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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 276, 19 April 1898, Page 2

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Tuk Waikato Argus Office, Monday. AUCKLAND MARKETS. Mr J. Jones' Weekly Report.— Butter, Bj-d to lUjd ; eggs, Is 2-Jd to Is 3£d ; cheese, 3|d to 4d per lb ; hams, 5Ad to 7d per lb ; bacon, 5d to 8d per lb, and 4d ; potatoes, Southern, £5 ; local, £4 10s to £5 ; onions, £6 10s to £7 ; pumpkins, 3s to 4s 6d ; Citron and piemelons, 2s 9d to 3s 3d cwt ; kumaras, 0s to 7s ; water melons, 3s to 9s 9d dozen ; keg butter, 6£d to 7]d ; poultry, roosters, Is 3d to Is 8d ; hens, Is to Is 3d ; ducks, Is 3d to la 6d ; prize strain, 2s Gd ; chicks, 4A,d to 8d ; pits, 5s to 9s 9d each ; turkey gobblers, 5s to 7s each ; hens, 2s 9d to 3s 4d each ; apples, Is 3d to 3s 9d ; quinces, Id to l|d ; lemons, 3d to sjd ; tomatoes, £d to Id ; figs, lid to 2d ; walnuts, 5d to 6-jd ; oranges, 3s to 4s 6d ; maize, 2s lOd to 2s lid ; bran, £4 to £4 5s ; sharps, £5 15s to £6 ; oats, 2s 8d to 2s 10d ; chaff, £3 15s to £4 10s ; green peas, 8d to Is 2d peck ; beans, 4d to 7d peck. Mil ALEXANDER AITXEN'S REI'ORT. Prices for all Hues were very good today. Potatoes were a little easier owing to heavy arrivals Maize is still very scarce and consequently dearer. Oats continue firm, also all kinds of chaff, which is badly wanted. Kumaras scarce and rising. &ggs a little easier. Putter rising. Keg and bulk butter of all kinds is realising tip top prices, although last year it was hardly saleable at this time. A grand assortment of fruit came to hand this week, and all was cleared at full values excepting tomatoes, which fell rapidly. Quinces rose to lfd, and are wanted by the ton. Fowls are still low, likewise pies. I quote:—Potatoes, kidneys, Canterbury and Hobarts, £5 ; local, Hobarts, 4s 6d to £5 ; ouions, Globes, £7 to £7 10s; kumaras, £6 to £7 10s ; oats, firm, 2s 6d ; maize, firm, 3s, market bare ; bran, £4 ; sharps, £5 10s ; chaff, £4 to £5 ; butter, prime dairy Sd to 9|d, factory lOd to Is, new keg 7d to 8d ; eggs, la to Is 3d ; bacon, 6|d, farmers' 4d ; hams, 8(1 to 9d ; cheese, 4Ad to sd, fanners' 2d to 3d ; honey, bulk 2d to 3d, sections 3s 9d, scarce ; apples, 401 b. casts, 2s 3d to 5s 6d case ; inferior, Is 3d to 2s 2d ; pears t stewing qprts id to Id, Beurre DielAlJd to 3d ; lemons, 4£d to 6d dozen; water nielous, Is 6(1 to 5s 6d dozen ; rock melons, Is 3d to 3s 6d dozen ; persimmous, 9d to Is dozen ; medlars, Is to la 6d per quarter case j quinces, ljtl to Jfd lb ; bananas, IA/1 to lfd lb ; passion fruit, lfd dozen ; grapes, hothouse 9d to Is Id lb, outdoor 3d to 4d ; tomatoes, A/l to 'IJcl lb, ripe ; figs, Jid to 2d dozen ; Cape gooseberries, 4A/1 to 5d lb ; walnuts, to 84d lb. Poultry : Roosters, Is to 28 3d ; mixed, 9d to Is 9d ; ducks, Is to Is 6d; turkeys, roosters 4s 6d to 7s 6d each, hens 2s 6d to 3s 6d; geese, Is 6d to 3s 3d ; pigs, 4s 6d to 6s 6d each ; large, 8s 3d to lis 6d.