CHRISTCHURCH. Friday.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 352, 15 August 1874, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH. Friday.

lU|x.it quottilu.ns:— Wheat, 5s to 5s 3d. Barley, 5s GJ Voo-71. 0..!-, J, 9,1 Flour, £12 to £11. Shirrw, 7». «!.*ce, 7>i to 7i I ll J ot«(oes, £G fs. Unm?, covered, 10HJj>.t/Ji., wi.uu, 7tl. Jlhius and bacon unco\erod, BJ. Ouls uiul sire ecir.f.

Mr Alfred Buckland Eeports:— At the Hnymarket, on Friday lasr, fodder was short of requirement, and an advance was obtained, particularly on small loads and on straw. Loose hny brought from 6s 6d to Sj ; pressed hoy, 9s the cwt. There wus a larger than u->ual muster of horse stock, mostly draught. There uas iteady competitii n throughout the sale a (nil values. Prices obtained were— for broken draught coiljuind iillies, £35 to £50; brokeniu draught horees, £40 to £55; spring cart, hor s e and harness, £55 ; light harness lior*e*, £10 10 to £20. The sale of wool and skins was fully nt.cn.lod by the trade, and good competition obtained throughout. Prices given were— Pelts, Is 2d to Is 3J ; merino skins, 2, to 3. ; half-breds and longvvoola, 2s lOd to i* each ; locks and pieces, 3d ; crossbred wool, 8d to 9d the lb.— At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cows were m usual numbers. Choice animals at late values ; middling and inferior quality at lower rates ; storo -cattle scarce, and at liighiT »uiu3s ; fat cattle in full numbers— ls7 head penned; moitJyot email size, and many of indifferent quality ; for tliu.-e lust week's values wow barely maintained j choice quality at last week's values. Fat slu-ep in less than usual iiufnb-r— JSO penned— prices without alteration Pig» of md ffoient quality, and, in consequence, dull of sale. Prices £nen n&re: For good .l.nry l>o«», £9 to £L 0 j second olas», iitol'?; ban en eo«s, £i ; tlnw ye,»r-old stores, £6 10s to £7 12, GJ i fat cattle, 35s to -12* (il tho lOOlbs ; iat sheep, o^l the lb ; interior en us, lumb> at side, 18s ouch.