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THE ESTATES GAZETTE.
March 25, 1899.
ducks, 2s. to 2s. 6d.; English, turkeys, 5s. 6d. to 10s. 6d.; English ducks, 3s. 6d. to 5s.; cock capercailzie, 2s. 6d.; hen ditto, 2s.; Guinea fowls, 3s.; wild ducks, 2s. 6d.; feathered׳ pigeons, Is.; Bordeaux pigeons, 9d. to Is. 4d.; black game, Is. 9d. to 2s.; ptarmigan, Is. 3d.; Russian brown hares, 2s. 3d. to• 2s. 6d.; white ditto״ is. 2d. to Is. 6d.; tame rabbits, Is. 3d. to 2s.; wild׳ ditto, lid. to Is. 9d.; Australian rabbits, 8d. to 10d.; live hens, 2s. to 3s. each; large pigs, 3s. 4d. to 3s. 8d.; smallpigs, 3s. 8d. to 4s. 2d. per 81b.; French turkeys, 9d. to lOd.; Italian ditto, i 7£d. per lb.
HOPS.
BOROUGH, March 20.—The market is firm all round, and an improved demand has prevailed for good useful qualities of the English growth, little of which is now obtainable from first hands under 140s. per cwt.
FORTHCOMING SALES BY AUCTION IN THE COUNTRY.
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Bedfordshire.
Kempston—Harry Ball, of Bedford, at Kempston, on March 29, Freehold dwelling house and building land
Berkshire.
Wargrave-on-Thames—J. Chambers, of Henley-on-Thames, at Wargrave, on March 29, Freehold building land comprising about 34 acres Curridge and Newbury—Dreweatt and Watson, of Newbury, at same, on March 28, Freehold property
Newbury—Dreweatt and Watson, of Newbury, at same, on April 11, Freehold business premises and dwelling houses
Buckinghamshire.
Iver—Norman and Son, of Uxbridge, at same, on April 6, Freehold property Fenny Stratford—G. C. Walker, of Bedford, at Fenny Stratford, on April 13, Freehold business premises, villa residences and cottage property
Cambridgeshire.
Steeple Morden—George Jackson and Son, of Roys-ton, at same, on March 29, dwelling hou5e, cottage and ׳garden ground
Milton and Cambridge—Grain, Moves and Wisbey of Cambridge, at same, on April 8, Freehold property
American wheat—March, 6s. 4§d.; May, 5s. Ilfd.; June, 5s. lOd.; October, 5s. 9d. per cental. Sales registered, 158,400 centals. Maize—March, 3s. 7§d.; June, 3s. 6|d.; October, 3s. 6d. per cental. Sales registered, 4,,800 centals. Arrivals last week:—English and Scotch—Wheat, 4,367 qrs.; barley, 2,726 qrs.; malt, 22,155 qrs.; oats, 4,450 qrs.; beans, 467 qrs.; peas, 263 qrs.; maize, 938 qrs.; flour, 20,179 sacks. Foreign—Wheat, 21,424 qrs.; barley, 20,741 qrs.; oats, 37,914 qrs.; beans, 1,119 qrs.; peas, 810 qrs.; maize, 71,459 qrs.; flour, 108,551 sacks.
MEAT.
SMITHFIELD, March 20.—With fair supplies and an improved demand trade ruled firm. Arrivals of beef included 100 tons Scotch, 590 Liverpool sides, 1,200 hindquarters, and 400 forequarters, American refrigerated. Beef—Scotch, short sides, 4s. to 4s. 4d. ; long ditto, 4s. to 4s. 2d. ; English, 3s. 8d. to 3s. lOd. ; American Deptford killed, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 8d.; Liverpool, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 8d. ; American refrigerated hindquarters (best), 4s.; second ditto, 3s. 8d. ; forequarters, best, 2s. lOd. to 3s. ; second ditto2 ״s. 8d. to 2s. lOd. Mutton—Scotch, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 8d.; English wethers, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 6d.; ewes, 3s. 4d. to 3s. 8d. ; Argentine, 3s. 6d. to 3s. lOd. ; lamb, 4s. 4d. to 6s. Veal—English, 4s. 8d. to 5s.; Dutch, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 8d. Pork—Dutch, 3s. to 3s. 4d.; and Irish, 3s. to 3s. 4d. per 81b.
CATTLE.
ISLINGTON, March 20.—A fair supply of beasts was on offer at this morning’s market, and included 90 Scotch and 180 Irish, 160 of the latter being stores. For 'both prime and second qualities a moderate demand prevailed, rates׳ showing no appreciable change. Fat butchering cows were held steadily, but trade progressed rather quietly. Scotch quoted, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 8d.; Norfol'ks, 4s. 5d. to 4s. 6d.; Lincoln shorthorns;, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 4d.; and fat cows, 3s. 8d. to 3s. lOd. 160 Irish store beasts quoted £13 to £13 10s. for three-year-olds, and £10 10s. to £11 10s. two years. Sbeep arrivals were identical to last Monday, and trade., although quiet, was firmer, and a clearance ar ticipated, while the demand for ewes ruled good, and prices for best, 4d. per 81b. dearer on scarcity. 7¿ to 8-stone Down wethers, 5s. lOd. to 6s.; 9-stone, 5s 8d. to 5s. 10d.; 10-stone half-breds, 5s. 2d. to 5s. 6d.; 12-stone ditto, 4s. lOd. to 5s. 2d.; 10-stone half-breds, 5s. 2d. to 5s. 6d.; 12-stone ditto, 4s. lOd. to 5s. 2d.; 10-stone Down ewes, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 8d.; and 11-stone half-bred, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. Lambs firmer. 5-stone Downs, 7s. to 7s. ¿d.; 6-stone half-bred ditto, 6s. 4d. to 5s. 3d. per 81b., sinking the offal. Calf trade nominal. Milch cows, £14 to £22 10s. per head. Total supplies—Beasts, 1,500; sheep and lambs, 8,640; calves, 10; milch cows, 80.
DEPTFORD, March 20.—To-day’s supply of Leasts, which amounted to 1,577 head, consisting of 449 United States and 1,128 Argentine, showed a decrease of 329 on comparison with Monday last. Trade was firmer at 4s. Id. to 4s. 3d. for United States, and 3s. 6d. to 3s. lid. for Argentine. Sheep supplies totalled 4,746, and again consisted of shipments from South America, which is 143 more than on last Monday, and met a firmer sale at 3s. lOd. to 4s. per 81b., offal given in.
POULTRY AND PROVISIONS.
SMITHFIELD, March 20.—Short slupply״ and1 a dull demand. Prices :—Surrey capons, 5s. to 6s.; Surrey fowls, 3s. 6d. to 4s.; Essex fowls, 2s. 6d. to 3s.: Boston fowls, 2s. 9d. to 3s. 6d. ; Irish fowls, 2s. to 2s. 9d. ; Russian fowls, Is. 3d. to Is. 8d. ; Russian
Mr. Salter then addressed the Referee, and submitted that all that׳ he had to do was to look at the matter purely from the financial point of view between the two Unions, and say whether the transfer had inflicted gain or loss.
Mr. H. J. Seymour, clerk to the Sherborne Guardians, having given evidence,
Mr. Thomas Farrall, surveyor to the Urban District Council, said the workhouse was erected in 1837 at a contract price of £4,876 7s. lid. He estimated the life value of the building at 100 years׳. The cost price divided by 100 gave an annual average of £48 lbs. 3d. The joint occupation was 67 years, from 1837 to 1394, and this at £48 15s. 3d. per year, worked out at £2,779 9s. 3d., which, if deducted from £4,876 7s. lid., left £2,076 18s. 8d. as the proportional value in 1894 at the time of the division of the Union. This amount, divided by 25, the proportion of the original contribution of the two dismembered parishes, gave a residual value of £83 7s. 6d. The freehold ground upon which the workhouse was built cost £300, quite its full value, and he doubted if it would realise as much now if cleared. He considered 100 years very reasonable to allow for the duration of the workhouse. It was built with very bad mortar, and he thought that at the end of 40 years the original cost would be exhausted.
Mr. Samuel Jackson, land agent and valuer, of Weymouth, valued the workhouse and buildings at £3,253.
Counsel having addressed the Referee, the enquiry concluded. The award will be made in due course.
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MARK-LANE, March. 20.—The attendance of buyers was again on a. limited scale, and) a general tone of quietness was the prevailing feature. In homegrown wheat business ruled very slow, and prices 6d. to Is. per quarter lower since Monday last, foreign sorts being generally 6d. down on the same comparison. Flour, in large supply, showed a drop of Is. per sack on the week. Grinding barley remained steady, oats and maize being easier. Beans and peas neglected. In the cargo market wheat has been firmer with a better demand. For the Arthur Fitger containing 11,766 qrs. Walla Walla, 28s. 3d. was asked, but no bids reported. American parcels less depressed. Hard Manitobas on passage sold at 29s. 3d., and No. 1 Northern spring April-May, at 27s. 3d. Indian parcels very quiet. Maize dull. The Charing Cross new crop mixed American March offers at 28s. 10£d. A parcel Odessa on passage per Phillis Angel, sold at 16s. 9d. Barley quiet, but generally steady. March-April usual options offers at 16s. 10£d., and May-June at 16s. 6d. Oats dull, and Black Libau on passage sold at 14s. 6d. London Produce Clearing House quotations of
THE VALUE OF A WORKHOUSE.
Mr. H. W. Verey, Official Referee of the Supreme Court, sat at the Workhouse, Sherborne, recently, to arbitrate between the Sherborne and Yeovil Unions with reference to the claim of the latter to a share of the value of tlie Sherborne Workhouse premises, consequent upon the transfer of the parishes of Marston Magna and Rimpton from Sherborne to Yeovil.
The Yeovil Union were represented by Mr. A. S. Garland (instructed by Messrs. Marsh and Warry); and Mr. Clavell Salter (instructed by Mr. H. J. Seymour) represented the Sherborne Union.
Mr. Garland, in opening, referred to the order of 1894, under which the proceedings were taken, and dealt with the sections and sub-sections of the Act bearing upon the questions in dispute. He was happy to say there was no question of liability. All loans had been paid off, and the only question he proposed to lay before the Referee was what amount the parishes were entitled to receive. Counsel then proceeded to deal with the correspondence that had taken place between the clerks of the respective unions. He contended that they were entitled to a 13th share of £3,846 12s. 3d.
Mr. Cuthbert R. Morris, of North Curry, said he valued the Sherborne Workhouse on February 24. The structural parts were very sound and good, but a few superficial repairs were necessary. He adopted two forms of valuation, and estimated the cubical contents at £3,853 5s. 6d., but by valuing the annual value per room, the annual value of the ground, and the annual value of the fixtures at 20 years’ purchase, the amount he arrived at was £3,882 5s. 6d.
In cross-examination witness admitted he had never previously valued a workhouse. It was an unusual experience. In his valuation of the cubical contents he had allowed for 3d. per foot. The workhouse was very substantially built, and he considered it would last for 500 years. He did not know whether land in the vicinity of the workhouse had recently changed hands at £300 per acre, but the piece of land he had valued at £600 would, he thought, be very cheap at the price.
Mr. Salter: May I take it that you think anyone would give £157 per year for *the structure?
Witness: For the purposes of a Union Work-house, certainly.
Mr. J. T. Woolley, F.S.I., of Salisbury, said he made a valuation of the premises on November 28, 1898. He considered the building was very well looked after.
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