COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2589, 14 February 1889, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Waikato Times Office, Wednesday. AUCKLAND PRO DUCK MARKETS. Mu Ai.ex. Aitkkn's Market Report for the week ending 9th February.—Business brisk in all lines. Several alterations in value have taken place since my last report. Potatoes have advanced in valuo; and supply, although large, has not met requirements; but present values are not expected to rule more than another weok. For seed onion* there is a great demand, hut exporters refuse to give higher prices. For potato-onions there is no demand. Grain generally is dull: chaff sh>w of sale ; bran and sharps easier. Butter, fresh : The supply lias been in excess of demand, as, owing to the cooler state of the weather, much more has been sent in. Corned butter is dull. Cheese has mined more freely; tho hllllltlv has been large ; values unchanged. Orders are to hand for several tons of Waikato clover honey ; other kinds move slowly, Bacon and hams: Second • class lots low ; for tirstclass there is a good demand. Eggs: Good supply ; prices ruled high. In fruit there has been a very large quantity received. All realised fair values. Apples ruled low, and are not likely to improve until the poaches are done. Pears of good quality have sold well; sound plums have also commanded fair value. There has been u very largo supply of peaches. Lemons sold well. Poultry was entered in large numbers, and values are unchanged. All the pig pens were filled. Good prices rule for those of good breeds, The sales for tho week have been largely attended, with spirited competition, and the following are the week's quotations:—Fowls, poor and old. Is to 1s .'ld ; good table fowls, Is (id to Is '.Id ; roosters, Is 4d to 2« 3d ; ducks, Is Id to 2s 7d ; turkeys, (is to (is Gd ; geese, 3s 3d to 3s (id ; pigs, well hied, 10s (id to 14-; fair lots, 7s to ISs ; inferior, 2s (id to 4s 3d ; dressed pork, 2\d ; potatoes — Hobarts, good samples, £H ; kidneys, 7s to 8s ; damaged and badly sorted lots, (is 3d to 7s; onions, seed kinds, £7 to £8 ; potato onions. 4s to lis; oats. Danish. 3s 3d; maize, 3s 7d; bran, Is (id ; sharps, Is (id ; chaff, £2; pigmenl, 3s; garlic, 2.1 dto 2J(4 ; cucumbers, 4d to Is Id per dozen ; cabbages, 9.1 to Is ; rhubarb, Is Id to Is 4d; butter, fresh, rid to 10J ; corned, s',d to (id ; eggs. Is Id to Is 3d ; cheese, goof], to 4d ; factory, ."id ; medium, 3d to 3.jd ; damaged, 2d to 2 : i'd ; bacon, Canterbury, 7.M ; hams, !l. l ,d ; l"cal, second, 3d to o.\-d : section, honey, 2 : ,V1 ; Barrier, 2d to oil; Waikato, 3.Jd ; apples, small, iVI ; large, £d to Id ; Red Astraehau, Ud to I. : t M ; jfd to l.jd ; Gravenstoin, yd to Id ; pears, small, .',d to yl ; Windsors, Jd to lid; Williams'Bon Chretien, 2d to 2M ; nectarines, l;,'d to 2.jd; lemons, ]s 3i to Is Sd ; plum-, Orleans' Id to 2id ; purple gage, to 2.', d : givenuage, Ijd to 2;/d ; diamonds. 2d to I'M ; yellow gage, ljd to 2d ; damsons, Id to iyd ; tomatoes, 2d to 2/,-d ; grapes, 7d to lOd : peaches, oidiuuiy, ; t 'dto 2VI per lb.inid.ldto2.jdperiloze,n; choice, (id to 6Ad pur dozen ; citrons, (iid ; Cape gooseberries, (id to 9d ; oranges, Id to 10J. BRISBANE MARKETS. Tin: New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report under date 20th January.—Oats (duty, Sd per bushel): Up to Is 10d is quntiid for prime bright stout feed.—Wheat (free): There is not much enquiry for Milling, supplies in hand being apparently ample for immediate requirements. In tho absence of any transactions we quote prime Tuscan (nominally) at 4s 10d. —Elour (free): Market is in a very depressed state, and prices are easing steadily. Firth's Champion Roller (nominally), £12 r»< to £12 15s. Other New Zealand brands (nominally), €11 15s to £12 os. —Potatoes (duty 15s per ton): Tin nruket has sustained some sudden and extraordinary fluctuations lately. It is impossible to give reliable quotations, as new potatoes which could not be sold at till two days ago, realised ±'17 at auction to-day.