COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2945, 30 May 1891, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

TfoJVaikato ' i <s* "rt-v Friday. AI'CKLAND l-IVE STOCK MARKETS. Mi:--si:> A. Ritki.anii ami Si ins' 11kI'nur. - At tin! II avmai kei, ilnrinir l U'i pa<t Week oat.> n sh'- i\ < > have lil iHlgllt. fl'"Jil 1■ 1" 1-, 111 ; Inv, Mi l t<. :!i !M |wr cwt; b.iii"i|ii t, tji". 7.-< i>'ll<i i.7 : Vi'H'o m inure, L'l ; . i.t i-| i.-i, LI ss; j-iri'i't', L'l'i-; pot i'"i's L'l' 10. pressed Inv, 15s; chaff, K-' 10s (~ ti:< 10 ; potatoes, U'J 10-- per ion ; iiwi»', '-•> 11,1: ~.-its, Is Sd l'l 2s ti. 1 ji.'r bushel. On l'l i.li> V ln.rxtt stock yarded in usual number kept their value-. Active heavy draft bn.ngit frrim I'll to €20 ; u-efnl ri'liuir buses, Lli tn t'lo ; foals ami small horses, I.N to i)l> ; spring carts, €5 to £14 each. At tin- bide and skin sale on Tuesday hid"R pitched in usual number. They worn in demand, particularly, heavy hides. Hoavy nx hides brought -i ( 'tl to od per lb, or fi'Miii 20s t'< o-s I'.l I'll I Cows, 1 tn lii J ; tallow, 14s (ill t'i IBs per cwt; rough fat, l.i'l p r lb. : statii.il skins, Is 7d to3< ; butchers' s ! .-ins, 3s (id to Is 2d each ; wool, «V,'d to C-j«I p 'l- lb. At I'.ikckuhe on Monday cattle i.f all classes wero yarded numeroudy, and m >t with I'll excellent sale, nil improved d Muand fni' ."tore cattle beine unmistakeably i-iii'wn. At Remuera nn Thursday dairy t; HI'S were yarded ill greater number than usual, and were not. so much required, Hoveral withdrawn ; for those sold, prices ringed from L' 3;w to .£"> tO.s. Few St..re Cittlo yarded Those were in demand at a I vanned rate-., I'at cattle yaide I in full n miner ; 2'!o :-.ild. I'oily l;ept Jat* l lalui'S, a id ranui d from 15s to 17s (id the ]00Mi. I'" it cattle wen; also plentiful (71 sold), but wore yomitfur and a ostler class than usual. P. ices were good thoiiKlnuit. Sheep yard, d 1,1 full number; 1150 sold ; well in demand H.st quality kept last week's values, and K -cond-class were betfr worth. All u'oud younf? sheop wero at il jil the lb. L imbs, in usual nuinber (120 sulii), scarcely kept late values. Prices, ranged from Ss to 12s each. Pi./.--, in short supply, so far as numbers u'im'i! concerned ; !)0 sold, were mostly well fated, from medium to heavy weights, and austninod late values, Porkers, at 3,} d ;heavy pi«s, from 2.\d the lb and upwards, with quality: yuunff pi{?. ; . from os to Ss ° MKSHRS. HI.'N'TK!'. AND NOLAN'S WKKKI.Y Pki'oim'. —drain, seeds, horse feed, etc.: The demand has been steady, but theie lias b'en an over-supply in most lines. We quote : Feed oat-', 1s '.Id to 2s 2d per bushel ; maize, 2s lid to 2s Lid ; bran, £'1 5s to £4 10s per ton; ehalT, £2 10s to £2 15 s per ton; cunts, CI Is per ton. Horses ; There has been a Rood demand and moderate supply of those of a row! stamp. Sales were elected at the previous week's values. An average number wore submit l .cd by auction ;.t. the I >nriiam Yards on Friday. Conipet.t.ioii w.is steady throufshotit, and nearly all the lots were cleared. We quote: 1 larks, at from M 10s to t'il 15 s; medium draught and light harness horses, from £5 IDs to £11 10s ; heavy draught, £11 to "_'2l. Wool, hides, skins, tall'iw, etc. : .Minimate quantities were pitched at tlio I'mli'im Yards mi Friday, and the demand wis brisk. We quote: Stout hides, from Id to per lb. ; medium, 31 to S.'.d ; Kir:'!' ami cow, 1 A<l to 2','d ; Calfskins, to II; tallow, l(is to 17s lid per cut. ; sheepskins, Is Kd to -Is Id each ; lambskins. Is ;l,| p, ;;,s lid each. Cattle, 'l'lieie lias been ini-ieased vitality in the market, and .m upward (.•iideocv in the valie s t.[ fat and I'.nre. nt'iek. There were good mu.->ters at the Yards on Tuesday Li I. I'airy coiv.s ivuia unaltered in Value. Sloru steers ill fresli condition sold at. liluoiomiuially high price-, ranging from £'l 10s to .£5 7s (id each. Soinu »ver»K«s of la I, steers were : £7 10-, £7 7s (id, £7 2s li I, £ti (is, £li 2s, £5 17s Bd, £5 7a 2d. C«ws : fl I'M »J. £1 15-', £4, £'3 10s (id, £3 10s, £:i 7s lid. Sheep : The Newmarket pens Were fairly well filled on Tuesday, and coin-P'titi-n was keen, and prices were a shade higher. Wethors sold at from 12s to 19s lid ; owes, 10s !ld to 17s ; mixed sexes, from liis to lls 9d, ranging from Is (id to 2s per Sib ; lambs, from 8s (id to ltii each. Pigs fairly plentiful, and wore well competed for, at from 2jd to 3d per lb. live weight, ranging at from 10s to £2 10s each. A rCICTiAN I) PRODUCi; RF. I'D UTS. (IJV i'Kl.lvl lIAI'II.—OWN COl'.liKSl'tl.N'llliN t'). Ai'L'Kl.anii, Ij ist Xiglit. —At the produce s 11I's t-)-il.iy the follow-in:? pries were realise.! :-Apples, Id to l,',d ; pumpkins. Is lid In 2s per cwt; potatoes, £2s :>< to £3 per f..n ; ki lney pot:.toes, £2 10s to £3 ; curots, ]s to Is lid per cwt ; onions. per Hi; eh i.'s.', |{| I to 4 1 per 111 ; local bieon rolls, .) i 1,, -I! I ; |oc d ham \ 7d to 7Ad ; green M'ju; of bacon, s'. I t-. li I per lb. shakkmarkkt. (i'.v Tr:t.i-:i;it.\rii-own cmiiKsroNimsTO V iti;i.an'li, Ij -.st. X'ght.—li ink of New //iil in l, buyers, £5 lU'; Colonial Hank, b'.iv'eis. 12;; Sir,til I'.iiti-h Insurance Oompmy, buyris, Ills ; Union Insurance Compm\, hi 501.'.--I done, 2Ss ; New Zealand fi-i.m ar,,l Mrreantiie Agency Company Li iiited. li."n ; (Jorom.indc! Steam (' >iii I'll 11 v. s,jl !eillsli'l; Ti.v Kiuke, bnsin- s doll-;, lis 5.1 to I'm '.Id; buyers, (is Oil; I'uliip ihi l'iii-.p.:-'1,0r.-i, business done, IJs to !)-. " I : Piihip'ihi Prospectors No. 2, buyers, 0,; .\i ,y business done, (is to (is (id; Si\ou, buyers, l(s ; Moanataiti. sellers, is HI ; Trenton, sellers, N id ; Cnnbria, sel1. is, 2s II I ; 1 lazi.-lli:in. 12s pii 1 up), sellers lis 7d ; Waihi. Jos ; .''.hvi'ii'in, business done, 2i 01. I.nXIMiX MARKiri'S. (av l-:i.;.i'l'i-:l»' I'l'l.KiJl'. il'it. —r:>i'Yltli;MT.) lii.iNtn'N, M y 27.--l'l"' I! ink of fiiul-ind receive I I ,i-o million of j; .Id within a week. .. T!|.« til'.il li'iantitv of wheat and Hour .- : ii f . f the |r„it,.d Kingdom is 2,,51id,000 quarters, and for the Continent 2 OIJii.OOO quarters,—-The present depression ;n New South Wales stocks causes city men to the pro.-!poets of cuivcrsitui glo-ur.y.