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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2146, 10 April 1886, Page 2

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Waxhato Times Office, Friday. WAIKATO LIVK STOCK MAKKCTS. MWJSRS W. J. HI'NTKR AND Co. RrPOHT.— . At the Cambridge Home Sale on Saturday', April 3rd, there w;«k a large muster of horse*. Si>mo first class young horses «old at fair prices. A Jot of fowls, &c, sold at the usual prices. We quote : Hack", from £4 to £6 1O» ; light draught horses, from £15 to £19 10s ; fowls, Is 2d to Is lOd each. —At Ohau|>o on Tuesday, April Oth, nearly * 1000 head of cattle were yarded, a large number being steers. Prices were a bit lower than the previous sale, but the greater part sold. Very few young stock were yarded, and little demand, except for yearling heifer*, which elicited keen competition. Dairy cows are still required. AH at this sale were well competed for, and sold at satisfactory prices. We quote : Dairy cows, from £4 10s to £6; steer calves, £1 5« to £1 12* P>d ; yearlings, from £1 15s to £2 ss ; 2 and 2£-yr-old steers, £2 8s to £3 3s ; 3-yr-old ateern, from £4 to £5 2* Gd ; yearling heifers, £1 4s to £1 10s ; fat cows and heiters, £4 to £5 2* Gd ; fat steers, £5 2s Gd to £6 2s Gd ; fat wethers, % ''3d j store cross-bred ewe*, 5s to 5s Gd ; well-bred mare, £14 10s ; ponies, from £3 <*"!% 6d.

auckland livtt stock markets. Mhssbs. Huntkband Nolans Wkrklt ,R*roßT.— Hom»s: The market has been fairly well supplied, and the demand steady, but there was little alteration in value. There wan An Average number entered for disposal by auction at the Durham Yards on Friday. There wai an active demand throughout the sale, and „ moat of the lots were cleared, and in several instancesmdvanced rates wore given. We quote hacks from £5 to £14 10s, light harness huraes from £8 to £13 10s ; draughts ' £25. Wool, hides, and skins : Hides were in moderate supply. For good heavy there remained an unsatisfied demand at from 4d to 4Jd per Ib, station from 3d to 3Jd, skint It 3d to 2* Cattle; Alarm numttti bare changed hatods'' during the week, stores were in Rood demand, dairy stock maintained their value, and wellfatted oxen were * shade higher. The (Newmarket and Papalcura yards were both well filled. Competition at both sales was vvood. Prices for young store steers were in \ favour of the vendor, also for grown steers. Dairy cows without alteration. We quote •vialves from 15s to 255, yearling steers from 20s to 30s, grown steers from £3 10a to £4 $s, beef 14s to 20s. Fat sheep were yarded ■t Newmarket in average numbers, with a - slight advance in value compared with pre- " vious week. Fat wethers sold at from 10s ntd to 13s yd. Lambs were scarce, and uot I of such good quality as on previous week, ' selling at from 6s 6d to 10s 6d. Pigs : <JPh«re was a good muster, of an average ' class, with no alteration in price. - Ms Alfred Buokland'b Wibklt Re .fpRT.—At the Haymarket on Friday April j 2, the yard was] well filled with medium r draught stock, young and of good quality. -Prices ranged from £10 to £20 each, the greater number bringing from £11 to £14, riding hones from £6 to £15, inferior from 40s each. Fodder was in usual supply, prices ranged from 2s to 4s 6d the cwt, chaff 4« 6d to 4s 9d the cwt., oats 2s 8d the bushel. At the hide and skin sale ou Tues- ' day, hides ranged up to 4\d, calfskins 4Jd the lb, pelts up to 2s Id each. Wool in grease sd, scoured 6{jd the lb. At the Waiuku cattle sale on Saturday last the - yards were filled with stock. There was a full attendance of settlers, and prices for ■tore cattle, particularly young stock, good. At, Pukekohe on Monday there was a full muster of cattle, generally in fresh condition, with a considerable number of yearling steers. There was good competition throughout ths sale, and satisfactory prices obtained. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle were in good demand at a considerable advance over last week's values, store cattle at late prices, fat cattle in full number and were dull of sale, but maintained last week's values— from 15s to 18s the lOOlbs. Sheep in average supply. The Leicester ewes brought 10s 6d each, store wethers from 7« to 8s 9d, fat wethers 9s to 13«, fat ewes 7s to 93, lambs,fg6s to 8s each ; store pigs plentiful, and lower in price than of late. Some averages obtained were : 35 steers, J. Dingle, £7 ss. 12 steers, J. Struther*, £7 ss. 15 steers, Waikato Land Association, £7 3s. 14 steers, A. A. Company, £6 7« 6d. 16 steera, J. Orr, £6. 57 steers, A Sutherland, £5 16s 6d. 8 steers, J. Tole, £5 155. 8 steers, W. Grice, £5 10a. 100 wethers, Waikato Land Asseciation, 13s. 300 wethers, A. A. Company, 10s 9d. F. Shaw, 70 wethers, 9s. A Sutherland, 148 wethers 9s. W. Gray, 140 wethers, Bs. J. Hutchison, 70 wethers, 7a. Burnett, 70 ewes, 7a. T. Scott, 250 sheep, mixed sexes, 7s 6d. Average of lambs from 6a to 7s Cd.

' AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS. Farm ani> Dairy Produce. — Wholesale : Butter, fresh, 8d ; butter, suit, 7d to 8d ; Cheese, good local, 5d to 7d ; Canterbury, do., none ; Eggs, per doz., lt> 9d to 2s ; Lard, in bladder, per lb., G^d to 7d ; Bacon and Hama, Provincial, Gd to 8d ; Hams, 6£d to BJd ; Canterbury Bacon, 8d ; equal numbers Hama and Bacon, B£d ; Hams, lOJd ; Jams, per case 5 dozen, 30s ; Fowls, per pair, 2s to 3s Gd ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is 6d to Is 9d per lb. Retail : Milk, per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to lOd per lb ; salt do., prime, B}d to 9d ; inferior, 3d to 7d ; Cheese, per lb., 6d to 9d ; Eggs, per doz., 2s to 2s 3d ; Lard, per lb, (id to 9d ; Fowls, each, 2s Gd to 4s ; Ducks, do., 2a Gd to 4s ; Geese, do., 5a 6d to 8f ; Turkeys, do., 5s to 7» 6d ; Bacon, per lb.. 7sd to Is ; Hams, do., 8d to Is 3d. Hay and Corn Market. — Wholesale (selling ex store) : Maizo, local (new), 3s 3d to 3s Gd ; Oats, 2a s£d to 2s 6d ; Barley, 2s 3d ; Malting Barley, 4s 2d to 4s 6d ; Wlieat, 3s 9d to 4s ; fowl, 3s 7d to 3s 9d; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed. £4 5s to £5 10b ; Lucern, ditto, £G to 456 10s (nominal) ; Straw, per load, 18s to £1 10a ; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 5s to £4 15s ; Hay, O»teti, £4 to £4 10s ; Clover, £6 10s to £7 ; Potatoes, £4 10s to £3 per ton. Retail : Chaff, per cwt., 5s to 6s ; Potatoes, 5s 6d per cwt. ; Maize, 3s Gd to 3s 9d ; Oats, do., 2s 9d ; Wheat, fowl, per bushel, 3.1 9d to 4s ; Barley, feed, do., 2s Gd to 2s 9d; Hay, per cwt., 6s 6d to 7s ; Lucern, do., 7s 8d to 8s ; Oaten do., 6s to 7s ; Straw, do., 3s to 4a. Manures. — Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £8 10s to £9, inferior £7 15s to £8 ; Bon«sflour, £9 to £10 ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian Guano, £14 to £17; Coral Queen do, £5; Long Island do, £4 10s, bags included; Superphosphate of Lime, 26 per cent, to 28 per cant., £6 to £6 10s ; do., do., 36 per cent, to 38 per cent., £8- to £8 10 a; Hunt's Chemical Manure, £13 ; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 32 per cent, £8 ; 26 per cent., £6 ; Corn Manure, £8 ; Root Manure. £8 10s ; Grass Manure, £7 10s ; Boneduat. £». Sheds. — Retail : Swede and Turnip Seed, Is to la 3d per lb ; Sorghum, la ; Planters' Friend, la : White Clover, Is Id ; Red Clover, 9d ; Cowgrass— American, lOd ; English, Is ; Alsyke, Is Id ; Timothy, 8d ; Trefoil, 8d ; Lucern, la (id ; Rape, Gd ; Ryegross (scarce), Cs Gd to 7s Gd per bushel ; Cocksfoot, 8s 6d per bushel. Floor Market.— Wholesale : Superfine flour, silk dressed, per ton, £11 10s ; do., do., household, £9 10s to £10 10s ; hundreds 5a., fifties 10s per ton extra, sacks and bags free ; Southern, do., £9 5s to £9 15s ; Bran, per ton (sacks included), £5 10s ; Sharps, £6; Cabin Bread, do., £15; Oatmeal, do., £13 to £14 ; Pearl Barley, doi, £17 10s to £18. Miscellaneous. — Kerosene, 130* test (duty paid), Is 7d ; 150° test (duty paid), 2s ; Lime, slacked, Is per bushel ; Quick Lime, in stone, Is Gd to 2s ; New Zealand Palings, sft., 7s Gd to 13s; 6ft., 14s ; Ti-tree Rails, £2 10s to £4 per 100 ; Puriri Posts, £6 to £7 ; Shingles, 13s to lGs Gd per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft., 17b to 20s; Oft, 18s to 21s; Hobart Rails, 80s to 90s; Wire, No. G, £12; No. 7, £12 10s ; No. 8, £13 ; Barbed Wire, 30s per cwt. Buying and selling quotations. Kauri Gum and Flax Market.— Supplies for month to date, 100 tons. We quote prices nominally : Poor ordinary. £25 downwards; fair ordinary, £33; beat, do., £34 to £35; East Coast, £52 to £55. Flax, per ton, £15 to £19; Tow, do., £5 10s to £8 10* ; Fungus, per lb., 2fd to 3jd ; Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., 15a to 17s; Beeswax, 7d to lOd per lb.

[reuter's telegrams.] thk market rate of discount. London, Apiil 6.— The market rate of discount has fallen £ per cent., and is now if per cent., or f per cent, below the bank rate. LONDON WOOL SALK. London, April 6.— At to-day's wool sales 21 000 bales were offered to a quiet; market. 'London, April 7.— At 10-dAjr'» colonial ■wool Bales, » catalogue of 10,100 bales were sttbrovtted for auction. Th« toae of th« jnftrket was Rat.

MESSRS GOLD3FOROUGH AND CO. Melbourne, April B.— Messra Gol<Ja«

borough and Company (Limited) publit»htd a balance nheet for the past year'i trannactions to day. It is shown that tho company dealt with over one hundred thomand bales of wool during the year. The net profits avaiti&le amount -to £40f000. A dividend of lO^er cenU'wUL be pkid, 'and, a sum of £10ffl00 carried to the reierve fund, makinff(ne amount of the oompunyV reierve £120S(ip0. A further «nnt of £10,000 in carried focw»f<J to tb« prefect $«*x\ account.