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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 445, 12 February 1890, Page 5

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Auckland, February 8. Messrs Arthur and Buddle’s Weekly Report.—The supply of fresh butter lias been much less. But lew eggs entered. No lirstclass bacon to hand; it is much wanted. Cheese has|beenplentiful, butlittle really good. Potatoes move off slowly at lateprices. Vegetables have sold well. .a. large supply of fruit; there has been an improvement in prices. Poultry: A good supply of fowls; no first lots. A fair supply of ducks and geese. No turkeys. Paces ruled low. Pigs were in fair supply, and prices were good. Fowls have brought lOd to 2s each; chicks, 8d to Is 6d ; hens and broods, 3s to 4s 6d ; ducks, Is to Is 3d; ducklings, lOd to Is 3d ; geese. 2s to 2s 6d ; pigs, small and rough, 3s to 3s 3d ; other lots, 7s to £1 4s; canaries, 2s to 33 9d ; guinea fowls, 7s each; potatoes, liobart, 2s 3d to 3s: Port Fairies, 2s 6d ; kidneys and magnum bonums, 2s 3d to 2s 8d: pumpkins, 3s 3d; cucumbers. 3d to 4id; rhubarb. Is 6d to 2s 6d; turnips, 21A to 71d ; carrots. 5d to 7d; peas, 6d to lid per peck; beans, 4d to sd ; cabbage, 2s per sack; red cabbage. Is Id to Is 2d per dozen ; onions. |d to Id; strings, ljd to lgd; picklors, Id; garlic, 3d ; sharps, 3s 6d ; bran, 3s 6d ; oats, 2s 2d to 2s 6d; flour,£9; bacon, inferior, 2d to 3|d, aides bacon, 6d to 6id ; fresh butter, 3sd to 6id ; eggs, 8d ; Orleans plums, 2;d to 3id; 'purple gage. 3d to 3Jd; green gage 3d to 4d; Golden Drop, 3 t d. to 4d ; "Victoria plum, 3Jd: black plums, 3:id to 4d»?: dark plums, l?d to 21d: Pond’s toeedling, 4:;d to 5d ; damsons. 21d 2|d ; grapes, 6d to 9d ; apples, Ad to 2d : pears 2d to 4d; Siberian crabs. 13d to 2Ad ; rock melons, 7s 3d dozen; lemons, 7*d to Is 73d ; Capo gooseberries, 3Jd to 7d; peaches, to Is dozen; small, |ljd to 2Jd; peaches, I.y to 3d lb; tomatoes |d to lid; Sydney oranges, 5s to 6s 6d ; Mandarins, 6s 3d ; mixed biscuits, 4d: gingernuts, 4d; plain lunch, 3d; sweet lunch, 4d; lollies, lid : tea, 15s to 20s. Mr ALEX. AITKEN’S MARKET REPORT.— Produce of most kinds has been in better demand. Potatoes have sold more freely at £2 10s to £3 for gQod line* ; cow potatoes, 2s to 2s 6d per sack. Onions have been quitted in good quantities, at from :|d to Id ; potato onions are hard to quit at Ad. Wheat: Coining torward freely. at from 3s to 3s 3d. Maize. Fair demand, at 3s. Vegetables of all kinds scarcer at fair prices: Peas, 6d toBAd; first-class garlic is in fair demand for shipping orders. Bacon ana hams of ilrst-class quality is remarkably scarce, and in good demand at 6d to 7d for bacon, and 8d far hams. Cheese lias moved oil' more freely; Farmers’, 3d to 3',‘d.: factory, prime, 4}d to 4id; loave3, bj : d. Eggs have been scarcer; Good fresh lots, Is to Is Id; doubtful lots. 6d to 9d, Fresh Butter: Most ot that to hand was in poor condition; prices ruled from 4id to 7d. Honey: Supplies all cleared at from 2d to 4d. For keg butter there is no demand at present. In the fruit department there has been a large supply: Cooking apples have ruled slightly lower, but dessert kinds have sold high. Plums and pears were also short, at higher rates. Good cooking apples, large, :ld to lid.; small and mothed. Ad to |d ; Irish poach, choice, 2)d to 3jd; Adams’ pearmain, 3Ad to 4d ; others, ltd to 2d. Pears : Bon Chretien, green. 3d to 3‘ f d: slightly coloured, 4dto4id; Windsor, Id to lid ; damaged, id : other pears 2d to 3d Peaches: Good, 8d to Is per dozen and 3d to 4 s d per lb ; small, 6d to 6;d per dozen. Nectarines, 9d to Is per dozen ; apricots, none: Orleans plums, 2Ad to 4Jd, according to condition ; Golden Drop, 2‘id to 4d ; Pond s Seedling, large, 5d to 5Ad; medium, 3:]d to4fd: green and purple ga"es,"2id to3ld: very choice, 4d ; damsons. 2d to 23d; Coe’s Prolific Damsons, 2id to 3.U1; lemons, lOd to Is Id; small, 6:1 ; tomatoes, id to lAd: green. Ad. In the poultry department all pens were filled. Poor and old fowls, Is to Is 3d ; good ordinary, Is 5d to Is 8d: roosters, young in condition. Is 7d to Is lid ; small and old, Is 2d to Is 4d ; clucks, 10d to Is; ducks. Is Id to Is lid and 2s Id : geese. 4s each ; turkey cocks, 6s 6d ; canaries. 2s to 8s ; pigeons, 8d to Is. Pigs were entered in good numbers. Vcry choice breeds, 10s 6d to 14s 6d; fair lots, 7s to 8s 9d ; otilers, 5s to Os. _ Messrs Alfred Buckland and Son s Weekly Report.— At the Hay - arket during the past week oaten sheaves have been in'full supply, and have brought from Is 9d to 2s the cwt; meadow bay in small loads lias been better worth. At the hide and skin sale on Tuesday, heavy hides in condition brought from 4Ad to 5-}d, but medium and light weights were under 3d ; cow hides, lAdto 2Ad; calfskins, 3Ad to 4Jd the lb ; tallow, 17s and 18s 6d the cwt; sheepskins, and nelts. from Is to ss; lambs’tins, Is 7d to 3s 2d each. Several bales and parcels of wool ranged from 61d to 9 d the lb. At Waiuku. on Saturday, a smaller than usual muster of cattle sold but moderately well, but many sheep were yarded and sold satisfactorily; ewes, from 6s 6d to 9s; rams, from 15s to 60s : lambs, 7s 6d each. At the sheep fair, on Tuesday, ewes were yarded in numbers fully equal to the advertisements, but weri mostly aged culled sheep. Of the 9,000 sold not more than 1,500 were young sheep. Prices were good throughout. Voung ewes, from two to six tooth, brought from 9s to 10s 6deach; culled longwoolled ewes, 5s to 8s; half-bred ewes, 3s 6d to 6s; merino ewes, 2s to 5s 6d each : longwcolled wethers, 9s to 12s 6d each, and with the exception of less than 200 ail yarded were sold. The rams yarded were almost confined to Lincolns, and they were mostly of superior quality. The prices obtained by individual breeders can scarcely be looked on as indications of tlieir quality, for the buyers were mostly satisfied when about one half were sold, and prices fell in consequence of the numbers penned. Prices for good Lincolns ranged from £2 to £9. Leicesters were inquired for, but not exhibited. Romney Marsh did not sell, and Downs or black-faced sheep of all breeds were at lowvalues; two-tooths from one to two guineas each, and aged rams of all kinds worth a few shillings only. At Remuera on Thursday dairy cows were in limited number and rail-inquiry. Store cattle: More numerous that usual, at late values. Fat cattle plentiful. One draft of 40 oxen withheld from the auction. Prices equal to finish of last week's sale were at 14s for steers 10s for cows of prime quality. Fat sheep in full numbers, and kept last week’s valuer. Wethers, lijd to 2d ; ewes. lAd the lb. Lambs in short supply, were better worth, and brought from 7s to 10s 6d each. Porkers in demand at full values, and store pigs were also in request. Some averages were: 8 oxen, £6 14s; 67 oxen, .£6 9s; 20 steers, £6 2s; 8 steers, £5 2s 6d ; 13 steers, £5 : -18 steers, £5 7s 6d ; 1!) cows, £3 15s; 6 cows, £3 12s;-200 wethers, 12s: 250 mixed sexes, 9s 6d; 200 wethers, 10s 3d; 120 wethers, hoggets, 10s; 76 lambs, 9s; 16 iambs. 9s 6d; 30 lambs, 8s 9d Messrs Hunter and Nolan’s Weekly Report.— Horse feed, grain, seed, etc. Supplies have been ample, but very little business has been done. We quote: Oats. Is 9d to 2s 4d per bushel: maize, 2s 3d to 2s 9d ; bran, £3 10s per ton. Horses: Owing to the Jubilee holidays no auction sales were held, but a few changed hands privately at quite the previous week s values, and a few good backs_ fully realised vendors’ expectations. W 001, hides, and skins : Moderate quantities were pitched at the Durham Yards on Tuesday, and competition was steady. We quote: Ox hides, 2d to 31d per lb; cow lid to 2d ; calfskins, 2:Jd to 4d per lb. Cattle: The market has revived much after the holidays, and a demand ha 3 existed for all descriptions at prices slightly in favour of the seller. There w-as an average muster at Newmarket on Tuesday, and rather more than that on Wednesday. Competition whs steady for all descriptions. Dairy and store stock were unaltered in value, and there was an advance on the previous week’s rate for fat stock, some averages of which were :—Steers, £6 4s. 4 6. £5 15s. £5 12s 6d, £5 2s 6d, £4 4s 6d; cows. £4 7s 6d, £4 5s £3 10s, £3 9s 6d, £2 17s fid. Sheep: The supply has been sufficient for requirement. A steady demand has existed, and the competition at Newmarket on Tuesday was good. Wethers sold at from 10s 9d to 13s 6d; ewes from 9s to 12s 6d; lambs, from 6s to 9s 9d each. Pigs: Very few yarded. Messrs G. W. Binney and Sons’ Report. On Tuesday hides sold freely at late quotations. a few picked prime ox selling at extreme rates, but thi* cannot be taken as a fair market Quotation. We quote: Stout ox, 3Jd to ; heavy, 3d ; medium, 2|d to 2Jd ; picked cow. 2d to 2Ad; good lines, lid to ljd; inferior. Id to lid; kips. lAd to 3d; calf. 3d to 4Ad per lb. Sheepskins’ Salted pelts in brisk demand; picked. Is lOd to 2s; ordinary. Is 6d to Is 9d ; small, 9d to Is. Lambs’: Large. 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; small, 9d to Is 3d. Dry pelts, 9d t o Is 9d each. Wool: Lambs', 7d to 7id; crossbred. 7d to 8d per lb. Tallow: Best, 18s 6d; medium, 16s; inferior, 10s to 12sper cwt. Bones: Firm at £4 10s to £4 lbs per ton; shanks, £5 per ton ; horns. Ad to Id each. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. FARM and Dairy Produce. Wholesale : Butter, prime fresh, 3d: second quality, sd; third do, 4d; cheese, good factory, 5,d to 5Ja; eggs Is; lard, in bladders, 5Ad ; bacon ana hams. 6d to 8d; Canterbury bacon, sides, 7 2 d, equal numbers, 73d; bare hams, 9£d; clothed, Ad e3 FLOUR Market.—Wholesale: Local rollers, first quality tsacks), *9 ss; : Southern rollers,£9 ss; stone flour,£Blos to £Blss , bran, £3 ss; Southern bran, £3 ss; local sharps, £3los; Southern, £3 0s; cabin bread, £l7 : oatmeal, 25’s, £lolos : Southern oats. 2s 2d to 2s 4a; 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 £39 to £4O per ton. East Coast is in good demand, and is firm at £55 to £56. Supplies for the month to date are 150 tons. Manures.-Bonedust; Sydney, £7 to £B,. according to quality; bonefiour, £8 to £8 10s

Auckland, £8; Long Island do., £4los, bags 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, 7* 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.— Prices 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, first-class, 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, soiling quotations. Bricks, at Avondale, 39s per 1,000 ; town yards, 38s ; delivered, 41s, Drain pipes, at works: 2in dram tiles, 12in lengths, 50s per 1.000 : 2Ain. 70s ; 3ft, 90s ; 4in. 130 s: bin, 30s per 100: 3in socket pipes 2ft. lengths, 6d each; 4in, 7d ; bin, 9d : 9in, 2u 6d ; 12in, 2s 3d ; 15in, 3s 6d ; 18in, 4s 6d; 21in, 8s; 24in, 12s.