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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2155, 1 May 1886, Page 2

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Waikato Txmts Office, Friday. AI('KI.\NI) LI\K STOCK MAHKKTH. Mr Alkkki) JJrcKLA.vn's VVkkkf-v Re pour.— At the }lu> iij.ukct on Saturday, April 21th, Judder brought from 2s M to 3s 3d the cwt, bonedust £7 5s the ton, oat* 2s 7d and 2-. Hd the bushel, maize 3a «Jd the bushel, chaff £4 Th the ton. Hor*p stock were yarded in nioderato number only, and with no improvement in valuer On Tuesday, consequent on the holiday*, tho usual sale of wool, hides, and skins, was almost nominal. At Papakura, on Wednesday, a •mall inn-tor of cattle, mostly young stock, obtained steady competition, prices unaltered ; and the private sale at Buckliind was fully attended by the neighbouring settlers, and sati-factory prices obtained. At Remuern, on Thursday, very Few dairy cattle were yarded. Good animals wore in demand at full values. Store cattle plentiful, and irrpgulnr in price, but on the whole hotter worth than last week. Fat cattle in full supply, but tho short markets of the p.ist two weeks occasioned a better inquiry, and prices advanced. Sheep were in usual number, but lower in price than laat week fully Is each, lambs at last week's ' values. The calves received were very inferior ; good young calves 111 request at extreme prices. Heavy rains fell, and the pigs were left over for next week's market. Mkssrs. Huntkr ANr> Noun's Wkkki.v RKPOitr.— Horses : The holidays have interfered with live stock market generally, necessitating an alteration in our usual weekly sale days. The Durham Yards' tale was held on Saturday. There were a moderate number of entries and a fair [attendance of buyers, but bidding w« languid, and, in several instances, reserves could not be reached. We quote hacks from £4 to £14 10s, light harness horses from £9 to £13, medium draught £12 to £19. Wool, hides and skins : Limited number of hides pitched, and of indifferent quality. There remained an unsatisfied demand for good heavies. Skins in short supply. A larger than usual quantity of wool was disposed of at the Durham Yards on Tuesday at from 4jd to s£d per lb, hides 3|d, skins lOd to Is 3d. Cattle : The low price during the previous week and the holidays prevented the usual supply from beinu brought . forward, consequently fat cattle advanced in value fully £1 per head. There were a good many veal calves, which sold at prices satisfactory to vendors. Dairy cows were ' sufficient foe requirements, and a large number of stores were yardod. Dairies sold at trom £4 15s £10, calves 12s to 355, yearlings 30* to 355, eighteen months old from £2 2s (is to 22s per lOOlbs. Shcop : A good many were yarded at Newmaket on Wednesday, but were principally ewes. There was a slight advance in value, but competition was not brisk. Wethers ranged. from 11s to 13s fid, ewes from 7s to 9s, lambs from 7s to 9s. Pigs: Limited number .yarded ; price ranged from 2d to 3d per lb live weight.

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS. Farm and Dairy Produce. — Wholesale : Butter, fresh, 8d ; butter, salt, 7d to 8d ; Cheese, good local, f>d to 7d ; Canterbury, do., none; Eggs, per dozen, Is 9d ; Lara, in bladder, perlb., GJd to 7d ; Bacon and "Hams, Piovincial, (idtoBd; Hams, GJdto BJd ; Canterbury Bacon, 8d ; equal numbers Hams and Bacon, B|d ; Hams, 10|d ; Jains, por caso 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, BAd to 9d ; inferior, 3d to 7d ; Cheese, per lb., 6d to 9d ; Eggs, per dozen, 2s ; Lard, per lb, Gd to 9d ; Fowls, each, 2s Gd to 4s ; I hicks, do. , 2s Gd to 4s ; Geese, do. , 5s 6d to 8s ; Turkeys, do., 5s to 7s Gd ; Bacon, per lb.. 7 J jd to Is ; Hams, do., 8d to Is 3d. Hay and Corn Market. —Wholesale (selling ox store) : Maize, local (new), 3s Gd ; Oats, 2s 51U1 to 2s Gd ; Barley, 2s 3d ; Malting "Barley, 4s 2d to 4s Gd ; Wheat, 3.s 9d to 4s ; fowl, 3s 3d to 3s Gd ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 5s to £5 10s ; Lucern, ditto, £Gto £G 10s (nominal) ; Straw, per load, 18s to £1 10s ; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 5s to £4 15s ; Hay, Oaten, £4 to £4 10s ; Clover, £6 10s to £7 ; Potatoes, £4 10s to £5 per ton. Retail ; Chaff, per cwt., 5s to Gs ; Potatoes, 5s Gd to 9s per cwt. ; Maize, 3s 9d to 4s ; Oats, do., 2s 9d ; Wheat, fowl, per bushel, 3s 9d to 4s ; Barley, feed, do., 2« Gd to 2s 9d; Hay, per cwt., Gs Gd to 7s ; Lucern, do., 7s Gd to 8\ ; Oaten do., Gs to 7s ; Straw, do., 3s to 4s. Manures.— Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £8 10s to £0, iufuiioi- £7 15k to £8 ; Boneflour, £1) to £10 ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian Guano, £14 to £17 ; Coral Queen do, £5 ; L<>ng I->l<md do, £4 10s, bags included ; Superphosphate of Lime, 2fi per cent, to 28 per cent., £G to £G 10» ; do., do., 3(5 per cent, to 38 per cent., £8 to £8 10s; Hurst 1 !. Chemical Manure, £13 ; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 32 per cent., JB8 ; 2~* per cent., £G ; Corn Manure, £8; Root Manure. £8 10s ; Grass Manure, £7 10s ; Boncdust, £fl. Skeds. — Retail : Swede and Turnip Seed, Is to Is 3d per lb; Soighum, Is; Planters' Friend, Is ; White Clover, Is Id ; Red Clover, 9d ; Cowgrass— American, lOd ; English, Is ; Al»yke, Is Id ; Timothy, 8d ; Trefoil, 8d ; Lucern, Is Gd ; Rape, Gd ; Ryegrass (scarce), Gs Gd t<» 7s Gd per bushel ; Cockhfoot, 8s Gd per bushel. Flour M uiket.— Wholesale : Superfine flour, silk dressed, per ton, £11 10s ; do., do., household, £9 10a to £10 10s ; hundreds 5m., .fifties 10s per ton extra, sacks and bags free ; Southern, do., £9 5s to £9 15« ; Bran, per ton (sacks included), £5 10-> ; Sharps, £G 10s; Cabin Bread, do., £15; Oatmeal, do., £13 to £14 ; Pearl Barley, do., £17 10s to £18. Miscellaneous. — Kerosene, 130° test (duty paid), Is 7d ; ISO 3 test (duty paid), 2s ; Limp, slacked, Is per bushel ; Quick Lime, in htone, Is Gd to 2s ; New Zealand Pnlings, sft., 7s Gd to 13s ; 6ft., 14s ; Ti-tree Rails, £2 10s to £4 per 100 ; Puriri Posts, £G to £7 ; Shingles 13s to lGs Gd per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft., 17s to 20s; Gft., 18s to 21*,; Hobart Rails, 80s to 90s ; Wire, No. G, £12 ; No. 7, £12 10s ; No. 8, £13 ; Baited Wire, 30s per cwt. Buying and selling quotations. Kauri Gum and Flax Market.— Supplies for month to date, 300 tons. We quote prices nominally : Poor ordinary, £25 downwards ; fair ordinary, £32 to £34 ; best, ordinary, nominal ; East Coast, nominal ; Flax, per ton, £15 to £19; Tow, do., £5 10s to £8 10s ; Fungus, per lb., 24' d2 4 'd to 3sd ; Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., 15s to 17s ; Beeswax, 7d to lOd per lb.