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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2654, 16 July 1889, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Wnihaio 'rimes Office, Monday. AUCKLAND rjIODU'UK MAItKKTK. ISlii Ai.kx. Aitkkx'h Maukrt Ritoct for llii! week muling July 13. —There hiw been ;i brisk demand fur produce during the week, iintl a M:il,isf;ict(>vy business lias been done,. I''iuit has been in larger supply : values are unchanged. Potatoes arc more ]ilentifnl ; values unchanged. Cariots have been scarce, and in good demand at la to values. Vegetables of all killdh ill good supply, and prices satisfactory. Hams and bacon have moved off at slightly better value*. Cheese : Ordinary kinds plentiful ; loaf sizes are scarce, and in good demand for shipment; values are unchanged. Fresh butter of prime quality is scarce, although inferior sorts arc a glut. Corned butter shows no change; socuud-class lots are plentiful, while prime quality is remarkably scarce. Eggs have boon more plentiful, and values aro somewhat easier 'For honey t'.io domand is limited ; one ton of Waikato clover honey was sold at Tuesday's sale at a satisfactory price. 'In the poultry department, all pens were tilled ; prices for all kinds show a great improvement. Pigs in good supply ; there was a good demand for those of Rood breeds, which realised satisfactory prices. Rabits have been in very short supply, and a really pood demand exists. The following are the quotations for this week -.—Fowls, poor lots, 9d to Is ; good ordinary, Is 5d to 2s Id ; fancy kinds, Is Sd to ss; roosters in condition, Is 9d to 2i 2d ; others, Is 7d to Is Sd; ducks, 2s 2d to 2a lid each; Reese, 3s to 3s'.ld turkeys, small, 3s to 3s (id ; heavy 4s (3d to 5s !ld ; pigs, best lots, Ss (id to lis 3d, medium lis to 7s, inferior ss, largo brought 17s ; rabbits, Is to Is 2d ; damaged, 7d ; potatoes, best Waikato, £1 10s, Canterbury £1 15s to £5, inferior lots, £2 to £3 ; seed, £3 to £1 5 s ; kidneys, £5 ; new potatoes, id to Id ; carrots, 3Ss to -10s ; oats, 3s (id ; maize, .'is (id ; wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 5d ; bacon and hams, local and Canterbury, 5d to 7d ; piime hams, 8d ; butter, fresh, Is, other kinds -lid to 7d, corned inferior lots 2d to 4d, no prime sold ; honey, ordinary 3d, clover (21b-tins) Is, 101b-tins 2Jd to 3d ; eggs, Is Lid to Is 2d ; cheese, 4d to od; old, 3d; loaf, f>d to 2id. Apples: Stone l'ippin, l.fd to 2d ; Majetin, Id to Ikl ; Stunners, i-id to 2d ; Oladney's lied, Id to lid ; small, V I ; Adams' J'uartnnin, 2jd ; Symonds' Winter, 2.Jd to 2id ; Shockley, to 2d ; Nicknack, 2jd ; Stophensons, Iyd ; Flush, l.yd ; Fivo Crown, l.vd to 2d ; Boston, 2d ; Rome Beauty, 2d to 2sd ; Kentucky Red Streak, l\'d to 2d; others, lid to i : ,'d. Pears : Pound, lid to 2}d ; other kinds, lid to ljd. Onions, 3d to 3id per lb ; potato onions, 2id to 3d, CHRiSTcrriTRCir grain and proDUCK MARKKTS. Mkssb* Kayk and Caktku'x llbpout for week ending July Bth Milling Wheat : Tuscan, 3s !)d ; pearl, 3s 7id; Hunter's, 3s 7d. Fowl wheat : Good whole, 3s 3d ; broken, 2s lOd. Oats: Milling, 3s; bright short feed, 2s 10.Vd ; Danish, 2s Hid ; duns, 3s ; black, 8s 3d. Barley : Prime malting, Is; medium, 3 s lOd; feed, 2s l/d ; pearl, t'2l. Kyccurn, good clean samples, 3s Sd ; medium, 3s (id. Flour : Pest .Roller (sacks), £10 ; stone, £1) 10s to .£!) I."is. Bran, 90s ; sharps, 100-;. Oat sheaf chaff: Good heavy, 95s to 105s. Oat straw chaff and wheat-straw chaff, liOs. Oatmeal, 25'*, £11 10s; 7's, i'lfi 10s. l'eas: Blue boiling, 3s9d to 3s lOd ; feed, 3s (!d. Beans : Good whole, ,?h 5d ; medium, 0.-: -Id. Linseed, £15 (scarce). Ryegrass : Machine dressed. Is 3d ; farmers' parcels, -Is. Cocksfoot : Prime seed, 3.yd ; medium, 3Jd to 3id. Putter, lOd. Cheese, 4id to oid. Ifams, Did ; hams and bacon, 8d ; bacon, /yd. Lard : In kegs, -Id ; bladders, lid. Derivent Potatoes, 85s, sacks included (firm). Kidneys : Baths, !lOs ; Flukes and Lapstones, 955; Magnum Bonums, 100s; Walnut-leaved and Silvcrskins, £(i 10s; Sutton's Ffourballs, £7. Onions, very scarce. £22 (nominal). The above prices current are all f.0.b., Lyttelton, sacks and packages extra, except where otherwise specified. Minimum, two tons. AUSTRAT/lAN MA RKETS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Apcncy reports aioas follows.- — Sydney, July 1. — Wheat (fret'): During the past month our market has continued in an exceedingly depressed condition, and no business, except "f quite a retail character, has been alTecled. The arrivals from California have been heavy, and with advices to hand of further shipments now on tlie way, buyers have continued to hold off, anticipating that still lower prices will yet rule. Sales of New Zealand Tu.-eau have been reported at as low as ■(;, while Hunter's White and Peai I have, in some instances, been quitted at 3- Ud. The. majority of hold"rs. how ever as yet, decline loaccept these figures, and, in consequence, it is almost impossible t» yjve reliable, quotations at the moment. Putter: New Zealand, separator prime new, up to Is per lb. Dairy do. dull, up to 9d per lb. Cheese, New Zealand, at above 7id per lb. UitIKUASK, Juno 29. —The state of trade during the past month has been characterised by severe depression, and a feeling of uneeitainty at present prevails generally. Whe.it (I'ree): Values have continued to recede during the month, and prime Tuscan may lie at present quoted al -I < (id. Mi'.i.iiouun'k, .lime Grain: Durinj: the past; mouth ti. : main feature of the grain markets Ii as been the ext.eu.-ive oper atii >ns can i;-d Ihr.u igh in oats. As we write heavy immediate deliveries and large shipments ad.ped ha.e checked the advance, and prices :ue again somewhat oisier. 'J'iie whe.it market has been very quiet, tla-.aiideeit (he month, some millers purchasing in small lots just sullicient to keep them ;;iing, and as the demand has not i> rii in excess of the weekly deliveries by rail from the country districts, the large holders have not been called upon to meet the market. Although in some of the agi icultural distiicLs the heavy rainfall ef the mouth has been accompanied by floods, the outlook, as a whole, is most hopeful for farming interests. The. growing crops, as a rule, arc well advanced. Messrs Goldsbrough, Mortand Co. report under date, Melbourne, 27th June:—Our export business in breadstull's to the United Kingdom has been entirely suspended for the past two mouths, owing to scarcity of supplies and the high prices ruling locally. The quantity still remaining on hand from last season it-is now estimated will not be more than sullicient to meet our own and intercolonial requirements before the next harvest. Tim tendency of pi ices during the month has been m a downward direction. Our intercolonial markets are also weaker ; the Sydney market especially being greatly overstocked with wheat from San Kran-ci-eo, which will not at present quotations cover cost. In view of the favourable crop pro.-pects for next harvest, we do not, therefore, anticipate much, if any, improvement for the remainder of the season. Feed grains, owing to large supplies of oats from New Zealand now coming forward in excess of requirements (in anticipation of an increased t,'trill'), are very dull of .sale, and likely to entail loss on late importations. Wheat is in very little inquiry at from 5-f 51 to (id, but atihe.se quotations only limited parcels are available.