Commercial. Waikato Times Office. Friday evening.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 630, 3 June 1876, Page 2

Commercial. Waikato Times Office. Friday evening.

Mr Knox reportt— Ther wa« a largo attendance fit Mr Kidd'i Bile of household furniture, &c, at NganuwMlua, on '. 'hursday : Bedsteads, from £1 to £3 ; cheat of di twers, £3 15s ; carpet, £3 ss. The usual houach Id requisites realuod fair prices. Mu AirHBD Bcckland 8 Weeklt Report — Fodder. — At the Hajma ket, on Friday last, fodder was in usual supply! and in better inquiry. Good hay brought 3s to '<4 6d per cwt. Coar»o bones, 6» Cd per cwt. F Hoi so elook were in less han average numbers; almost all offered sold, b * pnce3 were lower thun hare lately been dbta led. Medium drau.ht brought from Ll3 to t?25 light hameja, L8 to LM; itnall riding horse, rom L 3 and upwards. Hides and «kiu» were ia larger uuuibeis than for soveral weeks, and bcti jr inquiry. Bjst bides brought 4i& per lb ; sUaa Lorn Is 8d to 3s 61 each, \ Cattle and sheep.— At Bfemuora, on Thursdaj, cattle of all kinds were In larger than usuil number*. Best dairy c >w§ ao their prod', brorght from L 9 to Ll3 ; hose forwaul in calf, from L 7 and upwa-4 . Tl o itoro cattle penned were p incipally three ear-olds and grown ea tic. There was aicady competilion for th-'in Ihrougliout tho sile. T a year-olds brough from L 3 5s tj L 3 17s Gd ; hree year-old bufer*, L 4 to L 4 10s j thrta year old steers, L 6 10i to L 7 ; cows niixoi *?js, If 17« 6d to L 5 ; 300 head sold. Of fat I cattle, 210 head were sod to (ho tiade ; »Cargo number of Ihoj - p'acod in tho fat pons weraot indifFerent quality, aud bought by tbo giazierl. Last week* prices, from 27=) lo 30* tho lOOlbl was fully sustained. Averages for cuttle oblamed were : 20 h>ad, John bhort, LC 5? ; 69 hlad, John Ruuc mm, LS 15i Gd; 11 head, Bllloon, L 7 8# Ci; 35 liead, Wcotnoy Brothers, t8 Is 6J ; 43 heud, J H Scott, L 6 10j. Btoro sleep weiein modoialo numbers aud dull of ealol Aged log-woo'l'd owes biought Gs Gd ; ewl lambs, 8< ; wether lambs, 7» Gd each, F.«tl sheep mlo s tban average nuinbcra, and witli V slight improveinjnt in value : 130 three-fourth bred long-woollcd wethers, IGa each ; lambs, *to 111 each. Tho snlo held at tho llunili station of property belonging to Mr J fi iipy was very JuLy attended, and latisfactory pfices obtainod, Tlio reaping machine brought Ll7 ; chalT-cuttor, L 9; potatoes, 1-4 to L 4 10s the on j beat ewes, 21a to26i; iufonor, 16s to 18i6d; ewe lambs, 12a Gd ; wether lambs, 9s ; two rear o'.d vottnrs, 15i Gd each 5 working oxon, LlO each ; drauglit horsci, LI 7 to LSS 5 dairy ows, at calving, L 9 Cs to LlO 15s ; sacond clai i ti'ubor, 3d to Oi ; better quality, 7s to 9j 6i I 0 lOt'fi.