COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2104, 2 January 1886, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday.

WAIKATO MARKETS. J. S. Blokla.vd Rbpoum.— At tin; W.ii- ' bat> B»z.»<w on Saturday labt above the avurajyo nmnbor of poultry, pigs and sundries wore entered, and also a very larjje number of horaw. The poultry sold at, ducks, Is (id to 2s ; fowls, Is 2d to 2-. each ; pigs, sm.ill, Gi fid to lls^; stoic barrow pigs, 10s ; sows in young, 27s 'id to 3<h each; bvcon, 3-1 t.» 7d per lb, and a largo quantity was. sold at these prices. New pot it ».■•>, (>s per b.i?, wck inclndud ; two s«c >ad hand bu,jgio», li 9 and El 2 res p^ctively. In hi>r-.j-> only a sunll amount of business was done. Medium chaught* from four to .si\-yeai -old woim hold at from £17 to £22 10s each ; good weight cariyin;,' I hacks, ylit.i £15 15^; li^ht ridiiu h u-scs and dcr>ivv-, from 61 to 4*5. At the Ohaup-) live stock sale on Tuesday la->fc, d.iiry cows were pHorly represented, those yarded wero of indifferent quality, and sold at from K'2 to 45 s*. Only a limited number of c lives and yoai lin^s wero offered, and those <iold at full values. Two and three-year-old steers were plentiful, and all sold, but prices a shade lower ; fat cattle yarded in excess of requirements, and consequently many rotnainei unsold. 82 steers from To Akau .ivoraged £4 16s, 50 steers from Miiungakawa averaged £3 10s, 70 •payed cows fiom To Akan and other places, £2 10a, and smaller lota at similar prices. Throe-year-old steers sold at from £4 to £1 10? each ; two-year-old steers, £3 2s Gi to £3 10s each ; light weight oteer beef brought £6 7s (id to £6 10s. A large number of fat cows were Bold at from £4 5s to £3 7s Cd.

auckland live stock markets. Messrs. Huniikr and Nolans Weekly Rkpout.— The holidays have materially interfered with the sales. The horse sale waa held on Wednesday, the 31-.t Dacember. The Durham Yard* were crammed with hordes, and there waa a good attendance of buyers, but vendors had t» submit to low rates, notwithstanding there was a large proportion of ship horses, and most of them of a uaef ul btarap. We quote : Hacks from £5 to £13 10s j ii^ht-harncis horaes, from £7 to £15 ; spring cart horses, £11 to $18. Wool, hides and skins : Hides and skins in moderate supply, and rather lower in value. The wool is held over for the «erie 3 kalo on the 7th inst. Cattle : The number brought forward has been below the average, but there has been no advance in price*. There was a very short muster at Newmarket on Tuesday. Beef was at the previous week's values. Sheep were in very short supply, but there was no improvement in value except for prime young wethers, for which lls 3d was reached. Ewes were neglected, lambs were fairly plentiful, and sold at the previous week's values. Pigs : A moderate number were yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday, finding purchasers at from ljd to 3d per lb, live weight.

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS. Farm and Daiky Produce. — Wholesale : Butter, fresh, 8d ; butter, salt, 8d ; Cheese, good local, (rtd to 7W ; Canterbury, do., 5d to (Hd ; Eggs, per dozen, Is ; Lard, per bladdor, 7d ; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, 7d to 9d; Hams, Sd to 9d; Canterbury Bacon only, 7d ; equal numbers Hams and Bacon, B\d to 9d ; Hams, 7d ; Jam", per caso 5 dozen, 30s ; Fowls, per pair, 2s to 3* tid ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is 6d to la 9d per lb. Retail : Milk, pur quart, Id ; Butter, fresh, up to lOd; &alt do., 8d to lOd ; Cheese, per lb., (id to 7d ; Eggs, nor d«z., Is 3d ; Lard, par lb, Od to 9d ; lwk, each, 2s to 33 ; Ducks, do., 2s to 3s ; Geese, do., 5s to 7s ; Turkeys, do., 5s to 8s (id ; Bacon, per lb.. 7£d to Bid ; Hams, do., 8d to 9d. Hay "and Corn Market.— Wholesale (selling ex stove) : Maize, local (new), 3s 8d to 3d lOd ; Oats, 2s Id to 2s sd ; Barley, 2s 3d ; Malting Barley, 4s ; Wheat, 3s 8d ; fowl, 3* 3d to 4s tid ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 5s to €5 10s ; Lucern, ditto, £(> to £6 10s (nominal) ; Straw, porload, 18s to £1 10s ; Chaff/ inked, £3 10s to £4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 5s to £4 15s ; Hay, Oaten, £4 to £4 10s ; Clover, £0 10s to £7 ; New Potatoes, £7 to £8 per ton ; Old Pota toe 3, £3 to £4 per ton. Retail: Chaff, per cwt., 5s to 0s ; New Potatoes, fd to Id per lb ; Maize, 4s ; Oats, do., 2s 6d to 3s ; Wheat, fowl, per bushel, 3s (id to 3s 9d ; Barley, feed, do., 3s to 4a ; Hay, per cwt., 6s Gd to 7s ; Lucern, do., 7s 6d to 8s ; Oaten do., 6s to 7s ; Straw, do., 3s to 4s. Manures.— Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £8 10s to £9, inferior £7 15s to £8 ; Bone- ' flour, £9 to £10 ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian Guano, £18 ; Maiden Inland, £'S ; Huon Guano, small lots, £5 to £<i, bags included ; Huist's Chemical Manure. £13 ; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 33 per cent., £8 ; 25 per cent., £6 ; Com Manuie, £8 ; Ro<>t Manure, £8 10s ; Grass Manure, £7 10s ; Bonedust, £9. Flour Market.— Wholesale : Superfine flour, bilk dressed, per ton, £10 ; do., do., household, £8 to £9 ; hundreds 55., fifties 10s per ton extra, sacks and bag» free; Southern, do., £7 10s to £8; Bran, per ton (sacks included), local, £0 ; {Southern, do., £0 10s ; Sharps, £6 ; Cabin Bread, do., £15 ; Oatmeal, do., £11 to fl2 ; Pearl Barley, do., £19 to £20. * Miscellaneous. — Kerosene, 130° test (duty paid), from Is 7d to Is 8d ; 150' test (duty paid), Is lid; Fencing Wire, No. 6. 7, and 8, aasoited, £13, £13 10s, and £14 respectively per ton ; Limp, slacked, Is per bushel ; Quick Lime, in stone, Is Gd to ' a ; New Zealand Palings, oft., 7s (id to 13s ; (ift., 14s ; Ti-tfrge Kails, £2 10s to £4 per 100 ; Puriii Posts, £(3 to £7 ; Shingles, 13s to ir« (id per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft, 17s to 20s; (ift., 18-j to 21s; Hobart R.iilb, 80* to 90s, buying and selling quotations. Kauri Gum and Flax Markei I.—1 .— Supplies for month to date, 220 tons. We quote prices nominally : Poor ordinary, nominal ; fair ordinary, £35 to £37 ; best, do., £35 to £37; East Coast, £40 to £50 per ton. Flax, per ton, £1(5 to £20 ; Tow, do., £5 10» to £8 10s; Fungus, per lb., 2tfd to 3}d ; Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., 15s to 17a ; Beeswax, 7d to lOd per lb.