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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2639, 11 June 1889, Page 2

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The Waikato Times Office, Monday. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. Mil A lux. Aitken's Mahkbt Rki-out for the week ending June Bth : There has been ik good demand for nil kinds of produce, consequently most supplies have been quitted. In the poultry department all pens were filled cm Friday; prices were slightly easier. Pigs: Fifty-three were entered, many too small and several inferior lots ; for these, prices wore low ; choice lots sold at previous values. Potatoes are in Rood demand ; but few unsold. _ Values are firmer at late quotations. Onions are in active demand ; only second-class coming forward, Vegetables sold at Rood values. Grain of all kinds has sold freely at late quotations. Oata are wanted at improved values. Fresh butter in large supply, many second-class lots. Values are unchanged. Eggs have also sold readily at late quotations ; a Rood quantity received. Honey moves slowly. Several tons have come to hand from Wnikato, but sellers ask more than buyers arc willing to give. In corned butter theie is but little doing; some farmers are making it up; this has the olfeot of checking an advance in either kind. Hams and bacon are coming in freely; that of good get-np sells at good prices, but roughly handled or poorly cut lots are out of demand. Fruit: The supply of apples has been considerably larger, and the recent damp weather has been the means of some lots arriving in poor condition. Pears in large supply, but mostly in bad condition ; those in good order sold well. There is but little alteration in prices all round, but those at Tuesday's sale have been the highest. The following are the quotations : Fowls, poor, Is to Is 1(1 ; good, U ISd to Is 10d ; roosters, la 5d to 2s; small, lOd tola; game, up to us Id ; other pure varieties, 2a to 4s !>d each ; ducks, 2s to 2s Gd each ; small, Is 7d to Is 10c! : Pokin, 2s 7d ; geese, none; turkeys, 3.s 8d to ss; small, 2a (id to 3, Pigs: Inferior, 2s to 2s lid; small medium, 3s to 5s 3d; well-bred, fair-sizod, 9s to 13s 3d. Potatoes : Local, £ t to £4 10-s ; inferior, £2 10s to £8 ; cow potatoes, £2 iis. Onions, (!ood, ,ijir> to £1(!; poor, Id to l.Jd. Wheat, 2s (id to 3s Od ; maize, os (id ; oats, 2s Od to 3s Gd ; flour, £11 to £13 10s ; tea?, Is 3d to Is Od ; new potatoes, to Hd ; cabbages. Is 0d to 2s 7d ; turnips, 2s 2d per sack ; enrrots, £2 ; kidney seed, £0. Butter : Fresh, to Is; poor (id to Sd. Eggs, Is 3d to Is 4'id ; bonny, 2[d to 'l.[d ; bacon, choice local, 7d: hams, Sd ; poor, 2M to y.'.d : cheese, 3d to 4.W ; corned butter, 4d to "id (no prime quality sold.) Apples: All good varieties, ljd to ]j|d ; medium lots, Id to ljd ; Stone Pippins, I','d ; inferior, lots, to Jd. Pears : Winter Melis, 2d to 2?d ; Na-pole ins' sound, 2i ; damaged, !d to Id ; other sound kinds, tyd to l.V'l. Passion fruit, 3d to 3|d; Cape gooseberries, (id to od ; walnuts, lid ; almonds. '»]. Lemons : Small, lOd to lid ; good, 1s 2-1 to Is "id per doz. Rabbits, 10d to Is Id per pair. CHHISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS. Mkssp.s Kave and Caktek's Report for week ending Juno 3rd, J 88!) :—Wheat : Tuscan, 3s lid ; pearl, 3s 8d ; Hunter's, 3s 7d. Fowl wheat ; Good whole, 3s 3d to IU 4d ; broken, 2s Sd to 2s i)d. Oats : Milling, 3s; bright short, 2s lid to 2s 10d ; duns, 2s 8d ; Danish, 2s !)d (firmer). Barley : Prime malting, -Is 2d (in demand) ; good,'os lOd to -Is; feed, 3s to 3s 3d ; Cape, Hs ; pearl, £21. Peas : Prussian blue, 3s 10d ; split, £14. lie.ins : Good whole, Hβ (id ; mfdium, 3>:sd. Flour: Best Roller (aacks), i'lo 10s ; halve?, £11 ; quarters, £11 fis ; stone, £!) 15s to £10. Bran, !)0s ; sharps, 105s (scarce). Oatmeal, in 251b. bags, £14 ; 71bs, £15 10s. Ryecorn, 3s (id ; linseed, £15. Ryegrass : Machino dressed, 3s (id to -R Cocksfoot: Prime, Sid; good seed. 3d to :!|d (firmer). Oatsheaf chaff, 90s. to 955. Out straw, GOs. Butter, 10kl for prime quality. Choose : Loaf, 5.U1 to'lid ; medium, 4id to o.fd. Hams, 9id ;~hams and bacon, Sd ; bacon, 7.fd. Lard : In kegs, 4d ; bladders, -i.Jd to od. Potatoes, 70--I, sacks included, quality excellent, in steady demand. Onions, £11 to £19 (very scarce). The above prices current are all f.0.b., Lyttolton, sacks and packages extra, except where otherwise specified. Minimum, 2 tons. MELBOURNE MARKETS. The New Zk.u.axh Loan axu MercanTll.K AciKXi'Y Rei'OKT, under date Melbourne, 2:2 nd Mny :—Grain : Wheat is again stronger, and more disposition shown (ill the part of millers to purchase. If the statistics are correct, the Australian colonies, as a whole, have to import this year over 50,000 tons of wheat, ns the figures i-Uiiw that the surplus of Now Zoaland, Victoria, and South Australia arc more than ab-orbed by the deficiency in New South Wales and <,Jiicensland. Figures, Imwover, arc often disappointing, as results do nut bear them out, but in this instance, if approximately correct, a scarcity should be felt in August. Mennwhilo the Reaper has arrived at Sydney from San Francisco with a cargo of wheat, and the Bothwoll Castle with ii shipment of Indian wheat is off th« coast. The hitter is a fine sample, but Australian millers not having nt their command the cleansing apparatus used in England are dubious of buying it. The weather reports are favourable throughout the colonies to the growing crops, whilst the same may bis said nf prospects in Europe and Au.rrica. Shou'.d all these eventuate in good harvests, wheat promises In !«■ cheap in 18'. 10 unless political events criMt.! a iinirkHt.—Wheat : M:irl;et brisker, and more inquiry from the. trade. We sold to-day good milling at 5.; 7id, but withdrew iuosl"i'f\'!ir catalogue for better prices.— 'h'l.nir : 1»J imiid still slack. Stouc-madn sells at Ull lO.s, and roller from £12 to £13 ss. O.its: A better demand, and prices iiris i'lso firmer. To-day wo sold Calcutta* jit ;j.s .Sd.. and witlidrew heavy New Zealand at 3s 10id.

SYDNKY STOCK MARKKTS. Mkssks Wμ. Inglis and Son's Retoht, fur week ending May 17th, 1SS!». — Kat cittle : On Monday ('7O woru yarded at Jloiiiobusli, :i supply scarcely equal to requirements. There was a largo, attendance i.f town and country buyers and tlii) market whs very busk with a rise of about 10s per head. We quoto the prices for bullocks from £<i to t'.l Ifi-i 10d ; best beef, 21s per "IOOIhs. ; fair, 17s; Middling, I'm. Sheep. —Then; has bien a (fond supply upon both occasions this week, H,.'ioo being , penned on Monday, and 17,1)00 to-day. The market lias been very bri-k for any prime consignments at each sale, and advanced rates worn obtained. Wo quoto : Ui-st wethers, 10s (id to ILN fid ; good ditto, Us to 10s ; Others, from o'.-i up.—Milch cows: We quote: 1 lest cows, from til to £14; (rood ditto, f.S to £10j ; others, from .€.'{ 10i up. .Horses : The market still continues largely supplied with horses, with an improved inquiry for really (irst-class sorts, either heavy or light. Our sales at tho Bazaar wcre'largely attended throughout the week. The really good heavy draught horses were in better demand, while upstanding light harness horses, with size and quality, met with a ready sale. The following is a brief abstract (if those sold through the linzaar for the week ending May Kith inst:—A pair of carriage horses at !)■"> guineas ; three pairs of buggy ditto at £'30, £42 10s and £15, respectively ; a pair ot ponies at £2S ; :U high-classed light harness horses, from lilS to £42 ; lo omnibus and generally useful light harness horses, from £S 15sto£Io; Ml heavy dmight mares and geldings, from tl7 15s to i'ol 10s; ;>S medium ditto ditto ditto, £U ."m to £1.8. Also, a very large number of light and weedy horses and usednpdraui'hts at market rates. At the Cam-]<ui-iloivii Yards <.n the 1 lth iiwt., H5 horses, on iificount lioulli.'.rri and Htophnnsnn, the light iiortiou up to f2O 10-i, thr; heavy to £1:1

,"i-i; a I*o, 17 head on account various owners, from ,I's I.'h to Cl.'S. On tho 15th iii-,1,, I'.l liimil h'irsiv, on account Mr K dVi'laii, I'.raiilu-oixl, Urn light portion up to .V.'i'ft, tin; heavy to .fill 15s. Also, 14 head, on account various owners, from .tli 5s to i'l7. _ LONDON MAHKETS. I !;• IT !\T[;!<.■ TKl.Ki.'H.M'lf.— C'OPVICI'iH 1 , . | (~,;,!,.,v, .lumi7.~-Wh.iat: Market is dull ; tin) weather in fnvourablt! for the crops ln;n\ Yri'/.i:ii wio.ats : Mutton markut lm- an upward tendency. Canterbury is worth r>i,c|, unci Wellington S(J per lb. Lamb hin 'bolter doinand. Canterbury i.; wi'vtli (i}d per lb. Beef market is (lull. l\,iT-<iuarti>rs aro worth S.}d, and hind-q-v.\iii;i"- 4rl jio.r 11-). N'ew /Zealand hemp: Mudium i:i wurlh i'3.l \>ov ton.