Commercial.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 858, 8 December 1877, Page 2

Commercial.

Wair \to 1 imes < \mcK, Friday uveam*. ALFRED BUOKLASD KEPOaiS. Wool : Ti.e principal wo >1 sale of th sea* n was held yHHterday af&«rnO'w at Mr Buckland's, day uarke, Bar-am street. Tiw attendance was :ood, aud che whole of the lo 8 put up. repnse.n mg an aggregate oi 457 bales, w«r« ioH at fair pricea. The suhb off red wenrather low at fi Bt. but gradaaiW beonßf betiter and steady, thuuiti at u period Ot the sale was tbe bid ling very fcpiritfd. The quality of the woo. wad, g a r<*ily, Ttry go-'d, and id some in* aim cea ws r aliy - xceilent For ere>i*y wjol, pric » ranged from 7|< to H'j}, and lor w»sh d wool f-om 11 tol4|>, which is the Highest price yet obt.din-ri. The purchaser who secure * this n n isome p.ice lslftr Alexander Muir, ot Rvngarin, while Mesar* Andrew Jack and B. Henderson wee hardly leas au&jessiul Of the Beiltrs tf wool in grease, Messrs S. Baird (of Otahuhu), J. Caandler, C. J. W. Barton, Robert Ltoos, and Widiam Rogers (of Waikato) realised j the b at tidvan age. I ho'JSfh ■ her ? were about 70 gent- luen pres ni, tbe p ircuasera Wv.ro cobfiond t.» eight. AUCKLAND OVITXE MARKET. Mr A fre i BaoaU d repors. -*t the • ilo held at tt mueia on Thur««i .y. d ay cows Were uui of sale, aud p ie<-s iu.e« low. Si-oru uattie iu *ver go aupyy, yea-ling Bte«r* of *o'd quaa y fai'-y o •nipoted for ; othe» d to i tiuoaof took dud or svK aud at lo*er v»iu a. Fat cattle in full nunner; 13.1 hj a» >a tnoß'ly heavy weiga'B, aud all of koo-1 quality. Pi.ces liwer than laat weak 2* t» 3* the 100 l» s- Sore s sup of an i • fenor class were fairy c mp-ted for. Fab sheep in fud --uupy ; hj »vy weghts at lower values, ba> mq id and m aium* sized at last week's rates. P o-»« h ireui were—AuokUnd fatted cattle, 26s to 23» Ship-borne, 2§» the l(Ml»j U% tUWfjy

2H io 31 the 1U ; w 1 -bred yearling su»eis, £3 6s to £3 10b ; coaioe bred, from 45.i"; d;y cows. £3 10a to £•% 2a 6d. Messes Hunieb & Nolan report tbit at Pauakura tnere was a spirt ed demand, aud prions ruled fully ten shillings pur neac higher * han at the central ma ket. Wo qu te ; Dair> cow»y from £6 10 > o £9 108 ; yearlings, from £2 10: to 13 7» 6d ; two year-o!d steers, from £4 t<> £5; tbreo-oM-oM steers, in fresh ooadit.ion, £5 5s to JE6 Bef. 303 the 100.ba. thorn fat seep sold trcu 14« 61 to I8i; id wool, 21s to :3s ; >wes and lainos, in wool 16a the couple. Lambs were plentiful, and prices without al era'ion.