Store Sheep. — No transactions to report. ! Horses. — At our yards on Saturday there was a very large entiy, no less than 110 horses passing the hammer. These for the most part consisted of medium draught and light harness horses. Our sales were in all 58 bead, including a lot of medium draught mares, on account of Mr Thomas Mcc, of Blackstone Hill, sold at from £22 to£2§ ; and a draft of 12 saddle and light- harness horses on acoount j of Mr B. Raven. 1 hese latter sold at from £10 to £18 10s. For good draughts there is an excellent demand. We quote first-class draughts at from £34 to £40 ; medium, £20 to £30 ; good hacks and light-harness horses, £18 to £24 ; medium, £10 to £15 ; Ijghfc and inferior, £2 to £6. " ! Sheepskins. — We sold on Monday last as usual, There was a full attendancs of buyers, who competed with animation for. the whole catalogue, which' was a very hwga one, com prising nearly 3000 skins. Butchers' green skins, crossbreds, sold at from 3s 7d to 4s 8d; merinos, up to 3s 2d ; station skins, from Is \ Id to 4s lid. Hides are' offering very £feely. This week we have sold 293 at from 3d to 3fc3" pey lb, , the latter price' being obtainable' only forj sound, well-trimmed salted hides. Tallow.— ETo transactions. Prices are, hpwever, without change.*

We learn from the " Daily Times " that the City of Perth haa been sold privately for £6000, the purchaser being Mr John Mills, of Port Chalmers. The sculling match arranged between Lay cock and Boyd, for £200 a-side, was rowed on the Tees last Monday, and was won by the former by five lengths. The gravelling of the pah to the Hospital building, which has long been a subject of debate and attention by the Committee, has at last been set about, and is a great improve ment, being decidedly more pleasant to walk upon. Owing to the unavoidable absence from Lawrence on Friday, the 21st July, of one or two of the principal performers at the proposed Burns's statue concert, it has been deemed advisable to a'ter the date for holding the concert to Friday, the 28th July. 