MARKET REPORT.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 23 May 1918, Page 2

MARKET REPORT.

MESSRS J. J. Jones, Auctioneers, City Market, Auckland, report as follows : — POULTRY i (2750 penned) Hens, prime 3s to 3s sd, good 2s 6d to 2s lid, ordinary Is 9d to 2s 3d ; roosters, prime 4s 6d to 6s, good 4s to 4s sd, cockrells Is 6d to 2s 3d; ducks, 3s to 4s lid; geese, 4s to 6s 3d ; turkeys, hens 4s 6d to 6s, gobblers 7s 6d to 12s 9d. Pigs—Bs to 14s. DAIRY PRODUCE Butter, Is Id to Is 2d; eggs, fresh, 2s 5d to 2s 8d; cheese, ll^d; hams, Is Id to Is 2d; sides, Is Id to Is 2^d ; honey, 4s to 6s. FARM PRODUCE Potatoes, Southern £9 to £10 ss, local £6 to £6 6s ; onions 10s ; swedes, £3; kumeras, 7s to 8s ; pumkins, £3 10s to £4 15s ; seed potatoes, Southern, 9s Id. j FRUIT Apples, cookers 4s 6d to 6s, dessert 5s 9d to 10s 4d; pears, 4s 6d to 12s 3d ; lemons, 10s to 12s; passion fruit, 10s 6d; persimons, 3s. . GRAIN Maize, 7s 9d; wheat, 7s 9d; oats, 5s Bd-; bran, £8 15s; sharps 10s 3d ; chaff, Southern £12, local £10; rice meal, £10; Algerian oats, 5s lOd to 6s 4d.