MARKET REPORT.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 25 July 1918, Page 2

MARKET REPORT.

MESSRS J. J. Jones, Auctioneers, City Market, Auckland, report as follows : — The market this week has been quieter. This applies to both the auctioneering and grain trade. Values in most lines are still firm. Potatoes considerably firmer, Poultry and pigs came to hand in good supply, and prices were firmer. Eggs and butter are a shade easier. We quote : — POULTRY Hens, prime 3s 9d to 4s 6d, good 3s 6d to 4s; a line of 86 extra choice heavy Orpington hens averaged 5s 2d ; ducks, heavy 4s to 4s 9d, Indian Runner 3s 3d t# 4s 4d; geese, 5s to 6s ; turkeys: gobblers 8s to 13s 6d, hens 4s to 7s. Pigs : 12s 6d to £1 9s 6d. FARM PRODUCE Potatoes, Southern and Melbourne N£lo to £11, local table £6 to £7, local seed £6, market quiet; onions, 35s ; swedes, £4 to £4 10s ; kumeras, £7 10s to £9 : pumpkins, £5 to £7 10s. DAIRY PRODUCE Butter, Is to Is 2d; eggs, Is lOd ; cheese, ll^d ; hams, Is 2d ; sides, Is 3d ; honey- bulk, 6d. FRUIT Apples, dessert, 6s to 12s 6d, cookers, 5s to 9s; lemons, 8s to 10s 6d ; pears, 12s 6d to 15s 9d. GRAIN" Grain, market very firm; wheat 7s 6d ; oats. 5s lOd ; bran, £810s : rice meal, £10 10s ; Algerian seed oats,,6s.6d'; chaff, Southern, £10 10s to £13.