COMMERCIAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 248, 21 March 1888, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Arthur & Buddles AYekkly Rkport.— Bu&iiiess during the week has been brisk. A very large quantity of produce and fruit lias been entered, and all cleared. Prices for produce show but little alteration from last week's quotations, but for fruit the average value is higher. For fresh butter of good quality there is a ready sale. Good salt is also in demand, but little has comoforwarddurinu the week. Potatoes and onions remain at previous quotations ; a considerable quantity has come forward. Cheese has been in good supply, and all of the better class ha& found buyers at from 2Jd to 3^'J. A lot of infeiior has been cleared oil' at low prices. A good business has been clone in bacon and hams afc last week's values. Our three fruit sales have been large'y attended, and prices for pears and nil soft fruits show aiv improvement. In the furniture and grocery departments, business has been better. Wednesday's sale of furniture at the mart wiio hugely attended, and prices on the whole were fairly satisfactory. A balance of grocery stock sold on Fiiday realised well. The sales of groceries a".d oilmen's stores in Greystreet on Tiiosd-xy, and of furniture at Ponf>onby on Wednesday, and Suriey Hills on Thursday, were all well attended. Competition brisk, and results generally satisfactory. Friday s market sale passed off well. Entries wore very numerous and bidding lively. Poultry and pigs were entered in good numbers, prices realised being up to last week s quotations. The attendance throughout the day was very numerous, and selling was nob o\er till 6 o'clock. The following are the lowest and the highest prices realised :— Common fowls, Is Id to 2s Id ; Cochin Chinas, 2s 2d ; ducks, Is 2d to Is lid ; tuikcys, 2s 3d to 3s ; pigs, 8s 9d to 11s ; muckers, 2s 6d. Produce, &c. : Carrots, 2rf ; potatoes, 2s to 2s 6d ; onions, 4d to id ; cheese, 2kl to 3^d ; sharps, Is ; bacon, 2^l to Ojd ; ham, 4u to 7|d ; fresh butter, 3Jd to 8d ; eggs, Ud to 7d ; apples, id to 2d : hot-house grapes, 6id to 6 ld; outdoor ditto, 3d to 3i l d , pears, l£d to 4d ; damsons, IUI to 2d ; lemons, Is to Is 9d ; plum.s, 3d to 3^d ; bananas, $d ; peaches*, 3.\tl per doz. ; peaches., 4d per lb • quinces, '|d to Id ; Cape gooseberries, 5d : lemon peel, 5Ad ; nuts, 3{d Mil Alexander Aitkkn's Wkekly Retort. — The fruit receheJ was in poor condition. Sound, clean fruit showed a slight improvement. Butter shows an increasing demand ; the supply of good was small. Cheese : Good quality is asked for ; inferior is neglected at low prices. Potatoes are a drug, .supplies are far too heavy, which will not allow a rise to take place. The following aio the highest, lowest, and average prices obtained for the week : — Fowls, lOd to Is ;Is2dto Is 4d ; Is 7d to 2s ; Is lid to 3s eacri ; chicks, 8d to Is 3d ; pullets, Is 8d to 2s ; prize fowls, 2s 6cl to 20s ; pigeons, 8d to Is Id ; turkeys, 3s to 3s 9d j geese, 2& 6d to 3s 6d ; young pigs, 5s 6(1 to 8s 3d ; ducks, Is 3d to 2s Id. Pioduco: Hobart potatoes, 2s to 2s 6d; onions, to -^d ; chaff, £2 10s to £2 12s 6d per ton ; bran, £3 10s ; sharps, £4 ; fowl wheat, 3s to 3s 3d ; short oats, 2s ; long oats, lb 9d ; cabbages, 8d to Is 9d per sack ; encumbers, 4d to Is 3d per dozen ; pumpkins, 2s 8d per cwt; cow potatoes, lvS 4d fco 2s perewfc; salt butter, inferior, 2d to 3M ; prime, 5d to 6^d ; fresh butter, inferior, 5d to 6d ; prime, 7^'d fco B^d ; clover honey, 3.W in bi.lk, 4din small tins ; Barrier honey, 3.|d; section honey, 3d to 3|gdj cheese, inferior, i'cl to 2^d ; old cheese, l^d to 2d; good cheese, 3d to 4.k1; bacon (seconds), sides, 6d to 7d ; shoulders, 4d to s£d ; hams, 8d to B',d ; first-class bacon, 8d to B|d ; hams, 9id"to lid ; eggs, lid to Is Id". Muslirooms, 2s per small box ; cooking apples, Id to l£d ; dessert, l^d to 2d ; windfalls. $d to ; pears, dessert, 3id to 4=j ! d ; stewing, I4M to 2^d ; plums, damsons, 2d to 3d ; Pond's seedling, 3kl to 4£d ; Takapuna and golden drops, 3^d to 4d ; greengages, 3d to 3^d ; other kinds, 3d to 4d ; quinces, Id to l.jd ; Cape gooeeberrieß, 8d per lb ; hothouse grapes, 4Jd to 7d ; outdoor, 2d to 2-t'd ; lemons, 9d to Is Id ; rock melons, 4s per dozen ; tomatoes, 2d ; cocoanuts, 3s 3d per 100.