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Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1923, 1 November 1884, Page 2

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11 AUCKLAND WVB hI'OCK. MAHKBTS. Mkssks Hunter and Nolans Wkekly KBi'onr.— Thoie lias been a fair amount of business doing with little alteration in value. An aveiage nunibei weie submitted nt the Durham Yard*, on Friday ; f»»' £<>"d horses the bidding was spurted, but was slow for mfoiioi' animals ; hacks sold at from £7 to £21 ; light harness hor.-es, fioih ,-£lB to £30; draught, from £27 to £3t. Wool, hides and skins : Demand good, but no heavy hides were pitched. We quote— hides, fiom 2t'd to 3\d ; .skins, from 2s 3d to ."is. Cattle : The supply has been a good one and the demand faiilv nctive, consequently theie has been little or no alteration in value. The Ncwinaikot Yards were well filled on Tuesday with all descriptions. A few pens of giown steers weie held o\er for the fair at Papakura on Monday, but other stock found pmchascis. Fat beasts at from 22s to 2(5s per lOOlbs. Thcio was no notewoithy alteiation in dairy and stoic stock. Sheep weie in adequate supply, and corresponding demand, prices being slightly in favour of ■vendor as compared with the previous week. Lambs weie plentiful, computing .slfipments from both the East and West Coasts. Trices ranged from 5s to 12s 9d. Pigs : A good many weie yaided, but the demand was good and prices did not recede. Mil Alfred Buckland's Wkekly Rerour. — At the Haymarket on Friday, October 24th, fodder was plentiful, prices for small loads deliveied Kinged fiom 2s 3d to 4s 3d the cwt, ; piesaed oaten hay, 3s 3d to 3s ltd the cwt. ; damaged maize, 2s Sd to 3s 3d the bushel. Hoi.se stock nuineious, but no fii\st-cla->s animals yaided ; prices weie without alteiation, diaft stock ranging fiom £15 to £31. At the hide and skin sale on Tuesday, late value foi hides weie obtained ; piijes langed from 2W to 4;jd ; tallow and fat fiom 11s to 235" the cwt. ; *-coured wool, 7d the lb. : Fleece wool in grease, s^d ; sheep-skins fiom Is to Is 5d each. At the Pap.fkma. sale yesterday, theie was a full muster both of stock' and buyois. Late piices weie fully sustained. At the Reinuera^sale on Thursday, dairy cattle weie in better demand than for the first few weeks, stoic cattle numeious and scaicely so high in price as at the fair. Fat cattle in full aveiage number and maintained their piiceof2(>s per lOOlbs. for good quality. Sheep : In full numbers, but maintained their late value, close on tlueepeuce the lb. for shorn wethers of good quality ; prices ranged fiom IK to 1!)» (kl each. Lambs m less iiumboi than last week, and better woith about 2- eK'h, puces langed fiom 7s to 15s. Pigs : jSumeious, those of fanly bied quality maintained then puce, but coarse pigs weie at much lower \ allies than for several months. AUJKMXD M\IIKI,T QUOTATIONS. Farm \m> J)\nn PnoDbUK —Wholesale: Butter, ficsli, 8d per lb. ; butrci, salt, 8d to lOd "per lb ; Cheese, gowd local, <~>d to (i',d ; Ganteibiuy, do., r->\d to s,'d; Eggs, pei do/., lOd ; Laid, per bladder, 7d ; Bacon and Nam-., Piomiici.il, <>d to 8d ; ll ami, ISd to i)d ; Canteibuiy Ham-, and Bacon, !)d, m cloth ; Hams only, lid ; Jams, per case, 5 do/., £1 12s lid to £1 15s (id ; Fowls, pei pair, 2s <id to is; Featheis, baked, clean and selected, Is (id to Is ( )d pei lb. Retail : Milk, }>er quait, kl ; Butter, fiesh, lOd ; salt do., 10d to 1-, ; Cheese, colonial, do., «Sd to 9d ; Eggs, per dozen, Is ; Laid, ]iei lb, l>d to !)d ; Fowls, each, 2s to 3s; Ducks, do., 2s to 3s ; (-Jcese, do., ."is to 7s ; Tuike\s, dn., ."is to Ss (id ; Bacon, per lb.. lOd to Is; Hams, do., Is to Is id. Hu and CoitN M inki,r. — Wholesale (selling e\ stoic) : M,u/e, local (new), Is (id to 5-,; Oats -^ IUI to 3s 3d ; Wheat, 4s ; fowl, Hs to 3s 2d ; Bailey, 3s to 3s 3d; Malting Bailey, is 3d to 4s Gd (no demand) ; Hay, meadow, pei ton, piessed, £(i to £(> ."is ; Lucerne, ditto, £(') to £<i 10s (nominal); Stiaw, pei load, 18s to £1 10s ; Chalf, mixed, £5 to £"> 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £"i 10s ; Hay Oaten, £5 to £(i ; Clo\ei, t's 10s to £7 ; Potatoes, per ton, up to £*) 10^. Retail: Mai/e, 5s 3d to 5s (id ; Oats, do., b\ M to 3s (id ; Wheat, fowl, per liushel, 3s (id ; Bailey, feed do., 3s (id to 4s ; Hay, pei c\\ t , (is (id to 7s ; Lucerne, do., 7s (»d to .Ss ; O.itcn <h>., 0s to 7s : Straw, do., 3s to 4s ; Chafl, do., 5s to (>s ; Potatoes, Gs to (is Gd. Fi.ouh M viim r.— Wholesale • tfnpeitine floui, '-ilk die^sod, jiei ton, t!l2 ; do., do., household, til ; Inuuheds 55., iiftie10s )iei ton e\tia, s.icks .md li.iys flee ; Southcin, do., £•) 10s to £10; Bian, ]>er ton (s.ioks included), loc.il, £7 ; Southern, do, t'li: Simps, {•{',; Cabin Biead, do., £1S ; Oatni'Ml do., £15 to £15 10s ; Pt\ul B.ulc>, do tJj to £23 ; Biead, pei 21b loaf, -J'A. Sm.ds. — Lucoiue, Is 3d ; White Clover, per lb., Is 3d to Is Id ; Red Clinei pei lb., !Jd to lOd ; Cow glass, pei ]b., Is to Is 2d ; Alsvke, pei lb., Is 3d to Is Id ; Tiefoil, ]iei 11)., 7d to ( Sd ; Tiinotliv, pei lb., 7d ; Kajie, pei lb., Id to 5d ; I'm pie-top AbuidecnTuinip, pei lb ,ls.kl ; ( i teen -top Abeideen Turnip, pei lb., Is "id ; (h con Globe Tiunip, ])ei lb , Is ; Pi. mie (liass, pei bushel, (is ; llyegiass, per bushel, 5s to (is ; Cocksfoot, pei bushel, >Ss (id. Kuhi (liM vm) Fr,v\ MvKKi/r. — Receipts f<ir month to date, about 330 tons. We quote :— Poor oidmaiy, £30 to £3<i; fan do., Oi to £38 ; best, £38 to £10; K.ist Coast, £">0 pel ton. Fla\, per ton, £1S to til; Tow, do., £7 to £9; Fungus, pei lb , 2\d to 3d ; Cocoanut Fibie, per cwt., l"is to 17s ; Beeswax, Sdto lOd ]iei lb. Mis,cij,(a\j.ol^.— KeioHMie, fiom Is 7d to Is Sd, oidmaiy bi.uuls. Fencing Wiie, No. (i, 7 and X, ass.uted, £13, £13 10s and £14 iespccti\ely jiei ton ; Lime, slacked, ]s pei bushel ; Ojuck Lime, in stone, Is (Jd to 2s. New Zealand Palings, fift., 7s (id to 10s ; fift, 13s ; Ti-tiee IlaiK, £2 10s to £1 pei 100; Ptuni Posts, £(i to £7; Shingles, 13s to Kis (id per 1,000; lloba.it Pahngs, sft., 17s to 20s; Oft, ISs to 21s ; Hobait liails, 80s to 90s, buying and selling quot.itions. Maxukk-,. — Bonedust, Sydney, piime, £8 to £S 10s ; Boneflour, £!) ; Auckland, £8, infeiior £(> 15s to £7 10s; Pciuvian (Juano, £1S ; Maiden Island, £8; Huon (Jiuuio, small lots, £"> to £(i, bags included ; Huist's Chemical Manine. £14 10s.