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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2603, 19 March 1889, Page 2

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li~iu',\itn Timss OJJicc, Monday. AUCKLAND I'RODUCK MARKETS, Mil A lux. Aitkun's Makket Rkpout for tho wi'i'k ending llith March. The sales of the week have turn largely attended, and n large amount, of business dune. In produce the supplies have been large, and values all l" >uml are unchanged, but in fruit there is a marked improvement, and an unsatisfied demand exists for soft kinds. In poultry the supply has been beyond the usual, and prices have boon lower. Pigs: All pons tiiled : prices still keep up for good lots. Potatoes have sold more freely at auction at l.ite values, and a steady demand exists fur really Rood lots, but inferior are difficult to quit. Onions have been in larger supply ; d smand is strong, values unchanged. Vegetables : No alteration. Oats sell freely at late limitations, and the tendency is slightly upward. Jivan and sharps show a rise in value. Maize : No alteration. Wheat: Values unchanged. Fresh butter has Himieivhat impiovod in price; supply short. Eggs show a heavy rise ; supply short of requirements. Cheese : Values unchanged. Honey slow of sale. Bacon and hams of good quality are scarce. In fruit, the supply lias been large ; for dessert apples better prions have been obtained ; hut in conking kinds only largo showy kinds have sold well. Pears have been scarce, and have commanded good prices. Plums of all kinds show an advance of fully Id per lb. Datnsons are also linn. Peaches have also been in good supply, and the quality choice; pi ices have been good. Lemons: But few to hand ; prices high. Grapes : A fair quantity to hand ; fair i allies obtained. The following aro the week's quotations;— Fowls, poor and old. lOd to Is; good table fowls, Is 3d to Is Sd; roosters, Is 51 to Is !M ; ducks, Is 3d to 2s; Plymouth Rocks, 2s 3d; turkeys, 3i 9d to Gs 3d ; geese, 2s 8d to 3s 5d ; dark Bralnuas, lis 8d to 2s 9d; Rouen ducks, 2s Id to 2s Od ; other pure-bred, Is Sd to 2s lOd. Pigs: Medium, 7s to 8s (id ; good lots, lis to 13s. Potatoes: Best samples, £4 10s to £'5 10s; inferior, £3 10s; medium, £-1. Onions : Good, in sacks, £8 to £8 10s; others, -M to ljd per lb. Cabbages, Is (id ; pumpkins, 3s to -Is 31. Oats : Danish, 2s to 2s 2d ; short local, 3d to 2.s 4d. Wheat, fowl, 3s 'Jd ; maize, 3s 8I; bran and sharps, 4s Gd ; cow potatoes, 30s. Mutter: Prime fresh, 8d to 9d ; other kinds, -Id to l.ld. Eggs, Is to Is 3d; bacon, loed new, 7d ti B\'d; hams, S'sd. Honey: Tin, 21 to 3.1 ; section, 2:jd. Cheese, -Id to 5.1. Apples: Ordinary, Id to i'd ; good clean and large, id to 2d ; dessert kind-', \'d 11 2d. Pears: Bon Chretien, g-.od, fy'U ; . inferior. I] I to Ud ; poor, 2d to 2M ; other p ai'-', ltd to 2'.d. Plums, all kinds, 2d to 3.', d ; dam-ions, Iti to 2d; lemons, Is 3d to Is 10 I ; Oh.inpo peaches, 10/, 'I per dozen; Tauraiiga do., 2/d to 3!d per lb; Cape gooseberries, Sd ; water melons, 4s 3d to ;>s ; roek melons, os to ; tomatoes, yd to Id ; Wltangarei grapes, a I to 7.|d ; do., bruised and wet, Pd to 4Yd ; passion fruit, 2M to 3d per do;;en. CHRISTCHITROH G RAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS. Mk.sskh Kaykand Cautkh'k Report for week ending March 11th, 1889: —Wbeat: Tuscan, 3s lOd ; pearl, 3s 8d; Hunter's, 3.; Bd. Fowl wheat ; Good whole, 3s 3d ; broken, 3s. Oats : Milling, 2s 7d ; bright short, 2s (id ; duns, 2s 4d; Danish, 2s 4d. Barley : Prime malting, 4s 3d ; good malting, 4s; feed, 3s; Cape, 2s lid ; pearl, £20 10s. Peas: Prussian blue, 4s; split, £1-1. Beans : Good whole, 3s Gd ; medium, 3s -Id. Flour: Roller, £10 10s; stone, £9 10s. Brail, 90s ; sharps, 955. Oatmeal, in 251b. bags, £12 10s; 71bs, £17. Kyecorn, 3s Oil (nominal); linseed, £15. Ryegrass : Machine dressed, 3s Gd to 3s 9d. Cocksfoot: Prime, 3.1 d ; ordinary, 3d to 3,] d. Oatsbeaf cliatf, £4 10s. Hay (baled), £4 15s. Butter, Bd. Cheese.: Loaf, (ijd ; medium, 5d to 5.1 d. Hams, 9d ; bacon, 7 : |-d ; hams and bacon, B.W. Lard : In bladders, The above prices current are all f.0.b., Ilyttelton, sacks and packages extra, exccpt when otherwise specified. LONDON MARKETS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report, by cable, under date, London - , March 15:—-New Zealand wheat has declined Gil per 49(ilb. since last report. Off-coast cargoes, f.a.q., havo also declined Gd per -ISOlb. Tallow has declined 2s since last report. Tho market is very weak, being depressed by tho monetary crisis in France. New Zealand butter is woith 1 IPs per cwt. for lino qualities.