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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 244, 5 February 1898, Page 2

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The Waikato Argus Office, Friday. HAMILTON MARKET PRICES CURRENT. Bacon, per lb : Local : Wholesale, 6d to 6jd ; retail, 6.}d to 81. Auckland : Wholesale, 7d ; re'ail, 8d to B^l. Canterbury : Wholesale, 6i'd ; retail, BJ. Hams, per lb : Canterbury : Wholesale, Ud ; retail, lOid. Local: None. Egs;B, per dozen : Wholesale, 8d to lOd ; ietail, 9d to Is. Dairy butter, per lb: Wholesale, 6J to 8d ; retail, 6d to lOi. Factory butter, per lb—New Zealand Dairy Association : Wholesale. Is Id ; retail, Is 2d. Chees3 (farm made), per lb : Wholesale, 4sd ; retail, 6d. Factory cheese, per lb: Wholesale, 4^l to4Jd; retail, obi to6d. Ouiona, per lb : Wholesale, 2d. Table potatoes (local), per ton : Whole nale, £6 10s to £7 ; retail, £7 to £S Pukekohe : Wholesale, £9 4 ; retail, £ll. Chaff, prr ton, old : Wholesale, £4 to £4 os. New : Wholesale, £3 to £3 los ; retail, £3 15s to £4 ss. Sharps, per 1001 b: Wholesale, 4s 61 to 4s 9d ; retail, ot to 5s 3d. Bran, rcr 1001 b: Wholesale, 4s 01 ;

retail, ss. Oats (Southern), per bushel: Wholesale, ?s Gd to 3* : retail, 2s lOd to 3s 4d. Seed : Wholesale, 3s ; retail, 3* 3d. Oats (local), per bushel : Wholesale, 2s 6d to 2* 8d ; retail, 2s Ud. Fowl wheat: Wholesale, 4s to 4s 3d ; retail, 4s 9d to ss. Maize, per bushel: Wholesale, 2 a 10J to 3s ; retail, 3i 2d to 3s 7d. Butter, still very plentiful. Eggs are getting scarcer. New chaff is coming to hand freely.

AUCKLAND MARKETS,

The Nhw Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited), report :—Auckland Wool Stores, Wednesday.—Hides and skins wcie again in large mpp'y at our weekly sale to-day. Hides : Market is very firm for all good lines. We sold heavy stout ox at s|d to 6Jd ; stout ox, 4£d to 5d ; light and medium, 3|d to 4j-d ; cow hides, in keen demand, best, 3yd to 3£d ; kip, 3j-d to 3|d ; calf, sound, 4d to 5} I. Sheepskius : Lambs' sold at Is 5.1 to h 9d ; salted pe-lts, Is 2d to Is 5d ; dry, 4d to lOd ; dried wool skins, to od lb. Tallow: In pood eh mand. Best rendered U worth 12s to 13s ; fat, $1 to Id lb. Horse hair : Finds ready tale at Is Id to Is 3d lb: cow hair, fld to lOd. Bones are worth £3 to £3 2s 6 1 ton. Oats : Supplies from the South have been sufficient for all requiierr.ents. Sales have been made as low as 2s 4Jd c.i.f. of"B" grade, but this standard cannot be replaced under 2s Maize : Until the arrival of the Waiotahi, on Mo: day, sailers were ho'diug for 2s 6d on the wharf, but on account tf one or two weak holders of shipments by that vessel *he market fell to 2s 4d on Monday, a fair quantity being taken into store, and about 800 sacks sliippcd to Sydn«y. Chaff : The market for new is very weak ; the best sales reported are £3 to £3 os ton at railway, sacks extra. Potatoes: A:rivals this week have been v« ry heavy ; present price is £5 to £5 103 tou.

Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons' Weskly Report.—At the Haymarket, meadow h..-y has brought from 2s 3d to 4s ; oaten sheaves, 2s 3d to 3s ; pressed hay, 3s 6d ; chaff, 3s 6d to 4s 9 i ; bran. 4< 3d cwt ; maize, 2s 8d ; oats, 2s od bushel ; Little's sheep dip, 6s gallon ; maize on whai f, 2s 6d bushel. On Fi iday the horee market was fairly filled. Increased business follows the new yards. Praught colts, unbroken, brought from £lB 10s to £2B Ub ; medium draught, with trials, £l2 to £lB ; horse, tiap, and harness, £2B ; two bugg : cs, £2O each ; gig, £lB, were among the sales effected privately; 60 Romney rams, lh guineas each. On Tuesday, hides, in average number, maintained the impioved values cf la3t week. Ox hides langed from Bfd to 4jd ; cow hides, 3id to 3Jd ; calfskins, 3|d to 4J-d ; fat, id lb ; tallow, 10s to lis 3d cwt; bones, 3s cwt ; sh-ep pelts, Sd to 3s 5d ; lambs' pelts. 101 to Is lOd each ; lambs' wool, 4.Jd to s£d ; fleece wool, 4ifd to Od ; packs, 2d lb. At Remucra on Thursday dairy cows of choice quality were better worth ; thos« at profit ranged from £5 5* to £G 17--* 6d each. Store cattle more numerous than usual, at late values. Calves in mode.ate number; 45 sold. Freshdnppcd cabc3 at low values Fairly tatted sold satisfactoiily from 10s to 19j e.<ch. Fat cattle fairly represented ; 217 sold, mostly light-weights : firm at last week's quotations, 15s to His the 100 b. Fat sheep in usual supply, 12G9 yarded, scarcely kept last week's valui s. Lambs in mi derate number, 277 s Id. Cho'ce quality were required ; others dull ot at lower values. in moderate supply, were at late value-;.