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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 358, 10 April 1889, Page 4

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ii - Auckland, April 6. Mksshs Arthur and Buddlk's Weekly tßeport, t Report,— The, week has been ju. busy ono. A large supply of produce aud fruit. Priccb about the same as last* week. Well-cured bacon and hams sire much wanted. Good fresh butter in -good demand. Potatoes: Good sound samples are wanted. Onions in good demand. : A fair supply. Prices not quite equal to last week/ Butf c\v pigs entered. *- Good prices were obtained. Seven sales by auction this week. Qu Monday.bne o£ drapery, clothing, etc., which ■yvas well attended, and satisfactory prices were obtained. Oo Tuesday ono of piano, household furniture, saddles. spring: cart, harness, horses, cows, etc., at tho residence of Dr. J. H. Hooper, Mount Albert, There was a very large attendance, smart competition, and first-class prices were obtained. On Wednesday one ot piano, furniture, etc., at the mart. The weather was, very unfavourable, but few present, and very little business done. On Thursday, one of a bankrupt stock of tobacconist. There was a largo attendance, first-class competition, and high prices were realised. On Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday sales of poultry, produce, fruit, etc., at the mart. The whole ■were well attended, and prices very satisfactory. The following are the lowest and highest pi ices obtained Fowls, lOd to 2s 4d ; chicks, 5d to lid ; Plymouth Rocks, Is 2d to Is 6d ; Dorkings, Is 7d*; turkeys, 3s to 3s 9d ; ducks, Is to 2s 4d; ducklings, ICd; canaries, 2s to 6s; pigeons, 6d to 8d; small pigs, 5s 6d to 10s: potatoes, 3s to as 3d ; onions, Id to lid; marrows, Is to Is 2d ; pumpkins, 2s 9d to 4s 3d ; piemeluns, 2s lOd to 3s 6d ; i urnips, 6d per dozen ; rhubarb. Is to 2s ; red cabbages, Is 3d to Is 4d per dozen ; chaff, Is 4a to Is i)d; bran, 3s; maize, 6s 6d ; oats. Is 9d to 2s ; ryegrass 2s> ; Hour, £11 ; cheese, inferior, l}d to 2d ; best, 3d to 4}d ; bacon, o}d, inferior, 2d to 3d; hams, 8d; fresn butter, 7ld to 7"{d ; salt butter, 2-Jd to sd ; eggs. Is 6d to Is B}d. salted, Is 4d ; honey in smalt tins, 3d to 3}d ; apples, |d to \\&, other lots id ; pears, id to 2jd ; plums, lid to 2d ; peaches, lVd to 9d per dozen, lid to 2Jd per lb ; damsons, }d to Id ; quinces, ljd to lid ; rockmelons. Is 9d to 3s ; cocoauuts, 4s 9d to ss : tomatoes, id to lid ; outdoor grapes, 2}d; hothouse grapes, 3}dto s>d; Capo gooseberries, shelled 9d, unshelled 6^d ; lemons, lid to Is sd; orange melons, 2s& to 3d ; ligs, ljil to l^d; apple jam, 3s 6d. 'Mr Alex. Aitken's Market Rei-okt for the week ending April 6.— A large amount of business has been done in all lines. Four sales of produce, poultry, and fruit have been held as lollows :— On Tucbday, produce and fruit ; on Wednesday, furniture and effects ; on Thursday, Island fmit, ex Richmond ; and on Friday, the usual market sale. The whole have been largely attended, with spirited competition lor all offered. Potatoes have been in fair supply : a good demand exists , values unchanged. Onions are scarce and have fetched high prices. Vegetable have been more plentiful ; all sold fairly well. Gi am quiet, J?resh butt-.-r in tairly supply; good values obtained. Eggs : Increased supplies. Cneese in fair demand, but quality must be good to command attention. Poultry has been in lanre supply ; prices were somewhat beti or. Pigs : Small supply ; none very large ; \ alues unchanged. In iruit rhe supDlies still continue large. The demand has been somewhat better, but little alteration in value. ADples sold at a higher average on Friday than they have for some weeks. Pears : Good di-ssert kinds have sold well, but small and inferior are low. Grapes have sold at greatly advanced values. Plums are stilllow. Peaches: 'lne bulk of tee supply has been of choice quality, and high values obtained. Leirous still selling at good values. Quinces : A fair supply: good prices obtained. The shipment of bananas was over rips, but commanded fair values. Bacon and hams of good quality are scarce, and commanding good values. The following are the i\ eek's quotations : Fowls, poor and old, lOd to Is Id ; good table fowls. Is 3d to Is lid; roosters, heavy, Is 9d to 2s 4d ; small roosters. Is to Is 6d; chicks, 8d to Is; light Brahmas, Is 8d to 2s 6d ; ducks, heavy. Is 8d to is ; young and poor ditto, Is Id to Is 3d ; geese, 2s 9d to 3d ; turkeys, 3s 9d to 5s 3d ; pigs, small, 3s 3d to 7s; no choice quality to hand. Potatoes Good. £4 15s to £5 ss ; poor, 4s to 4s 3d ; interior, 2s 3d to 3s 6d ; cow potatoes. Is 6d to 2s ; kidney seed. £6 10s; onions, l}& to 2d per lb ; oats, Danish, 2s to 2s 4d ; bran and sharps, £7 : maize, 5S5 S 6d ; cabbages, Is to 2s 9d ; pumpkins. £3 5s to £4 10s ; pie melons 2s 9d to 4s ; watermelons, fas ; butter, rresh, 7d to Sid ; eggs, good, Is 6d to Is 9d ; others ditto, Is t > Is 2U : bacon, 2d to 7d ; hams, sjd to 9d ; cheese, 3d to 5d ; honey, ordinary, 2jd to 3d ; Waikato clover honey in bulk, 3id, small tins. 4d ; apples, good cooking, i"d to l*d ; small inferior, 'd ; dessert variety, {d to ljd. Quinces, Id to lsd ; lemons, Is 4d to 2s. Pears: Beurre Diel. hard. Id to l.d: other dessert varieties, l]d to 3d ; Forrell's, Id to 1-d ; stewing pears, {d to l^d ; inferior, gd to ~^d. Peacues: Poor, l|d to 2d per lb, and 4d to bd per dozen ; choice, 3d. to scl per lb, and lOd to 2s Id per dozen. Grapes, 8d to 9ld per lb ; tomatoes, 4d to Id per lb ; damsons, {A. to l}d; bul'aces id to id . plums, lid to 2d ; figs, lAd. to 2d per dozen; passion fruit.Hd to 2d; banahas.ld to ljd, and 8d to 2s 3d per bunch. Messrs C. E. Paget and Co. report as follows :— Taken all through, the past week's business shows a decided improvement upon previous weeks. Sales have been brisk, and supplies, with oae or two exceptions, have come m freely. Values have improved in several lines, and in others former prices have been maintained. Fruit has been in large supply, and all kinds, with the exception of apples, ha > c soid at good rates. Onions have been in brisk demand, and crices have advanced, but growers do not seem inclined to t ike advantage of the market. Potatoes > aye firmed in price, and good samples sell readily. Gram values are un^hanired. but sales are brisker. Fresh butter was in short supply, and prices show a slight advance. Corned butter was dull of sale, but producers may expe- 1 an improvement now the duty i-> removed at Sydney. Hams and bacon of prime quality have been in good demand, but inferior sorts are difficult to quit. There is a steady sale for prime cheese, but there was only a small supply oi this son to hand. Poultry still keeps low m price, and only real good commands any attention. The following prices have been ruling :- Poultry : Fowls, fair ordinary. Is 2d to Is 5d each ; do . fat table. Is 6d to Is lidducks, Is 4d to Is ss ; turkeys, small, Is 9j ; pigs small. fl s 9d ; pigeon?. 3d to lid. Fruit: Apple-. il tol^d per lb ; pears, Id to l.d; plums, 2d to 2|d ; tomatoes, Id per ib ; quinces, /d to Id ; lemons. 10(1 per doz. ; matermelons. 2s per do/i Produce • Potatoes, £5 to £5 10s per ton ; onions £12 10s per ton ; cabbagos, 2& 3d p?r sack ; cow potatoes. 30s per ton; cucumbers, 5d to 6rl per doz. ; mangolds, 15s per ton ; pumpkins, £3 10 d : piemelons, 3s 6d per cwt. ; marrows, 2s per sack : oats. 2s 6<i to 3s 2d per bush ; maize, 3s 6d ; wheat, 5s 6d to 4=j ; bran, £5 10s per ton ; sharps, £5 ; chuff; 2s 3d per sack : cheese, lid to 4cl per lb: fresh butter, 7'd to Bid, corned butter, 4d to 6d : corned beei:, }d to l'l ; hams prime, 6]d to 7*d ; bacon, prime, 6 T d to 6]d • juoney, 2 ld to 3d; flour. £U per ton , "tea, 12s 6d to 14s 6d per box ; biscuits, fancy, 4d ; iams, local, 3s 6d per doz. ; candles. SUI per lb ;'soap 6s 6d to 9s per box ; oatmeal, 14s 6dper 1001b. Messrs Alfred Bucklaxd and Soxs' Vveeklt Report.— At the Haymarket during the past week prices of fodder have been firm, and have ranged from 2s to 2s 6d per bushel. New oats have sold at 2s Id ; r\ egrass, 5s lOd. to 6d ; cocksfoot, 4s and 4s 6d ; bonedust. £6 10s to £8 per ton. At the horse sale on Friday t?ood fresh horses sold well, and brought £8 to £14 each : ponies and inferior horses, from £1 to £4 On Tuesday hides ml skins were in full numbers, and sold freel.. Ox hides ranged from 41d to sjd; cows'. 2Jd to 3d ; calfskins, *\& per lb : sheepskins and pelts from Is to 2s 6d'each ; wool, 64d per lb ; tallow, lib to 14s per cwt. At Remuera. on Thursday, the advance on milking cow 3 noted in last Aveek's report was sustained, and store cattle were better worth. Fat cattle also rallied from the extremely low values of the past three weeks, find wero'better worth about Is 6d the 1001b. Steers ranged from 14s to 15s; cows. 11s to 13s the 1001b. Calves, in short supply, sold at high values. Jb at sheep were slightly better worth. Wethers ranged from 10s 6d to 13s ; ewes. 7s to 11s 6d. Lambs, plentiful, sold we/1. Shorn lambs I brought 5s Pd to 8s each ; Jambs in their wool, irom os 9d to 10s each. Porkers were in g S° d < - ln i l^ J ;u a ? d r- >ld satisfactorily, bringing about 3d the lb dead weight. Messrs Hunter and Nolans Weekly Report.— Grain, seeds, and horse feed: There nas been an active demand for oats, and an advance in value of ke ii grown. But litttle chaff has been disposed ot, and seeds have been slow of sale. We quote: Southern feed oats, 3s to 3s 3d ; local Tartarian. 2s to 2s 6d : dun, 2s 6d ; maize. 3s 6d per bushel ; cocksfoot, from 5s to 6s per bushel ; provincial rye, 5s to 6s per bushel. Horses: But a limited number have been brought forward ; the demand has been steady, without alteration of value. Barely an average number were submitted by auction at the Durham Yards on Friday, but the competition was good at the previous week's rate 3. Wool, hides, skins, bones, and tallow Lots were fairly numerous at the Durham Yards on Tuesday, and bidding was brisk. There was an absence of really heavy ox, and medium reached 4§dper lb. 3^d being the lowest price given; cow hides, from 2id to 2Jd; calfskins, 4',d per lb ; sheepskins, 33 2d each ; pelts. Is 6d to Is 9d each; lamb skins, la 7d to 2s; "lambs' wool, bid per lb ; tallow, 163percwt; rough (at, lid per lb ; bone 3. £4 10s per ton. Cattle : The oversupply of fat beasts the previous week has caused a reaction, and but a limited number were brought forward, but there was little upward t< ndency in value. Dairy and store stocks were more plentiful, and in better request, and there was a slight iiso in the price of good cows at their profit. Below an average number were yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday, but there !

was a good muster at Papakura on Wednesday. Good daiiy cows realised highor figures, mid stores were in a little better demand. Fat catUo ■were scarce, but the trado having largo stpeks on hand, 14s por 1001b for top sorts was diillcult to elicit. Dairy cows roached £6 17s 6d ; stores without noteworthy alteration. Sheep were in moderate numbers at Newmarket on Tuesdaw ] and were steadily competed lor at the previous week's rates. Wethers sold at from 10s 6d to 14s {3d; ewes, from 6s 6d'to 12s. Lambs wore plentiful, and sold at from 5s 6d to 8s each. Figs : very fewyarded, and realised. above market value. , c ■ Messrs G. W. Biuxev and Sons' Kkvokt. —At sale on Tuesday all descriptions of sound hides, BheepsJun3. etc., sold under brisk competition. Prime ox ai'O in very short I supply, and realised extreme valuer. , Heavy I stout. 4Jdto 4jd : medium, 3]d; steer. 3d to 3}d ; heavy cow, 2]d to 3d: medium, 2 J ,d to 2]d; I heavy kip, 2Jd; light. 3d to 3}d; calf. largo, 3'] d to 4d; light, 4}d to 4»d : damaged and stags', Id to 1M per Ib 7 Sheepskins: L-irgo .sound, butchers'. Is 9d to 2s ; medium. Is Id' Is, 6d ; small. 4d to lOd ; lambs, large, 2s to 2s 3d ; small, 6d to Is ; pelts, sound, 6d to 9d ; damaged at nominal figures. Tallow: Average parcels 13s to 14s per cwr. Rough fat, Id per Ib. Wool, lambs', b\cl to 7d perlb. Bones, B4 10d pen- ton. Flour: Gray and Aldrich (combined proccai) : sacks, £11 ; 'IOD s. £11 10s ; 50'b, £11 lbs. " A tUus " (full roller), sacks, £12 ; 100 s, £12 10d ; bOs, £12 15s per ton net AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Farm and Dairy Produce. — "Wholesale : Dutter, prime fresh butter. 9dlb; cheese, jrood factory, sd to 5 Jd ; eggs, Is 6d ; lard, in bladders, aid to 6;d ; oacon ana hams, 6a to £!d ; Oanreuoury bacon in cloth, 81d; equal numbers, B{d ; hams.lOJd, in cloth. Flour Market. — Wholesale : Flour, Ul2 10s to £15 10s ; Southern flour, Jtill to -B12 ; bran, £d ; Southern bran, £5 ; local sharps, £6 ; Southern. £5 5s : cabin broad. £17 ; oatmeal (25's), £15; old oats, 2s 8d to 3s: maize. 3s 9d ; local potatoes, £4 10s to £5 por ton ; pearl barley, £20 to £21 per ton; beans, 3s 3d; onions. 5s 6d to 6s bd. All grain, chaff, oatmeal, etc., sold including sacks. Coal and Fikkwood Market. — Coal : Newcastle, at yard, 32s per ton ; Bay of Islands, at mines, 13=-, at yaids, 245; steam, 245; house, delivered. 30s: Waikato, at mines, Bs, 12s; at Auckland, 18s to 225; Taupiri, tit mine, Bs, 12s; at. Auckland, steam, 17s 6d; household, delivered, 24s to 255: Whanparoi. at mine, 9s 6d; yard, steam, 17s bd ; hoxisehold. 235; deh\ cred, 2bs : Miranda, at mines, 7s to 10s ; at Auckland, 17s to 20s. Firewood : Uncut, at wharf tcargo>, 6s bd to 8s 6d per ton ; delivered, 10s to 12s; cut, 14s to J6d. Manures.— Bonedust: Sydney, £7 to £8, according to quality ; boneflour, £8 to £8 10s ; Auckland, £8 ; Long Island do.. £4 10s, bags included ; Fisoirs fertiliser. £7 to £14 ; superphosphate, first quality, £7 10s to £8 ; second quality, £6 to £6 10s ; Craigs lime, 353 to 40s per ton. Building Materials.— Prices are as follow at present:— Timber— Boards and scantling, 100 ft best, 13; second-clask, 8s; best planed, tcngued and grooved, first-class, 15s ; medium, 12s; second-class, 10s; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 15s; medium, 12s:- secondclass, 10s. >Jew Zealand palings. sft tsnp>, 9s; (heart), 11s 6d; ti-tree rails, £3 10s per 100; puriri posts, £6 10s to £7 10s; shingles, 13s per 1,000; Hobart palings, oft. 17s; 6ft, 19s; Hobart rails, 80s, selling quotations. Bricks at A yon dale, 30s per 1,000; town yards, 38s, delivered 41s. Drain pipes, at works: 2in drain tiles. 12in lengths, 50s per 1,000; 2Jin, 70s; 3ft, 90s ; 4in, 130s ; 6m, 30s per 100 ; oin socker pipes, 2ft lengths, 6d each ; 4in, 7d ; 6in, 9d ; 9in; Is6d; 12in. 2s 3d; 15in, 3s 6d; 18in, 4s 6d; 21m, 6s: 24in. 12s. Kauri Gum.— We have to report for the weekly a fairly steady market. Fair to good ordinary gum letches £30; superior parcels free rom swamp, £31 to £32; East Coast, £43. Suplies for the month to date. 75 tons.

London, April 3. At the wool auctions to-day, a better selection was offered, and competition was very keen. Former prices were fully maintained. The cargoes by the Dumbartonshire, from Napier, and the Wave Queen, from Ly ttelton, were in time for this series. Sydney, Thursday. Potatoes, New Zealand, £5 10s; circulars, £6, good in demand ; onions, £16 to £17, g6od in demand ; maize, 3s 6d, dull ; peas, blue prumons, 4s 6d, dull ; oat* iced, o^ 3d to 3s 5d ; heavy milling seed, 3s 6d ; bran, quiet, Is Id to Is 2d ; pollard, quiet, Is 4d; chaff, New Zealand, £5 to £6. wheat, milling, New Zealand, 4s lOd to 5s 2d ; chick, 3s 9d ; other sold, 5s 6d ; barley, Cape, 3<? 6d to 3s 8J ; English, nominal, 4s 6d to 5s ; malting, 3s 6d ; butler, local, dull ; factory, Is 6d to Is lid ; separator, Is 4d to Is 6d ; dairy, Is to Is 6d. The high rates are restricting sales ; imported dairy, lid to Is Id : separator, Is lcl to Is 3d; off sorts, 6d ; cheese, steady; local, 6d to 7Jd. New Zealand ditto loaf, Bd. Bacon, "New Zealand, 9d Lo lOd ; hams, dull, lOd to lid. Melbourne. Thursday. Wheat (strong milling), 5s 8d ; seed, 5s 83d ; flour, quiet ; oats, inferior, 3s BUI to 3» lid : heavy, 4s ; bariey, 3s 9d ; bian, Is 3d ; pollard, is 4kl : sugar (strong whites), £24 17s. Adi:laidk. Thursday. Wheat, steady, ss ; Port Adelaide, farmers' lots. ss; out poits, 4s lOd ; roller flour, £12 15s ; stone, £11 10s ; bran, Is 4d ; pollard, Is Gd ; oat?, 4s ; mailing bai-ley, 4s and 4s 3d. Little doing in potatoes, £4 12s.