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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 120, 28 February 1880, Page 2

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"" Na PtKR, February 19. Present rates we quoted a« follows : — - Cattle -Tal" 20s ncr lOOlbs; steers, from "£3 5« to £6 ifc ; cli^iry (V>ws,\€B to £12 S^eep — Fut merino' withers, 5s 6d to 6s 6d ; merino ewes,' 4s. to 9a. ; cross-bred wether? (fat),'S« to 95. ; store, ditto, ss. 9d. to 6^ fid. , cross bred ewes 6b to 9s. Hon>'e».— Heavy draughts, £45 to £56 ; medium £25 to £30; 'light haroxeas £15 1o £20'- good lia«'ks, £20 to £25, scarce ; medium £12 to £15 , light ditto, £6 to £8 CHEisTCHTTBCH, 'February 20. Wheat for early shipment and dehvery is niw cotfnng forward, All the bulk of the yield, it is thought, will fully sustain th« excellent reputation it won for itself m the London market last year. Quantities have, passed through hands at. rates which are, equal to last week's quotations of 3s. lOd. to 3 ft . 1 Ofcri. for parcels for early de.lh erv Oars — the condition of the market is without change nnd tlie hnvere are only disposer! tnke up ]f>rge parcels of their own tsrrciß ; quotations Is. 4d. to Is. sd. for feed, and Is. 6rl for milling. Bailey — Bricks remam about 3s. 3d. to Bs. 6d.', while grA^n of undeniable quality cpmmands 3s. 7d. to 3s. Bd. Grass sejtd shows uo change. Produce — Butter and cheese, no alteration ; haiaa and bacon, no,t ceudily obtainable. v ' x ~*■ Auokiamb, February 20. u Mwßinnojr quoteV.— Adelaid Qour, £14 LOs."; Canterbury £12 to £12 10s. ; Qatme«i £14 10/r pearl bafleyr23s. to 245.>-oats, Is 7d.'tq Isr9d. ; Fiji maize, 2s fid. i pollard, ss'. to os. lOrl ; local cheese, 4d to 6d ; salt butter, 4/1. tp 6d~; Cantorburv, 8d : po--tntoes, £3 onions Jd— sale dull m abovejines. ' Market for grass seed glinted — no sale.