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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 443, 5 February 1890, Page 5

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Messrs Arthur and Buddle’s. Weekly Report.—The Jubilee holidays this week have upset business very much.' -Prices for fruit have ruled lower than the former week. Plums and damsons have brought from lid to 4,id; pears, Id to 3fd ; apples, id to 2d; peaches, lid to 8d dozen, and Id to 3id per lb ; Cape gooseberries, 2Ad to 4 ; fd ; lemons. 8d to Is 4d ; citron lemons. 3d. Two shipments of Sydney fruit and one of Fiji have come to hand, and prices ruled low. Poultry : The supply last week was very large (as a natural consequence after a bare market for several weeks). Prices were much lower. The supply this week has been very small. Fowls brought from Is to 2s 9d;.chicks / 4d to Is 3d ; ducks, Is to Is 8d ; ducklings, 9d to Is 3d: geese, 2s Id'to 3s 6d; turkeys, 3s 3d to Bs. Pigs: A large number entered last week, i prices were good. None to hand this week. Mr Alexander Aitken’s Market Report. —Owing'to the holidays business^ generally has been unsettled. The supply of poultry was very large, and in excess of demand, consequently Drices were lower than usual: Poor and old fowls have realised Is to Is Id; good t-.bio lots. Is 4d to Is 6d : roosters in condition. Is 6d' to Is 9d; small and poor,'ls to Is 2d; ducks, plentiful, Is to Is lid, according to condition ; geese, 2s to 3s each; turkey hens, young, 2s Gd to 3s 6d • no heavy gobblers to hand : canaries, 2s to 8s; pigeons, 81 to Is. Pigs: None to hand , this week. Eggs have been m fair supply; good fresh lots. Is to Is Id ; others, lOd to lid. There was a very large supply of fruit at Tuesdav’s sale, hut on Friday it was smaller '• than usual; good cooking apples fd to lid, choice dessert, lid to 2d, medium, i}d to Id, inferior apples, Id; pears, Windsor, l[d to 2jd, Jargonelle. 2jd to 3d; grapes, 8d to lOd, damaged 6Ad to 71 d ; plums, all kinds 2)4 to 3Jd, damaged lijd; lemons, lOd to Is 5d ; peaches, - 2.1 dto 9d per dozen, according to size, and 2d to ‘ 4Ad per lb; Pond’s Seedling plums, extra large, 6d to 8d ; Cape gooseberries, fair supply at 4Ad to 6d; anricots, lOd ; blackberries. lOd per box ; tomatoes, lid to 2d ; damsons. Coes prolific 2Jd to 2Jd, others ljd to 2d. Messrs A. Buckland and Sons’ Weekly Report.—At the Haymarket during the past week fodder hasbeenlower. ls6d to2stliecwt have been the ruling prices. Oats, Is lOd to 2s; maize, 2s 9d and 2s lOd the bushel. At the Horse market on Friday a larger number than usual were sold. Prices for useful horses in condition ranged from £7 to £l2 10s. At the hide and skin sale on Tuesday, damaged dirty and inferior hides brought from 3d to 2d the lb, but sound large hides brought old values up to 2jd for cow, and 43 for ox ; lamb skius, 2s 4d to Is 6d ; 1 pelts, Is to 2s 3d each ; wool, in bags and bales, from 6d to 7gd the lb. At Pukeltohe on Monday cattle were yarded in full numbers, and met good sale, particularly for young stock. At Remuera. on Thursday, a small market of stock of all kinds fairly sustained last week’s values, hut fat cattle fell Is the 1001 b as the sale proceeded. Messrs G. W. Binney and Sons’ Report,— On Tuesday we offered an average number of hides, sheepskins, wool, &c. Picked stout ox are in brisk demand, but all other descriptions are plentiful, and sell at low figures. Damaged hides are almost unsaleable even at low values. We quote : Picked prime ox, 4jd ; heavy, 3d to 2td: medium. 2d to 2.3 d ; cowhides, ljd to l|jd (picked 2d). As average value we give: Butchers’ ox 3d, and cow LUI round. Butchers pelts meet ready sale from lOd to Is 8d : lambs, Is 9d to 2s 7d each. Wool: Bales of lambs’, 7d to 7jrt : crossbred, 7d to 8d per lb; looks and pieces, 3d to 6d per lb. Tallow, 14s to 18s 6d per cwt. Bones, £llos to £4 15s per ton; shank bones, £5 per ton. _____ AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Farm and Dairy Produce. Wholesale j Butter, prime fresh, 7d : second quality, 5d > third do, 3d to 4d; cheese, good factory, 5Jd to sid ; eggs, lOd: lard, in bladders, sid ; bacon and hams, 6d to 8d: Canterbury bacon, new cure, sides, 71 d, equal numbers, 73d ; bare hams, 9.1 d ; clothed, Ad extra. Flouk'Market.—Wholesale: Local rollers, first quality (sacks), £9 ss; second, £8 ss; Southern rollers,£9ss; stone flour,£Blos to £Blss; bran, £3 ss; Southern bran, £3 ss; local sharps, £3 10s; Soutlie’-n, £3 0s; cabin bread, £l7 : oatmeal, 25’s, £lolos ; Southern oats, 2s 2d to 2s 4d; local wheat, Tuscan, 2s 9d to 3s; Southern wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 6d; kidney potatoes, £2; pearl barley, £l7 per ton; maize, 3s; local potatoes, £3 ; beans, 3s 3d; onions, 3d per lb. Wheat (sacks extra), oats, chaff; oatmeal sold, sacks included, . Kauri Gum. - The gum market is still firm The current rate for fair to good ordinary gum is now about £3B to £39 per ton. East Coast is in good demand, and is firm at £55 to £56. Manures. -Bonedust, Sydney, £7 to £B, according to quality ; bonefiour, £8 to £8 10s: Auckland, £8 ; Long Island do., £4los, hags included : superphosphate, first quality, £7 10s to £8; second quality, £6 to £6 10s. • 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, Bs, 12s; town, 18s to 225; Taupiri, at mine, Bs, 12s; at Auckland. steam, 17s 6d ; household, delivered. 24s to 253 ; Whangarei, at mine, 9s 6d : yard, steam, 17s 6d ; household, 23s ; delivered, 25s ; Miranda, at mines, 7s to 10s ;at Auckland, 17s to 20s. Firewood; Uncut, at wharf, cargo, 6s 6d to 8s 6d per ton ; delivered, 10s to 12s; cut, 14s to 16s Building Materials.—Brices are as follow at present Timber: Boards and scantling, 100 ft best, 12s; second-class, 7s; best planed, tongued and grooved, first-class, 14s; medium, 12s; second-class, 9s; rusticated weather boards, firsLclass, 14s: medium, 12s; secondclass, 10s. New Zealand palings, sft (sap), 9s; (heart), 11s 6d; ti-tree rails, £3 10s per 100: puriri posts, £5; shingles, 13s per 1,000; Hobart palings, sft, 17s; 6ft, 19s; Hobart rails, 80s, selling quotations. Bricks, at Avondale, 30s per 1,000 ; town yards, 38s ; deliv-, ered, 41s, Drain pipes, at works: 2in drain tiles, 12in lengths, 50s per 1,000 ; 2Jin, 70s ; 3ft, 90s ; 4in. 130 s: 6in, 30s per 100 ; 3in socket pipes 2ft lengths, 6d each; 4in, 7d ; 6in, 9d : 9in, 2s 6d ; 12in, 2s 3d ; 15in, 3s 6d ; 18in, 4s 6d ; 21in, 8s; 24in, 12s.