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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 437, 15 January 1890, Page 3

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Auckland, January 10. Messrs Arthur and Buddle’s Weekly Report.—The week has been a busy one in all departments. Produce of all kinds has been in fair demand. Potatoes have beqn a little tinner; if the supply is regulated to suit the demand prices will not be so low again. Fresh butter has not sold so well as last week. Cheese is not in great demand Bacon, 'if good, sells fairly well; a large lot of inferior to hand, for which it is difficult to get an offer. Honey moves off slowly. Fruit has met with good demand ; a large quantity sold at very satisfactory prices. There have been three sales by auction for fruit, viz., on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, which we intend to continue during the fruit season. Poultry; An improved supply of fowls and ducks, and an advance in prices. No turkeys entered. A fair number of pigs were entered, and all sold well. There has been an improved demand for household furniture, &e. There have been six sales by auction this week at the mart, and all have been well attended. A large business w-s dme at very satisfactory prices. Mo day: Pawnbrokeis tale of unredeemed pledges—go d and silver watches, jewellery, books, tools, clothing, etc., from Mr A. S. Asher, pawnbroker, Queen-street. Tuesday, Thursday and Fridav : Frui', produce, groceries, poultry, pigs, etc. ‘Wednesday: Household furniture and effects, stores, iron safe, pictures, etc. Thursday : Drapery, hosiery, haberdashery, clothing, hats, boots, fan y goods, etc. The following are the lowest and highest prices at which wo have sold this week:-Fowls, ls7d to3s; chicks, fd to la 7d ; ducks, Is 4d to 2s 2d; ducklings, Is to Is 3d ; geese, 3s to 3s 3 1 ; no turkeys entered : pigeons, small, 6d: canaries. Is 3d to 5s 3d: doves. 2s 6d to 2s 9d pair; sniad pigs, 6s 6d to 13s; k ds, 2s 3d to 3s 4d.; blue bells and Hobarts, 2s 7d to 3s ; rounds and Shepherds, Is to Is 6d; cabbages, lid to2i 3d, sacks, Is 5d to?s6d dozen; red cabbages. Is Id to 3s 6d ; cauliflowers, 6d to 9d dozen ; carrots, 3Jd to 7d dozen; turnips, 4d to 9d dozen ; parsnips, 3d to 61d dozen ; rhubarb. Is to 4s dozen; French beans, sinal l ,,4d to 6jd ; broad beans, 3d to 4d ; peas, 7.1 d to lljd ; onions, Jd to let. garlic, 4d ; bacon, good. s)d to 6d ; ham, good. 7d to 7ld; eggs, 6d to7:!d ; fresh butter, 3.1 dto SJI ; stale, l£d to 2d; London mixtures. 7d ; vinegar, 3s to 4s 6d ; sauce, 3s to 3s 6d tea. Is 7sd : cheese, 3d to 4d ; honey, tin, 3d ; rice. Id: lunch biseuiis, 3d to 4d: mixed biscuits, 4d to 4Ad: i ran, 3s 6d ; oats. 2s9d to 23 lOd ; ripe go seberries. 2i}d to 4d ; C ipe gooseberries, 6d to 7kl : peaches. Is to Is Old ; yellow gage. sjd; purple gage, 4£d ; Early River, 4-ld to 5d ; damsons, 3jd ; bullaces, 2)d ; dark plums. 3fd to 5d pears, 1.1 d to 3d ; lemons, 8d to Is 4d: red Astrachans, 2d to 21d ; large cooking. Id to 2d ; Irish peach. 3d to lid ; small, d; mulberries, 6d ; Sydney dark plums, 3»d to 3:|d; Sydney passion fruit, 6s per half case.

Mr Alexander Aitken’s Market Report for the week.—Business generally has been ol a very satisfactory nature, Friday’s sale being a particularly heavy one. 'I he demand was, in most instances, fully up to supply. Potatoes arc coming forward in much smaller quantities, but there has boon no improvement in price; all kinds have been sold at from £2 to £3; inferior and damaged lots, 20s to 3Cs. Grain of most kinds has been entered in small quantities. Wheat. 3s to 3s 3d; maize, 3s; bran, sharps and pigmeal, £3 10s; oats are rather slow of sale at from 2s to 2s 5d- Onions have come to hand in fair quantity nnd sold at better prices, seed kinds, Id to ljd; potato onions, ijd to Id; pickier 3, Ad to Id. Vegetables of all kinds very pi ntiful, particularly rhubarb; cabbages. 4d to Is 9d per sack and 6d to Is 2d per dozen; rhubarb, Is to 2s 6d per dozen; cauliflowers. Is to 3s per dozen; cucumbers, 4d to 3s per dozen; carrots and parsnips. 4d to Is per dozen turnips, 4d to 6d ; peas, 8d to Is 2d per neck ; over ripe, 6d to 7d; French beans, 5d to' 7id broad, 4d to sd. Bacon and hams m good supply, a a r quantity of flrst-class has m tved off at 6d to 7d for ba ton, and 7d to 8d l'or bams, second-class lots hard to quit at 2d to 4d. Cheese continues plentiful, p ime farmers’, 3.d; damaged and poor, 2d to 2Ad; 4ijd is asked'for factory makes, but no sal - s have been effected at this price. Eggs are more plentiful at. lower values, which have r led from 61 to lOAd; stale and pickled. Is to Is 6d per box. Fresh butter has been moio plentiful, very prime quality has realised from 7d toBAd ; medium lots. 5d tosAd; inferior, 3d to 4d. In the fruit department there has been a very large supply at both sales. On Tuesday apples were slightly lower, but on Friday, alihough the supply was much larger, there was a better demand, and all kinds sold at very satisfactory prices. Poor and very small apples were sold at from Ad to }d; good Irish peach. Id to l:jd ; large green kinds. Id to 2d; Asti achans. red. lijd to 3,{d : white, Id to 2d; a few cases of grapes c-ime to hand from Whangarc-iin good condition, these re ilised ls Id to Is 3d per lb ; peaches have been in fair supply, at from 6d to Is 5d per dozen; Jargonelle pears, from 3kl to 6d; other small and inferior pears, l|d to 2d; plums have been scarcer: Early Rivers, 4Jd to 6d : green and golden gages, 4»d to si]d; other varieties, 4td to 6Jd; tomatoes, 4d to 7d; green, lAd to 2d. Cape gooseberries: A good supply; I would remind growers that these should not be taken out of the nusks, and should be packed in boxes of not more than 141 b: prices have ruled from 6d to 7id. Gooseberries: A few cases came to hand—these bad been kept back too long and were over ripe—they so d at2jd. Bananas: .All cleared out at from ijd to 1-Jd. Poultry of all kinds in better supply: Poor and old fowls, and small young, la to Is 4d; good ordinary. Is 7d to 2s 2d; heavy young roosters, 2s 2d to 2s 9d ; ducks, Is 4d to 2s 2d : ducklings, 9d to Is Id; turkeys, 4s to 6s; geese, 3s 3d to 3s 6d. Pigs, entered in good numbers : Poor, small, 4s 3d to 6s; others, from 7s to 11s 6d each, Messrs A. Buckland and Sons' Weekly Repo t. At the Hay market during the past w ek loose fodder has ranged from 2s to 2s 2d the cvvt. No horse sale has been held. At the regular sale of hides and skins on Tuesday there was a larger supply than usual; Oxli'des ranged from 23d to 43d; cow hides, Lid to 2;d ; calf-skins, 3d to 4d ilie lb ; tallow, 18s 6 1 the cwt; lambskins, Is to 2s 4d ; pelts. 6d to Is 7d ; woolled skins, up to 5s 7d each; wool in bags, 5d to 7:id; locks, 2)d to sid the lb. At the usual sale of cattle at Waiuku there was a small muster of stock; pricts were without change. At Remoera, on Tuursday, dairy cows were offered in excess of requiren ents, and several unsold. Those sold brought from £2 to £4 7s 6d each. Stores cattle, plentiful, were lr.-ely competed for an adv.mce over late values. Fat cat r le. in full number, ivere in steady inquiry at fully Inst week’s values; prices for steers ranged from 15s to 17s; cows. 10s to 13s the 1001 b, Sheep, in usual number, were required: wethers were at 2d, ewes 14d the lb Lambs, plentiful, ranged from bs 6d to 12s i ach. Store pigs were in good demand at an advance, and porkers were near 3d the lb dead weight. Steers ranged from £4 15s 6d to £8 12s 6d; cows, £2 10s to £3lss, and some aver ges were : 40 steers, £6 2s; 59 steers, £6; 28 steers, £sl4s; 10 steers, £6 7s: 8 steeds, £6 3s; 32 cows £3 9s; 8 cows, £3 2s 6d ; wethers ranged from 11s to 14s, drafts averaging 11s to 13s 3d and 12s; fat ewes brought from 7b to 11s; aged store ewes. 5s each. Messrs Hunter and Nolan’s Weekly Report.- G -ain, tee s, horse fee t, etc.: There has more animation in the market, althoueh j the quantities disposed of have been below Iho average. Horses: The auction sales in town were postponed on account of the holidays, but a few c anged hands privately. The special sales at Mount e'lington and Sylvia Park were well a tended, ai d prices realised a shade over our estimate, witu the exception of some oi the entires and brood inares. There was a large number of buyers, and competition was strong. A detailed report of prb-es realised has already been published. Wool, hides, and skins: The market has somewhat revived since the holidays, and at auction at the Durham Yards on 'Tuesday, there was keen, competition for a moderate catalogue. We quote wool, in tags, 6H to 7Jd per lb: ox hides. 2Ad to 41d- cow, lAdto2id; calfskins, 3d to 4Ad per lb; sheepskins,'"3s 6d to 6s 4d each: lambskins, lssd to 2s; pelts, 9d to Is 4d each. CatHe: There has been adequate supply and steady demand, without any noteworthy alteration in value. The Newmarket Yards were fairly supp'i id wiih dairy and fat stock on Tuesday, and there was an average master at Pukekoheon vv ednesday. Prices for daby stock were in favour of purchasers. Fat siock barely main ained the previous week’s values. Some averages of fat steers were £7 2s 6d, £6 12s 6d, -6, £5 17s 6d, £5 13s 6d, £sl3s, £5 7s 6d. £sss, £5 2s 6d. £5 2s; cows. (-•410s, £3lss, £3l2s 6d, £3 0s 6d, £2 12s 6d, £2 9s fed. Sheep were yarded in limited numbers at Newmarket, and generally of inferior description the best pens realised 2s per 81b. Lambs sold at 8s to 12s each. Pigs: Few'yarded. There remained an unsatisfied demand for good porkers at 3d per lb, live weight.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Farm and Dairy Produce. Wholesale: Butter, prime fresh, 7d: second quality. sd; third do, 3d to 4d; cheese, Rood factory, 5Jd to 5Jd: eggs, 8d: lard, in bladders, 5Jd; bacon ana hams, 6d to 8d: Canterbury bacon, new cure, sides, 7id. equal numbers, 73d; bare hams, 9jd ; clothed, id extra. , ,' Flour Market.— Wholesale: Local rollers, first quality, (sacks), <9 ss; second, £8 ss; Southern rollers,e9 ss; stone flour,£B,ss to £810s: bran, £3 ss; Southern bran, £3 ss; local sharps, £3; Smithe n, £3 Os; cabin bread, £l7 ; oatmeal, 25's, £lO 10s; Southern oats, 2s 2d to 2s 4d; local wheat. Tuscan, 2s 9d to 3s: Southern wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 6d: kidney potatoes, £2; pparl barlov, £l7 per ton; maize. 3s; local potatoes, £3. beans,3s3d; onions, 3d per lb. Wheat (sacks extra), oats, chaff, oatmeal sold, sacks inc. u ed,. , . ~ Kauri Gum. -The gum market has altered little since our last report. The current rate for fair to good ordinary-gum is now at £36 to £37

per ton. East Coast is in large demand, and is firm at about £54 to £56. The supplies for the present month to date are 190 tons. Manures. Bonedust, Sydney, £7 to £B. according to quality; boneflour, £8 to £8 10s: Auckland, £8; Long Island do , £4los. bags included : Fison’s fertiliser, £7los to £l4; superphosphate, first quality, £7 10s to £8: second quality, £6 to £6los; Craig’s lime, 35s to 40s per tO COAL AND Firewood Market,-Coal: Newcastle, at yard. 32s per ton; Bay of Islands, at mines. 13s ; at yards. 24s ; steam, 24s ; house, delivered, 30s; Waikato, at mines, 8s 12s; town, 18s to 225; Taupiri, at mine. Bs, 12s: at Auckland. steam, 17s 6d; household, delivered. 24s to 25s ; Whangarei, at mine, 9s 6d : yard, steam, 17s 6d ; household, 23s ; delivered, 25s ; Miranda, at mines, 7* to 10s ;at Auckland, 17s to 20s. Firew'ood: Uncut, at wharf, cargo, 6s 6d toßs 6d per ton : delivered, 10s to 12s: cut, 14s to 16s Building Materials.—urices are as follow at present:—Timber: Boards and scantling, 100 ft nest, 12s; second-class. 7s; best planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, 14s; medium. 12s: second-class, 9s; rusticated weather boards, first-class, 14s: medium, 12s; secondclass, 10s, New Zealand palings, sft (sap), 9s; (heart), 11s 6d; ti-tree rails, £3 10s p»-r 100: puriri posts. £5; shingles, 13s per 1,000; Hobart palings. sft, 17s; 6ft, 19s; Hobart rails, 80s, selling quotations. Bricks, at Avondale, 3Js per 1,000 ; town yards, 38s ; delivered, 418. Drain pipes, at works: 2in drain tiles, 12in lengths. 50s per 1,000 : 2iin, 70s ; 3ft, 90s ; 4in, 130 s: 6in, 30s per 100; 3in socket pipes 2ft lengths, 6d each; 4in, 7d ; 6in, 9d : Sin, 2s fed : 12in, 2s 3d ; 15in, 3s 6d ; 18in, 4s6d ; 21in, 8s; 24in, 12s.