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waikato live block makkkts. Alfueo Auckland and Co. Rki'Out.— At (Junlnuko "'ii Satuiday last wo had a \ny I,iko sale ot" cattle, sheep and horses. Cittle woio lower m pi ice, but in demand. Grown steers, rough sorts, hold at £3 each ; >i\uling hteors, t'2 U; yearling heifer*, tl 7s lid ; d.ury cows, tl< to £4 ; and fat cow.-> at tl each. Sheep: Napier wethers — We ulo.ued the last ot Millinan's lot at T>> (!d for good stores, np to St. for fat. Hoise^ : Supply far in e\cess of demand and many passed, but a. lot changed hands .it low pucj-i. Hood draught at I'll each ; inodmni unbroken colts at i'(i to tli 10-.: riimjjhuses at Jb'B for good soits .md £4 for uiU-noi. At Oliaupo on Tuesday ue h.id a smo-lltn nuu ket than usual, but all yarded sold with the exception of a few head fiom tl»e Kinjr country. Te Akau .stoeis, good quality, from t's lO.s to ti; I'ateteie ditto, from t'3 to 43 His ; two yearold sUvib, Rood quality, t'3 LO, ; 13-niontlw ditto, up to tJ 10s for right quatitj', and k'l 1"), for iniddlniß ; SO head of beef sold at «ib mt f4 each for cows, and £5 17s <>d for .steers ; two u\n\ at £7 L's Gd. Sheep : We sold fat ev\es at Ss, and wetneis in wool at 21s ; merino ewes at 4s 3d. At Waitoa, on Thursday, we had a very larce muster of stock, both sheep and cattle, and a numerous attendance. Cattle were lower than at Ohaupo, and many parsed to go to Cambridge. We sold SOO Napier wethers at (»s i)d and 7s each ; 2SO ewes at 3s 3d ; 200 ho^ets at 2s (id ; fat ewes at Gs ; fat lambs at 11s ; one hack sold for £10.

auckland live stock maukets. Messrs Hunter and Nolans Weekly Report.— Horses : There has been a continu< us large supply, and although the demand has been good, it could hardly keep pace with the former, and some fine young hordes were held over for next week. The Durham yards on Friday were again overcrowded, but a good many changed hands at fully the previous week's values, but for some a decline had to be submitted to. We quote hacks at from £4 10s to £5 10s ; light harness horses, £10 10s to £15 ; strong horses for quick draught, £17 to £23. Hides and skins : Hides were tolerably plentiful. The demand for heavy hides was brisk, but not so good for lighter ones. We quote hides at 4d to 4^d per lb ; cow hides, 2^ to 3\; calf skins 4Vd. Skins plentiful: over 2000 sold at from 2s 2d to ss. Wool : The second sale of the series was held at the Durham wool store. Some 335 packages were disposed of, and notwithstanding the discouraging telegrams from London, prices for crossbreds and merinos were sustained, but there was a decline of a halfpenny per lb. on inferior long wools, and, with the exception of one or two lots, a decline of par lb. throughout the sale was submitted to, taking quality and condition into consideration. Long wool sold at from G.\ to 7} ; crossbred, at from 6,4 to 7j ; merino, 8d to B^. Cattle : There has been a large supply, but the demand has been slack for most descriptions, so that with difficulty tho previous week's, values were sustained. The Newmarket yards on Tuesday were well supplied with stores, as were also the JPukekohe yards on Wednesday. Dairy cows were not quite so plentiful as on the previous week, and fat beasts were in adequate numbers, and sold .at from ir» s to 10s per 1001b ; grown steers, £3 17s Gd to ±M 10?; eighteen-month -old, £2 5s to £3 10s ; yearling-, 20^ to 2fs Gd ; dry cows, 3.")» to £2 each. Sheep: The maiket has been rather bare owing to the absence of bhipborne, and prices advanced considerably on the previous week's values. No heavy wethers were yarded, 13s 3d being the highest price reached for wethers ; l.s 9d per 81b was freely given. Ewes sold at from lb 4d to Is Gd per 81b. Lambs in adequate number, and sold at from o3o 3 to 12s each. Pigs were in moderate supply, but prices were in favour of the purchaser, good porkers having sold at 2jd per lb live weight. Mu Alfred Buokland's Weekly Reroitr.— At the Haymarket sale on Friday, December 3, meadow hay was at low values; oaten sheaves brought 3s Gd the cwt. Horse stock remained at late values : Useful medium draught, three and four years old, from #> to £l~> each ; no enquiry for hea\ y draught. At the hide and .skin sale on Tuesday, there was a full attendance of buyers. Hides ranged with cleanliness and general condition from 2V-1 to 4^d the lb ; tallow, 12s 6d the cwt ; sheepskins, 2s to 4s 10J each. At Waiuku on Saturday, cattle were mustered in full numbers. There was a numerous attendance of settler-*, and a good demand for all stock brought forward. At Remuera on Thursday, dairy cattle were in limited number and better inquiry. Store cattle, in usu \l number, sold freely at late values. Fat cattle, in average supply, scarcely maintained last week's values. Sheep, very plentiful, fully maintained the rise of last week, particularly wethers. Lambs, in moderate number, also maintained their price. Pigs, in full number, generally well-brei, were uniformly at lower prices than of late.

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS. Farm and Dairy Produce.— Wholesale : Butter, fresh, (id; butter, salt, 7d nominal, not being in demand ; Cheese, good local, oid to GVd ; Canterbury, do. none ; 3'jggs." per dozen, 8d ; Lard, in bladder, per lb., GM to 7d ; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, Gd to 8d ; Hams, (Hd to B UI ; Canterbury Bacon, 7d (new cure); equal numbers Hams and Bacon, bare, 7id; Hams, S^d ; Jams, per case 5 dozen, 27s fid to 30s ; Fowls per pair, 2s to 3s Gd ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is Gd to Is Ud per lb. Retail : Milk per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to 8d per lb ; salt do., prime, Bid : inferior, 3d to 7d ; Cheese, per lb, Gd to Is ; Egg*,, per dozen, lOd ; Lard, per lb, Gd to 9d ; fowls, each, 2s to 3s; Ducks, do., 2s to 3-s ; Geese, do., 5s Gd to 8s ; Turkeys, do., Gs to 7s Gd ; Bacon, per lb., 7Vi to Is ; Hams do., 8d to Is 3d. Hay Cno Corn' Market. — Wholesale (current selling rates) : Maize, local (new), 3s to 3s 3d ; Oats, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; Barley, 3s to 3s 3d ; Malting Barley, 4s to 4s 3d ; Wheat, 5s to 5b Gd ; fowl, 4s 9d ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 to £">; Lucern, do., £0 to £0 10s (nominal); Straw, per load, LSs to £1 10s ; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 ; Hay, Oaten, £4 to £i 10s; Clover, £G 10s to £7 ; Potatoes («ld), £2 to £4 per ton ; Seed (Tasmanian), £5 to £G. Retail : Chaff. 5s to Gs per cwt. ; Potatoes, 4s to 4s Gd ; Mai/e, 3s Gd to 3s 9d ; Oats— feed, 2s Ud to 3-. ; heed, 3-, Gd to 3s i)d ; Wheat, 5s 3d to 5s Od ; do. fowl, per bushel, 4s 3d to 4>> Gd ; Barley, feed, do., 3s to 3s Gd ; Hay, per cwt., Gs Gd to 7s ; Lucerne, do., 7s Gd to S-s; Oaten, do., (i» to 7s; Straw, do., 3s to 4s. Seeds.— Retail : Swede and Turnip Seed, Is 3d per lb ; Sorghum, 1» ; Planters' Friend, Is ; White Clover, Is Id ; Red Clover, !)d ; Cowgra&s— American, lOd ; English, Ls ; Alsyke, Is Id ; Timothy, «d : Trefoil, 8d ; Lueuin, lsGd ; Rapp, Gd ; Ryegras-. (sen cc), G^> Gd to 7^ Gd per bushel ; Cocksfoot, 8-5 Gd, Manures.— Bonedust, Sydney, prime, CS 10> to £') ; inferior, £7 15s to t8 ; BoneHour, £!)to£10; Auckland, £8; Permian Guano, £14 14^ to £17; Coial Queen, do., £5 ; Long JUland do., £4 10s, bags included ; Superphosphate of Lime, 20 per cent, to 28 per cent., t(i to £G 10s ; do., do., 3G per cent, to 38 percent., £8 to £8 10s ; Hurst's. Chemical Manure, £13 ; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 32 per cent., £8; do. do., 25 percent., £G ; Corn Manure, £8 ; Root Manure, £8 10s ; Potato Manure, £8 10s ; Grabs Manure, £8 ; Bonedust, £1). Flour Marki:i\ — Wholesale : Roller Flour, per ton, £14 5s to £15 5s ; Superfine Flour, silk dressed, £14 XX ; do., do., household, £12 10s to £13 10s ; hundreds 3s, fifties 10s per ton extra, sacks and bags free ; Southern do., £11 5s to £12 ; Bran, per ton (backs included), £G ; Sharps, £G ; Cabin Bread, do., £17; Oatmeal, £13; Pearl Barley, do., £17 10s to £18. Mi^uErjANrouM. — Kerosene, 130" to>t (duty paid), from Is 5d to Is Gd ; 150' test (duty paid), la 0d to Is lOd ; Lime, slacked, Is per bushel ; Quick Lime (in fctone), lsGd to 2s ; New Zealand Palings, , r )ft., 7s Gd to 13s ; (!ft., 14s ; Ti-tree Rails, £2 10s to £1 per 100; Purin Posts, £G to £7; Shingles, 13-, to I(>m (id per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft., 17s to 20, ; Gft., LSs to 21s ; Hobait iiails, 80s to !)0» ; Wire, No. G, £12 ; No. 7, £12 10- ; No. «, £13 ; Barbed Wire, 30s per cwt. Buying an 3 selling quotation-. Kauri Gum and Fr,A\ Muikkt.—Sunplies for month to date, 110 tons. We quote prices : Fair to Good Ordinary, £44 to £4G ; East Coast, £52 to £53 ; Flax, per ton, £15 to £18 ; Tow, do., £5 10s to £7 10s ; Fungus, per lb., 2 t Vl to 3-}<l ; Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., 15s to 17s ; Beeswax, 7d to lOd per lb.

LONHON MARKETS. [PER N.Z.Tj. AND M.A. CO. LIMITED.] Losiws, December 7. — Wool : The following table shows the decline in prices in the various descriptions since the closo of last sales :—: — Description. Decline per lb. Greasy Id to l^d Greasy (new clip) 4d to Id Clothing, washed to 2id Combing, washed 2d to 2^d Scoured 2£d to 3d Fine greasy crossbred ... Id to lid Coarse greasy crossbred ... Mto Id Fine washed crossbred ... la to lid Coarse washed crossbred ... Ad to Id Fine scoured crossbred ... l^d to 2d Coarse scoured crossbred ... Id told Lamb's market is unchanged. The competition on French account is sluggish, and there is much irregularity m the bidding. The total quantity catalogued to date is 58,000 bales, and 12,000 bales have been held over for future disposal.— Wheat : The market generally is better, and we think it will continue to improve. Victorirn wheat is worth 3Gs Od per 49Glbs (landed) ; New Zealand average ditto, 35i« ; New Zealand long-berried ditto, 35^ Gd. — Tallow • The market has been higher since we telegraphed, but has declined, and is now quiet. Good mutton tallow is < worth 28s per cwt ; good beef, 24s. — Kauri gum : Good scraped pale, brownish, and amber, is worth 100s per cwt.; good garbled scraped and three parts garbled sorts, are worth 71s per cwt.; medium half scraped garbled sorts are worth 58s per cwt. — Frozen meat& : This market is sluggish. Kew Zealand mutton, weighing per carcase GO to Golbs is worth 4d.— Leather: The market is unchanged.

[reuter's telegrams.] Lon'oon, December 7. — No changes in consols, the rates of discount or New Zealand securities. The wool market continues weak. The catalogue of to-day's auction comprised 7000 bales. In colonial breadstuffs and tallow there is no change.