Commercial.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 321, 14 January 1874, Page 2

Commercial.

A. Meecbb reports for the week ending 10th January, retail prices Only : — Fresh butter, in prints, best quality, lid to Is per lb ; ■second quality, lOdper lb ;' fresh butter" in lumps, 8d to 9d per-lb ; prime new salt butter, 8d per lb ; cheese, l,od tcj Is per lb j side, and 'rolled baftonj lOd to' Is per lb ;' colonial hams, Is to Is '2a "per ib ;• English' hams,' Is 8d per lb : eggs, Is. 8d per doz.

! Messes Driver, StewAbt, and Co. report for' the Week ending January 10th, as f ollowb :— '' Fat Cattle. — The supply was rather larger than usual, 130 head, mostly of good-duality, being. yarded, but- all were quitted at fair rates. We sol lon account of James Shand, Esq., 22 bullocks at from £7 to £10 2s 6cl ; ,on. account of James Allan, Esq.. 15 bullocks at, from '£B to £S 5s ; and ou account of Messrs. Little brothers, 25 head at from £5 to. £8 2s 6d, We also sold privately 2.5 head at a price 20s per 1001 b. We quote prime quality 20s to. 22a per 1001 b ; medium do., 18s. ' , Fat Sheep. — 1000 were penned, which were 'all'ef g6b"d quality, and, as the trade was bare, the -whole -v^ere disposed of at satisfactory prices." ;! We sold 150 half-brals at 13s, and 133 merino wethers, prime quality, 10s. We als.o sold, privately, for delivery at buyers' prices, 100,0 half-breds, at 10s to- 11s; and, for delivery on station, 450 merino' wethers, at 7s 6d. Pat Lambs. — 75 were penned, and sold at •from 10s to lls. W,e sold, privately, 100 at 9s. Store Cattle, — Wo transactions. , Store Sheep. — For young merinoes and cross-breds there is a good demand. We sold 1500 full-mouthed merino ewes at ss. We quota cross-breds, two-tooth, 8s ; ditto, f ouraud fix-tooth, 5b to 5s 6dj merino owes, two

and four-tooth, 7s ; ditto, full-mouthed, 4s Horses.— Draught stock cannot bo reported at in such active request. We offered atour yards on Saturday, on account of TVfo Wm. .Thomson, a shipment of draught horses, ex Claud Hamilton, from Melbourne. There was only a moderate attendance of buyers, and bidding being slack only about one-half found purchasers. We quote first-class draughts, £55 to\G6s; medium ditto, £30 to' £43; good hacks and light harness horses, £25 to £30 ; medium ditto, £12 to £16 j light and inferior, £3 to £7.