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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3040, 9 January 1892, Page 2

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The Waikato Times Offict, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVK f STOCK MAR Mkssks Huntkr and Nolan's Report.— Horse feert, gr iin, seeds, &c. : Thera has been a steady demand, and ample supply, without any material alteration in values. We quoto : Oats, 2s, Id to 2s 3d per bushel; maize, 2a to 2s 2d ; bran, £4 5s to £4 10d. por ton ; chaff, £2 10s to £2 15a per ton. ilorsoa : Very little has been done in ordinary horaa stock, but tho blood Btock sales were well attended by buyers, both Australian and local. The Frailty cnlt by Nordenfeldt, at the Wellington Park sale, 3200 guineas, bringing the top price, particulars being already published. Wool, hides, akins : Large quantities were pitched at the Durham Yards on Tuesday. The demand for ordinary hides was not brisk but heavy ox were insufficient for requirements. Wβ quote : Stout ox hides, up to 4ld : steer hides, 2Jd to 2Jd ; cow hides, 2d to 2Jd ; calfskins', to 4jd ; skins, Is 6d to 4e Id ; lambskins, Is 2d to Is Bd. Cattle: There has been increased activity in tho market, average numbers have been brought forward, and the demand has been good lit the previous values of dairy and store ■took, and fat beasts' prices were in favour of the vendor. There was a decent muster of fat and dairy stock at Newmarket on Tuesday, and stores were fairly represented at Pap:ikura on Wednesday. Competition was urUk, and prices adva iced from 5s to 10a por head for well-f»tt-:<l hearts. Some averages i>f steers were £7 15< 21, £717s 6d, £7 5s Gd, £7 3s sd, £G 7s fid, £7 11s 3d ; cowj, £o 12s Gd, £5, £4 7s (id, £T> 15s. Sheop : There was a fair muster, of sheep at Newmarket, and steady competition throughout. Wethers sold at from 10s G 1 to 16s 3d j ewes,)l4a ; lambs, 9s 9d to 12s 6d. Pigs scarce and in demand at from 2s to 3d per It.

Messrs A. BucklandandSons'VVkkkly Report.—At the Haymarket during the pint week but little business has been transacted. Pressed tiay in retail lots, £4 the ton : maiee, 2s the bushel ; oats, in wholesale parcels, 18 lOid tho bushel; chaff, £2 10a to £3 10a the t'>n. On Tuesday hides were at late value.*, mostly ranging between 2d and 3sd ; best ox, from 3§d tu 41d ; calfskins.up to ojd the lb ; tillow, 16s the owt; pelts, 8(1 to Is 4d ; wooled skins 2i 7d to 3a 8d ; lambs' Hkins, Is to Is 8d each. Wool in dumps and bags sold freely. Fleece wool brought from 6£d to 7fd, locks and r pieco3 2d to 5d the lb. At RamueiM nn Thursday no store cuttle were y.irded. Dairy cows at profit in less than usual numbor, were required and sold freely at an advance over late values; prices ranged from £5 15s to £5 each. Fiifc c.ilvps brought good prices, ranging from 1S» t>> 30s eich. F;it cattle in full number; 248 sold, mostly steerg of good quality; folly kept last woek'e values, and rangod from 18s to 20s per 1001b. Sheep : Short of requirements ; were firm; wethers brought. 10s (JJ to 17a 3d; ewes, 8s to 15a each. Limbs in less than usual number, were of better quality than of late; prices ranged from 8s to 13s oach. Pigs in usual number; sold freely at late values. SHARE MARKET. (BY TELEGRAPH.— OWN COREBSPONDKNT). AccKtAND, Last Night.— To-day'« quotations are : Bank of New Zealand, £4 18s ; New Zealand Insuranco, sellers, 67s ; May Queen, business done, Cs 6d ; Moanataiari, as ; Saxon, sellers, 3s 6d ; Alburnia, business done, 2s; Trenton, sellers, Is 3d ; Norfolk, seller?, Is (5d ; Cambria, buyers, Is 9rl; Hazelbank, business done, 2s Gd and 2j sd; Silverton, 2s Sd ; Wai hi, 20s ; Crown, 3s ; Red Mercury, Is 3d ; Kapai, fid; Owera, 10d. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. (bt telkqraph -own correspondent.) Auckland, Last Night.—Butter, first quality, 7d; second quality, 4d ; cheese, dairy, 3Jd to 4d; cheese, factory, 4£d; fresh eggs, 8d per dozen j lard, Gd per lb; hams and bacon (Canterbury), 6|d ; oats, 2s 4d per bushel; fowl wheat, 4s 2d; prime milling wheat, 5s (nominal); maize, Is lid, parcels on wharf; potatoes, new kidneys, £3 10s to £4. MARKET REPORTS. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report under datt> : AnKLAiDE. Decembor 25.— Wheat; Sales of new wheat are report jd at equal to 4s Gd to 4s 7d at Porb Adelaide, and some parcels of prime old wheat have been sold at 4s BJd. The market is quiet and buyers nhow no disposition to operate extensively. Under dute, 22nd inst., our London office cabled us as follows :—" The wheat market ia depressed owing to heavy arrivals ; c.i.f. quotations have declined Is; and spot quotations 6s per quarter since lust report."—Oats (duty 2s percental).—A fair business is doing inso to 1001b bageat equal to 2s 3d to 2s Id delivered, in bond, Port Adelaide.

Donkois DecomborSl.— Grain.— Wheat: During the past week the market lias been quiet, the Christmas holidays having to n groat extent interrupted business. The demand at thb moment is only for extra prime milling velvet; other sorts are neglected, with the exception of inferior, which is in very gond request for fowls' food, and for this purpose a much larger quantity could bedispoeed (if if prices were slightly lower. Ont-ide of tlia quantity held by miller* tha market ia quite bare, hardly nny being held mi *t iratfe ; and with a aligiit improvement in the demand for flour, there would hardly be sufficient for requirement. Qiothtions : Fur beat milling velvet, us to sd3d ; best Tuscan, 4a lid to Tμ ; medium to good, 4* (id to 4a 10d ; inferior to medium, 3s 10d to 4s 5d broken, 2s to 3s 6d (ex store, sacks weight in, terms). —Oats : There is but little change to note in either demand or value. A few ealee are being effected, both for shipment and local requirements ; but on the whole the market may be considered quint, and until after the holidays there will be very little doing in the way of sales. Stocks being now reduced to n minimum, and with hardly any coming forward, holders are not proving sales; nt the same time it is eomewhat doubtful as to whether the market will improve further on. Meantime we give last week's quotation, say, for best milling, Isß|d to Is B£d ; best short bright feed, Is 8d to Is B.|d ; medium to (food, Is 7d to Is 7?d ; inferior, l 8 4dtols6|d (ex ntcre , , sacks extra, net cash ; 3d per bushel f>. b.—Dairy Produce : The derrand for salt butter is not sufficiently active to prevent stocks from increasing, being confined to requirements fur local consumption only. In consequence late rates are with difficulty maintained, which were—for best dairy, Gd to 7d ; factory, 10d to IOJd per lb. Cheese ha 3 a moderate demand at—for oiedium size factory-made, 4d to 4Jd ; loaf shape, 4Jd to 3d per lb.—Flux Wβ have no difficulty in placing fino well dressed bright fibre at full rates, but medium and inferior is in less demand and difttcult to place, except at a reduction. Wo quote prime, £18 10a to £20; medium to pood, £15 10i to £18 ; inferior, £13 lQj to £11 10s per ton.