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New Zealand Tablet, Volume II, Issue 108, 22 May 1875, Page 5

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Mb. Henry Driver, on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, reports as follows for the week ending May 19 :— Fat Cattle. — 108 head were yarded at the market, about onehalf only really fat, the remainder being little better than " stores ;" consequently these latter could not be disposed of at satisfactory prices. Good pens, however, realised fully late quotations, at sayj • for best bullocks, «£9 10s to =811 10s ; ditto cows, .£8 to £10 j or equal to 275. per 1001 b. for prime quality. Fat Calves. — Only a few came forward, which sold at from 30s. to 67s 6d each. Fat Sheep. — 2000 were penned, about one-half of which were -• sold at, for best cross-breds, 15s to 17s 6d ,- ditto merinoes, 9a to 10a • 6d j or equal to 3£d per lb for former and 3d for latter. Fat Lambs. — 100 were penned, and sold at 7s 6d to 10s. . Store Cattle. — I have no change to report in this description of stock. A few odd lots have changed hands during the week at about prices lately quoted. Well-conditioned bullocks at from .£5 10s to £7 ; ditto heifers, at from M 10s to .£5 10s. I have placed 100 head during the week in small lots. Store Sheep. — As usual at this season of the year, transactions are idull. There is, however, still a good demand for every . description of young sheep, with but few sellers. I have sold about 2,000 at the following rates, viz. : — Cross-breds, four-tooth and upwards, 12s 6d to 13s 6d : two-tooth ditto, 10s to lls ; lambs, 8s : merino ewes, two, four, and six-tooth, 8s to 9s 6d; ditto, fullmouthed, ss ; ditto weathers, two, four, and six-tooth, 8s ; ditto, full-mouthed, 6s to Gs 6d. Wool. — I have no transactions to report in this market, the . few odd lots coming forward being placed privately to local fellmongers. We have telegrams from London, under date May 8, advising that the sales were progressing very favorably to owners, . foreign buyers operating freely at prices equal to the highest average at March sales. I Sheep-skins. — The average quantity has been offered at the • weekly sales, and all taken by local buyers at say up to B£d per lb. for best station skins, and from 2s to 4s for butchers' green skins. Hides are in good request, and, if in good condition, are worth up to 25s for very heavy weights j medium, 17s to 20s. Tallow. — Only a few lots are offering in this market, which realise from 27s 6d to 32s for best quality, and 20s to 25s for ordinary. Grain. — I have no alteration to make in late quotations. The market remains inactive, with the exception of an inclination to buy oats for shipment at prices scarcely up to growers' ideas; consequently not much business has been done. Wheat : Prime samples are worth 4s 3d to 4s sd ; ordinary, from 3s 9d to 3s lOd. Barley : Best malting is in request at from 5s 6d to 6d ; ordinary, difficult of sale, at 4s 6d to 4s 9d. Oats : Best feed, 2s 9d to 2s lOdj prime milling samples, small quantities salable, at 3s.

On motion of one of the negro members (says the New York * Freeman's Journal') a member of the Legislature of North Carolina has been expelled because he had written against the truth of the Christian religion. A very rare and valuable collection of birds from the island of Borneo has been sent as a present to the Pope by M. Van Boens, , a rich proprietor in Batavia, whose jbod. was anof&cer in the Pontifical Zouvas. The Paris 'Frangais' announces that 100 English pilgrims, passed through Paris in one week on their way to Rome, with, the intention of presenting the Pope with an address and also sam» costly gifts. , j