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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2597, 5 March 1889, Page 2

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77,,: IVuiUlo '/(,//-4 Office, .Monday. ALGKLAND PRODI/CK MARKKTS. Mil AI.KX. AlTKKv's MaiiKKl' JiKI'OIiT for the week ending March 2nd :—-Business in all linos has been biUk, and supplies very large. Tlk- supply of potatoes lias bee.n far in excess of requirements, and at present they have no sol tied value, prices ranging from ,<-;;] to ijij per ton. Onion.-, well dried, move fividy ; many are coming to hand 100 preen. For potato unions there is no sale, drain of all kinds has declined in value. Sharps and bran are also easier. Poultry has again come to hand in large numbers. Pigs also in huge numbers; prices easier; only good breeds command attention. Fresh but tor was in smaller supply, lint, quite equal to demand ; prices still rule low. Corned butler: No sale. Honey: Dull, Bacon and hams : Only lirst quality selling. Kggs : Very large quantities to hand ; good eggs have sold well. Cheese : No alteration in value; a good amount has been placed at late values ; supply quite equal to the demand. Fruit has again come to hand in unusually largo quantities; that of Friday's sale was one of the largest quantities of local fruit yet offered at one sale in Auckland, and considering the enormous quantity all has sold fairly well. Plums and peaches have somewhat hardened in price, pears have commanded fair value, but apples are still low, most of those to hand have been of fine quality. The following arc the week's quotations : —Fowls, poor and old. Is to Is 2d ; good table fowls, Is Id to Is Sd ; roosters, Is Id to 2s ; ducks. Is to Is M ; chicks, -Id to Is ; geese, small, 2i 5d to 2s 7d ; turkeys, (h ;)d to 8s Md each ; pigs, good lots, '.Is to 10s Od ; medium, 'Is to 7s ISd ; poor, 2s to 5s ; potatoes, t'3 to £(i ; cow potatoes, Is to Is od ; onions, good seed sorts, t'X, to Id per lb : potato onions, -id to ; ( 'd ; red onions, Is lid per cwt; seed kidney's, fcfl ; cabbage, Sd to Is (id ; peas, (id to Sd ; beans, 4}d to (5:1 ; pumpkins, .'is 3d ; Danish oats, 2s to 2s 4d ; bran and sharps, 3s yd ; water melons, 4s (id per doz. ; fresh buttei, 3d to (id ; eggs, I guaranteed, ilid to Is; others, 2d to 4d ; cheese, -Id ; bacon and hams, in cloth, 7d ; honey. 2d to 3d ; apples, large cooking, £d to a' inferior, : ]d ; eating apples, all sort-,, : /d to l.'.d : pears, Bon Chretien, l.]d to 2!A ; in heavy cases, Id to l.[d ; other I sorts, Id; grapes, -l.jd to lid; wet, 3d to 3VI ; inferior outdoor. Id ; plum*, green an«l purple gages, I'd to _|d ; inipnuui bouuni, lid to _.;d ; Pond's seedling, ordinary, lijd to 2d ; choice large. _Qd to 3.'.d ; wet, l.jd; golden drop, lid to 2.jd ; damsons, in good order, Id to lid; damaged, do., ,'d ; lemons, small, Is ("id to Is Sd ; peaches, large, Is Id per doz. ; small, Ud to 3id, and 2d per lb. ; cape gooseberries 3id"to (id per lb,: tomatoes, id to Ijd; blackberries, lid.