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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2559, 4 December 1888, Page 2

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The H'aikata Timtt Office, Monday. AUCKLAND I'UODUOK MAKKKTS. Mr Ai.kxandkw Aitkkn's Maiikkt Rkpokt for tins week en.iing Ist. I) c:mbi;r, sin.us a still fnrthcr rise in all kiwi* »f farm products. A very large business has been done nt high prices Heavy snppli.-i "f nil kinds have been received, for which lliure lias been an unsatisfied demand. Now potatoes, round kinds, show a lUoof liOs per ton; kidneys show a rise of from £2 to £3 per ton ; old lines remain linn, but in little demand. Onions, linn, drain nf all kinds, also cliatF and hay, have advanced considerably in valnn, owing to the heavy rise in food. Poultry is owning forward in unusually large mnnbers ; the total number entered for Friday's sale was l<lß3 held all told. I'igs in increased numbers; prices still Ineli for good kinds ; inferior l< .s low. Mutter, both fresh and salt, in f ,ir supply; advance of L'd to 3d per lb. of all kinds. J'Vjjs, in large supply; considerable rise in value. Bacon and hams came forward in very largo quantities; pood found quick sale at advanced values, but inferior was hard to quit. Cheese, in large supply ; but little left on hand ; prices are very (inn, with an upward tendency. Gooseberries were in smaller supply, considerable rise in price; but little other fruit to. hand. Vegetables in very short supply. The sale of island fruit advertised for Thursday was unavoidably postponed, owing to the shipment being a particularly heavy one. This sale will be held on Monday. The sale of furniture at Carlton, Gore Road, was very successful. Friday's sale was a lengthy one, and the following prices ruled :— I'nwls, poor, Is Id to Is 2d ; pood fowls, Is 3d t<i Is Gd ; roosters, Is 8d to 2-< sfl ; ducks, 1* 2d to Is lid ; geese, 3a 3d to 3s !M ; turkeys, 3s to (is 3d ; chicks, Od to Is each ; young fowls sold high ; pigs, well-bred, 1"« to His ; medium, 10-i to 12s ; inferior, 4s to 7s; heavy, 10s to 20s; potatoes, round kind, £G 10s to £'8 ; kidneys, £8 to £11 ; old potatoes, £l>; onions, good, 2d ; new, Id ; inferior, Id ; cabbage, Is to 2s, and Is 3d to 2s per dozen; peas, Is 2 J to Is (id per peck ; mair.e, 4s (id ; wheat, -U lid ; chaff, £3 ; pressed hay, £"i; oats, short feed, 4s (id; light, 3s Od ; inferior, 2i (id; bran, £7; sharps, £? ; parsnips, Is ild ; rlmbaib, 3s to si; pmk, 3d; lard, 5J,d; fresh butter, B ! ,'d to Is l\-.i per lb. ; corned butter, S.UI to 10) ; eggs, hen, fld 10d ; duck eggs, T.O.J to lUd ; Barrier honey, 3d ; bacon, choice local, 7.W ; hams, •Jd ; other lots, (W ; hams, Th ; second-class nnd inferisr bacon, 3d to "id ; hams, 3d to Cd; cheese, really prime, 4|d to fid; Southern, 5d to Til ; medium and inferior, 4d to ; goo ebenies, L'd to ; lemons, Is to Is 3d; bananas, ijj ; beehives , , 7a to 18s each; box tea, 10s od. Groceries sold at good values. The result of past sales show the advantage obtained by farmers submitting their produce to public competition. As a rule auction prices cannot be obtained piivately.