COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 518, 14 September 1875, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

M«B«Tt Hunter and N T olnu reports— Horses : Th« nmket hat* been remarkably du'l. wbich a'i»e« froro tbe Bh.>ri supply, as the'O remains an uusntistled enquiry for thone of » good st>.mp of all d» scriptlon On Kiid > bat * limited i umber wore enured tor di-posal by »uictton, and m- st ol the h-nges hay s q so of'< u rcaie their appearance bfifori*, bulging Wis uot spirited W« qu t<- — ftai;ks ftom £5 to £14 ; ii^lit barneys horses from £15 t £2(5 ;dr ughts, £32 Cattle ; Ikore was but a rood rate mn-ier of da<ry and store stock »t >> »m »rket and t oniJdsiable disappiijitmont wah evinced m consequent uf tha non-arrival of a mod fr m '•' ang'Tfi, which were ki pr buck bv the we»ther and th» stitc of the roads, but aii uowtohaud. Tbe dairy su ea were LOt up to r^qui-t-tiaenti. « ow« nt theii pioflt, wure wll c mpet'd f -r, and held at from £7 t» *.ll 2^ 6-i Fat b asts were «.ot ytrlrd in adequate numbe.s, aud for top «>r s 4 s per 100 lt>B. •w»s<btaintd. AY quote : Well-br d iwo-yeaiv Id ■t«vn, £4 16i o£6 5s ; thr. e-fj»r-i.W >te ri, fom £'i ; •tore Cvws fiom 67t 6 i tv 10<> ; cs'res fiom 30^ io to s'>s ech >*hn pwee in pin tiful s-upp y. '1 i>e demand was •teady a» ra es a sha ie .ow. r ih*n >ait wsek. We s M — 4'»t wethers fiom 21s to v!7t 6d ; mixed from 16s to 17» 6d Plg< were sarce.snd 'aloHible at extieme .at s. AUhe Vveekly I JOduce 'aleof M k. a r bur, on Friday lit, tha f Mowing niic<'s i»ero miiz »t : — ucwland pomtoes, 5t to 6? 6d per cwt ; » ant rbu y potatoes, 8s p*r cwt.;oticii!<, il to Jdperlb. ; cmiots S 3dpi-r«wt. ; o»s, 2s 3d to 3-< 4d p r bushel ; bu ter, 6fci to lOd per lb. ; baco-t snd ham>, 9d to lO}d p r lb. At M Greenwood's sale of pou try and produce in the Market houswon the s-i«/e day, the fol'owiu^ p>loos were obUimd —Fowl, bmall. Is 6ti to 2s 6d ; ditto. Urge, 1-. 6d tt to 3s each ; ducks, 2i to <.s 9d each ; turM^yt, sm 11, 2s to 3s 6d each Ihere wero no la go turkeys ent.r d. On ohs, 1 to ljd per lb. Mr Alfred Buc land aho held a «ale on Fridny at the "Hiiyia ixct, ai.d hi- repo t winch is 1 ter than tuat put> limbed in o>-r issue of last, is a» follow:— At th« Ha>unrk«t, this d*y, f.idder w*s 1" usu-tl suu I>. L*rg* loads were at Kst week s values but tmall loads Were lower in prica ; it brought f om 2i 6d to 7« the owt Damagrd masse, 2s tJI tbQ,bu-hel; Tartc»riau o»ts, 3^ 7d hud 33 8d the bu hel. Horae »t ck m ut-u»l numberi, vith an improred inqu ry. Fonim brought to mLS o L 7; riding lio se^ LlO to 112 ; light harness, Ll5 to Ll9 ; heary draught, Ll7 10s to » 70 ; horse, i)iringc>rt, and ham is, I 29. H dcs »nd - kias were ia full sup ly ; hi'Jej, barely »uuined latt week's v^lu^i ; aud skins were agaiu lower 6deich. Price* giv n wjre : Daniigeil hides, 2d to 3d ; soun I 3Ji the lb. ; longwo .lltd skins, 4* to 5s ; h»lfbreds, It 10 > to 3s 7d eai'h ; half-bred, woo , 7Jd tn« lb. Mr Alfred Buckl»ud Will »• 1. to-d y a' ohuipo between 800 to 400 head of choice st .re cattle, being the pr q m of imported pure-brert short, horn bulis, the proytiky of J. C Frith, Ksq., ( f Mattmar*. On Thursday ne»t, Vr Alfred Buckl>ind will lell at the Remuera ya d* f*t and store cit la, shet- 1> an pu s On Wedu*sdHy the 21s". in*t.. Mr Kenne.t Hill will hold his monthly i»Je of li»e stock nn faimiug m,'kments »t Ohaupo. He wi 1 •tlso sell en Oct b r dth, < n thef*r aof Cat-t Buere, adjoining H^maton West, 0 h«ad cattle, lv nor es, and a variety of farming imp eaaenti. In consequence of thi fun»<-al w^ich took place ye«t t r<lay, the sale of Bankr.pt stock, drape y, &c, advertised by Mr J Kaox, w,« postpone i until i.j-iiay.