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Waikato Argus, Volume VI, Issue 447, 13 June 1899, Page 2

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The Waikato Abgus Office, Monday AUCKLAND MARKETS.

Mr J. Jones' Weekly Report.— Butter, 6jd to 9d lb ; eggs, Is 8d to la 10id ; keg butter, 6d to 7d It; cheese, 3Jd to 4d ; bacon, green, 6d to 6jd ; smoked, 5Jd to 6Jd ; hams, 6d to 7£d lb ; roller] hams, 6Jd lb ; rolls, 5d to 6d ; box butter, 4£d to 6|d ; inferior, 4|d to s|d ; honey, 3d lb, and 3s 6d doz. sections ; potatoes, £2 5s to £2 10s; Canterbury, £2 15s to £3 ; onions, £2 10s ton and 's3 6d cwt; kumarap, 4s to 4s 6d ; pumpkinß, 2s to 2s 6d ; kidney seed, 3s 10 3s 3d ; cirrota, Is 3d cwt. Poultry and pigs: Roosters, Is 6d to 2s 4d; hens, Is 3d to la lOd ; ducks, Is 7d to Is lOd ; turkeys, 2s 3d to 3a 6d ; gobblers, 5a to 7a 9d ; geese, 2s to 2s 6d ; pigs, 7s 6d to 13s ; others, 14s 9d ; dressed pork, 3d to 3jd lb. Fruit: Apples, 7s to 9s .case ; lemons, 3d to 4d doz.; guavas, Id to ljd lb ; Cape gooseberries, 2|d to 3|d; oat 3, 28; bran, s*s 6d ; sharps, 4s 10J ; maize, 2s to 2s 3d ; wheat, 2s 3d to 2s sd; chaff,, £2 10s. Messrs Richard Arthur and Co.'s Weekly Report.—Business has been good during the last week. Southern potatoes, £2 10s to £2 17s 9d ; kumaras, 3s 6d to 4s ; pumpkins. £2 ; onions, £3 to £3 10s ; sharps, 4s 6d ; oats, Is 9d to to Is lOd ; Maize, 2s 5d ; chaff, £2 to £2 10a ; barley, 2s 61 ; wheat, 2s 3d to 2a sd. Fruit : Apples (large cases dessert), 7s to 9s ; (small cases dessert), 3s to 4s ; cooking large cases, 6s to 8s ; small cases, 3s to 4- ; lemons, 3d to 3d doz ; grapes, 8d to B£d : oranges, 3s 6d : fresh butter, Bjd to lOd ; keg, 7d to 6Jd ; .frerh eggs, Is 7£d to Is 9Jd ; cheese, 3£d to4d ; Canterbury bacon, 7£d ; hams, B£d roosters (table) la lOd to 2s 5d ; ducks, Is Sd to 3s; geese, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; hen turkeys, 2s lid to 3s ; gobb'ers, 5s to 6s 6d s pigeons, 5d to 8d ; pigs (small) 5s to 9s ; large, 10s to 15s; honey, 2sd to 3^d.

Messes Donald and Edenbobough's Weekly Refobt.—Business has been very brisk. We quote : Oamaru potatoes, £2 12a 6d to £2 15s, local £2 to £2 5s ; kumaraa, 3s to 4s ; pumpkins, Is 6d to 2s 6d ; onions, Southern £2 15s to £3 10s, local £2 15s to £3 ; citron melons, Is 6d to 2a 3d; oats, Is lOd to 2s Id; kidney seed potatoes, £2 15s to £3 15s; bacon, local 5d to 63d, Southern 8d ; hams, local 5 3 d to 7d, Southern 8d to B|d ; butter, separator (lib rolls), 9d to 9 3 d, bulk 8d to BJd, dairy 7d, keg to 7§d, pastry 4d to s s d : cheese, large size 4|d, loaf ssd ; eggs, Is 9d ; apples, choice dessert 6s 6d to 8s 9d, others 3s 2d to 5s 9d, prime cookers 5a to 7s 3d, others 3a 2d to 4a 9d ; lemona, 4s to 5s 3d ; walnuts, 4£d to 5d ; peanuts, 2d to 2Jd ; cocoanuts, 6s to 7s 6d ; dried apples, 4 2 d to 5d ; grapes, IOJd to Is 3d ; bananas, Is 7d to 3s 6d bunch, ljd to lifd per lb ; oranges, 6d dozen, 5s case ; Poor Man's oranges, 4s to 6s 6d.

Misses Alkx. Aitken (Limited) Retort.—We were again favoured with a crowded audience to-day ; but prices generally aie still low. Vegetables are in great demand. Potatoes dull. Onions firmiDg. Carrots scarce. Bran rising. Farmera' butter and eggß very firm. Factory butter still easy. Fruit scarcer and must rise. Bares and rabbits sell very well. Poultry rising all round. Pigs in good demand. We are importing Canterbury kidney seed weekly and can recommend the sample to our customers :—The following is an absolute summary of our tales :—Potatoes, locals 40s to 453 ton, Oamaru Derwents 50s to 60s ton, new kidneys 3s 6d to 7s cwt ; need potatoes, Lapstones and Flukes 3s 6d to 4s, Shepherds 4s 6d ; kumaras, 2s to 38 6d per cwt, firmer ; onions, Silverskins 2s 6d to 4s, weak, but will rise, Pickbrs 4s 6d to 7s ; garlic, ljd lb ; carrots, white, 25s to 35s ; pumpkins, Is 6d to 28 cwt, likely to rise ; Citron and Piemelons, 2s 6d to 3s, rising ; cabbages, Is 6d to 3s 6d dozen ; cauliflowers, 2s to 4a ; celery, 6s to 9s dozen ; oats, ex store, la 9d to Is lOd, firm ; maize, 2a 4d to 2s 6d : barley, 2a 8d ; bran, £4 ; sharps, £4 15s ; chaff, new, £2 to £2 10s, firm ; butter, prime dairy 7jd to 9 2 d, milled 5d to 6d, factory rolls 9d to lOd, choice, factory bulk 7d to 9d, medium dairy 5d to 6d, kegs 4d to 6d per lb : eges, Is 6d to Is 9d, scarce ; pickled, 9d to lOd ; bacon, 6d to 7£d ; hams, 8d; farmers', 6£d to 7d even numbers, 7gd to 8d ; cheese, 4d to 5d ; farmers', 3Jd to 4Jd ; honey, bulk, 3d : sections, 3«, wanted; lemons, 3d to 5d per dozen, 3s to 4a 6d case ; pears, small, l 3 d ; prime, 2Jd to 4d lb ; grapes, lOd fo Is 3d, scarce ; bananas, lfd lb; ripe, la 6d to 2s bunch ; pineupples. 9s 6d to 14s case ; oranges (Island), 3s fid to 5s case ; apples, 3s 6d to 4a 9d case ; clean cookers, 2d to 2Jd ; choice dessert, 5s to 7s 6d ; tree tomatoes, Id to l s d lb ; passion fruit, 6s 6d to 9a case ; tomatoes, Id to ljd lb, slow; Cape gooseberries, 3Jd to IJd lb; guavas, l|d to 2£d lb ; walnuts, new, 6d, wanted ; mushrooms, 3d to 4£d lb; cocoannts, 5s 6d per sack ; peanuts, 2d lb; charcoal, 2a Sd to 3s, weak ; hares, Is 3d to 2n each ; rabbits, Is 3d to Is 9d pair; Poultry : Good demand. Roosters, Is 7d to 3s Id ; hens, Is Id to 2s ; pullets, Is 3d to 2s, wanted ; ducks, la lOd to 2s lOd, rising; turkey roosters, 3s to 6s 6d; hens, la 6d to 3s, good demand ; geese. 2s 3d to 2s lOd ; guinea fowls, 5s each, wanted. Pigs, good sorts, 9s to 15s ; small, 3s 3d to 5s ; pork, 3jd.