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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3055, 13 February 1892, Page 2

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The It'iikato Times Office, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVK STOCK MARKKTS.

Mksskh Hunthk and Nolan's Rkfort.Worse feed, grain, seed, etc. : brain has been in rath, r brisk demand and stock" ample ; maize lias been owr-supplied. and prices have receded. We quote :-0.-.t*, 2* t,o 2s 4d per bnahcl ; maize, Is Nil to ~s. Seeds are coining forward slowly, and 'v.lups unsettled for now season. Oaten cliiitf £'2 15s per ton ; bum, £317s Gd to £4 , r ton Horses : There lias been increased vitality in the market. haver numbers than usual have been brought forward, and found purchasers at values Knowing an upward tendency. A law number were disposed of by auction at the Durham Yards oil 1' ndiy, competition was brisk throughout, and most of the lots were cleared. We quote : -Hacks, at from £5 to £15 10s ;the blood stock sold at from 15 to 43 guineas each ; light harness horses, £0 to fllU l i medium draught, from £8 to £14. Wool, hides, skins, tallow, etc. : Moderate quantities were pitched at the Durham Yards on Tuesday, fur which there was steady competi-

tion at the previous weeks values. We quote, extra stout ox hides. 5W per lb, heavy, 3W to 4M ; light, 2Jd to 3d ; cows, l'jd to ; calfskins ittd to o.VI per lb ; sheepskins, 2s to 3s 3d ; pelts, 10(1 to Is 9d ; lambskins, lOd to Is 8d each ; tallow, 17a 6d to IDs per cwt; bones, £o pel ton. tattle . Fat and dairy stock have been sufficient for requirements. Fewer stores than usual changed hands without aeration in values, prices were in favour of the vendor in dairy and fat stock. There were uarely an average muster at Newmarket on and good competition throughout. The Pukekohe Yards were well hlled on AVednesday, and the demand was good at the previous week's values. Some averages of fat steers ware-fcb lbs «d, £b 14s !ld, £1! 3s 9d, £5 4s Gd ; cows, £r> 17s Gd, £4 15*, £4 2s Gd, £3 12s Gd. £3 7s l>d. Sheep : The Newmarket Yards were well filled <>n Tuesday, and the demand was steady throughout. Store ewes sold at from 3s 9d to 9s each ; lambs, Gs 9d ; fat wetbors sold at from lls to 13s 9d ; ewes, 9s to lis ; fat lambs, 7s to lis each. Pig* : Very bhait BU MESSRS A. Buckland AND SONS' WKKKI.Y REPORT.—At the Haymarket during the past week oaten sheaves have brought from Is 9d to 2s; meadow hay. Is Gd to 2s At the cwt; maize, wholesale, on wharf, Is B.{d in store, Is lOd to Is lid ; oats, Is 9d 11 2s 2d the bushel; chaff, £2 10s to £3 the ton. On Friday a full number of horses were yarded, and for serviceable animals coocl prices obtained, ranging from £12 to £16, but weedy and inferior animals were at lower values. On Tuesday hides, pitched in full number, sold briskly, be>-t heavy ox, Gd ; heavy ox, 3kl to 4^l, light to medium, 2d to 3d ; cow, l|d to 2W : | • calf skins, 4d to Ggd the lb ; tallow, 1-s Gu to 15s 3d the cwt; Bheep skins, 3s 4d ; pelts, 4d to Is Sd ; lamb skins. Is 3d to 2s lOd each. Lambswool offered in increased auantity brought from Gd to 6jd ; pieces, 2.iyd to 5d the lb. At Waiuku, on baturday, more aheap than usual were yarded, but cattle were in less number than usua For cattle bidding was brisk and full values obtained. Sheep were comparatively dull of sale. At Remuera, on Thuradav, dairv cattle, in moderate supply, were at late values. Prices varied with quality from £2 10 <to £5 10s each. Store cattle were limited to young dry cows : those sold freely at an average of £3 Fat calves, abundant, were required, and kept their full values. Fat c.ittla in usual supply ; 202 sold. Prices were steady throughout the sale. Steers brought from 18s to 20, cows 14s to 17s the 1001b Sheep of al classes in full numbers ; 1024 sold. lat sheep at first slightlv bet.tn- worth, but lo>t the advantage a< the sale proceeded. J'at wethers brought from 10.1 91 to los; ; fat ewes, 7s to 12s 3d ; store wethers 9s Jd to 10s lid ; st ire ewes, 4s t" 7s j fat lambs, J > to 13* ; store lambs, 4s to o< each. 1 igs. all of good qualitv. wei\> in full supply, and sold freely at lata values. Heavy pigs rauged from 32s t > 39s ; medium weights, 13s to 25s each.

SH ARE MARKET. (by trltogbaph.—own cokrkspoxmsst.) Auckland, Last Night.—Bank of New Zealand, sellers, £■"> 2s l'»;l: Colonial Bank, buyers, 40 s; New Zetland Insurance, buyers, (!5s 01 ; South British Insurance, buyer*. 2Ss ; Standard Insurance, buyers, 14s (id; Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile, setters, oils ; Aucklatiii Ga«, business done, 10, 2d ; Now Zealand Drug, buvers, 18s Gd; Union Oil, sellers, 15s 6J ; May Queen, sellers, 53 ; Norfolk, sellers, Is 2d; Manukau, sellers, Sd ; Alburnm, sellers, la Jd Trenton, buyers, Otl; Lone buyers, 8d; Cambria, sellers, Is Sd ; Haze! hank, sellers, 2s 3J ; Crown, buyers, Ss 6d ; Woodstock, buyers, Is 10(1 ; Silverton, sellers. 3s • Wnihi, sellers, 18s ; Try Fluke, sellers, 4s 4d ; Owera. buyers, Is 4d; Puhinuhi, Prospectors, No. 1, buyers, Is ; sellers, ls'Jd.

AUCKLAND PRODUGH MARKET. (BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORHRSI'ONnKNT) Auckland, List Night.—Best dairy butter, 101; second quality, 8d ; third, (id per lb (wholesale). Eggs have decreased to lOi per dozen whnlofmlp, and 1* per dozen ratiil. Cheese, rl liry 3}d to 4d, factory 4kl. Potatoes, 50s to £3 "x. New milling wheat, 3s !kl to Is, tiominnl.

FRUIT CIRCULAR. The N.nv Zadinl Lom i>nd M.n'ji utile Agency Company rioort urul-r dnt s : Auckland, lOch Ftibr.iary, IS9l.—Duke of Westminster: Tlio agents now inform us that this st'ii'iisi' cannot bj hero till 20th inst., so that hli« will not be taking in (!tr.;o earlier than Monday, 22ud. Tainui • Although we have been endeavouring to get the agents to bring this vessel to Auckland, making this her final port of departure on sth, we fear they cannot arrange it. If not she will be leaving Welligton on above date, and should reich London the second wesk in April, n foitnight enrlier than the Duke of Westminster. Under the circumstances, although we deprecate shipping fruit coastwise, we think our friends will do better to forward theirs by the Tainui, thus reaching the earlier market in London. We must,however, receive immediate notice of the quantities to be shipped, in order that we may engage space by telegraph, as southern dairy produce shippers are fast taking up the available cool chamber space. Any shipments intended for the Tainui will require to ha in Auckland before 10 a.m., on Thursday, 25th inst., to catch the southern steamer on that date.