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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2018, 13 June 1885, Page 2

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fPaikato limes Office, Friday. WAIICVTO MARKETS. Mr -I. S. Bccklvsi) llEKMir*.— At the Hor-o Bi/-\.ir at Cambridge 0:1 Satnul.iy Iftdt, .1 C'in-nli'r.U>le amount of busnii-"- w ts d(iMi>, both in pioducc .mil Imrsi. ntooic. 100 b.itf* of nits wore sold .it 2-, (id pi»r bmhi-l , cnrmt-i, £2 poi ton; eh itf, £3 per ton. A lot of furmtuiu iiiul siiiidues bro'i^lit f.nr valiu^ ;ciri|)ty s,»cks !i-. to Is (>d per (10/imi Some Kontl lioise- won* cntoicd .mil -<ol<l %\i>!l . hcwy dr.miflit, t'J'i ; U|Kt mdmc hai-K, Kill; hont-s K,i to £10; ami nnnv 1 ion km .iml lij(lit h.ick- fimn £J to ili> oacli , 1 1 v/' 1 nmiiber of pitf-t wore ".old .it pnciM \ .vr\ ln^T from (m to 2'K c.icl), accord mjjr to si/,o ; h vlf ton of bvcon, M |» 1 lb , nndhiin-, Sd to B^l per lb. At Olimp-* Live Stuck t«lf on Tuesday la^t, tin 1 \.ikN woic hllfd utth c.ittKj of .1 p»od ch-*, principally tluoe and four-yeai old bullock-. Prices woie a httlo easier than at the prrvioiit vile, but alllot-i ofleied wi-ro : 80 tmp c > ear-old stoi>i>> from Te Akau station .ueiatfcd H't ; 20 two to throe ye.irold stet-rs fiorn Knreka, £4 to £7 lis ; four year old »\en, nearly Iwef, fiom Tauwli.ire, £7 2^ <!d ; eightofii months to two-year-old steer-* of pood quality, £2 17s (id to £3 lls ; fat cows, £4 10s to £l> 7>» <>d each ; fat ewe^ 9.1 «>d to 10s lid ; wether hoggets, 9s ; small merino ewes, 3s 3d ; and 300 merino wethers, 8s each.

At'CKLVND LIVE-STOCK M\KKETs. Mr Alfred Bccki.\ni)'s RKPOiiT.-At the Haymarket, on Friday, loose fodder rancid from 2s «Jd to 3s 9d ; pressed, 4s (id the cwt. ; oaten chaff, £3 17* (id to £1 2s M per ton ; maize, 3s 9d to 3s lOd ; oats, Is fld to 2s ."3d ; barley, 2s 3d to 2% 5d ; fowl wheat, 2s per bushel. Horse stock in moderate supply, only inferior stock at low values; useful draught btock, from £18 to £2l> each. At the salo on Tne»d ly, hideh wore in good demand at from 3d to 4fd per lh. ; tallow 20a to 24s per cwt. ; polts and »Kms, lOd to 2s 3d each; wool, 5d to 7^l per lb. At Waiuku, on Satur day, thei c was the usual muster of cattle, about seventy head of all classes. A full attendance of settlers, and all brought forward sold. At Remuera, on Thui»d.vv, there wis a good inquiry for dairy cow s at their profit. A number of coarse store cattle sold .it low value*. F.it cattle wonin fullnumbiMs. Twenty-two trucks were received fiom Waikato. There was no alteration in \alue fiom late inaikets ; prices tanged fiom 20s to 23s per lOOlbs. Half than the usual supply of sheep met a dull «.ile, and several jkmis were witheld. Pigs wvie plentiful and in better enquiry than l,\st week, and f«t c.vhes were also in full number and low values. Mesmin HrvrKH avi» Nor«\N's Wkkku Rn'our.— Horses : There w,is an incroased annri.itioii m the rnaiket last Friday. About an average number were disposed of, but the dcimnd was more perceptible than on the pre\ ions w ock. There was an increased number entered for disposal by auction at the Durham yards on Friday ; competition w.u. brisker than on the previous week, and there wa.s an advance in ■\aluo for those of a, good xtamp. We quote hacks from t'3 .">s to £'12 10* ; light harness hoi -<es fiom £'J to £14; draughts, £24 10-,. Wool, hides and skins: Heavy hides Hcaicclv woith so much ; lightweights unaltered ; skins woith from Is »kl to 2f (!d each ; wool, fiom 4\d to s\d perlb. Cattle Theie was a marked advance in the value of fat stock ; '•tores were also a shade highti. But few dairy cows of a good description were dis])osed of, and value remained unaltered. The Newmarket yards wen* fanly filled on Tuesday, and thoio was an un usually large muster at I'ukekohe on Wed ncsday. Theie was an advance m value of fat beasts of fully El per head. Dairy and utoro stock were unaltered. A dr.ift of bullocks fiom Mr Clark, of Knrak.i, reached £10 ."h. Sheep were penned at Newmarket on Tuesday in average limn bors ; competition was npinted throughout the s,»l«> ; an advance of from Is to 2s each was obtained. The rise in prune weth«'i> being most noticeable. Fig^ : Only a few came forward ; prices wcio unchanged. Mnssm(r. W. Bixnkv AND Co. repoit that at then weekly sale on Tuesday, of wool, hulrs, skins, and tallow, fiist-class hidet sold from .S?d to i^d ; light, 3d to 3fd ; mfciior, Id to 2 t 'd per lb ; skins, Is to 2» lOd each ; tallow, 17s to 24s per cwt.; wool, B£d to ."ijd per lb.

LONDON MARKETS. London, Ju'ie '.).— The 3 per cent, consols an 1 / lower, being iT>j. LONDON WOOF. s\F.FN. London, Juno !•. — Vt t«i day -. wool mIo-, 12,1>00 bale- vue c italopued, ,md Mimewliat lrrf^nl.u. Cro^s-bieds exhibited .1 firm tendency, wlnle nienno wooN uiled at id to Id below last sale's prices. [rKK y./..h. ami M. \. < o.] Lovuov, June !). — Wool. — There is much irregul.il ity in the bidding. The Home demand is good, but the continental demand is poor. Neatly all descriptions have declined \d to Id except .superior gre<>sy. Themaiketis easier. Crossbred is firmer. For nnpenor l:\mba wool the market is tinn-i. Tin total quantity withdraw to d »te i-. 7000 biles, and the total quantity catalogued to date is 45,000 bsles.