COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday evening.

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1330, 8 January 1881, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday evening.

Auckland Cat ixh Makkht.— Air. Alfred Buckland's Wcekl) Report . At the Haymarket, on Friday last, holid.iy reigned supreme, and the business done was nominal. Although inconvenienced by the tire, the vile of hides, skins, and wool was conducted as usual on Tuesday. Hides brought 2Jd to id the lb. ; pelts, 4d to ml; lamb skins, is 7d each ; wool, to id the lb , and the damaged wool was lreely < ompetcd for. — On Wednesday further sales of the s.ilx age was proceeded with, and but low prices realised, but consigners will suffer no loss, .ill beingcovered by insurance. — At Kemuera, on Ihursdi>, dairy cattle maintained the advance ot last wick, but store tattle wore scarcely so sale ible. J'at cattle in full number , 142 head sold. Prices were higher, from is to 2s pei ionlbs , .uid r ingi d from jjs to -Jts tor good qu.ilitv. Sheep and l.unbs weie in less thin usual number, and also ,uh m< 1 d in pru c full) is ck h No store sheep \,ird<d. A few pigs of good quality met with a good s ilc. Mis Mis lli'mir wo Nor \s's "Wi'i ki\ 7iil'oui —Hoi sos 1 O\er an average number were ( ntc 1 d for dispos.il b\ aurtion on Fnd iv .it the Durhini Y mis. I'iddmg was very busk, and sever.. l lots passed at the previous week's sile weie itr 1111 offered, and disposed of it 1 < 011sidenble idi mi c on last week's quotations. We quote Hacks, £7 iss to nieilium diaughf, £17 to £?6 i^s: hea%\ draught, to £20 — Cattle Owing to the holidajs, the supph his not been up to the avenge On l'uesd iv, at Newmarket, d urv cow's weie not well repiesi nt( d, and vn few ston s wore entered. l f \it ( ittle in mode r ite numbers, md sold at about list week's quotations. There wis no notewoithv alteration in the pnres of any description. On AVedncsd.iv, .it l^ipakuia, the y.uds weie ( (impleteiv filled, md foi all descriptions of stoic i.ittle. in .uhantew is obtained on our last quotations.—>heen \bout in average number were v itded, and prices adv inced about rs od ncr held Lambs were in short supply, .and sold at prices considerably in advance of the vendor's expedition — Pigs Very fivv jarded, but lightweight porkers sold well.

MKLIiOUKVE I'lllChS CURRENT. Messrs R. Golitsborough and Co. report for Dei oinbi'r — Wool — Croisj Inferior, Ch{ to Bet , ontln \r\ to .ncr.i^c, fill to io(H • to sujnTior, ml to is 3d l'leore, waslud Interior, is to is 3d; ordin.iry to ,i\ora^o, is to is6d, ,i\jt,i(ji' to fjood, is fid to is qd , supciuir, is lod to 2s 2d Stoiind Inferior, is to is 3d , ordinal), is .jd to is Orl ; middling' to {food, isGd to is od ; superior, IS lOtl to 2S2d.

Sin I I'sktss — 'I ho present mliios show .t decline of nbout ,'d to nl pi rib on preuous rates 1 In 1 supplies now offering consist chiefly of pelts in ■» mous >t ijjcs of growth, and full-woolled skins ,ue \e--\ si.nco Cireen pelts found re,id\ b'i\iis until recenth at prices ran£iii(, r up to 2s |deirh, but it present quot itions l.iujjc from is to js c nil 1 lie follow intr arc cm lent quotations jrrcc n pelts, from is to 2s ci( h : dr\ do., from od to is 7s do drj skin-., in biles and bundli ,d to 6,' d pet lb. a (feu choice lots hno -old up to 7Jd pei lb ) , full-woolled skins li.ne bei nt(n t( adih pi k 1 d at from 3s tons each.

Him s - — \ Ik i\\ business li is been done during iho month, 17111 impnnul ratt-. ruli d until quite rei onth , wlhmi tin 1 in.iiki't drooped 111 swnpatln with the London leather market. Our supplies line consisted almost cntnelj of local pindiKi 1 ; hut .1 few New Zealand, South Auxtr'li.m, .uid Queensland panels ha\e been satisf.u lonh ])]. u id, .md the (luni.ind for he.iwweights, 111 good (ontinue, 1 ontinues un.ih ited, though values line u-rt-ded slighth. Hie presem c of off.il in .1 few ruses has prejudiuallv .iffe( led sales ; but the bulk ot the hides offering during the month hue boon in good s tle.ible rnnditio.i, more attention .ippareutl) hawng br"n gnen ot late to salting, &c. Pi e^ent quotations ire — Green o\ (a\eragc si/es), from 17s 6d to 28s <• uli ; do. row do , from I(s6d to iRs e.u h ; Yi< lon.m-s ilted, superior, from 411 to \\A per lb. . a\ernge, i|d tt) 4rl per lb. ; inferior. 2 ld to { d pei lb. . New Zealand, in good condition, 4(1 to l^d pei lb : kips fiom y\ to i|dpcrlb. ; calfskins, free from cuts, fiom 3id to 5(1 per lb. Win \ 1 .—Our sales during the past month hn\ c bocn well supplied, with .1 jjoml dem.'ind both for export .md loci consumption. At our late sales, hov.e\er, an easier feeling h. is been manifested, and we have to report a decline of 2(1 per bushel on our quotations of 1 ist month. Ihe new wheat is now coming foruaid hcel>, but the samples to hand , lie frequenth thin and badh diosscd. We quote — Prune old milling, (x ikl ; prime new, 4s id ; medium to jjood, is yd to |s ; and inferior to medium, 5s 2(1 to -5s M per bushel Jm eh it.— Good 1 ountn br mds ire worth £q s>s, and town-nulled £0 i"s Od sterling per ton. 0 Vis — 1 heic has been a j-ood demand for all descriptions, and we quote— Prime millmjj,2s lod; pi line f< 1 d, 2s 7<l ; medium to fj (> '"l> 2s 3d to 2s 6d , and inferior to medium, 2s nd to 2s 2d per buihd. JiAßfi \ — Lutf rates weie current throughtthe p month, and we have sold a he.uy supph .it quotations. The tone of the market is steady at .ill later, and .til ( lascs of barley met with good enquiry; best qualities, as usual, however, met with most fas or. We quote— Prime malting) is 10(1 • medium to good, ;,s 4c! to , is qd inferior to medium, 2s 4^d to -\t, 3d; Cape and Oregon, is id to 2s nd per bushel. M u/i — AVc sold a parcel of prime, at 3s per bushel. Pi as realised 2s per bushel. Br \\\ — We quote bran at njd, and pollard 8d per bushel.