COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1911, 4 October 1884, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday.

, Mb AnvitßD Bucki.vnd's Wkbkly Rj:I'ORT.—At the Haynmrkot, on September 2li, loose fodder sold bottur than on previous weak, and ranged tf) 4s !)d ; pressed hay, 5s the lOOllw ; oats, 2s to 3s the bushel; horse stock were y.uded in moderate number only, and without alteration in value. Hido and skin wale on Tuesday was more fully supplied than usual, and met a full muster of buyers ; sound hides ranged from 3d .to 4d 1-Kid the lb ; damaged, from lsd the' lb; tallow, 18s to 25s the cwt; sheepskins, la Id to 4s Id each ; wool, sjd the lb. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cows near their pro-it were genet ally in low condition and dull of sale. Store cattle were in full number and better worth than last week. Eat cattle in usual supply. Prices advanced ab.mt 2s the 1001b3 ; prime quality reached 2<>s the lOOlbs. Fat calves in demand at full rates. Sheep in good supply. Wethers at 3d the lb. Lambs were in brisk inquiry, and ranged from 11h to 20s Gd each. Pigs of all descriptions abundant and in demand at full values, particularly good stoic pigs. Waikato averages were —l 6 steers, R. Reynolds, £10 10s ; 8 oxen, James Taylor, £11 5s ; 7 steers, W. Taylor, £f) 18s ; 1(> steers, 0. J. Storey, £8 8s ; 8 steers, D. Caley, £8 18s ; (»0 wethers, W. Shepherd, 20s ; 100 wethers, W. Shepherd, 20s; 100 wethers, E. B. Walker, 18s 3d; 50 wethers, S. Fleming, 18s. Messrs Hunter and Nolans Wekkly Rrpokt. —Horses : The supply has been unusually large, and the demand good, consequently a largo number changed hands, and prices weie much in favour of the vendor as complied with previous iates. On Friday large shipments from both the East and West Coasts, together with the local supply, caused a regular cram in the Durham Yards. There was a good attendance of buyers. Competition was spirited throughout the sale, and generally prices were satisfactory to the seller. We quote : Hacks, from £5 to £22 10s ; light harness horses, £12 to £25: draught horses, fiom £25 to £42. Wool, hides, and skins: Supply short. Cattle: A very large number of stores, and scarcely an average number of dairy and fat beasts, ha»?o been yarded. Stores advanced slightly in value, other descriptions unaltered. At the Fair at Papakura on Monday, a \ oi y large number were catalogued. The principal buyers were Messis Bent and Vercoe. A good many stores found purchasers at Newmarket on Tuesday, and again at the regular «ale at Papakma, on Wednesday. There was no notewoithy change in the price of daii y and fat stock. We quoto : —Sheep : The Newmarket yaidi were, well filled on Tuesday, and last week-, values were fully sustained. Lambs sold at fiom 8s to £1 0s <sd. Pigs, scaice.

AUCKLAND M UiKKT (JUOT VTIONS. F.unr am) J).vihy Pkoduck. — Wholesale : Butter, fie-.h, lOd per lb. ; butter, wilt, 8d to 10d per lb ; Choice, g.ivd local, nd t.) (i.d ; Canteibury, do., SUI to r),'d; Eg"*, per do/., lOd ; Laid, per bladder, 7 ld; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, (id to M ; Hams, Sd to 'Id ; CiHiterbuiy H.mis and B.icon, (Id, in cloth ; Hams only, lid ; J uiis, per case, <"> do/,., £1 12s (id to £L I.ls (id ; Fowls, poi pair, 2s (kl to Is; Featheis, baked, ele.in and Is (Jd to Is !'d per lb. Retail : Milk, per quait, 4d ; Buttei, fiesh, Is ; halt do., lOd to Is ; Cheese, colonial, do., Sd to s)d ; Eggs, per do/., Is; Lard, per lb, (id to 9d ; Fowls, each, 2s to ,'X ; Ducks, do., 2s to 3s ; (Jeese, do., .~>s to 7s ; Tin keys, do., .")s to 8s (Jd : Bacon, per lb.. lOd to'ls ; Hams, do., Is to Is 4d. Hvy and Coux M uik Er.--Wholes.de (selling cv stoic) : Mai/e, local (new), 3s !)d ; Oat-, 3s to 3s 3d; Wheat, 4s ; fowl, 2s fld to 3s ; Barley, 2s fid to 3s; Halting Bailey, 4s 3d to ■h Gd (no demand) ; I [ay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £(> to £ii ."5s ; Lucerne, ditto, £(i to £(J 10s (nominal) ; Stiaw, per load, 18s to £1 10s ; Chaff, inked, £~> ; Oaten Chaft, £4 1."5s to £5 ; Hay Oaten, £•"> to L(i ; Clo\er, £"> 10-. to £7 ; Potatoes, pel ton, £(! 10s to £7. Retail : Maize, 4s to 4s 3d ; Oats, do., 3s 3d to 3s (id ; Whe.it, fowl, per bushel, 3s (Jd ; Bailey, feed do., 3s (Jd to 4s ; Hay, poi cwt., (>-. (id to 7s ; Lucerne, do., 7h Od to 8s ; Oaten do., (is to 7s ; .Stiaw, do., 3s to 4s ; Ghaif, do., 5s to (is ; Potatoes, 7» to 7s «d. Flour Mviikkt. — Wholesale: .Superfine floui, silk dies.sed, pei ton, £12 ; do., do., household, £11 ; huiuheds .Is., tiftie10s per tun e\tia, sacks and bags fiee ; Southern, do., £') 10s to £10; Bian, per ton (^acks included), local, £7 ; Southern, do., £(i ; Shaips, £(i ; Cabin Biead, do., £18 ; Oatmeal do., £12 10s to £13 ; Peail Jiarley, do., £23 to £24 ; Biead, pei 21b loaf, 3ld. Sheds. — Lucerne, Is 3d ; White Clover, per lb., Is 3d to Is 4d ; Red Clo\ei pei lb., i)d to lOd ; Cou glass, ]>er lb., Is to Is 2d ; Alfeyko, per lb., Is 3d to Is 4d ; Tiefoil, per lb., 7d to Sd ; Timothy, per lb., 7d ; Rape, per lb., 4d to ">d : Pm ple-tojj Aberdeen Turnip, per lb., Is 3d ; (■jieen-topAbeideeu Turnip, pei lb., Is 3d; (Jicen (-rlobe Turnip, per lb., Is ; Piame Grass, per bushel, Gs ; liyegiass, per bushel, .js to (Js ; Cocksfoot, jjer bushel, S-« (id. Kauki (tUM and "Klvx Mviikkt. — Receipts foi month to date, about 3 tons. We quote : — Poor oidmaiy, £32 to £34; fair do., £3(i to £38; best, .£4O to £44 ; Hast Coast, h ran £10 to £j4 per ton. Y\&\, ]>er ton, £18 to £21 ; Tow, do., £7 to £\) ; Fungus, per lb., 2UI to 3d; Cocoanut Fibre, pei cwt., ll r >s to 17s ; Beeswax, 8d to lOd pei lb. MibCKLLYxmrs..— Kerosene, fiom Is 7d to Is Sd, ordinary brands. Fencing AVne, Xo. (i, 7 and 8, assoited, £13, £13 10s and £11 le-pectively pei ton ; Lime, .slacked, Ls pei bushel ; (^uick Lime, in btone, Is (id to 2s. Kew Zealand Palings, sft., 7s (Jd to 10. ; (Jft., 13s ; Ti-tiee Rails, £2 10.s to £1 pei 100; Puini Posts, £(i to £7; Shingles, 13s to Kis (id per 1,000; Hobart Palings, sft., 17s to 20s; Oft., 18s to 21s ; Hobart Rails SOs to <)os, buying and .selling quotations. Maxliiki. — Bonedust, Sj'dney, pihne, £8 to £8 10s; Bonetioui, £!) ; Auckland, £8, mfonor t(J l"ss to £7 10s; Penuiau (4uano, £18; Maiden Island, £8; Huon (4uano, small lots, £5 to £(>, bags included ; Huist's Chemical Manure, £14 10s.

LONDON MAKKEIX. London*, October I. —Consols to-day are quoted ;vt I },, n, <\w\i\mi of ]„ —The iw.vrket r.ite of discount it> 1J per emit., J below the bank late. — The New Zealand secuiitips are without ([uotable change. — The New Houth W.ile-5 31, per cent, loan of five and u-hulf millions winch i>> now under offer, is alrharly quf)tf'd at a piemiuin of 11 percent. — The maikets foi colonial bi eadstuff-i and tallow are unului'igcd. — -The Bank of South Australia ha-> declaiud a dividend for the past half yeai at the l.ites of 10 per cent, per annum, andcames foiward, or places leserves to the aninunt of €7000.