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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1794, 5 January 1884, Page 2

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Waikato Tunes Office, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVK STOCK MARKET. Mn Alfred Bucklaxd's Weekly Re-ronr.-—At the Hay market on Friday last, December 28th, straw hold at extreme pi-ices, aud therj is an enquiry for far more than is brought forward. The horse market was tilled with horse btock of all classes. Good draughts are scarce, and maintain their prices, but medium tiding horses and unbroken stock are at natch lower values. A am iller than usual muster of bides and skins on Monday last brought late prices. Hides up to 3d the lb ; best skins, 3s 4d and 3s Gd each ; tallow, 23s to 23* the cwt. At Remuera, on Thursday a few dairy cows only yarded, those brought fiom £!> to £7 10s each. Stoic cattle weio dull of .sale at barely lato values.. Fat cattle m full numbers and of good quality, late prices fully sustained ; no store sheep yarded ; fat bheep were in as usual number and maintained their price; lambs shoit of requucment aud better worth 2s each ; fat lambi and porkeirf were also in good enquiry; averages were, 11 steers, Win. Taylor, £0 ll'w ; 7 steers, 11. Fisher, £0 ; 7 steei ,, K. N. Buttle, £S 15b ; 20 steei,, G. S. Grahamo, ] £8 15b ; 9 steers, Chas. Storey, £8 % ; 8 steers, Jas. Taylor, £BoY, 10 stccis, Guce and Parker, £8 8s ; 8 stems, Jas. Hamilton, £7 ; C. Storey, 42 sheep, 18s ; 30 lambs, 13s l)d ; C. Day, 32 sheep, 12s ; J. W. Mm ray, 240 wetheis, 13s. Missus Huxi-KR axii Nor.VN T \s Report. —Horses : The supply, we think, has been fully up to requirements. Good animals of any particular class obtaining their value. There wete a large number y.nded on Friday, and most of them were disposed of. Cattle : In consequence of Tuesday being a public holiday, our cattle sale was held on thoMouday pieviou.s, and in consequence only fat stock weie y aided, and aveiaged for cows, from £1 Is to £1 5s pel lOOlbs ; bullocks from 24s (id to 27s <>d per 1001b>. Sheep in .short siipplv. and sold at from 17.s tolosBd. Lambs, fiotn .">s (id to KJ-,. Pigs in demand, fresh stoics '2\d per lb ; good, young porkers, 3UI per lb.

AUCKLWI) MMIKIiT QUOTATION*--. Y\nM avi) D YiiiY Puoulci:.— Wholesale : Butter, fic-li, «cl ; Butter, salt, otl to 7cl ; Cheese, good loral. od to (>d ; Canteibuiy, do., Gel to 7d ; Kggs, pei do/., l-> 3d ; Laid, per bladdei, 7',d; 13 icon «uid H.uns, Piovmcial, Ikl to 8d ; Hams, 8d to ( Jd ; Cauteibury Hams and C icon, i)d, in cloth ; Hams only, ""OUl ; Jams, ])cr c.isu, 5 do/.., LI 17s dd to LI 18-, 3d ; Fowls, per pair, 2s (id to -Is ; Feathois, baked, clean and .selected, Is (id to Is 'kl pei 11>. lietail : Milk, por cjuait, Id ; Buttei hesh, lOd ; salt do., 8d to lOd ; Cheese, colonial, do., ikl to lOd ; Eggs, per do/., Is (id; Laid, pei Ib, (id to'Jd; !<\i\s|s, each, 2s to 3s ; Ducks, do., 2s to 3s : (.ieese, do., -is to 7-> ; Tmkeys, do., ;")-. to Ss l)d ; Eicon, pei lb., lOd to Is ; Hams, do., Is to Is 4d. Hv\ and Con\ JJ uiKii. — Wholesale Mai/e, local, 2s lOd to 3s; Oats, 2s kl to 2s (id ; Wheat, Is <>d to Is ikl ; fowl, 3s 3d ; Bailey, 2- <>d to 3s 3d , Malting Bailey, .">s to •"), 3d (no demand); Hay, meadow, per ton, piessed, L(> to LB os ; Lucerne, ditto, L(> to Lli 10-, (nominal); Stiaw, per load, 18s to LI 10-,; Chafi, mixed, L"> ; Oaten Chaff, L(5 ; Hay Oaten, LI to Lb;Clo\ei, LI 10s to L 7; Potatoes, pei ton, \A 10s to L«. Retail: Mai/c, os (id to Is; Oats do., 2, ikl to 3s 3d; Bian, i>ei lOOlbs., (is; Shaips, ])er lOOlbs. , (>s ; Wlieat, fo-,\l, pei bushel, 3s (id to is ; Bailey, feed do., 3s (id to Is ; Hay, pet tut, bs'od to 7s ; Lnceim, do., 7s (>d to 8- ; Oaten d<>., (is to 7s; Stiaw, do., os to U ; Chail, do., 7s to S-> (id. Kvliu (4lm vm) IPlw Mvitivi.i.— The gum maiket is In in at ynccs cpiotecl below. .Receipts foi month to date, about j3O toils. The following ({notations appioxnnate to jnesent iates •— Vmn oulinaiy, L3S to L 10; fail to good oidmaiy, LlO to Ll2 ; buyeiioi d<>., 1.13 to LU ; Mist Coast, LV>. l'la\, ]>er ton, LIS to LZI ; Tow, do., L 7 to L\) ; I'ungus, j»ci llj., tiA to 3d ; Cocoanut Fibu", pei cut, Ds to 17s; 3Jee<\va\, ( kl to lOd pei lb. KI.OIU M\KM i.— "Wholf-alo • Supeifino floui, silk du'sscd, pei t«n, Ll.i 10^: do , do , household, Ll-2 10>; lmndieds .~)s., fifties 10s per t<<n e\tia, sacks and bags five ; Soiithem, do., M 0 10- to LU 10s; I Ji .m, pei ton (sacks includod),loc.il, L"> UK; Southern, do., L">10s ; Sliaips, L"> 10s ; Cabin Biead, do., L 18: Oatmeal do., LI 2 10s to Ll3 , Peail Bailey, do., L23t0L21; Jh-ead, pe t 211) loaf, 3 J jd. .Si;iJ)s. — Luceinc, 1 -. 3d : White Clo\ei, j)di % lb , Is to Is Id ; lied Clo\ei pei lb., !>d to lOd ; Cowgiass, pei lb . Is to Is 2d ; Ala vice, pei 11), Is to Is 2d ; Tiefoil, ]>ci lb., 7d to 8d ; Timothy, pei lb., 7d ; Rape, pei lb , Id to ."id ; Pm))le-to]> AbeideenTuinip, pin lb , Is.kl ; Oieen-topAbeuleeiiTm-iii[), ])ei lb , Is 3d; (lieenUlobe Tunnp, pel 11) , Is ; LVune (iiass, pei bushel, 7s to 8s ; Kyegiass, pei bushel, ")■> to (js ; Cocksfoot, pel bushel, about Bs. Misckij. \m ois. — Keiosene, funn Is 7d to Is iSd,oidiiiai > luands J^eiicmj, Wni>, Ko I), 7 and 8, assoi ted, Ll4 10s to LI") 10s pei ton ; Lime, slacked, ]s pel biishol ; (^uick Lime, in stone, Is (id to 2s New Zealand Palings, ."ift., 7s 0d to 10s ; (,tt , 13s ; Ti-tiee Kails, LilOs to Li pei 100;Punii Posts, L(i to L 7; Shingle-, 13- to l'j, (id pel 1,000; Hobait Paling-. r >R , l"s to V.), : (Jft , 17s t>>2ls; llobait Itail-, 7>- to 8"5-, buying and selling <iuotatious. Mvnliu s,.— i'.onedust, S-\due\, L 0 10s to LlO, accoiding to (juality ; Bonenoui, L ( ) ; Auckland, L 7 to LS 10s ; l J ei in uin (liiau», LIS; M"alden Island, LS ; Huon (,uaiio, small lots, ]j~> to L<), bigs included ; Huist's Chemical JLuime, LI 1 10-.

mij not km uoor, xv in Mlluoukn)', .1.11111,11 H. — The New Zeal.md Loan ,\nd Meic.uitilo Agency Company (Limited) hau 1 lexunii d then scnes of wool auctions aftei the holid.i\s. The c.it.iLtguo to-day coinpii^d 1000 bale, the bulk Collating df r.111.11l IMlCt'h (if liiodltllll to 111feiior m ()»]■>. Tlioi' Udi a Luge attendance of huyei-, and :i biibk competition was e\])eiienced. Choice and medium wools weio in good demand, and ]>nee-> weie firmly maintained. Xe.uly .ill lots sold at «itisfactoiy pi ices, but. ouiuy to the length of the catalogue, the paicels ot and fleece h.ue been heUl <>\ei- until to-mouow.