COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 352, 11 October 1898, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Waikato Argus Office, Monday. AUCKLAND MARKETS. Mr Richard Arthur's Weekly Retort.—Good business during the week has been transacted. I quote : Southern table potatoes, £7 to £8 ; do., seed, £o to £6 ; new kidneys, lsd to 2£d ; white carrots, 30s ; red do., 35a to 45s ; pumpkins, 5s to 7s ; omous, Ifcl to 2d ; bran, 3s 9d to 4s ; sharps, 4s 9d to 5s ; feed oats, 2s 8d to 2s lOd ; seed do., 3s 4d to 3s 6d ; wheat, 3s 9d ; maize, 3s; barley, 3s 6d to 3s 9d. Vegetables to hand 10 large quantities, and sold at high prices. Cape gooseberries, 3£d to 4d ; lemons, 4d to 6d dozen ; dried apples, s£d to 7d ; fresh butter, 8d to 9d ; keg, 8d to lOd ; eggs, 8d to B£d ; cheese, 4£d to s£d ; Canterbury bacon, 6§d to 7d ; do. hams, Bjd to 9d ; local bacon, 4|d to 6d ; local hams, s|d to 7d : honey, section, 2s 6d to 3s 6d dozen, 2£d to 3d lb ; fowls, Is 3d to Is 8d ; roosters, Is Sd to 2s 5d ; ducks, Is 5d to 2s; geese, 2s 4d to 2s 9d ; turkey gobblers, 4s 6d to 6s ; do. hens, 2s 6d to 33 ; small pigs, 7s to 13s. . Messrs Alex. Aitken and Co. s Weekly Report.—At our market sale to-day every line met with spirited bidding. Supplies were large in all classes, excepting fruit, which was scarce. Potatoes rose to £8; onions, to 15s 6d ; pumpkins, to 9a; and eggs, to Bjd, all enumerated lines closing firm. Butter came in freely, but all consignments were cleared at full values. Hams and bacon in full supply at late rales, but very firm, and likely to rise. Cheese, very scarce, and farmers' lots sold to 4£d. Nearly 10,000 bunches of bananas arrived, and sold at 2s 6d to 3s, closing very strong. Poultry is again rising and pigs and pork are realising tiptop prices. We quote: Potatoes (Canterbury), £8: local, £7, firming ; Canterbury seed kidneys, 9s ; Hobart seed, 6a to 6s 6d ; new kidneys, to 2d lb; round, ljd ; onions (local), 16s; 'Frisco, 15s 6d ; kumaras, £6 to £7 ; pumpkins, £8 to £8 10s, wanted ; swede turnips, 503 per ton ; carrots (white), £1 5s to £1 10s per ton ; red do , 355, slow ; green peas, 2s 4d to 3s peck ; oats, firm, ex store, 2s Bd, c.i.f , 2s 6£d ; maize, 2s 9d to 2s lOd ; bran, £3 17s 6d, firming ; sharps, £4 15s, firming ; chaff, £4 5s to £5; butter, prime dairy, 7id to B£d; factory rolls, lOd; bulk, 7sd to 8d; medium dairy, 7d; kegs pastry, 7d ; eggs, 7|d to B£d. firming ; bacon, 6fd to 7d, farmers' 4£d to 6d ; hams, B£d, farmers' s]-d to 6d ; cheese, 4Jd to wanted ; apples, local, all finished ; Tasmaniau, 8s 6d to 13s 6d ; 'Frisco. 15s ; dried, 4d to 5d lb ; honey, bulk 2d to 3d, sections 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; lemons, 4d to 6d per dozen, 53 3d to 6s case; mandarins, 10s 6d to 12s 6d ; oraDges, Tahitis, Is 6d dozen, scarce ; Poor Man's, 9s 6d to 10s 6d case ; St. Michael's, 7s 6d to 10s ; Sydney, 9s to 10a 6d case ; bananas, %d lb, scarce, 2s 9d to 3s 6d bunch, scarce ; pineapples, 3s 9d to 5s 6d dozen, 10s to 12s case ; passion fruit, 3d dozen, Sydney Us 6d case; Cape gooseberries, 4£d to 5d lb ; loquats, 3|d to 4d lb ; hot-house tomatoes, 9d lb ; walnuts, 4£d to 5d lb, scarce ; peanuts, 2.[d to 2£d lb ; charcoal, 3s to 3s 6d per sack ; hares, Is 3d to Is 9d each, wauted ; rabbits, Ik to Is 6d pair. Poultry : Roosters, good, Is lOd to 2s 6d, poor Is to Is 6d each ; hens, Is 2d to Is lOd ; cockerels, Is 7d to 2s ; ducks, Is 9d to 2s 6d, rising ; ducklings, 5d to la ; turkey roosters, 3s 6d to 6s 6d, all poor ; hens, 2s 6d to 3s 3d, rising ; geese, 2s 6i to 3s, wanted. Pigs, barrows, 5s 6d to 8s 6d ; weaners, 7s 6d to 12s 6d each ; stores, 13s 6d to 15s 9d ; pork, dairy, 3|d to 4d lb ; coarse, 3d to 3£d.

HAWERA MARKETS. The Eomokt Faioiees' Union report: —We held our monthly sale at Okaiawa on the 29th ult., when there was a fair yardiug of stock. Bidding was brisk for store cows and weanera. We quote : Dairy heifers, £3 16s to £i 12s 6d; heifers in calf, £2 5s to £3 ; store cows, £1 9s to £2 ; two year heifer 3, £1 6s to £1 14s; yearlincs, 17s to £1 Is 6d. Pigs. £1 17s. Sheep s Dry ewes, 7s. On Friday, the 30th, we held a clearing sale on account of Mr Body, of Waipuku. The stock were in good condition, and therefore realised satisfactory prices. Ws quote : Dairy cows, £4 2s 6d to £6 15s; dairy heifers, £3 7s 6d to £5 ; pigs, 13s to £i 2s 6d ; horses, £1 15s to £lB 15s.