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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 174, 2 November 1910, Page 7

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WHEAT AND FLOUR AFLOAT. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. London, October 31. Wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,0(50,000 quarters, for tlu Continent 2,275,000 quarters, Atlantic shipments 254,000 quarters, Pacific 45,000 quarters, total for Europ" 1.775,000 quarters, including Argentine 60.000 quarters, Russia 870,000 quarters, Damibian 255,000 quarters, India 52,000 quarters, Australasia 95,000 quarters.

TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN HIDE AND TALLOW SALE. Mr. Newton King reports:—On Tuesday, 25th October, I held my usual fourweekly sale of above produce. The catalogue comprised 13 bales and 01 sacks wool, 3110 sheepskins, 'lB casks and 29 tins tallow, 1287 hides and 643!) calfskins, as well as the usual assortment of horsehair, cow-tails, bones, etc. There was a good attendance of buyers and eomj petition was keen throughput. Wool—My catalogue was small, but what little* there was sold well at late rates. In sympathy with other markets, dry sheepskins were y 4 d lower, but gre'en skins held their own. Average butchers' cow hides were on a par with late rates. Superior cow were easier, while ox hides advanced %d per lb. Calfskins sold well at late rates. Tallow advanced 5s per ton. I quote: — Wool—Crutchings 5y 4 d to 5%d, fleete 7V 2 d to 'B%d, cotted fleece V/ 4 d, first dead 7y 2 d, second dead 4d to 5y 4 d, scoured pieces 9d, pieces 4d, skin pieces 3d t& 3%d.. _ ,

Sheepskins—Medium crossbred 7y 2 d to Bd, or 7s, 7s 4d, Bs, to 8s Cd each; coarse crossbred 7d to 7 1 / 4 d, or 6s to 8s 9d each; coarse hoggets 7d to 7y 2 d; fine hoggets Bd'; spring'lambs, 4 l / 2 d; butchers', damaged 6y 4 d to Cy a d, half-wool, Gy 4 d to 6%d, second quality coarse crossbred 6V 2 d to 6%d, hoggets <iy 2 d to 7d, first dead 5%d to 6d, second dead 5d to 5y 2 d, dead lambs sd, half-wool 5d to 5y 2 d, damaged 4%d to 4y 2 d. Damp lines as follows:—Heavy wool, 8s 3d, 8s 9d, 9s 3d, to 10s 9d; full-wool, 6s, Os 4d, 6s 6d. 6s lOd, 7s 2d, 7s od, 7s Bd, 7s lid," to 8s sd; fine full-wool, 8s to 8s 4d; hoggets. 4s, 4s 6d, 4s 10d, 5s Id, 5s 6d, 5s 9d to 6s; fine hoggets, 5s 6d to 6s 6d; dead, 3s 3d, 5s Id, to 5s 3d; dead lambs, 9d to Is 3d; damaged, 3s, 3s 9d, 4s lid, to 7s Id; spring lamb, Is 7d; pelts, 6d to Is; damaged pelts, 2d to 4d; salted lines, heavy wool 7s Id to 8s 6d; full-wool, 5s lid, 6s 3d, 6s 6d, 6s lOd, 7s, 7s 4d to 7s 7d; hoggets 4s, 4s 4d, 4s 6d, 4s lOd to 5s Id; damaged, 3s to 4s; lambs, ls'3d; pelts, lOd to Is 3d.

Hides—Superior ox stout 8y 4 d. superior medium 7%d, light 7y B d, ordinary ox heavy 7y 4 d to 7%d, medium 6%tl to 7y 4 d, light 6y 2 d, to 6%d, cut ox 6y 8 d to 6%d;' cow, heavy superior 7d to 7y B d, superior medium 6%d to 7d, superior light 6%d to 7d, ordinarv cow heavy 6d to 6'/ 2 d, medium 5%d to"cy 2 d, light*s 7 / 8 d to 6%d, cut cow 5y 4 d to 6d; farmers' cow heavy 5%1d to 5%d; light 5y 2 d to 5%d, cut 4y 2 d to 5»/ 4 d; fanners' ox 5%d to 6%d, stag 5d to 5y 4 d. slippy 4>/ 4 <i to 5%d, dry 6d, yearling Oygd'to 7%d, slippy and cut yearling 3y 2 d to 5%.

Horse hides—Heavy 12s 6d to 16s, medium 10s 9d to lls'Cd, light 8s 6J to 9s 6d, cut horse 7s to 8s 3d. Calfskins—Special lines, well taken off and clean, lOd, lid, liy B d, first 9'/ 2 d to 9%d; firsts, small B%d to 9y 4 d; seconds. 9d to 9%d; seconds, small 8d to Sy 2 d, dirty 7d to 8y 2 d, fleshy Sd to 8y 2 d; first cut 7y 2 d to Bd, second cut 6y 2 d to 7y 4 d, badly cut 2y 2 d to sd, first slippy 7d to |7y 4 d, second slippy 5y 2 d to 6%d, cut and slippy Id to 4y 2 d, dry 6d to 2s 4d each. Tallow —In casks, best mixed 29s to 29s 3d, medium 28s 3d to 28s 9d, inferior 27s to 27s 6d; in tins, best 32s 3d, medium 275; lard, 20s per cwt. Bones, £5 3s per ton. Horsehair, Is Id, Is 6%d, to Is 7d per lb. I Cowhair, lOd per lb. Cowtails, Is 8d per doz. I Horse oil, £2 10s per barrel.