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Th-. H'nik'ito Hints Office, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

MKSHBS A. BCCKI.ASI> A.NI> SONS' WKKKLT Khi-oht.—At the Haymaiket during the past week meadow hay liuh brought from «< to 2- 'Jil ; oaten sheaves, Is !M to Ls ,W ; Southern kidney seed potatoes, 3 s oil ; table p >tat"i-s, 2-1 01; carrots, 2s 3d ; pressed liav. 2s !Jil * chaff. 3< (*'l the cwt; maize, •M - ' nits • Is 7d to 2s the bushel. On'F.iday hordes offered nuinorously, useful draft ranged from £10 to £18, ir-tiie harness, £8 to £12; the buggy advertised, I'l l: a spring cart. AJli> sa. At the hide and skin Biilo on Tuesday bides were in demand at an advance in price. Bi.it ox hides brought 4M to cow ditto. 21 toajtl ; call skins,sd the lb; tallow, 17s fid and 18s the cwt ; skins and wool also sold well. Butcher's skins from (is lOd to Is (id; v 001, B.}d and 7d the lb. At a special clearing Bale held at Mr Bainbridge's on Saturday, klieie was an nnually large attendance and ?>od competition. Cows ranged in price j.-oin £.'! to .to 15s; horses, £8 15s to £20 ; owes brought 17s ; hoggutts,lls each ; a sow an.! pigs, £0 15s; and the implements at satisfactory prices. At Remueraon rlivrsd;iy dairy cows in less than u*nal number w*ru '-t lower valuen, and several njrnninod unsold. Fat calves in short supply, 31 sold were at extreme values ; fat cattle in full number. 290 sold were lower in price, bes. quality Is, and inferior fully 2s the 1001bs, prices, ranged from ltis to l'Js the lOOlbs ; sheep, in less than average number,7so sold, were better woith ; wethers ranged to 21s each. Pigs, abundant; killable pigs were required and sold satisfactorily, but coarse store pigs were at nominal values, Is (id to

"Mimsbh Hunter and Nolan's Weekly Tliil-OllT —Horse feed, seed, grain, etc. : A K„nd H'ipply lias been brought forward, and there hail existed an improved demand,without any material alteration upvalue. Wo quote : Feed oats, Is !)d to 2s 2d per bushel; limiM, 2s to 2s (id ; bran, £4 5s to £4 10s per ton ; chaff,£2 10s to £2 12s (id. Horses: There has been a short supply and steady demand, but nothing of a good stamp was brought forward ; prices wore a shade in favour of the vendor as compared with the previous week. An average number were entered for sale by auction,and almost without exception changed hands. We quote : Hacks, from £1 10s to £10 5s ; light harness and medium draught horses, £5 10s to £14 15s. Wool, hides,skins, tallow, bones,etc.: Quantities wore not so largo as on the previolin weokj but there was a good demand. Wo quote: Oxhides, extra stout, -l : (d to per lb; modimn to heavy,3.Ul to lid ; steer and cow, 2d to 3d ; stag, Id to lid ; cilfuluns, Ud to l:|'d ; sheepskins,butchers 4s Id to 7s 2d"; country,ls 4d to 4_s 2d ; tallow, 15s to 18s per cwt ; bones,£4 15s to £5 per ton. Cattle : Scarcely the usual number have been brought forward,(and there remained an unsatisfied demand for all desciiptions at prises •hewing an upward tendency. At Newmarket, ou Tuesday, dairy cows were well represented, stores scarce, and a few of tho butcher's pens were occupied by indifferently fatted, but there were many pens of prime oxen which reached fully one guinea per 100 lb. Some average of fat steers were is 5s 9.1, £7 17s (ld,£7lGs,£7 lls(xl,£G 17s ; cows, £5 10s, £5 7s tid, £5, £4 15s 3d, £4 12s 01, £1 10-, £-1 2s (id, £3 4s. Sheep were 111 rather limited numbers on Tuesday, and were keenly competed for. Wethers sold at from lis 3d to £1 each ; eves, 13s to 15s (id; lambs, lis tolls. Pigs were in limited numbers at Newmarket 011 Tuesday, but prices were in favour of tho purchaser.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. Axtklash, I'ist Night.—Butter, prime fresh, Is 3d ; second quality, 8d to lOd ; third do., Ud. Cheese, good factory, 4d to <U.| ; dairy. Id to Ijd ; fresh eggs, 8d per dozen ; lard, in bladders, 4.W to 5d ; hams and bacon (Canterbury), new cure, sides, (Jd, equal numbers, (ikl ; hams, R.\d ; local euro hams, and bacon, 4d to sd. HighClass butter is still vory scarce, and has in consequence advanced in price. Second and third>ato qualities are abundant. Eggs have bccomo vory plentiful, and have receded iu price.

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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2972, 1 August 1891, Page 2

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COMMERCIAL Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2972, 1 August 1891, Page 2

COMMERCIAL Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2972, 1 August 1891, Page 2

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