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New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 178, 25 August 1876, Page 5

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+-* Mb. Hejjbt Dbivee, on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, reports as follows for the week ending lugust 23, 1576 :— Fat Stock. — Only a small supply of about 65 head cattle came forward for the weekly sale to-day, which, being of good quality, brought price-* slightly in advance of last week's rates. We quote best pois^t the yards, at 35s to 37s 6d per lOOlbs ; ordinary, at 27s 6d to 30a per lOOlbs. We hare sold 50 head privately at full rates. A fullsupply of 1800 good cross-breds were offered, and all sold at about fo iiner rates. Medium weights brought from 11s 6d to 13s. Two lots of very extra prime heavy weights brought up to 15s 9d. Wo quote prices realised as equal to 3d to 3^d per lb. We sold 750 at above prices. Wool, — By the latest cablegram, we are advised London wool sales closed on the 12th inst. Total quantity catalogued, 380,000 bales. G-reasy has advanced Id ro l^d per lb, washed, lid to 2d, and scoured, 2d, but the stability of this unexpected advance is questioner*, trade o-enerally being in an undesirable state. Catalogues are to hand of the°openin^ of the sales per 'Frisco mail, which shows prices very ii regular. Fleece being in grease touched a lower point than the lowest in 1870, whilst washed and scoured hive sold relatively at better values. . Sheepskins. At our auction s'lle tins afternoon we had a fair catalogue, principally green skins, which sold at 3s 4d to 4s for crossbreds ; merinos, 2s 9d to 2s 1 Id. Hides are in less demand at lower rates. We cannot quote wet salted over 3d to 3*d per lb. Green hides sold at 17s to 21s 6d. Tallow. A few casks of inferior sold at £26 per ton. G ram . Wheat continues s aree and much wanted. Milling samples are saleable at 5s to 5s 3d, the latter choice northern. Oats, from continued scarcity, have advanced Id to 2d per bushel. We quote feed, Is lid to 2s ; milling, good samples, 2s 2d. Barley continues dull for all sorts. Good malting is saleable from 4s to 4s 6d ; milling, 2s 6d to 3s ; feed, 2s to 2s 3d. Mb. Skexb reports for the week ending August 23, as follows :—: — The demand for servants is at the quietest, and a good number are out of woik. But us winter cannot be done away with, we may always look for hard times for some in the co!d, wet, short days of winter. Couples with country experience, ploughmen, shepherds, and all country -bred people need fear nothing, as they are the sort wanted here. " We huve far too many town bred men. clerks, shopmen. &c. Female servants of all kinds are very scarce. Wages— Couples, £65 to ploughmen nr.d shepherds, £52 to £70 ; farm managers, £80 to.£l00; 1 house and hotel female servants, 10?, 12s, 15s, 20s, and up to 30s per week • day labor, 8s and 9s ; hotel mule servants, ',2os to 255, and up to 50s- storemen and clerks, 30s to 50s; dairy hands, 20a to 25s ; boys and girls, ss, Ge and 10s ; bullock-driver?, 8s to 10s per day. Mr. A. Meecee reports as follows for the week ending August 23, 1876 retail prices only :— Fresh butter, in i and 1 lb. prints, 2s to 2s 4d ; I powdered and salt butter, Is Gd to Is Bil. The supply of fresh butter 'is increasing and prices are on the decline. Salt butter is very plentiI ful in keg, Is 3d per lb. Cheese, best quality, Is 2d per lb ; side and I rolled bacon, Is ; Colonial hams, Is 2d to Is 3d ; Engluh bams, Is 6d to Is Bd. F.ggs very plentiful, Is 4d to Is 6d per doz. . i Messes M. and J. Meejjait, George Street, report the following ! as the latest quotations :- Flour— Large bags, £12; small do, £12 10s ier tor. Oatmeal— £ll per ton. Puuil barley— £22 per ton. Bran — £5 58 per ton, including bags Pollard -£6 per ton. Chaft— £4 per ton Ha\-£3 15s to £4, per ton. Potatoes— £3 15s to £4 per ton. Carrot?— £2 10s per ton. VVheut— 4s Gd to 4s 9d per bushel. Bar-ley-2s 9d to 3s 6d per bushel. Outs -Is 9d to Is lid per bushel. Cheete— lOd to lid per lb. ioo .... Mb J Yezey reports for the week ending Augusts, 1870:— Uetail : Boost beef, Cd to 8d per lb. ; boiling do., 4d to 5d per lb. ; stew in" do., 4d to 6d per lb ; steak, 6d fo 9d per lb.; mutton, 3d to6ct per lb."; vtal, 4d to 8d per Id.; poik, Qd to lod per lb.