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Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2289, 12 March 1887, Page 2

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The Wailcato Times Office, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVB STOCK MAUKI3TS. Mkssrs Ai.fuud Buckxand and Co. Re-port.-At tho Hnymnrko-t on .Friday, March 4, Fodder si'ld freely und brought from Ss to 4s Gd per cwt ; chuff, £4 to £4 10s per ton ; outs were also in better inquiry many hundred saekssold, prices ranged from Is 10d to 2s lid per bushel. Horse stock were fairly represented. Light harness raived from £7 to £10 ; medium draught up to £17 ;no heavy draught sold. Dogcart, £8 10s; buggy, £50, were the prices obtained. At the'special sale hold at the residence of Mr MeCaw, Maimrowa, there was a full attendance of the neighbours, and a good inquiry for goods of all kinds, particularly the farm implements and horses. At the regular monthly sale at Wamku, there was a full muster of cattle, particularly calves and springers. Trices were moderate. xU the wool, hide, aud skm sale. on Tuesday, hides were pitched in full numbers and met with a brisk inquiry at full rates. Ox-hides, up to 4.V ; cow hides, 3 : 5 ' per lb ; calfskins, 4i ; pelts, from 8d to Is lOd ; skins, 4s 7d to 3s lid each; wool to 7jd ; tallow, 13s to 13s (id per cwt. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle were moderate in number and quality ; prices without alteration. Fat cattle in average number, and better than usual quality, sold freely at a slight advance. Fat sheep : Abundant, and of excellent quality, barley maintained late values. Calves and lambs sold more freely. Store pigs. Abundant and dull of sale, but porkers were in demand, and maintained their price. Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Report.Horse feed and seeds wore, in brisk demand ; oat*, at 2s 3d per bushel; pollard, 4s Cd per 1001b ; rye grass, 5s per bushel. Horses : There was an improvement in the demand, but very few good animals were brought forward. There was no noteworthy alteration in value. The number submitted by auction at the Durham Yards on Friday was up to the average. Competition was brisker throughout the sale than in he previous week, and for small animals there was an advanced price given, but nothing startling. Wool, hides, and skins; No noteworthy alteration. Demand for good heavy ox hides brisk. We quote : Ox, 4d to sgd ; medium, 3d to 3W per lb ; cowhides, 2r' t to 3i per tt>; calfskins, 3d£ to 4\d per lb; pelts,""(>d to each 8d each, skins Is 3s 3d. Cattle: There has baen a steady demand and average supply, resulting m a slighty upward tendency in value. Less than average number were yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday, but there was a fair muster at Pukekohe on Wednesday. There has been little alteration in value for any description, fat beasts were barely a shade higher than the previous week ; store and dairy stock unaltered. Sheep were in moderate muster at Newmarket on Tuesday, and prices ruled the same as on the previous week, Wethers were sold at from 8s 6d to 12s, ewes 6s Gd 10s ; lambs were in adequate supply, and sold at from Gs 9d to lis 5d ; pigs scarce, worth l£d to 3d per lb live weight.

AUCKLAND MAUKKT QUOTATIONS. Farm and Dairy Produce.—Wholesale : Butter, fresh, 8d to lOd per lb, according to quality ; butter, salt, 5.W nominal, not being in demand ; Cheese, good local, ski to G-kl; Canterbury, do. none; Eggs, per doz., Is to Is 3d ; Lard, in bladder, per lb., did to 7d ; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, Gd to 8d ; Hams, to Hhd ; Canterbury Bacon. 7d (new cure); equal numbers Hams and Bacon, bare, 7rj:d; Hams, B^d: Jams, per case 5 dozen, 27s Gd to 30s ; Fowls per pair, 2s to 3s Gd ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is Gd to lsUdperlb. Retail: Milk per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, lOd and Is per lb; salt do., prime, GAd to 7kl: inferior, 3d to Gd ; Cheese, Gd to Is; Eggs, per doz., Is 3d to Is Gd; Lard, per lb, Gd to 9d ; fowls, each, 2s to 3s; Ducks, do., 2s to 3s; Geese, do., 5s to 7s; Turkeys, do., Gs to 7s Gd ; Bacon, per lb., 7Ad to Is ; Hams, do., Sd to Is 3d.

Hay and Corn Market. — Wholesale (current selling rates) : Maize, local (new), 3s lOd; Oats, 2s 3d ; Barley, 3s to 3s 3d ; Malting Barley, 4s to 4s 3d ; Wheat, 3s 9d ; fowl, 3s 3d to 3s Gd ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 to £5; Lucerne, do., £G to £G 10s (nominal); Straw, per load. 18s to £1 10s; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 ; Hay, Oaten, £4 to £4 10s ; Clover, £G 10s to £7 ; Potatoes, £4 to £4 ss. Retail: Chaff. 5s to (is per cwt.; Potatoes, 53 to 5s Gd per cwt. ; Maize, 4s 3d ; Oats—feed, 2s Gd ; seed, 3s 3d to 3s (id ; Wheat, 4s 3d to 4s ( Jd ; do. fowl, 3s Gd to 3s 9d ; Barley, feed, do., 3s 3d to 3s Od ; Hay, per cwt., Gs Gd to 7s ; Lucerne, do., 7s Gd to 8s ; Oaten, do., Gs to 7s ; Straw, do., 3s to 4s.

Manures.—Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £8 10s to £9 ; inferior, £7 15s to £8; Boneflour, £9 to £10; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian Guano, £14 14s to £17 ; Coral Queen, do., £5 ; Long Island do., £4 10s, bags included ; Superphosphate of Lime, 2(i per cent, to 2S per cent., £0 to £5 10s ; do., do., 3G per cent, to 38 per cent, £8 to £S 10s ; Hurst's Chemical Manure, £13 ; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 32 per cent., £8; do. do., 25 per cent., £6 ; Corn Manure, £8 ; Eoot Manure, £8 10s ; Potato Manure, £8 10s ; Bone Manure, £8; Grass Manure, £7 15s ; Bonedust, £8 10s. Flour Market. — Wholesale : Roller Flour, per ton, £12 ss; Superfine Flour, silk dressed, £12 ; do., do., household, £11, sacks free ; Southern do., £9 15s to £10 10s ; Bran, per ton (sacks included), £5 10s to £6 ; Sharps, £5 10s to £0 ; Cabin Bread, do., £10 ; Oatmeal, £13 ; Pearl Barley, do., £17 10s to £18; Patent Porridge Meal, £13 15s. Miscellaneous. — Kerosene, 130° test (duty paid), from Is 5d to Is Gd ; 150° test (duty paid), Is 9d to Is lOd ; Lime, slacked, Is per bushel; Quick Lime (in stone), Is Gd to 2s; New Zealand Palings, sft., 7s Gd to 13s; Gft., 14s; Ti-tree Rails, £2 10s to £4 per 100; Puriri Posts, £0 to £7; Shingles, 13s to lGs Gd per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft., 17s to 20s ; Gft, 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 9th inst, 184 tons. We quote prices : Fair Ordinary, £43 to £44 ; East Coast, £55 to £50 ; Superior Ordinary, free from swamp, £45 to £40 ; Flax, per ton, £14 to £17; Tow, do., £5 to £7; Fungus, per lb., 2q|d to 3+_d ; Cocoauut Fibre, per cwt., 15s to 17s ; Beeswax, 7d to 9d per lb.