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Temuka Leader, Issue 1619, 11 August 1887, Page 3

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AUCTIONEERS’ REPORT. TIMARtr, Mr Moss Jonas reports as follows ; Pleasant Point Sale— d is regular monthly sale on Monday last was a nio*t -Mie-* *smi! one in every respect. There was u large ( .r, ry of sheep, and not ohb was passed out of the pens unsold. There was a considerable a - Tance in prices. He sold 85 ,cr bsti t-d wethers at 13s, 151 2 and 4-tooth diit at 12s lOd, 267 2-tooth wethers and mai'i.-,, ewes at lls 7d, 61 ewes and wetheis at 12s 124 wethers at 10< 61,90 2-tooth ewes and wethers at 10s, 73 haifbred ew.'s at, 9s 51, 217 at 9s, 95 crossbred ewes and wethers at 9s, 22 at 9s, 100 full-mouth ewes in limb at 8s 2d, 100 ditto at 7s 31, 94 at 6* Bd, 260, hoggets at, 6s 61, 133 crossbred ewes at 5s 5 , and 129 at 5s 2d, 89 culls at 3s 21, ami 65 at 3s 41; 5 pigs at 21s, and 2 at 225; 3 fat cows at £5 17a 6d, 1 f«t hejfer at £5 15*, 6 steers at £5 10s, I c>w at £4 17*61, 9 steers and heifers at £3 2s 6d, II s eers at £2 17s 61, 3 heifers at £L 17s 61, 5 at £ll2s 6d, lat £i 10*, and 11 yearlings at from 17s 6d to 23s 61, 2 dry cows at £2 10s, and 1 bull at £2 2s.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Melbourne, Aug, 9. The Melbourne Manager ot the National Mortgage ami Agency Company, Limited, of Now Zealand reports on the local grain market as follows : Shipping Wheat—-There is no material change. Prices are, if anything, weaker. Quotations are 3s 9d -o 3s lid. Malting barley is quieter at 4s 9d to 6s, New Zealand oats, feeding sorts, are in fair demand at 2s lOd to 2s lid. Milling oats are steadv at 2s lid to 3s. New Zealand oats, under bond, are 2s to 2s 2d. Eyegrass is quoted at Is lOd.

ENGLISH MARKETS. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cable rn-ssage from London, dated 6'l) Angos l : Wheat—The market is declining, owing to favorable harvest prospects. Cutting has commenced under favorable circumstances. Adelaide wheat is worth 33s 9d per 49Glbs. Tallow—Fine tallow has declined 6d per cwt. since last report. Quotations for other sorts are unchanged.