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Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 510, 7 November 1899, Page 2

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Ths Waikato Argub Office, Monday. ROTORUA MARKET REPORT. Mr W. T. Raymond Reports.— At the mart, Rotorua, on Tuesday, the following prices were realised :- Fowls, Is 6d to U 9d ; eggs, 8d dozen ; butter, 8d lb ; cabbages, 2s to 3s dozen ; cauliflowers, 4s to 63 dozen ; new potatoes, 2d lb for hmall lots, ljd lb for large; carrots, leeks and parsnips, 3d bunch ; peas, 2s peck. Vendors will find this market a good one for all vegetables in good condition. Stock report : Business has been brisk in all classes of stock this spring. Orders from outside this district are coming in freely. 300 wellreared youug cattle have left for one buyer this last month. AUCKLAND MARKETS. Messrs Hall and Perkins Rifort Butter : Dairy, s|d to 7d ; bulk wanted, 7d to 8d ; cheese, wanted, 3Jd to sd, if new; carrots, 15s ; eggs, very plentiful, bulk, 6£d to 6fd; lot to 7£d ; gooseberries, bulk, 3Jd to 4d ; few to 5d ; lemons, rather better demand, 5s to 5s 6d ; onions, good keeping sorts, 8s to 10s cwt; potatoes, kidney bulk, £d ; few at Id : Shepherds, none «nder £d lb ; some to |d. Mb J. Jones' Weekly Report.— Poultry : Roosters la 9d to 1% lOd, hens Is 6d to 2s, ducks Is 6d to la lid, ducklings 3d to lid, chicks 5d to lOd, turkey hens It 5d to 2s 6d, gobblers 5i to 6s 3d ; pigs, Si to lis 5d ; dressed pork, 3d to 3sd ; rabbits, 8d to lOd ; hares, Is 6d to 2s each ; butter 6d to 8d lb, keg butter 6d to 7|d ; cheese, 3£d to 4d ; eggs, 6£d to 7Jd ; bacon, sides s}jd to 6}d, rolls 4d to 5d ; hams, 6d to 7£d ; heney, 3* 6d to 4s doztn ; lard, 4£d ; new kidneys 6s to 7a 61, Shepherds 2s 6d to 4s 6d, old, Canterbury £2 5s to £2 10s ; onions, 6s to 7s 6d ; pumpkins, 5s ; maize, 2s ; wheat, 2s lOd to 2s lid ; oats, 2s 3d ; bran, £3 15s ; sharps, £4 6s ; chaff, £2 Ss ; dried apples, 4d to 5d ; green peas, Is 6d to Is lid; lemons, 3s to 43 6d case ; oranges, 5s to 53 9d case ; walnuts, 2d to s£d ; pig's checks, ljd to 2d ; honey, 2|d to 3sd lb. Messrs Richard Arthur and Co.'s Wpbkly Report.—Business during the past week has been brisk :—Southern ttble potatoes £2 10s, new kidneys f d to Id and 5s to 6s cwt, do. Shepherds £d to fd and 2s 6d to 4s cwt ; onions, $d to J£d ; knmaras, 4a 9d to 5s 6d ; pumpkins, 5s 6d to 6s 6d ; oats, 2s 2d to fcs 3d ; lemons, 3d to 6d dozeu ; gooseberries, 3£d to 4|d ; mushrooms, 2d to 2£d ; fresh eggs, 6d to 6Jd ; do. butter to 7d, keg butter s£d to 7d ; Southern bacon, 6Jd to 6Jd ; Jo. hams, 74/1 ; local bucon, to 6d ; do. hams, 5d to 6d ; cheese, 4d to 4£d j honey, 3d to Roosters, Is lOd to 2s 6d ; fowls, la 6d to Is lid ; ducks, Is 7d to 2s ; geese, 2s to 2s 4d ; turkey gobb'ers, 6a to 7s 9d ; do. hens, 2s 8d to 3s 4d ; heus and broods, 2s 3d to 3s 6d ; ducklings, 3d to lOd ; chicks, la to Is 6d. Messrs Donald and Edenbobotjgh Report.—Fruit : Business aince our last report has improved greatly and prices hare advanced. The supply of Sydney fruit is not equal to the demand, but we expect larger shipments from this forward. The market is bare of Island oranges, consequently Sydney and local rfre in demand. Apples: The " Mariposa " landed about 2000 cases of American apples which arrived in good order : We quote, Tasmaoian, 10s to 12s ; American coloured, 13s to 163 ; other lamples, 12s 9.1 to 13s 6J per ca;e; oranges, wanted, local, lis 6d to 12s 3d per case ; 5s to 5s 6 i per half case ; Sydney, 8s to 10a per case; mandarins, shoice, 9s 3d to lis 6d per case ; lemons, 3a 6d to 5s per case ; pines, 6s to Us 6d per case according to condition ; loquats, Is Bd*to 6s 3d per half case ; passion fruit, lis 6d to 16s 31 per case ; cherries, 13s to 21s per half case ; bananas, 2s to Is per bunch ; l|d per lb repacked ; walnuts, (lull of sale 5d to 6d per lb ; peanuts, 1-Jd to per lb according to lample ; potatoes, Southern, £2 5s to £2 10s per ton ; new kidneys, £d to 1 Jd per lb ; Shepherds, 3s 6d to 6i par cwt ; green peas, Is 5d to 2s per peck ; onions, prime local, 8s to 10s ; American, lis to 14s per cwt; kumaras, 6s to 6s 6d per iwt; pumpkins, 5s 6d to 6s per cwt. Butter: Taraoatu rolls, 9|d to lOd ; bu'k, BJd to 9d ; fresh dairy, 6£d to 8d ; farmers' keg (prime wanted) 7d to 8d ; pastry, 4Jd to 5d per lb ; eggs, good demand, 6d to 7d per doz ; cheese, 3jd to IJd ; loaf, s£d per doz ; bacon, local, 5d to 6}-d ; hams, 6d to 7d per lb ; oats, prime feed, 2s 3d to 2s 4d per bushel; fowl wheat, 2s 9d to 3a per bushel; maize, 2s lOd per bushel ex wharf ; 3a Id bx store. Poultry: In demand, young roosters, 23 to 2s 9d ; others, Is 8d to Is lOd ; hens, Is 6d to 2s ; ducks, 2s to 2s 6d ; turkey gobblers, 5s to 7s 3d ; hens, 3s 6d to 4s 3d ; geese, 3s each ; pigs, suckers, 7s 9d to 9s ; weaners, 10s 6d to 13a 3d each ; dressed pork, 3d to 3Jd per lb ; fungus, dry, 3jd per lb. Messrs Alex. Aitken (Limited) Report.—The activity last reported iu feed lines still continues, and all grain is likely to rise. Old potatoes are badly held, and although still very good the demand is slack. New kidneys and Shepherds are now coming in freely, and prices are not firm locally. All prime onions are now enquired for at top rates. Carrots are almost unsaleable, and good snuff is scarce and rising. Oats and maize are very firm, also wheat, etc. New cheese and primest pat butter in great demand. Eggs plentiful at an average of 6Jd. All fruit is very scarce and dear. Victorian cherries just to hand realised up to 20s per case Local oranges in great request at 10s to 12s. Poultry are still in short supply and show improved sales with all well-bred young pigs. The following is an absolute summary of our sales :—Potatoes, 20s to 30s , table Dt-rwents, c.i.f. 35s to 40s, ex s'ore 45s ; new kidneys, Jd to lb ; round sorts, 3s to ss; kuinaias, 6s 6d per cwt ; onions, 8s 6d to 9s for prime, Fiiscos 12s Gd ; pumpkins, 7s 3d to 8s 6d cwt ; green peas, Is to Is 6d peck ; cucumbers, 4s to 6s doz.n; asparagus, 4s to 6s ; carrots, 15s to 20s ; rhubarb, 3* to 6s ; caulifbwers, 3s to 6s dozen, scarce ; celery, 4s to 9s doztn ; oats, ex store, 2s 2d to 2s 4d, rising ; maize, c.i.f. 2s lid, ex store 3s ; bran, firming ; sharps, firming ; chaff, £2 to £2 7s 6d, good sorts scarce ; butter, prime dairy 6d to Sd, milled sil to 7d, factory rolls 9Jd to lOd, medium dairy 4d to sd, kegs 6d to 6£d, prime, medium 4d to 5d , eggs, 6d to 7<l, wauted 10,000 dozen weekly ; hams 7d, farmers' 5d to 6£d, even numbers Gd Lo BJd ; bacon Gd to 6£d, farmers' 5d to sid ; cheese 4}d to s£d, new 4d to 4jd ; honey, bulk 3d, sect ions 3* 3d, wanted ; lemons 3d to 61 dozen, 3s 8d to 5* cae ; bananas 1 id to l|d lb, la 9d to 3s 6 • bunch ; pineapples 4i to 5s Gd dozen, Island 9j to 14s case ; oranges (Island) lis to 12s Gd case, Poor Man's 6s to 7s, local (sweet) 10s to 12a ; apples, Fiiscos !3s to 15s. Tasmanian, F.C. lis to 12a, 3.T.P. 12s to 14s 6cl ; mandarins 12s to 13s, best, 9a Gd to 10a 3d, seconds ; sherries, 9a to 203 case ; loquats, Gs G<l :o 7a 6d ; mushrooms, 2d to 4<l lb ; jooseberries, 4d to 5d ; walnuts, 4d to id ; peanuts, lfd lb, nominally ; charsoal, 2a 6d to 3s, wanted ; beeswax, la id to la 6d ; rabbits, 2s to 2a 6d pair, vanted weekly ; hares, Is 6J to Is 9<l ach; flax, £2O to £27 ton, samples ranted ; fungus, 3d to 3£d lb, dry.

Poultry : Supply Dot equal to demand ; roosters Is 6d to 2s 9J each, hens Is 6d to 2s, chicks 3£d to 6d, ducks Is 9d to 23 3d, rising, ducklings 3£d to Is, turkey roosters 4s 6d to 9s 3d, wanted, do. hens 2a to 3s 6d, geese 2s 6d to 3s ; pigs, small 7« 9d to 10s, larger 12s 6d to 16s

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