Commercial. Waikato Times Office. Friday evening. ALFRED BUCKLAND'S REPORT.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 666, 26 August 1876, Page 2

Commercial. Waikato Times Office. Friday evening. ALFRED BUCKLAND'S REPORT.

Foddor.— At tin Huynnrket on JmJay, fodder vu off. red p.tuivfully, and met with ft itvftdj sal*, varjiug wUh quality from 2i 3d to 3s 6d per cwt ; pressed hay brought 3i 3d per ewfc; muizi, 4* 6d per bu»heL Come boucdiut, 6s 6d p«r cw». Hoi» a. Htdium draught hors* stock, £23 to £35 Heavy draught, £40 to £50 ; •wall *nd inferior bonrr, fiom JL'3 to £5 ; strong riding horses, £7 lo £1 > each. Bides »nd nkins, etc — The supply of hid** and skius wjs larger than ukual. Pri-es obtained wen : fcalted hidti, 3d to 3H ; ilii caf«kiu», 5d ; the sheepjluai, Is 4d to 3* ettih. Inferior wool, 2^ to 3id per lb ; scoured woo!, 74 per lb. Timber. — Tb« sale of timber at Bivrd 1 * Wharf, on Monday last, wut fnirlj attended, but prices ruled low throughout, varying fi-om 2* to 4s Sd thy 100 ft. Cattle and »he?p. — At Remuera, on 'Ihursdfty, dnrj cattle at profit were plentiful, but m demand, aud higher pricas than rued last week w#r» obiaintd for then. Store c»itle in full numbers ; l»t« values tully suaUiued, and, relative to prices givun for fat ea Ho, at oxr mrntes. Fat oalde in lew than usual sup ply ; 117 head penned of uniformly good quality j pric slower lu.ni liut week, from 2s 6d to 6* the 1001b. No store sheep p«mted. Fat sUe«p g«n«rally of medium quality, n full supp y j 700 sold ; pric^ lower, near id per ib. Tigs of good quality in moderate number*, and uood inquiry. P. ic»'s jiveu were : D.ir> cnwn, from £6 to £9 7* ; dry cows, £4, to £4 16* : yearlints, £2 10s to £3 10s; two-year-olds, £4 5i to £6 ; threo to foui-y«s»r old steers £6 10s to £8 10s each ; fat cattle, from 243 t> 30* the 1001b. averaging about 26^ ; sheep, 2Jd to 3d the lb Averages ortjin«d n^ra— 26 oxen, ex •St Hilda '£ll 18 Oi ; 13hetd,DCa«T, £7 lfis 6i ;24 h ad, a B W her, £97< 3d ; 54 head, J W A len £8 ; 32 shrc-p, D Thompson, 18s frl ; 24 sbeup, Fi' spat, rick, 17* 2d ; 75, J « Wilson, 14« 9d ; 63, John Malen, 15s j 3,751, ex '6t Kilda,' 16i 6d.