COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 130, 1 June 1907, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

FKCIT AKD PRODUCE MARKETS. Business on the local fruit and produce markets has been fairly brisk daring the past week. In potatoes there was practi- i c*ily no business done outside of imports from Tasmania, which were In enpply be- I yond requirements. Onions firmed some- I what in Talue, prime sorts bein; scarce. | I whilst inferior vrere plentiful. Kmnaras ! showed an improvement in demand and value. Pumpkins were practically unsalable. Chaff was much better in valne and prices show an upward tendency. Grain i Severally was firmer at slightly adTanced . values. Supplies of fruit were heavy i throughout. Lemons were rery plentiful '«nd declined in price on late rates, sales beinp difficult to eifeet. Apples realised about last week's valnes. Passlon-frnit from Sydney was in heavy supply, but met with a good demand. A small consignment of Sydney mandarins gold well. A moderate shipment of bananas .arrived from Fiji by the Talune on Monday, but, although in splendid order, met with a poor demand, owing to the cold wca.Uier prevailing. The butter market was fully enpphed, but the demand was exceptionally dull. There was fair competition for small .lots of farmers' make in prints and rolls, but there was no demand for farmers" buiK varieties, whilst milled, for export, showed a heavy decline in price. Fresh eggs were STarce at high rates, and cheese, bacon, an 1 hams showed no change. Poultry was penned iv larje numbers, but the majority of the birds seat in were ja very Poor condition. No doubt the present high rate I for fe-d is compelling holders to sell. Xoiras pigs were in fair supply, but values were lower than last week. The following were the ruling prices at tbe auction sales:— , Field Produce.—Potatoes: Local. £3 to JES ron; do., Tasmanian, prime. £5 5/ to £o 10/; do., seed varieties, £4 to £tj. Kumaras: Local, 4/ to 5/ cwt: do.. Island. -V to 6/. Onions: I/ocal, prime, 5A to 6/; !>to.. inferior, 2/ to 3/. Ciaff: Local, £5 .5/ ton. Dairy Produce.—Butter: Farmers' special samples. Sd to 9jd lb: do., ordinary, 6d t.o 7<J: do., bulk, prime. Sd: poor. 3d; milled, in balk, for export, first grade. 7d to 7|i; factory makes, lid; pas-try, i>d to 6d. Eggs: Fresh. 1/8 dOTwn; do., pickled, lid to 1./. Cheese: Farmers". 4d to 5Jd lb: do., factory, GJd to 7d; do., loaf, 7id. Bacon: l'ictory, 7id. Hams: Factory, Sd. Fruit.—Apples: Local, dessert. D/ to S/ bushel case; (lα. cnokrng, 6/ to 8/. Pears: (-ODicion, 7/ to 10/. Giapes: Saperfor, 2/S I •to 2/11 lb; do., poor, 1/9; do., inferior, I If. Tomatoes, C/ t-o ?./G box. Oranges: I Island, 4/ to 5/ cose. Mandarins: Sydney. 7/ tr» 7/6. uanotts: Lncs!. prime, 3/ to 4/; •do., rocgb aad eoaisr, 1/ to 2/e. Cape gooseberries, 3d to ii lb. . Paaeion-frriH: Syduej-; 5/-to 0/ bot W«lnots: -Waiketo, 4<l to t>d lb: <io.. SoatSiern, ed to 7d. Pesnuts, 2Jd to Bauaoas. L/C to 3/ bunch; <10.. repacked, lid lb. rines: Queenslaml. 5/ case. Coooanufe. 10/ to 12/ sa<"k. i I'onlirr. —Hens, fid to 1./S each; tahje . roosters. hoavy. 2/6 to 3'; do., medium. 1/9 to 2/: do., small, 1/ to 1/R; dncka, 1/4 io 2/8 to 3/; chicks, ed to I,': . irfc<?j>\ s>bb!ors, R/ to 8/; <10., hens, 2/8 A»Kt"^aeons. —Yoans P'STSj S/ to I*}/. • .;T •. ■. i'iiL-w !—sottK tie following galas: — ■ : ..-a..T.-- Ui.-s-rters 2' u> 3/1, cockerels 1/ ■ :<• :,'-.. ;rsLs X,i ;.• : ,ll>: ilucts, 1/e to -J/o; ■'r---- r v- v> ■',-!>■. p-;;;-., 8/ to 12/: potatoes. : •'•nai-. to £5 io/: pumpkins. : Zl: J ,' '.o £C "-■: Sorter. l:eg and bos 7d to •Zf.. r~«± '-;d w S?d; fresa eggs, I,<B to 1/9, . T, r ~' L.j 2.1; cheese. 4j to 5(3: -fa-e----■-w •=: '.■) :*rr. si'.<s va to Si~. hass ';•; t= TiM" fr>--.. (i'-ssert appics 1/ to ■ •*/*. .' 1..".- is t"'. eooiars .-»/ to 6.".', if2i-ji.-.-r f- , ? co . .*i. trjcitoes 2/6 t9 .'Jβ. ■ •:-.-in?cs (V to T v f- 7/9: aais.-. s-V irisrai, «T/ X' - A'tjerian seed Sl^

LONDON CABLE.

LONDON, May 31. BASS OF BNGL-aKD RETURNS ■ Tee Beck of Ez.xlHT*i returns for the or-»eS are:— rpjerrr- . -•:::■!.SSi,Oor>: propnrUoa c? reserve in ita- ■ iii'rrics. ;".6.52: Dor<-5 5a crjrorfarfon, £28,853,----<»>J: public drpi«io:. £lo.fij»,ot"0 : .»iiier deposits. £42.352.000: Go-wmjr.en: securities, j £15,321.00&; other secorSties, £30,741,1.100. Three mcm'hs" biiis are dHconutcd ;it s> . ptr :i>nr. ! ''"ottsate. S4J. I 1 New South Wales 3?. per oeoLS, 9B» | Xew ZsUaad 4 per- cents, 106*. West AnatraKan 3» per cents. Oβ. Ou tbe bo-ttor market thpre h> a steady ileD.'and for a f?w of the choicest Au3-«-raK»n brands a! SM/ to 98/: :;«-w ?Jealau<l ;;«/ t<3 100/. Tlicrc is no eslc for secondJ TS»e cheese market is Enn. Neir Zealand ■wiite fexcbffii «6/ to 68/; coloured, 63/ !to 04/. Victorian is selling at 60/ to C 4/, I despite tie smail size and paleness. Tiio j price obtained is ciiiefly owinj to tbe hscarcky <»f sircondajT cheese. I Conper: On spot, £101; Oiree mo&tia, ; £97 .V. Tin: On spot. £189 3/: three ■monthH. £18S. L<>aii, £20 7/6 for 'proiapi • deliver?. Iron. 61/3 J. I Ou tbe Bradford wool market merinos are ] firm and crossbreds neglected. CoBUOoa sixties, 26jd: saper, 2T5. ,