COMMERCIAL

Waikato Argus, Volume II, Issue 126, 27 April 1897, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

Tiik Waikato Akovs Office, Monday. McNICOL ANDCO.'.S HORSE SALE. Mkssiw McNicoi, and Co. he'd a large sale of horses in the To Aroha pom d, enclosure on Satnrdiiy last, Mr G. F. McCullagh olfioiitingas auctioneer. In consequence of there being a scarcity of buyers present a number of horses wire passed in. Hacks brought from 15s to CS 10s ; horses bioken to harne-s, from £0 to Cl 7 ; unbroken horses, from CI to C 7 103 ; draught horses, from CD K»s to ClO.

AUCKLAND MARKETS

MkssksKsam and Anriicn's Wkkki.y Report.—The holidays ua'.uially interfered with the distribution if trade. Potatoes of really goo.l quality, of which there arc few. command good prices ; other sorts, according to conditiin. A slight demand for cere*'* for outside orders, can be reported. Fr.sh butter maintains recent quotation!), but keg quality is so indifferent in quality, that Island orders are not being til.ed this trip. Orders for general produce, fin Fiji, are piincipaby supplied from New South Wales and" Yie.oria. EfcgJ are scarce ; also, hams and bacon. Fruit : Pi ices all round show an improvement. Apples are kept dowa in price, owing to the quantity of infected sorts coining t) market. We quote as follows :—Local potatoes, £2 t) £3 10s ; kumaras, C 4 to £j 10s ; onions, £5 to £7 ; o ts, 2s Gd ; white carrots, "2os ; red, 30s ; pumpkins, 30s to 45s ; citron n.clous, 30s to 40s. Fresh butter, 5d to bid : cheese, 3d to S.'.d ; salt butter, S"jd to Gijtl ; eggs, Is 5.1 to Is I id : bacon, 3.\(1 to (id ; hams, 5d to Gid "; honey. 2d to 2VI. Fowls, Is to Is (id ; ducks, Is -id to la Sd. Fruit: Best dissert apples, Is to 7s ; cooking, 3s to 5s ; others, 2s to '2s Gd ; rtes'ert pears, half-case?, 4i to 7s ; Napoleons, 2s Gd to 3s 3d, and Id to lid lb ; hothouse giapcs. 9d to Did ; outdoor, '2.pl ; Persimmons, !)d ; passion fruit, lid ; tomatoes, Id to 2id ; Cape gooseberries, 3id to -Id ; giiavus, '2l ; quinces, 2s 3 I to 3s ; meillai's, Is 3d to Is !)d ; lemons, 4d to Gd ; small, 3d ; figs, ljdto '2d. Tick Nhw Zealand Loan- and Mercantile Agencv Company (Limited,) report.—Auckland Wool Stores, April '22nd. Owing to the Eavter holidays the hide and skin sales were held on Wednesday, 21si inst Hidei were ill full supply, but did not meet with such keen demand, except for heavy stmt. We quote : Prime stout ox, sid to G : t -d ; heavy stout ox, 4id to s£<l ; 1 ght and medium, 3jd to 4.|d ; cow hides, 3.{-d to 3jil ; kip, 'J : iil to o l ,il ; and calfskins, 3jd tosd. Sheepskins: Piiec3 about on a par with last wcik. Luge tprtadiug well saved pelts realising 3s 3i to 4s ; medium, '2s Gd to 3s ; small, Is 3d to 2s 3d. Wool : Several oddments have been sold by us dur.na the week. Cross-bred, at sid ; Merino, 4id ; lambs, yjd. Tallow, boms, hair, etc., are in good demand at our late quotations. items a>e worth from (is to Kis per ICO. according to weight. Oats : Market firm at last ■week's quotations. The destructive effect of recent stormy weather in the South, coupled with the drought in Australia, is certain to keep prices here at a high level : if, indeed, they do not go higher. Maize : Crop reports arc favourable for the most port, especially as to quality. Rce.nt sales on wharf, 2s Sd bushel. Pi tatccs : Market only moderately supplied. Good table potatoes are wo:th C 4 5s per ton on wharf. Bonedust has fair inquiry. We quote ex store at £5 10s. blood and bone manure, £5. Grass-seed : Season's demand now fairly well supplied. Oar sales during •week have been satisfactory at Ja'e quotations. Cocksfoot, 7s (id. Poverty Bay rye-grass, 5s Gd ; Canterbury ryegrass, 4s 0J per bit-hci. Me Alexanpei: Aitkk.v reports the demand for produce, etc., during the week was well maintained. Southern potatoes arrived to a good maiket. Onions also arrived in quantities from the South ; values remain about the .same for good samples. I quote : Southern table potatoes, ex wharf, £4 ; ex store, £4 10s to C 4 15s ; onions, £7 ; medium quality, CG ; local grown potatoes are almost iinsa'eiible, except for cattle feeil, CI ton : fur piiuie samplef Co is the outside value, not many coining to huiiJ ; pumpkins, £2 to £3 ; kumaras, red .CO ss, wlrte £3 Hh to £1 ; carrots, £1 os to £1 10s; oats (short feed),'2s Od ; Danish, £s Gil ; maize, 2s lOd to 3i ; wheat, 3s 'Jd to 3s lid : bran, i'3 l«"»s ; shaips, £4 for lecal ; .Southern, £4 10s ; chaff, £2 15s to £3 ; dairy produce, egrs, guaranteed. Is 5d to Is 71 ; butter, factory rolls, l(hl ; bulk, Oil ; dairy, prime, Old to 7d ; medium quality, 4id to sid ; pastry, 3d ; keg, prime, Gd (slow of sale) ; hams and bacon, Southern hams in cloth, Oil ; bare (old), 7id ; new, Sid ; bacon, Gid to 0,-d ; honey, bulk, 2>d to 2j'd ; chc-.se, loaf, -P/d to od ; huge, 4id ; farmers, 3d to 3id. Fiuit : Apples free from moth. us Gd to 7s case for best dessert : medium dessert, 3s Gd to 4s ; culinary, 3s Gd to •Is ; poor and mothed, Is 0d to 2s (id case ; pears, test desstrt, 2id to 3d ; Napoleons, IJd to lid ; quiuces, Jd to Id ; tomat os, lid to 2d lb ami Is to 2s case ; lemons, 4? to lis ease ; grapes, hothouse, Sid ; outdoor, ].[d to 2id ; walnuts, S, : .| ; chestnuts, oid ; watermelons, 3s. Gd to Gs lid dozen ; C»pe gooseberries, 3id to 4d. Poultry : Roo.tters, large, Is 0.1 to 2s 3d ; medium. Is 3d to Is Sd ; cockerels, Sd to Is -_M : hens, lOd to Is lid ; geese, 2s to '2s (id ; turkiys, hens, 2s to'2s Od ; gobblers, 2s Oil to 5s Gd ; ducks, good, Is 10J to 2s 2d ; poor, Is 2d to is Gd ; pullets, Is 9.1 V 0 2s Id ; pure bred fowis, Gs to l.'n Gd ; crossbred, 2s 3d to os Gil ; chickens, 31 to Sd ; pigeons, Gd to lOd ; canaries, 2s to 3s Gd. Pigs, medium, U)s (id to 14s ; weaners, Gs to 0s ; suckers, 3a Gd to ss.

Mkssks Aktuur Toomas ax» Co. report n very large amount cf business (lone in the produce Hue and several alterations in values. In the fruit department values advanced, not on account of any falling off in supplies, but ou account of the much improved Hiiality throughout. Ex s.s. Richmond ■we sold lili+O bunches of bananas at '2< (id to :« each. Poultry sold at greatly increased prices owing to shipping demand, i'igs were very plentiful at la'c value-. The produce maikct was fully supplied. Southern potatoes : Our consignments realised i'l \"n to £•"', only on account of bare market led supplies being under immediate leipiiieinents. Locals' bear such a bad name that only 10s to 4">s was obtained, with a few private sales up to Is til cwt. Onions, prime tealised up to .l'l lf>s, while p- or were unsaleable. Local crown are not keeping, and require quick sale. Southern arc offering Iree'y at L'.j to l'."> 1(K Pumpkins promise to beeonu a, drug, and sold at :U)s '<> M)-. Carrots and other soft feed are dull and low in price on account of Hush '•! Feed. Kumaias are unusually plen'il'ul and low in value, viz , i':! to C.I lon. lir.iin is firm. Cut tor at piVH-ut values is good, iiiid where (piali y i* AI salts are easi'y nude; but poor and mixed small lots are not iij-ke I for, the el >• ing of eic.im ri.'S this month "ill in rlolilit have the i ffeet of glutting the market with dairy-made during May. ]•))><.'* hive become very good property, mid udvair.-ed til |>( r d< / n in va'iu-. Cheese plentiful, and hud to sell oil account of the very | oor (piality, due to the liufavounib'u season for nuking We .juo'e ; Carrot-', £1 !<■ '.'l Ml, ; Southern pola-oe-, i'l l.n to iVj ; lecil, ii U f.i l'h ; pun pkino, K\ lta to .'.J j

1 ,s ; in ti/.e, '2s I'M to 3s ; oat--, 2s Oil : wheat, l« lo 4=i 3d ; kumaras, C2 10s to C 5 10s ; onions, L'."> IDs to £5 l.'.s ; butter, I i■'me fresh duiry 7d to Sil, factory rolls I KM ; cheese, poor I Ail to 3d, prime 3.'<l to4jd; eggs, Is 7<l ro Is KM; bacon, 4|d to Til: hams, SAil ; honey, 2d to 3d ; app'es, good cooking 3s lid to lis (id, choice dessert 4s to 6s Oil, poor Is (id to •2s Od : quinces, Is lid lo Is Gil case, 3s to .">s ewt iii sacks ; lemons, -Is lid to 7s 3d : pears, good dessert '2d to poor and cooking, Id to lid, Beutre Chirgeau 3J to 4}d ; peaches, (id ; walnuts, 4d to 5:1 : grape?, outdoor 2d to 3d, indoor Did to Is 3d; tomatoes, Id to lid, and tid to •2*-lid case. Poultiy : I loud roosters, Is Sd to -2s 4.1 : small and liens, Is 4d to Is Sd ; pure and well bred fowls, to 7s Gd each; turkey gobblers, 4s to (is 3d ; hens, poor, Is (id to 3s 3d ; ducks, Is 5d to -2s; gics-. '2s to 2s3d ; pigs, young 5s to 10s 3d ; heavy, 15s to ISs ; pork, 3d to 3ld. * ITAWKRA MARKETS. Tub Fomost Faumkks' Union (Limited), report tinier date—Hawora, April '22, ISi>7 :—Our monthly sa'e was held at Okaiawa on Thursday, the loth, but the wet weather was much against us, and only a small muster of stock came in, so with slack bidding only a moderate amount of business was done. We quote : Fat and forward steers, C 4 15s to .Co Is ; one and a-ha'f to two-year old steers, £2 15s to C 3 5s I cows in calf, £2 15s to £3 IDs ; store cows, £1 15s to £2 7s (id ; cue and ahalf to two-year-old heifers, CI 5s to IT 15s. »Ye held our sale at Manaia on Wednesday, the 21st hist. There was a fair entry of cattle, but business was dull throughout, and several of the lints returned home unsold. We quote :--One and a-lulf to two-year-old steers, CI 1.3 sto €-2 os; yearlings, ni'xed, CI to Ct 7s (id; waiucts, Ss to 1. - !s (id ; store eows, £1 to .CI 15s : eigliteeii-months-old lieifeis, CI '2s Gd to CI 7s Gd.