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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2660, 30 July 1889, Page 2

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The irnikntn Times Office, Monday. HAMILTON MA RK.HTS. 3\l i; .1. Knox KicroKTs :— At Saturday'* km In ft)w 1 s realised from 10' Ito Is Id each ; potatoes, IN I'm] per bag ! carrots, 3s per r.wt.. : parsnips, .'is Sd per lb. ; potatoes, table, Is 'A I pel ewt. ; oats, 2< lid per bushel ; barley. 2s7d ; bacon, ll,'d per lb. ; haws, 7d per lb.

m (,'KiiA Ni) i■■ i;o Di:E MA I; K ets. 4£r A I.KX. Aitkkx's Makkkt Rki'Oiit for the week ending July 27. — Five auction a lies have, been lie-Id since hist report, and all have boon largely attended, with •vinled competition for all kinds of produce excepting butter, which is difficult to work oil' at very low prices, Potatoes in good supply; values are somewhat firmer at late quotations. Onions very scarce; mai/.e shows a considerable decline; oats and wheat slightly easier ; bacon and hams liave ;; ild freely at late values, at which there is a fair demand ; cheese unchanged, supplies pood ; honey very slow of sale. Poultry of till kinds in large supply ; prices satisfactory for all kinds. I'igs: Pull supply of poor breeds ; no choice entries ; prices mtisfictory. In fruit the previous rise in value has had the effect of bringing forward larger quantities of good quality. The average price lias been higher. Fresh butter in larger supply; also a very large quantity of inferior made up to hand, which is alt'ecting the values of good butter at present. Eggs in good supply, for which good prices were obtained. The following are the quotations Fowls, poor lots, Sd to Is; goofl ordinary, Is 4d to Is lid; laying lien.-, Is Sd to lis; roosters, in condition, Is 8d to 2s 2d : small, Is 3d to Is (id ; game, 2s to Ns ; Plymouth Rocks, Is lid to 3s lid; Spanish, 'is to 3s; others, Is Sd to 3s 3d each; ducks, IN to 2s -"id: I'ekins, 3s to 4s; turkeys, Is to ("is Id ; small, 3s (id ; geese, 3s to 3s Cmi ; pigs, lots. 3s 3d to ."is; medium, Ss to lis 3d; rabbits, Is; hares, Is 9d to 2s each ; potatoes, Waikato, £1 to Jt'4 l.is ; inferior, I' 2 10s t" £3; Oanmni, £~i 10 s ; Canterbury, L'.'i ; Ifawera, t's ; new potatoes, ,jd to Id; maize, 2s ild to 2s lid; oats, 3s 2d ; bran and sharps, t'li; wheat, oroken, 3s 2d ; other kinds, 3s to 3s 3d ; swedes, t'l 10s; mangolds, £1 Jos; white cirrots, CI 10:; to CI ISs ; red carrots, CI ir,s to C 2 ; Hour, 10s to 12s; bacon, local, sound lots, o]rl to lid ; hams, (id to Sd ; cheese, 3.U1 to oj.d ; honey, 3d to 4d ; eggs, lid to Is 0M ; butter, prime fresh, lid t,i lis'; corned butter, prime, (id to 7id ; apple's, Stone pippins, to 3d ; Majetin, d to 2yd; Yates, 2yd to 3d; French crabs, :.'.',d to 2.'.d ; Northern Spy, 2d to 2yd ; Simmons' Winter, 3d to 3.^1; Welling ton, 2:; d ; Kentucky, 2ijd to 2yd ; Black Warrior, 3d ; Nickajack, 3,jd ; Rome Reality, 2;=d to 2yd : Adam's Peanuain, 3d ; Others, 2.1 to 2yd ; shrivelled and damaged, I VI to I \ 1 ; pound pears, 2VI ; others, -Id.