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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 364, 8 November 1898, Page 2

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The Waikato Argus Office, Monday. AUCKLAND MARKETS. Mr J. Jones' Weekly Report.Poultry: Roosters, la 8d to 2s 7d; ducks, Is 6d to 2s Id; hens. Is 5d to Is 10d; geese, 3s; turkeys, 2s to 7s 3d; pigs, 6s 3d to 8s lOd ; special, 13s 5d ; new kidney potatoes, to Ifd ; Shepherd's, lid ; Canterbury, 9s 6d to 10s ; onions, 2rl to 2£d ; bacon, 5d to Cd lb ; hams, 6id to 7d; rolls, 3d to Gd ; middles, 4d ; butter, 6£d to lhA ; pastry butter, 5d to s£d; kegs, 6id to 7kj i eggs, B}d to Sfd; cheese, 4{d to o{d ; honey, 3d lb; pumpkins, 8s; kumaras, 8s 3d ; oats, 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; bran, £4 ; sharps, £5 ; chaff, £4 10s; maize, 2s 9d to 2s lid ; gooseberries, 2fd to 3sd lb ; lemons, 5d to 6d doz Mr Richard Arthur's Weekly Re port.—Business during the week has been brisk : -Southern table potatoes, £9 to £lO ; new kidneys, Hd to If d ; new Shepherds, Id to Hd ; Early Rose, Id to ljd ; red carrots, 2s to 2s 6d; oats, 2s 8d to 2s lOd ; maize, 3s ; barley, 3s Sd ; bran, 3s 9d to 4s ; sharps. 4s 9d to ss; vegetables to hand in large quantities, and disposed of at good prices ; Cape gooseberries, 3Ad to 4d ; lemons, 4d to 6d dozen ; dried apples, 6d to 7d ; fresh butter, 7d to 7Jd ; estgs, 8d to B|d ; Canterbury bacon, 6?jd to 7d ; do. hams, to 9d ; local bacon, 4£d to sid ; do. hams, 6d to 7d ; honey, to 3d ; roosters, 2a to 2s 6d ; fowls, Is 6d to 2e Id ; ducks, Is 9d to 2s 6d ; geese, 2s lOd to 3s 4d ; gobblers, 5s 9d to 7s ; turkey hens, 2s 9d to 3s 4d : pigs, 7s to 12s. Messrs Arthur Tooman and Co. a Report.—The produce and fruit markets have kept firm, with very little change in values. Poultry has been scarce and high in value. Welcome consignments of Waikato gooseberries ci»mc to hand, and realised up to 4£d per lb. The following are the prices ruling :- Potatoes, old, Southern, £9 10s ; East Coast, £7 ; new kidneys, 1-jd to ljd ; Round, lis to 13s cwt; maiza, 2s lid ; butter, prime dairy, 7d ; poor to medium, sid to 6sd ; prime keg, 6d to 61d ; pastry, fid ; eggs, B*d to 9M ; cheese new, farmers', 4£-d ; factory, large, 43d to fid ; loaf, s£d ; bacon, prime, farmers', 6id to 7d ; factory, 6fd ; Canterbury, old, 2d to 3£d ; hams, 7*d toßid. Fruit: American apples, 17s ; oranges, Sydney, 5s 3d to 7s ; local, 5s to 8s ; lemons, 5s to 6d ; loquats, 2d to 3jd : gooseberries, 4d to 4Jd ; tomatoes, placed 3000 bunches, ex Upolou, at an average of 2s 6d per bunch ; pines, 4s to 8s ; peanuts, 2d to 2§d ; cocoanuts, 5s 6d to 6s. Poultry : Ordinary fowls, Is 7d to 2b Id : fat young roosters, 2s to 2s 8d ; ducks, Is 9d to 2s 2d ; turkey gobblers, 7s to 8s 9d ; hens, 3s to 5s 2d ; geese, 2s 6d ; young pigs, 8s to 10s 6d ; porkers, lis 6d to 28s ; pork, 3|d to 4d. Messrs Alex. Aitken and Co. 8 Report.—Exceptionally heavy consignments came to hand to-day, and all lots were cleared at full value, owing to the large number of buyers who attended. Old potatoes still scarce and dear, consequently new sorts commanded high rates. Vegetables, plentiful; peas, beans and rhubarb selling exceptionally well; maize, scarce ; oats, weak ; chaff, slow of sale; butter, very plentiful, but in good demand; eggs, eagerly sought for at price quoted ; new cheese, just to hand, sold at 5d ; fruit, scarce ; gooseberries coming in in small lots, selling well; loquats, scarce; tomatoes, in great demand ; all poultry in good condition meets with ready sale; pigs and pork fully retain late values. We quote : Potatoes (Canterbury), 9s to 9s 6d : new kidneys, lid to l|d lb ; round, Id to l£d ; onions ('Frisco), 20s ; kumaras, £4 10s; rhubarb, 3s to 6s 6d; green peas, Is Id to Is 4d peck ; beans, broad, 9d to Is ; oats, ex store, 2s Bd, c.i.f., 2s 5Jd ; maize, 2s lOd; bran, £4 2s 6d ; sharps, £5; chaff, £4 5s to £4 10s; butter, prime dairy, 7d to 7id ; factory rolls, lOd, bulk, 7d ; medium dairy, 5;Jd to 6Jd ; keg, pastry, 6d; eggs, B|dtoß|d; bacon, 6fd to 7d ; farmers', 4|d to s£rd • hams, B§d ; farmers', 6£d to 7d ; cheese, 4fd to 6d , farmers', 4£d, wanted ; apples, 'Frisco, 16s to 18s; honey, bulk, 2d to 3d; sections, 3s 6d to 3s 9d; lemons, 4d to 6d per dozen, 5s to 5s 6d case ; oranges Tahitis, Is 6d doz., scarce; Sydney, 7s 6d to 9s 6d case; bananas, If d ; bunches, 2s 6d to 3s; pineapples, 4s 6d to 5s 6d case; Cape gooseberries, 4£d lb ; Rooseberries, 3jd to 4d ; loquatß, very . good, 3jd ; others, If ; tomatoes, 5d to 7d lb ; walnuts, 3d to 4d lb, scarce ; peanuts, 2|d to 2Jd lb ; charcoal, 3s 6d per sack ; hares, Is 6d each, wanted ; rabbits, Is to Is 3d pair. Poultry : Large supply. Roosters, 2s ; fat, 2s 3d to 2s 6d each ; hens, Is 6d to 2a ; fat, 2s to 2s 3d ; cockerels, Is 7d to la lOd ; ducks, lsßd to2ssd ; ducklings, 4sd to 9§d ; turkey roosters, 4s to 7s ; hens, 3s 6d to 4a 6d; geeae, 3s 6d, wanted. Pig 3, small, 4s 9d to 8s 3d ; others, 10s to 17s 6d ; pork, 3|d to 3§d, wanted.