COMMERCIAL

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 9 May 1918, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

MARKET REPORT.

MESSRS J. J. Jones, Auctioneers, City Market, Auckland, report as follows : —

The tone of the market for most lines is steady. Local potatoes are much easier. The shipping space from the South Island is getting better, and therefore firms will now be able to replenish their low stocks. The grain market shows no change. Poultry still come forward in heavy supply and quotations stand about the same as last report. For a line of choice white Leghorn pullets we realised 6s 9d to 10s 4d. Table birds are steady. Present values are likely to stand for a month or so. Pigs though low in value are slightly firmer. Pumpkins and kumeras are in good demand. Fruit market very much firmer and we recommend consignments. We quote :— POULTRY Hens, choice heavy 2s 8d to 3s sd, good 2s 4d to 2s Bd, small Is 6d to Is lOd ; ducks, 2s 9d to 4s 3d ; drakes, 2s to 3s 7d ; geese, 5s to 6s 6d ; roosters, I prime 4s to 45.10 d, good 3s 6d to 3s lOd, small 2s to 3s ; turkeys, gobblers 8s to 11s, hens 4s to 6s. Pigs.—Weaners, 5s 9d to 10s ; stores, £1 to £1 10s. FRUIT Apples, dessert 4s 6d to 8s 6d, cookers 4s to 7s ; pears, 4s 6d to lls 9d ; passion fruit, 5s to 8s ; lemons, 10s 6d to 16s 9d. FARM PRODUCE Potatoes, local £7 to £8 6s, Southern £9 to £10 6s ; onions, lls ; kumeras, 7s to 8s ; pumpkin 4s 6d to 6s 6d; swedes, £3. GRAIN Maize, 8s ; wheat, 7s 9d; bran, 8s 6d ; sharps, 10s ; barley, 7s 3d ; oats, 5s 8d; Algerian, 6s 3d; chaff, £10 to £12 10s.