COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1893, 23 August 1884, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday.

AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MAUKKrS. Mr Alprku Bucsf-\Ni)'s Wbbki.y ReI>ORT.—At tho Hay market on Friday, l. r >th instAt; ! 'fddd6r,-*ra3 plentiful; prices for loose hay, delivered, ranged from 2s Od to 4s Gd the 6wt. ','oaten dhatf, £5 to £5 15s the .ton i damaged mai/o, from 2s 0d t ; .sound MiaiM &3d and 4s 4d ; oats.'frotn 2s 3d tp 2s 8d tho bushel. Horse stock were in moderate number ; useful animals wanted. Heavy drought brought £27 10.s to £30 ; medium draught from £10 10s to £20; nding hoises up to £IG. At the hide and skin tsafe on Tuesday, late values were sustained ; prices for hides varied from 2?d to 4<l the lb ; fat and tallow, from 20s to 27s 3d the cwt. ; bones, 4s the cwt. ; sheepskins, from 2s 2d to 3s 5d each. At Drury on Thursday, consequent on the wet weather, ' fewer cattle than expected were yarded. The grown cattle advertised will be foiwarded for next sale day. Young cattle were at late values, quiet dairy cyw.s slightly bettor worth. At Renmera on Thursday not many dairy cattle yarded, good animals weia in request. Puces ranged from £4 10s to £10. Few store cattle yarded, and those were dull of sale. Fat cattle in full number.-, and generally of large si/e. Prices for oxen ranged from 20s to. 22* the lOOlbs, with a steady de wand. 'Cows of medium quality dull of sale at 18s the lOOlbs, but prime cows were at 235. Sheep in shoit supply, and bebt quality better worth. A pen of prime wethers fiom Waipu i cached 2os, but the average of well fatted wethers was not more than 275. Waikato averages were— 72 steers, O. Gould, £8 15s ; 8 cows, Skelton, £7 13s. j ME->bi^> Hun teh and Nolan s Wki:kt,t RKi'cmr.— Horses : There wab a mailced ' improvement in both supply and demand nb compared with the previous week. A good many changed hands, and prices were a shade higher. At the Durham Yards on Friday there was a large number submitted by auction. Competition was good throughout the sale, and almost without exception lots were "" cleared. We quote: Hacks, from £S to €17 15s ; light hanie-h hoises, from £12 10s to £17 17s Od ; spung-cait homes, £18 to £22. No heavy draught j were disposed of. Wool, hides and skins : Moderate supply and steady demand for hides and skins ; scarely any wool offering. We quote good hea\ y hides at 4d per tt> ; light, from 2jd to 3ld ; skins, fiom Is Id to 3-, 3d. Cattle : The number of fat boasts bi ought forward has been quite up to rements, resulting in no noteworthy altciations on the pievioiib week's \alues The butcher's pens at Newmarket on Tuesday were well filled. Home of the oxen weicm prime condition, but £11 was the highest pi ice given. Fat cows, fiom £5 10-j to £11 ; no stoics weie yaidcd, and but few dairy cows ; beef ranged fiom ISs to 23-. pei lOOlbs ; 73 steers fiom C. Gould, Waitoa, aveiaged £8 lls Gd each each. Sheep : The number penned at Newmarket on Tuesday was an aveiage one, and the previous w oek's prices weie sustained, and for good wetheis an advance was given. Ewes with lambs at side sold at fiom 7s 3d to !)-> ; ewe-> in lamb, 17s ; fat ewes at fiom 12s (id to £1 0s (3d ; wcthi'i s, from 15s to £1 0-> (id. Pig.s ■ Very few yaidod, but of good de-cnption ; compefcitioii was keen, and fully Od pei Ih )l\e weight given. AUCKLAND MVRKET QUOTATIONS. Fakm and Daiui PiiOOLcr — Wholesale : Butter, fiesh, Is 3d to Is (id; buttei, salt, Sd to lOd ]>er lb ; Cheese, go»d local, od to o\d ; Canteibmy, do., Jsd to Old; Egg"-, per do/, Is ; Laid, per bladdei, 7.d; Bacon and Hams, Piouncial, 0d to Sd ; Hanis, 8d to 0d ; Can tei bury Hams and Bacon, Od, in cloth; Hams only, lid; Jam-, per case, 5 doz., £1 12s Od to £1 15s (id ; Kowls, per pair, 2s Gd to 4s; Feathois, baked, clean and selected, Is (id to Is Od per lb. Retail : Milk, per quait, 4d ; Butter, ficsh, Is Od to Is Od ; salt do., lOd to Is ; Cheese, colonial, do , Bdto 9d ; Eggs, per do/., Is 3d ; Laid, per lb, (id to !)d ; Fowls, each, 2s to 3s; Jhicks, do., 2s to 3s ; (-ieese, do., 3s to 7s ; Tm keys, do., 5s to 8s (id : Bacon, per lb.. lOfl to Is ; Hams, do., Is to Is Id. Ha\ and Coun' MutKEr.— Wholesale (selling e\ stoic) . Mai/e, local (now), 4s 3d to 4s Gd ; Oats, 2s !M to 3s ; Wheat, 4s ; fowl, 2s Od to 3s ; Bailey, 2-, Od to 3s 3d ; Malting Bailey, 4s 3d to Is (id (no demand) ; Hay, meadow, per ton, piessed, £0 to £0 5s ; Luceine, ditto, £(} to £G 10-5 (nominal) ; Straw , \>oi load, 18s to £1 10s ; Chaff, mixed, £~> ; Oaten Chaff, £4 15s to £5 ; Hay Oaten, £5 to L(i ; Clovei, £5 10s to £7; Potatoe-, pei ton, £3 10s to £3 15s. Retail : Mai/.e, os ; Oats, do., 3s to 3- 3d ; Wheat, fowl, per bushel, 3s to 4s ; Bailey, feed do , 3s (id to 4s ; Haj', per cwt., Gs Gd to 7s ; Luceine, do., 7s Gd to 8s ; Oaten do., (is to 7s ; Stiaw, do., 3s to 4s ; Chaff, do., 5s to os. Flour Mvhkkt. — Wholesale: Supeih'ne flour, silk diessed, pei ton, £12 ; do., do., household, £11 ; hundieds 55., fifties 10s per ton extra, sacks and bags fiee ; Southern, do., £9 10-, to £10; Bran, per ton (sacks included), local, £6 ; Southern, do., £5; Sharps, £5; Cabin Biead, do., £18 ; Oatmeal do., £12 10-, to £13 ; Poail Barley, do., £23 to £2 1 ; Biead, per 21b loaf, 3',d. Skkds. — Lucerne, Is 3d ; White Clovei, per lb., Is 3d to Is 4d ; Red Clover per lb., !)d to lOd ; Cowgias-, per I))., Is to Is 2d ; Alsyke, pei lb., Is 3d to Is 4d ; Trefoil, per lb., 7d to 8d ; Timothy, per lb., 7d ; Rape, pei lb., 4d to 5d ; Pui pie-top AbcideenTuinip, pcrlb.,ls3d ; Giecn-topAbeidepnTui-nip, perlb., Is 3d ; Green Globe Tuinip, psi lb., Is ; Pranie Grass, ]>ci bushel, Gs ; Ryegiass, pei bushel, 5s to (is ; Cocksfoot, per bushel, 8s (id. Kvuiu Gum and Fl\k Muuvicr. - Receipts foi month to date, about 201 t'ms. We quote : — Pool oulinaiy, £32 to £31; fair do., £30 to £38; best, £10 to £42; East Coast, fiom £50 to £5") pei ton. ] (I lax, per ton, £1S to £21 ; Tow, dv., £7 to £ ( l ; Fungus, pei lb., 2d to 3d ; Cocoanut Fibre, por cwt., l")s to 17s ; Beeswax, Gdto 10 1 pei lb. Mist-Li lwlol-. — Keio-,enc fiom ]s7dto Is Sd, oui maiyl nands. FehcingWiic, No 0, 7 and 8. assoited, £11 10s to £15 10s pel ton ; Lime, -lacked, 1- pei bushel ; '^uick Lime, in stone, Is Gd to 2s. New Zealand Paling-, sft., 7s Gd to 10-, ; Oft., 13s ; Ti-tn-o Rails, £2 10s to £1 pui 100; Punn Posts, £(> to £7; Shingles, 13, to His (id per 1,000; Hobait Palmgs, sft., 17s to 20s; Oft., ISs to 21s ; Hobart Rails, 80s to 00s, buying and selling quotations. Mvnukes.— Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £8 to £8 10-, ; Boncnour, £ ( ) 10s ; Auckland, £0, infenor £G 15s to £7 10-5 ; Peiuvian Guano, £18 ; Maiden Island, £8 ; Huon Guano, small lot-, £5 to £(i, bags included ; Huist's Chemical Mainue, £14 10s.

[Received August 22. 0.45 p.m.] LONDON MA KICK l'S. Londov, August 21. — Consols remain at 100^. — New Zealand secuntirs aie at yesteiday't, quotations. — Adelaide wheat, e\ htoro, remains at 30-, and New Zealand ditto at 34s to 40s. Off coa^t cargoes of Adelaide wheat have changpd hands at 3.5^. 3d. Adelaide flour, e\ s>toie, at 27 1 -.- — Australian tallow : Average quality beef, 3.55. ; ditto mutton, 355. London, Aucust 20. — At the \\no\ «ale to-day 10,100 bales weie otfeied. The pi ices -weie firmly maintained. Fine Poit Phillip and Sydney greasy wools were jd to Id higher.