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be a very costly affair to get one or two 

 hundred beasts. 



" It is considered very good if a linnting 

 party catch from 12 to 20 eland in a year. 

 It must be remembered that to catch one 

 eland a great number have to be killed 

 for only the calves can be captured. And 

 then there is the trouble of bringing them 

 into captivity, and, to a certain extent, 

 taming them. At certain times of tlie 

 year the eland become very ferocious, and 

 it is vei-y difficult to get them to flourish 

 in captivity. You see, before they could 

 put them on board ship bound for Austra- 

 lia, they must be trained to eat chopped 

 chaff, etc., and that is not a very easy 



" However, if these obstacles can be re- 

 moved by the expenditure of what I am 



afraid will be a considerable sum of 

 money, it will be a grand thing to es- 

 tablish eland in Australia ; bat why do 

 vou restrict the imports to eland L here 

 are many other kinds of antelopes m 

 Africa, all of which would do splendidly 

 out here, and they would be obtained 

 more easily than the eland. For instance, 

 there is the roan antelope .md the sable 

 antelope, both of which are very large 

 beasts. The scarcity of eland is shown 

 by the fact that all the time I was m 

 Africa I saw only two herds of them in 

 their natural state. I can te 1 you that I 

 sincerely hope we will be able to ge the 

 antelopes established here, and it will be 

 splendid if we can thus utihse our waste 

 lands. Now, let us go and have a look at 

 those photos and heads." 



Market Reports. 



(ResponsmUy for the accuracy of the^Stc^e^e^ 



MARITZBURG.-Messrs. W. H, Walker & 

 Co. write :-The market aU round is far from 

 brisk; in fact, supplies vtry f.r exceed the 

 demaAd. This applies specially to mealies, 

 whTch are more abundant and cheaper than th.y 

 have been for years, and unless a ma^ ^et |«on 

 opens for this g.ain there will be a poor ou look, 

 not only for producers, but for som. speculators 

 whose stocks are large. 



i/eaZies.-Mf alies on ihe market have varied 

 batween 4s. 4d. ar.d 5s. 4d, per lUUlbs., includmg 



"""foraoe.-A few ^am.les offered at prices 

 varying between 7s. and 13s 3d. per K Olbs 



Hay -A fair <iuantity cflered da.l> - whilst 

 some samples have been so low as Is. bd and 

 Is. lUd.per lOOlbs., others have been knocked 

 down at 38. "id , 3s. 4d., and 4s per lOUlbs. 

 Beddino^ from 5s. 6d. to 22e. per load. 

 ""foUes-iiood table Po/atues have been 

 almost every pri.e between I s. and 18s. 9d. per 

 lOOlbs. ; sweet potatoes from Is. 6d to 5s. 9d. per 



^"Brans -Common red beans from 7s. 9d. to 

 llf 9d per 100 lbs. ; Canadian Wonder, from 

 15s. 3d. to 21s. Cd. per lOOlbs. 



Mabrde.-Fvom 5s. t , 8s 7d per lOOlbs. 



Pnmlrms —From 2s. to 7s, 9d. per dozen. 



So "-Pnces still rule high and although 

 16s 8d. per lOUlbs., or 'id. per lb, was at one 

 time considered a fair figure, -tely very few 1^^ 

 hj.ve been sold under 2os., ai d as high a. 2Js. 2d. 

 per lOOlbs. oi i io 



^ Poullr,/ -Common fowls from Is. 8d. to 4s. 

 each! leese, Is. 9d. each ; ducks, from (.s d. to 

 13s CdTper pair ; turkeys (cocks from 13.=. 3d. 

 to iSs each, hens from 8s, to 9s. (.d. each, 



and Opinions of the .foUmoing Reports rests with 

 contributors ) 



Eqqs.-Fvom Is. 3d to 3s 6d. per dozen. 



_From lOd. to 2s. Id. per lb. 

 I X«.-Mutton, 4id. to 9d. per lb. ; pork, 

 9irl fn 8d oer lb. : Dacon, 6d. to lOd, per iD, , 

 8M to 9d per lb. ; venison. lOd. to Is. Id. 

 Sb^ Under tbis head we include sugarcane, 

 which has come forward in considerable quan- 

 tities from Mid lllovo, and has been purchased 

 by lairymen of the the City for feeding 



""""V'Smcs. - Cabbage, carrots ca^M^^^f;- 

 celery, onions, beans, peas, potatoes, and turnips 

 r.r.mnr'ise the varieties offered. 

 '7.P"'lApples (imported >, bananas, lemons 

 nirtjeiofanles, papaws, and pineapples have 



' F^:Sof'-Fro^n 6d. to lUd., and as high as 

 high as Is. 5d. per lOOlbs. 



Messrs J. Raw & Co. held a sale of cattle 

 horses &c„ at the farm Eastwold. " Ixopo on 

 the 1st instant, being instructed by F. ^^^^^^^^ 

 Esq., executor to the estate of the late lle„i 



"^A gooTattendance at the sale made keen coca- 

 nf-Htion and prices realised all round were good. 

 P Mr R H Raw was the auctioneer, and prices 

 were as follows :-Cows, £19, £ b 10s gb, £ 8 

 and £17 15s, per head; J^oles -112 los ana 

 VI 5=1 ner head : heifers, £15, £19- and iiJ os. 

 i r heaS ; t?ek oxen, £14, lOs and £17 per 

 head ; bull, £15 10s ; horses, £i gns-, 1<>. gn^^ 



mthme'l'5s. ; an'da host of su.dnes at good 

 figures. 



