At the Addington live stock market 011 Wednesday tillere was a very large entry of fat sheep and lambs and fair entries of other classes of stock. There was a good attendance of the public, and competition was fairly keen.

Vrcezing buyers operated freely, and took the hulk of the yarding, butchers for tire most part standing olf. Freezers made lis to los, a few heavy weights making 14s Bd, and light weights 10 3 8d to lis.

The yarding of store sheep was ly liettei' than that of Uie previous week, and included some good lines of owes and -hoggets. A line of 185 threequartenbred wether hoggets made 10s. and average linos of hoggets, mixed sexes, made Ss (1,1 to lis (id, and culls /s to Bs. A line of 4 and ii-tooth ewes made 15s lid, full-mouth cives 14s, and failing-mouth ewes 8s (id to 10s; wethers, of wliieh there was a s'niall yarding, sold at prices eijual to the previous sale.

There was a large entry of fat sheep, which im-loded a considerable proportion of wcll-linislied lines, and the previous week's prices were well maintained, the range of prices being: 1 > ri 1110 wctii'ers 14s lid to 17s KM, Mite,- 12s to 14s', prime ewes 12s lo 14s, extra to life 7d. medium lis 3d |„ Us (Id, light Ss (M 10 lis, merino wethers 9s iod*to 10s 2d.

The yarding of fat eat tie was 2117 head, which included some animals of good quality. The tone of Ihe market was more brisk than at the recent sales, and an all-round advance of 2s per 1001b was recorded. Best steer beef made 19s to 225. medium 17s (id to 15s fid. and con- beef 15s (id to 17s per 1001b; s teers realised C 7 5s to .«() 7s (id, heifers £5 to .€B, and cows ,C 4 Ids to C 7 15s. There was a good yarding of' fat calves, which met vitli good demand prices' ranging from 4s (id to .£2 12«' accordin<r to age awl condition. ' Ihe \anling of pigs was a fair one hut, the demand was slack practically or all 'hisses. Choppers realised up lo U 10s, heavy baconers 30s to 575, and lighter 4. 1S to 47s—equal to 4'/.d per lb; heavy porkers made 3Gs to 425, 1 and lighter 30s to 35s'—equal to 5d per lb. There wan little demand for largo sorts which made 33s to 375, medium -OS to .Ills- small 14s to. 18s; weaners made from (Is to 13s.

WKST COAST MARKETS. Messrs. I'. K. Jackson and Co. report recent stock s'ales held by them as follow: At \\averlcy.—;)>/ 2 -year bullocks £4 os to x,,, empty cows C2 2s (id to £i 10s, good springing heifers 13 5 S to!

£3 17s, waivers 22s Oil to 2-1-, 2'/ ; -yoar steel's dC3 7s, 18-moiiths steers £2 9s', cows in milk £4 to £5 ss, springing I'Ows C:( 10s, others £2 15s, bulls £2 lite to C 3 8s Oil, store cows 30s to £2 2s, aged ewes in lamb 8s Id, aged ewes 5s 3<l, forward wetlrers 10s 3d, empty ewes lis 4(1. woolly lambs 8s Bd, 2-tooth wethers 10s, small iambs 5s Id. Pigs: I'oi'kiTs 20s, stores I4e Oil to 159,

At Wanganui.—Fat eows' £4 to .£4 ss. Others £3 15s to £3 18s, light do. £3 10s, forward empty cows £2 10s to £2 13s. store eows 30s to £2, empty heifers £2 Is, 2 , /.-yeai' steers £3 15s lid, springing heifers £2 13s 8d to £3 Ids', light fat heifers £3 7s, 3%-yoar bullocks £4 15s, IS-months to 2-year steers £2 4s, 2-,vear Hereford heifers £2, springing cows £4 10 3 to £5 15s, others £3 Is to £3 10s, springing heifers (small) £2 7s, veal calves 23. to 2!)s, 18-munths to 2-year heifers 32s 6d to 355, mixed lambs'Bs lOd, 2-tooth wethers 10 9 Oil, fat and forward ewes 7s lid, store ewes (Is 2d, medium lambs 5s (Id. Pigs: Baconcrs 37s to 30s', heavy porkers 27s to 30s, medium porkers 23s to 25s 6il, good porkers 20s to 21s (Id, stores 13s 6d to las fld, small do. 7s to Os' Oil.

Messrs. Dalgctv and Co. report on their Wangaiiui sale as follows:—1500 sheep and 400 cattle were yarded, and there was a good atteiDlaviee of buyers. Competition was' keen for sheep, every pen being sold under the hammer. There was also a good demand for voung cattle, but grown cattle were dull of sale. Quotations: Fat and forward wethers lis lOd to 12s 3d, f.m, bush wctlvers 10s Id, old cull wethers 6s cull halflired Wethers 7s, light fnt ewes 9S Od, fat forward ewes 8s to 8»' 4d. forward empty ewes 7s 2)1, cull ewes 4 S 8d to ffs, small 2-tooth ewes in lamb 12s 9)1, medium lambs 7s 2d to 7s lOd, good 2-tooth wethers lis 4d, rough 4-year bullocks £4 12s (id, 2'/;-year steers £3 ss', small 18-montlis steers £2 2s forward empty eows £3, store cows £2 Is, cows and calves £2 5s Od to £2 15s springing heifers £4 ss, heifers in caif £2 2s Od.